Political cartoon: <i>Political Electricity, or An Historical & Prophetical Print in the Year 1770

Political cartoon: Political Electricity, or An Historical & Prophetical Print in the Year 1770, (1770)

Photo courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society

London
Richard Whitworth
Paper and ink.; Sheet size: H. 17 1/2 in., W. 16 1/2 in.
American Antiquarian Society

An English political activist used Franklin's "electrical fire" as the vehicle for satirical consideration of English politics.


Photo courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society		London Richard Whitworth Paper and ink.; Sheet size: H. 17 1/2 in., W. 16 1/2 in. American Antiquarian Society An English political activist used Franklin's "electrical fire" as the vehicle for satirical consideration of English politics.