Image: The Birmingham Moses (BM J,4.115)
Description: Lord George Gordon, dressed as a Jew, stands in profile to the left, holding an open book inscribed 'Mosaic Law', the pages covered with pseudo-Hebraic characters. He looks up sanctimoniously, his left hand raised. He has a beard and wears a long gown with bands, and a wide-brimmed hat. He ignores two dogs who worry him; the collar of the larger dog is inscribed 'Bow St.', that of the smaller, King's Bench. At his feet is a torn scroll inscribed 'Protestant Association'. In the background is a weathercock pointing to the east. Beneath the design is etched: 'To Law & Presbyters he bid adieu, To save his Soul & Body in the Jew; And wonder not he stole to misbelievers, Since they of stolen things are oft receivers; But Justice their strange Proselyte found out, And lodg'd the Runaway in prison stout, Lest he, mad flaming Bigot, should surprise The Christians his new friends to nat'ralize.' 12 December 1787 Etching with hand-colouring
Title: The Birmingham Moses
Credit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_J-4-115
Author: Print made by: William Dent Published by: J (or W) Dickie
Permission: © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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