True reform of Parliament, patriots lighting a revolutionary-bonfire in new Palace Yard by James Gillray (1756-1815). Engraving with watercolour, print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labelled 'Sedation' while three creatures add to the flames.

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True reform of Parliament, patriots lighting a revolutionary-bonfire in new Palace Yard by James Gillray (1756-1815). Engraving with watercolour, print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labelled 'Sedation' while three creatures add to the flames.

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