Protestant descendency a pull at the Church / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Protestant descendency a pull at the Church / [graphic]
- Creator
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Contributor
- McLean, T. publisher.
- Published / Created
- [19 March 1829]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. March 19, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
- Abstract
-
"An ancient Gothic church in the middle distance stands on a grassy hill inscribed 'Protestant Ascendency'; under the hill (left) is a cave, 'Cave of Catholic Ascendency', in which are barrels of 'Gun . Pow[der]'. A fat bare-footed friar walks away from the cave towards the picture-plane, carrying a lighted candle, and slyly laying a train of powder on the road to the cave. Standing round the church is a crowd of country people, listening to a parson who holds out to them a 'Petition to Parliament'. They are unconscious, not only that the ground beneath them is mined, but that men (right) are tugging at a rope looped round the steeple, which is about to crash. The rope-pullers are in the foreground (right); at the extreme end is Wellington with his back to the church, straining hard. Next is Peel, wearing an orange waistcoat (cf. British Museum Satires No. 15690) badly stained by the rope; Brougham, a broom-girl dressed as in British Museum Satires No. 14769, is next, with Mackintosh in Highland costume beside him. In front of them is Burdett, very tall and thin, holding up his hat and shouting 'Down with it--never mind the People' [see British Museum Satires No. 16058]. In front is O'Connell, in wig and gown, shouting, 'By St Patrick I've got the Rope over at Last.' Behind these principals are more men, tugging at a second rope. On a green field topping a cliff behind the church-breakers is Eldon wearing a smock and guiding a plough; he turns to shout to the petitioners by the church, who will be crushed by the falling tower: 'Look to your selves People.' Along the horizon (left) is a Papist procession with lighted tapers, the Host, crosses, a grotesque Pope, and figures under a canopy. It approaches St. Paul's whose dome rises above the sky-line. On the extreme right is the Monument (see British Museum satires no. 15688, &c.) in flames."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella.
Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are daily publishing. - Provenance
- Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 3 October 2018, lot 297. Purchased through Jarndyce; October 2018.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26.1 x 38 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 44 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 829.03.19.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1829
Etchings England London 1829
Artists' devices - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
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St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Leo XII, Pope, 1760-1829.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 - Subject (Topic)
-
Catholic emancipation
Churches
Caves
Crowds
Monks
Vandalism - Subjects
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St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
Leo XII, Pope, 1760-1829
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847 > Caricatures and cartoons
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
Catholic emancipation > Great Britain
Churches
Caves
Crowds
Monks
Vandalism
England > 1829
England > London > 1829
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
- 13823987
- Object ID (OID)
- 16704591