Great cry and little wool [graphic].

Description

Title: Great cry and little wool [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [22 December 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand
Abstract: Charles Fox, dressed only in breeches, tries to flee from the Devil who caught him by the leg and is shearing off the hair from his chest. On the left, in front of the "India House" a group of elated men dance around a burning stake to which is tied a fox. A reference to the rejection of the India Bill in the House of Lords and the demise of the Coalition government
Description: Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards.
1 print on wove paper : etching ; plate mark 22.5 x 31.2 cm., on sheet 24 x 33 cm.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki ; June 1960 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.5 x 31.2 cm, on sheet 31 x 49 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
East India Company.
Subject (Topic): Devil
Foxes
Burning at the stake
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
East India Company
Devil
Foxes
Burning at the stake
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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