JACOBITE REBELLION.

Townley. Fletcher. Executed at Kennington Common July 30. Exposed on Temple Barr, Augt 2d. 1746.

8 1/4 x 6 ins. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sept. 20th. 1746. Price 6d. 1746. See "Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum", Division 1, Political & Personal Satires Vol. III, Part I. No. 2799: "An engraving, showing through an Arch Temple Bar; at each side of the arch is a pole, with cords and axes at the foot; on one pole is the head of Townley, on the other, that of Fletcher. Over the arch is a demon holding the Pretender's banner, which bears three crowns above a coffin, and the motto "A Crown or a Grave". On one of the demon's wings is a shield with the rampant Lion of Scotland on a field "or"; the shield makes the profile of a human skull. Another demon, shaped like a winged wolf, and vomiting fire, befouls the banner." Below the banner eight lines of verse are engraved, beginning: Observe the Banner which would all Enslave Which Ruin'd Traytors, did so proudly Wave Francis Townley, of Townley Hall, Lancashire, joined the Pretender's rebellion and was made Governor of Carlisle where he was taken prisoner when that place surrendered in Dec. 1745. George Fletcher, a linen-draper of Salford, who held a commission in the Pretender's army, was also captured at Carlisle. The present copy is identical to that described in the British Museum Catalogue except in two important ways. Theirs is 4 1/2 x 5 5/8 ins in size and no price of 6d is given. (There was a later copy made in 1820 which omits the date of the execution.) Trimmed to the plate mark. Old collector's stamp on verso. In very good condition.

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