Libel Hunters on the Lookout, or Daily Examiners of the Liberty Press

Thomas Rowlandson British
 Publisher Thomas Tegg British

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Fourteen elderly men discuss libel proceedings. A large placard on the wall shows that they are members of "The Rotten Bourough Society Established in 1810 Gibery Vixe President Leatherbreech Vice—"

Libel Hunters on the Lookout, or Daily Examiners of the Liberty Press, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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