The incubus. 1784 [graphic]

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Title: The incubus. 1784 [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: T. P., fl. 1784.
Published / Created: [January 1784]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Fox, as Belial, seated in a depression in the centre of a large mass resembling a balloon in process of deflation, which is inscribed Publica Fides. Four vertical posts marked with figures seem intended to measure the (rapidly decreasing) degree of Publica Fides on which Fox can still count.... Fox is a fat, almost-naked creature, with horns and talons.... An attack on the Coalition ... An illustration of the lines: 'Belial,...the fleshiest Incubus', Paradise Regained..."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.6 x 32.8 cm, on sheet 28 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Political cartoons England 1784
Etchings England 1784
Material: etching & roulette ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Devil
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Devil
England > 1784

Access: Public
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