Cade's rebellion, 1450: Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seize Emmanuel ("the clerk of Chatham") and threaten to hang him with his pen and inkhorn. Stipple engraving by J. Coles after H.W. Bunbury, 1795.

  • Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
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20 August 1795
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43523i
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Cade's rebellion, 1450: Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seize Emmanuel ("the clerk of Chatham") and threaten to hang him with his pen and inkhorn. Stipple engraving by J. Coles after H.W. Bunbury, 1795. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An episode in Shakespeare's King Henry VI Part 2, act 4, scene 2. Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver are taking part in Jack Cade's rebellion. They have Emmanuel hanged because he can read and write and understands arithmetic. In the background a lawyer is hanged on a gibbet

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London (Poets Gallery, Fleet street) : Thomas Macklin, 20 August 1795.

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1 print : stipple, with etching ; image 35 x 44.8 cm

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Dick the butcher & Smith the weaver seizing the clerk of Chatham, H. Bunbury Esqr. delt. Coles sculpt Lettering continues: Smith. The clerk of Chatham: he can write and read, and cast accompt. Cade. O monstrous! Smith. We took him setting off boys' copies. Cade. Here's a villain! Smith. H'as a book in his pocket with red letters in't. Dick. nay, he can make obligations, and write court hand. Cade. Away with him, I say: hang him with his pen and inkhorn about his neck. Vide, 2d. part of Henry 6th act

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Wellcome Collection 43523i

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