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
Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created
[1784] and [approximately 1868?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
By W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand and By W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer]
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
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, before alterations to the text and design, see no. 6444 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Plate originally issued with the complete imprint "Pubd. March 11, 1784, by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand".
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 120.
On leaf 21 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Provenance
Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919. Transferred from Yale University Library; November 1967.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 36 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title
Leaf 21. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Collection / Other Creator
Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900, collector.
Collection Date
[London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain
England
Westminster
Subject (Name)
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic)
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Politics and government
Political elections
Monsters
Shields
Subjects
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 > 1868

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
15542231
Object ID (OID)
17355902

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