2-703-511 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Battle of the Pamphleteers. Or Newark versus Newcastle', 1829. Political satire showing British politicians pointing guns at each other. Michael Thomas Sadler (1780-1835), Member of Parliament for Newark, is saying 'For the Wisdom of our Ancestors', while his opponent Robert Wilmot-Horton (1784-1841), Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme, says 'For the March of Intellect'. Wilmot-Horton, who was also Governor of Ceylon, is riding a horse labelled 'Emigration'. Published by Edward McLean, Leicester Square.