A peep into Friar Bacon's study [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A peep into Friar Bacon's study [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [3 March 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Abstract
-
In a room reminiscent of a magician's study, the King, dressed in a cloak as Friar Bacon (a necromancer of popular fable), evokes visions of the royal power while the brazen head speaks. Each vision is represented by a large medallion inscribed, "Constitution," and shows a different balance of power between the king and both houses of Parliament. On the left, Fox, Burke, and North, peek in through an open door, appearing alarmed. On the right, a number of men walk down the "back stairs." The first of them, carrying a conspirator's lantern and led by the devil, is Lord Temple
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 35.5 cm.
Formerly mounted on leaf 47 of volume 1 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26 x 37 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784 - Material
- etching ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
-
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813
Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.
Pitt, William, 1759-1806. - Subject (Topic)
-
Politics and government
Wizards
Magic
Devil - Subjects
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Wizards
Magic
Devil
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
- 6981172
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791362