Fattening Fieschi for the slaughter [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Fattening Fieschi for the slaughter [graphic]
- Creator
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Contributor
- Drake, G., active 1832-1836, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1833]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- G. Drake
- Abstract
-
First panel: Fieschi, an obese man holding a small glass and a cigar, is slumped down in a chair in front of a table on which a bowl of "infernal soup" sits; an officer and a monk stand over him; second panel: Beresford kneels and prays to a tall demon figure materializing from a cloud of smoke; the demon stands within a ring created by bags of money while wearing a crown of skulls and holding a staff with a skull and crossbones at the end
- Description
-
Titles from item.
Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left corner of first panel of design.
Probably a print from the series The political drama, which was published ca. 1833 by G. Drake; see British Museum online catalogue.
Design consists of two panels side by side, each individually titled.
Wood engraving with letterpress text.
Sheet trimmed with probable loss of imprint and series statement. Conjectured to be no. 125 in the series based on the number "125" written in brown ink in lower left corner of first panel of the design.
Mounted on green paper backing.
No. 125. - Provenance
- Grosvenor Prints; September 2018.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 23.6 x 36 cm.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1833
Wood engravings
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century - Material
- wood engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England.
- Subject (Name)
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Fieschi, Joseph, 1790-1836
Beresford, James, 1764-1840 - Subject (Topic)
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Obesity
Eating & drinking
Soldiers
French
Monks
Clergy
Demons
Prayer
Staffs (Sticks)
Money - Subjects
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Fieschi, Joseph, 1790-1836 > Caricatures and cartoons
Beresford, James, 1764-1840 > Caricatures and cartoons
Obesity
Eating & drinking
Soldiers > French
Monks
Clergy > England
Demons
Prayer
Staffs (Sticks)
Money
England > 1833
19th century
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
- 13982376
- Object ID (OID)
- 16721003