Revolution pillar [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Revolution pillar [graphic].
- Creator
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
- Contributor
- Moore, William, active 1784-1793, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [January 1789]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. by W. Dent and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford St.
- Abstract
-
"A fox, wearing a coat, hangs in profile to the right from a very high gibbet. His large brush is inscribed 'Hereditary Right' (cf. British Museum Satires 7381); he is excreting, the ordure being inscribed 'Run my Mead'. Above the gibbet is a scroll: 'The Man of the People High in Office'. Three women caper delightedly round the foot of the gallows: Justice (with the head of Thurlow) (left), with her scales evenly balanced, but with her bandage pushed up so that she can see, and holding her sword against her shoulder, its blade inscribed 'Household' continued; she sings, "Let's joyful Dance and merry Sing". Britannia (right) sings "for Ch--l--y [Fox] is quite the thing"; her shield is inscribed 'No Peers No Pensions', an allusion to the Regency Restrictions. Her profile appears to be intended for that of Pitt. Liberty, with the head of Wilkes, squinting violently, who is between the other two, cries "Huzza". The cap of Liberty (on its staff) is inscribed with the City arms and the motto 'Address', in reference to the City address of thanks to Pitt and the Ministry for maintaining the right of Parliament in the establishment of a regency."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Date at end of imprint statement is illegible; date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Removed from backing with remnants of blue paper on verso. - Provenance
- Justin Croft; February 2017.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35.7 x 18.7 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 789.01.00.02
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789 - Material
- etching with aquatint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
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Great Britain. Parliament.
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 - Subject (Topic)
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Britannia (Symbolic character)
Regency
Politics and government
Gallows
Justice
Liberty - Subjects
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Great Britain. Parliament
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Regency > Great Britain
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1789-1820
Gallows
Justice
Liberty
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
- 13492494
- Object ID (OID)
- 16698412