For the benifit [sic] of the champion a catch to be perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden ... / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- For the benifit [sic] of the champion a catch to be perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden ... / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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For the benifit of the champion
For the benefit of the champion - Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 May 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey
- Abstract
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"The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's brush, puts her left hand on Fox's shoulder, pointing to a tomb-stone beside her (left) inscribed, beneath its skull and cross-bones, 'Here lies poor C--C--L--RAY'. She sings: "Look neighbours look here lyes Poor C-------ray [Cecil Wray]". Fox, his left hand grasping a crutch-headed stick, turning to North, sings "Dead & turn'd to Clay". North (right), also with a stick, sings "What Old C------l". Through the wings peers the anxious-looking, spectacled profile of Burke (right). Three framed pictures decorate the wall behind the performers: 'The fox who had lost his Tail' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6530), a tail-less fox looking at four others who are discussing the situation. This is flanked by two oval pictures, 'Fox and Crow' (left), the fox looking up longingly at the crow on a branch, and 'Fox and Grapes' (right), a fox on its hind-legs below a vine-branch, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5962."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Title continues: ... for admission apply to the D-ss.
Date of publication from Grego.
Text below title: NB. Gratis to those who wear large tails.
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Trades: Market women -- Fox and North as market women -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Fox and goose -- Literature: Aesop, fl. 620-564 B.C., Fables -- Music: Catch (round) -- Election favors -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Foxes.
Mounted to 27 x 42 cm. - Provenance
- L. Sanders; March 1962;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26 x 36 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 784.05.20.01+ Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London. - Subject (Name)
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Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805.
Great Britain. Parliament - Subject (Topic)
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Elections, 1784
Crutches
Politics and government
Singers
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Subjects
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Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1784
Crutches
Politics and government > England > London
Singers
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
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
- 7661154
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727840