The loves of the fox and the badger, or, The coalition wedding [graphic].

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Description

Title
The loves of the fox and the badger, or, The coalition wedding [graphic].
Alternative Title
Coalition wedding
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created
[7 January 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. Iany. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Abstract

A design with nine compartments depicting Charles James Fox and Lord North, (as a fox and badger respectively), in a series of scenes beginning with the fox beating the badger in a fight, and culminating in their wedding dance in the last compartment. The Devil is present in several frames, encouraging the union, meant to satirize the coalition

Description
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6369 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
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, pages 112-4.
On leaf 25 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 24.1 x 34 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title
Leaf 25. 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
Political cartoons England 1784
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain
Subject (Name)
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic)
Politics and government
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Foxes
Badgers
Devil
Subjects
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Foxes
Badgers
Devil
England > 1784
England > London > 1868

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
15542626
Object ID (OID)
17355910

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