The general election [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The general election [graphic]
- Creator
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created
- April 7, 1784.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd as the act directs by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Abstract
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The disproportionately large heads in wigs of, from left, Lord North, Charles Fox, and Edmund Burke, are displayed on top of Temple Bar. The arch contains reversed and burlesqued royal arms. In three niches below the arch stand headless statues of, from left, North as Avarice, Fox, shown as a fox, as Ambition, and Burke as Hypocrisy. The declaration signed by 'Justice' and pasted to the gate in the archway explains the reasons for elevating the three Whigs so highly, in a manner reminiscent of the execution of the Jacobite leaders in 1746. On the left are pasted two playbills. The upper one refers to the King's candidates in the Westminster election, the lower one to Fox as Cromwell, North as Boreas, and Burke as St. Omer, a 7th-century bishop who became blind in his old age. On the opposite side of the archway, an advertisement by 'Dr. Ax' is followed by a plea for votes from Cerberus whose three heads are named after North, Burke, and Fox
- Description
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TItle from item.
W.D. is the monogram: William Dent.
Mounted to 41 x 30 cm. - Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 25.0 cm, on sheet 38 x 28 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 784.04.07.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Playbills
Advertisements
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Drypoints England London 1784
Etchings England London 1784 - Material
- etching & drypoint ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
Westminster - Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Temple Bar (London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Political elections
Gateways
Wigs
Eyeglasses
Coats of arms
Foxes - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Temple Bar (London, England)
Political elections > England > Westminster > 1784
Gateways
Wigs
Eyeglasses
Coats of arms
Foxes
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
- 7052422
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727491