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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.03.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a room reminiscent of a magician's study, the King, dressed in a cloak as Friar Bacon (a necromancer of popular fable), evokes visions of the royal power while the brazen head speaks. Each vision is represented by a large medallion inscribed, "Cons...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Wizards, Magic, and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep into Friar Bacon's study [graphic].
