The champion of the people [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The champion of the people [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [not before 11 March 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- By W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand
- Abstract
-
Charles Fox, in an armor and holding the "Shield of Truth," raises broken sword to fight a many-headed monster representing William Pitt and his supporters. In the background, a party of armed "English" and "Irish" gathered under the "Standard of Universal Liberty" decorated with an image of Britannia, watches with approval. Behind the monster, four men representing foreign powers caper with joy around the "Standard of sedition."
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Reissue, with alterations to the text and design; beginning of imprint statement, part of the sword's blade, and the word "Justice" on the sword have been burnished from plate.
Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. March 11, 1784, by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand." Cf. No. 6444 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 120.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 24.7 x 34.6 cm.
Formerly mounted on leaf 49 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 24 x 34 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 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 wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
England
Westminster - Subject (Name)
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic)
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Britannia (Symbolic character)
Politics and government
Political elections
Monsters
Shields - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Political elections > England > Westminster > 1784
Monsters
Shields
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
- Catalog Record
- 6999287
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791364
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