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Reformation began in Denbighshire Anno 1741   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Reformation began in Denbighshire Anno 1741
Description
English: Satire on the corrupt election for the Denbighshire county seat in 1741 where William Myddelton returned his kinsman John Myddelton although the latter had been heavily defeated at the poll. Depicted person: William Myddelton – High Sheriff of Denbighshire is shown in his cell at Newgate, seated despondently in front of a fire above which is drawn a hanging man and the initials "R.T."; the Bishop of St Asaph peers through the barred window. Beneath the image is the receipt for the prisoner from Thomas Bold, Keeper of Newgate. 27th February 1742
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Depicted people Associated with: John Myddelton
Date 1742
date QS:P571,+1742-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 296 millimetres
Width: 166 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1873,0712.797
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After Walpole's fall John Myddelton was unseated by the House of Commons, and William Myddelton was committed to Newgate, and deprived of his offices; at the same time, Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, who had supported John Myddelton, had to apologise to the House of Commons. "R.T." probably refers to the notorious highwayman Richard (Dick) Turpin who was hanged in 1739.

The print was advertised in the London Evening Post, 11-13 March 1742.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0712-797
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