tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post3968074488064426963..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Ye Complicated Cartoons of YesteryearRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-43563768176137454792011-05-27T12:39:40.771-04:002011-05-27T12:39:40.771-04:00The lost heads of 18th-century cartoons. I wish t...The lost heads of 18th-century cartoons. I wish that the resolution was better on the LOC scan.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-36165466398228864042011-05-27T10:32:09.631-04:002011-05-27T10:32:09.631-04:00Hmm. So you've thrown down the gauntlet, eh? ...Hmm. So you've thrown down the gauntlet, eh? Gosh, the only thing I can think of is that it must be some kind of reference to Pitt's campaign against political intrigue and corruption. He re-entered politics in 1766, the year the print came out (mostly to defend the colonists' reaction to the Stamp Act). And I think the title of the print probably comes from Jonathan Swift, who wrote something about how "crowned heads, high heads, and no heads at all can come to disgrace" (I'm paraphrasing... I tried to find the actual quote, but was unsuccessful). Who are the other busts? I can't read their names. Is one of them John Wilkes, by any chance?Maura Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553097120605181553noreply@blogger.com