Item 41 - The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom by James Barry

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RSA/PR/AR/116/21/41

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The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom by James Barry

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  • 1776 (Creation)

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1 print

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43.1cm x 61.3cm Etching and aquatint

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Royal Society of Arts

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This print was Barry's attack on the condition of contemporary England. It praises the birth of Liberty in North America and its demise in England. The print was quite a forceful indictment on the establishment and this may explain why Barry did not actually sign it.

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      C/MC/D7

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      see William Pressly 'James Barry the Artist as Hero' The Tate Gallery 1983 p73

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      Creator Claire.Batley 03/12/2007

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