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DescriptionPhilip Thicknesse caricature 1790.jpg
English: Caricature of British author and eccentric Philip Thicknesse (1719-1792) standing with a rope (labelled "Merit") round his neck, nude except for short breeches, trampling on "Moral Duties" and "Religious Duties". His person is covered with defamatory inscriptions. His chest is cut open, revealing organs labeled cowardice, cruelty, defamation, disease, etc. Black and white copy of a coloured etching. Caption: "The cutter cut up, or, the monster at full length. Most heartily addressed (without presumption) to Phil. Thickness, Esq. Formerly a Lieutenant Governor and lately Doer of the St. James's Chronicle, but now Nobody at his Hut in Kent. 'Oh! gravel Heart! unfit to Live! unfit to Die!' — Shakespere."
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