The Green Bag Committee investigating allegations of sedition and unrest. Coloured etching by L. Marks, 1817.

  • Marks, Lewis, active 1817-1824.
Date:
27 February 1817
Reference:
12214i
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According to the British Museum catalogue, not the Green Bag committee which investigated the allegations of adultery made against Queen Caroline, but a different one, set up by the Home Secretary Henry Addington to look into possible seditious conspiracies

The print contains extensive dialogue and annotations

Publication/Creation

[London] (98 Cheapside) : J. Johnson, 27 February 1817.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour

Lettering

A peep in to the green bag or the secret committee of magnifiers. Marks fect.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IX, London 1949, no. 12868

Reference

Wellcome Collection 12214i

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