Two new sliders for the state magic lanthern [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Two new sliders for the state magic lanthern [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Two new sliders for the state magic lantern
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [29 December 1783]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. 29th Decr. 1783 by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
- Abstract
-
A series of ten images showing the rise and fall of the Fox-North Coalition. In the first image, Charles Fox, shown as a fox, speaks to the crowd in front of the Covent Garden Church. In the second one, Lord North, the 'country gentleman' leading sheep on strings, makes an agreement with Fox, who leads the 'Wes[tminste]r geese' on strings. The third image shows Fox speaking to a crowd in a rotunda, while in the fourth one he is stoking a fire around a pole topped with the liberty cap and the India charter suspended from it. In the fifth image, North and Fox, sharing one coat, stand on a plinth signed, "Power." The sixth image shows Fox ascending in an air balloon while the next one shows him falling head-down into a "pitt." In the eighth image, the two politicians are being rejected by the figure of Britannia, who refuses to look at them, instead pointing to the gallows in the background. This condemnation results in their execution, together with Burke, in the ninth image. In the tenth image, all three are shown as well-known mythological sinners in Hades; Burke submerged up to his neck as Tantalus, Fox stretched on a wheel as Iion, and North as Sisyphus pushing a large boulder
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. - Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 23.5 x 33.7 cm, on sheet 26 x 36 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 783.12.29.01+ Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783 - Material
- etching ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 - Subject (Topic)
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Politics and government
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Foxes
Public speaking
Balloons (Aircraft)
Gallows
Hell - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Foxes
Public speaking
Balloons (Aircraft) > 1780-1800
Gallows
Hell
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6963122
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727321