Liberty Suspended!' Lord Castlereagh and Lord Eldon stand at the foot of the scaffold on which the liberty of the British Press is being suspended. Archbishop of Canterbury reads prayers preserving the Regent from the madness of the Top right, the body of Liberty is being driven to the grave. 1817 cartoon on censorship.

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Liberty Suspended!' Lord Castlereagh and Lord Eldon stand at the foot of the scaffold on which the liberty of the British Press is being suspended. Archbishop of Canterbury reads prayers preserving the Regent from the madness of the Top right, the body of Liberty is being driven to the grave. 1817 cartoon on censorship.

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