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George Cruikshank's The Antiquarian Society, 1812, and Sir Henry Charles Englefield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2011

Bernard Nurse
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George Cruikshank published his satirical print depicting an imaginary meeting of the Society five weeks after one of the most controversial presidential elections in its history. The illustration (fig 1) was the main feature in his monthly magazine The Scourge issued on 1 June 1812 and the accompanying text shows his anonymous informant to have been hostile to the winning faction. ‘The newly elected president, Lord Aberdeen … was dragged into his present situation by the officious interference of impertinent friends, and the intrigues of an individual.’ He is shown addressing the meeting; nobody is listening. ‘The secretaryship of the society is committed to Nicholas Carlisle Esquire; the dull compiler of dull topographical dictionaries.’

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 80 , Issue 1 , September 2000 , pp. 316 - 321
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2000

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