Out of the frying pan into the fire [graphic].

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Title: Out of the frying pan into the fire [graphic].
Creator: Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
Contributor: Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Published / Created: [30 May 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by Darchery May 30, 1783, St. James's Street
Abstract: On a wooden platform a crowned goose, representing George III, lays its head on the executioner's block. To the left standing over the goose is a fox with a raised axe. On the far left Lord North and on the right a young man (the Prince of Wales?) dance with joy at each end of the scaffold. A satire on the Prince's dislike of the King and his association with Charles Fox
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Mounted to 27 x 35 cm.
Characters are identified in pencil above each figure, from left to right: Ld North, Fox, Burke.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 18 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching with engraving ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
England
Subject (Name): Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Geese
Foxes
Executions
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Geese
Foxes
Executions
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1783
England > London > 1783

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