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| Keywords: William augustus duke of cumberland tombstone.jpg en William Augustus Duke of Cumberland The tomb-stone Print shows several men George Grenville Lord Bute the Duke of Bedford and as a small dog wearing clerical robes Dr W Scott labeled AntiSejanus dancing on a sarcophagus with bas-reliefs of Britannia and America and bearing the inscription Here lieth the Body of William Duke of Cumberland c lamented by his Country which he twice Sav'd First by overcoming and after by selecting a ministry out of those virtuous few who gloriously withstood GENERAL WARRANTS AMERICAN STAMPS EXTENSION OF EXCISE --- c c c On the left stands Lord Sandwich Jemmy Twitcher holding a flagpole entwined with two snakes and flying a banner labeled The Oriflame i e oriflamme and on which appears the head of Medusa perhaps suggesting that the ideal to aspire to is discord Behind the sarcophagus stands the Earl of Halifax and on the right stand Earl Temple who clutches in his left hand the tail of AntiSejanus and the tail of a Scottish devil standing next to him on a book labeled Jemmy Twitcher's laws for the gang ; on the far right stand two members of the clergy London Printed for Mr Smith and sold at the Woolpack in Long Acre near Drury Lane 1765 October Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C cph 3a45594 1765 Author PD-old-100 Prince William Augustus Duke of Cumberland 1765 in Great Britain Oriflamme 1765 in art | ||||
