Poetry of the anti-Jacobin:
comprising the celebrated political & satirical poems, parodies and jeux-d'esprit of the Right Hon. George Canning, the Earl of Carlisle, Marquis Wellesley, the Right Hon. J. H. Frere, W. Gifford, esq., the Rt. Hon. W. Pitt, G. Ellis, esq., and others.
With explanatory notes by Charles Edmonds.

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Related Names

Carrington, Charles, 1897-
Gifford, William, 1756-1826.
Ellis, George, 1753-1815.
Frere, John Hookham, 1769-1846.
Canning, George, 1770-1827.

Language(s)

English

Published

London, G. Willis, 1854.

Edition

2d ed., considerably enl. With six etchings by ... James Gillray.

Subjects

Pitt, William, > Pitt, William, / 1759-1806.
English poetry.
Great Britain > Great Britain / Politics and government > Great Britain / Politics and government / 1789-1820.
France > France / History > France / History / Directory, 1795-1799 > France / History / Directory, 1795-1799 / Poetry.

Note

Appeared in the Anti-Jacobin; or Weekly examiner, Nov. 20, 1797-July 9, 1798. The plates are small reproductions, re-etched & copied from caricatures of Gillray pub. from 1793 to 1798.

Physical Description

xvi, 248 p. 6 plates (incl. front.) 18 cm.

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