GREAT BRITAIN HOUSE OF COMMONS c1829 JEW TURK SATIRE PAUL PRY WILLIAM HEATH

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GREAT BRITAIN HOUSE OF COMMONS c1829 JEW TURK SATIRE PAUL PRY WILLIAM HEATH
Superb colour Caricature by William Heath (1794 Northumberland-1840 Hampstead, London) Anarchic iron-studded door with posts and lintel of solid oak represents The Door of The House of Commons. Above 'They of Rome are enter'd in our Counsels " [Cariolanus I ii] An old-clothes' man stands by the door; he raises the knocker, a ring in the mouth of an angry lion's head. He is bearded, with an ultra-Jewish profile and has three hats piled on his own, the topmost being a Lady's hat. He carries across his shoulders a large bag, from a hole in which projects a pig's foot (a pig in his poke). On his back is an open box of trinkets containing watches. Close behind him stands a Turk. The man with an ultra-Jewish profile says ' Come I sha - Open the door will ye - i vants to come in - and here's a shentlemans a friend of mine - vants to come in too - don't be afraid, I don't want sheat for nothing - I can pay for it so help me Got' Three men look down from a small open window: a dissenter, holding his hat, a Jesuit wearing a biretta and a fat elderly monk. On the left door post is inscribed "Oak suppose to be sound. Put up in 1688 only lately discovered to be full of Skakes" A superb hand coloured etching. Catholic Emancipation in 1829 raised hopes of Jewish Emancipation. Ultimately in 1858 The Jews Relief Act allowed Jews to sit in Parliament. Dimensions 430mm x 300mm ( 17” x 13”) L18224
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