Political Reformation

Date1780

MediumLine engraving aned etching

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1973-380

DescriptionUpper margin reads: "Political Reformation."
Lower margin reads: "As in the hollow of a rotten Oak,/ So in the rotten hollows of the State;/ A nest of plund'ring hornets to provoke,/ Calls thousands forth to urge their venom'd hate./ Tis hard the honey of industrious Bees,/ Should fatten drones, in pensions and in fees!"
Label TextFrom the July, 1780 edition of the "Universal Magazine."