Behold, he prayeth [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Behold, he prayeth [graphic].
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W. publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 April 1789]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. April 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"Thurlow (right), in profile to the right, kneels in prayer at a table on which the head of the mace is visible. He wears his Chancellor's robes and says, "When I forsake my King, May God forsake me". A demon, clutching his shoulder, says, "Well said Old Boy! You're a true Disciple". Two smaller imps, flying above his head, say, "Oh! rare! he is a precious Brother", and, "How well he has learned his Lesson". Behind him are seated eight bishops, as if in the House of Lords, they say (left to right): [1] "Who w'od have ever thought to have heard him pray"; [2] "What a Hypocrite! a second Cardinal Wolsey!"; [3] "I thought he never called on God but to curse Mankind!" [cf. British Museum Satires No. 7320]; [4] "One wo'd almost think he was in earnest"; [5] "Yes if it did not seem so odd To hear him talking about God"; [6] "Surely he thinks to reform"; [7] "Pshaw! Pshaw! he means only to serve this Turn"; [8] "This Farce wo'nt do in these Enlightned Days." A panelled wall forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: bishops -- Demons -- Prayers -- Allusion to Regency crisis -- Allusion to negotaitions between Thurlow and the Prince of Wales, 1788 -- Debates: quotation from Thurlow in House of Lords, Dec. 15, 1788 -- Maces -- Allusion to Thomas Wolsey.
Watermark: countermark initial W. - Provenance
- Walter Schatzki; February 1, 1964;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25 x 35 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 789.04.01.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
- Subjects
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Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
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
- 7722373
- Object ID (OID)
- 10731105