Fox victorious, or, Treachery overthrown [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Fox victorious, or, Treachery overthrown [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Treachery overthrown
- Creator
- Phillips, W. G., active 1784, printmaker
- Published / Created
- May 21, 1784.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- [publisher not identified], Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"A monster representing Sir Cecil Wray, or Treachery, lies on his back beside a pond, one elbow in the water. He has a frog's mouth, a naked hairy body with a rat's tail, and wears the peculiar-shaped hat worn by Wray; in his right hand is a dark lantern, emblem of conspiracy, in his right a large key, emblem of the back stairs, cf. British Museum satires 6564, &c. A fox, carrying off a goose, stands over Wray, urinating upon him savagely, and saying: "May you never, never rise! By treachery to gain the prize Thus I treat you with contempt Until pass 'd actions you repent. As I was trusted with the Key I meant to pick their bones quite free But Fox the keenest of his race Has thus o'erturn'd me with disgrace." A gosling lies on its back beside Wray. The goose and gosling appear to represent the Westminster electors (cf. British Museum satires 5843, &c.) whose bones Wray had expected to pick. In the distance (left) is a small cottage, on the roof of which a cock stands crowing."--British Museum catalogue
- Description
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Title from item.
Printmaker identified as W.G. Phillips in British Museum catalogue.
Publisher's name erased from plate.
Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Sir Cecil Wray as monster of treachery -- Key to the Back Stairs -- Emblems: Dark lantern of conspiracy -- Emblems: Fox and goose -- Westminster electors as goose and gosling -- Defeats: Wray, 1784 -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Huts.
Mounted to 28 x 33 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 17 x 23.1 cm, on sheet 22 x 27 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 784.05.21.01.2 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 ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 - Subject (Topic)
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Foxes
Roosters
Urination - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Foxes
Roosters
Urination
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
- 7661296
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727842