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Parliamentary Reform Banner, Truimph of Liberty
1832, Banner
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Item no
22502
Title
Parliamentary Reform Flag, Truimph of Liberty
Description
Blue silk banner with painted design.
Title scroll, JOINERS OF EDINBURGH;
Eight Corinthian columns supporting an arch
and two statues representing Plenty and Justice; TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY in gold letters along top; square and compasses within laurel wreath to each side in top corners. FIRST CARRIED IN 1832 painted along pole sleeve.
Date
1832
Size
H210 x W268
Type
Banner
Location
The People's Story
Accession number
HH4535/85
Carried by the Edinburgh Joiners, number 18 in the Reform Jubilee Grand Procession on 10 August 1832 and also in the Great Demonstration against the Criminal Law Amendment Act on Saturday 23 August 1873.
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