The end of the scrutiny, or, The Devil turn'd fisherman [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The end of the scrutiny, or, The Devil turn'd fisherman [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Devil turn'd fisherman
Devil turned fisherman - Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1784?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by W. Humphry 227 Strand
- Abstract
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The Devil, flying above the scene, has cast a fishing net over a table in the foreground of a large assemblage. A judge (?) outside the net on the left points to the individuals within. These are, from left to right, a man with spectacles holding a pen and writing in a book, his place card reading "The High Bailiff's conscience", followed by a central figure at whom the assemblage is looking, a young man in a fools cap, another man standing wearing clerical bands, and an old woman seated wearing a cap. At the right of the table stands a man who lifts the tablecloth to reveal the personification of Justice decapitated below, her scales lying next to her. In the foreground on the left a dog labelled "Prerogative" urinates on a round object. His collar is inscribed "W.P. Downing Street" (a reference to Pitt?). The man wearing spectacles is almost certainly Edmund Burke, the central seated figure perhaps the King, and the man lifting the tablecloth resembles Fox. Possibly relating to the 1783 Westminster election
- Description
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Title from item.
Mounted to 29 x 45 cm. - Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 252 x 356 mm, on sheet 27 x 44 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 784.00.00.30+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784 - Material
- etching, sepia ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic)
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Scales
Devil
Decapitations
Fishing nets - Subjects
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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Scales
Devil
Decapitations
Fishing nets
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
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
- 6857640
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727335