A Slap at Sop: satirical pamphlet

Scope and Content

A Slap at Slop and the Bridge Street Gang , newspaper [fifteenth edition].

Administrative / Biographical History

William Hone, a radical publisher, was made famous by the blasphemy trials of 1817 at which he was acquited. He often worked with the caricaturist, George Cruikshank, with whom he collaborated in a campaign to improve the condition of lunatic asylums. Hone began publishing the Reformists Register in 1817 and published parodies, which prompted his trial. Later in his life, he became an antiquarian publisher. Hone died in 1842.

Arrangement

1 item only

Access Information

Open for research

Acquisition Information

Senate House Library

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Fonds level description

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Richard Temple.

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Custodial History

Transferred from Senate House Library.