[The incurable] [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [The incurable] [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Dazzled with hope he could not see the cheat ...
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [4 April 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. April 4th 1784, by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand
- Abstract
-
Charles Fox, in strait jacket, with unruly hair and a wild look on his face, is examined by Dr. Monro, the physician to Bedlam, who looks at him through a quizzing glass. Fox confesses that his troubles come from loosing his place, i.e., the fall of the Fox-North Coalition, while Dr. Monro pronounces him an incurable
- Description
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Title from Grego.
Six lines of verse in two columns below image: Dazzled with hope he could not see the cheat, of aiming with impatience to be great. With wild ambition in his heart we find, farewell content and quiet of his mind. For glittering clouds he left the solid shore, and wonted happiness returns no more.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, Great Britain -- Hospitals, psychiatric -- Psychiatric patients -- Bethlehem Hospital.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 30.7 cm, on sheet 27.8 x 35.2 cm.
Formerly mounted on leaf 56 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 29 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
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784 - Material
- etching with stipple ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Monro, John, 1715-1791
Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Politics and government
Mentally ill persons
Mental institutions
Physicians
Physical restraints
Straitjackets
Quizzing glasses - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Monro, John, 1715-1791 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
Mentally ill persons
Mental institutions
Physicians
Physical restraints
Straitjackets
Quizzing glasses
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Maidment, Brian > Donor
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
- 7048566
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791371
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