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1. The child, or, A legacy for the House of Commons [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1771]
- Call Number:
- 771.04.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "From the stage of a theatre, two figures address the audience: Charles Fox (left) with a fox's head, holds under his left arm a tray in which are two doll-like infants in swaddling bands; in his right hand is a paper inscribed, "Norton & Fox Sponsors". He is saying: "Discovered by the Secret Committee". In the centre is another man with a wide open mouth, whose head is perhaps intended for that of a dolphin. He holds a paper inscribed "The Child of the People". On the right. of the stage is part of a fountain supported by a satyr. On each side of the stage are two tiers of boxes; in the lower box on the right. Punch is talking to a lady."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Legacy for the House of Commons
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Dated in the British Museum catalogue from a report in the Oxford magazine, v. 6 (1771), p. 157., and Temporary local subject terms: Theater: boxes -- Architectural details: fountain -- Satyrs (Greek mythology) -- Punch, as member of audience -- Masks: ass's head -- Dolphin's head -- Children: infant foundlings -- Lighting -- Boots: one spurred, one Roman -- Reference to the House of Commons' Secret Committee, April 1771.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Theaters, Fountains, Masks, Supernatural beings, Abandoned children, Chandeliers, and Boots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The child, or, A legacy for the House of Commons [graphic].
2. The enrag'd batchelor, or, The plague of a single state [graphic]
- Creator:
- Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before1762]
- Call Number:
- 760.00.00.88+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tall, elegantly dressed elderly gentleman stands in center of a room looking with disgust over his left shoulder at large round tripod table on which lies a crying infant in a straw basket. He holds a raised cane in his right hand and a tricorne hat under his right arm. From his left side hangs a tasselled sword. The baby's basket has a ribbon inscribed 'To Simon Spindleshanks, Esq.' Behind his master, to the left, stands a grinning manservant who is showing delight in what he has brought about. In the background are beautifully panelled walls hung with two paintings which amplify the subject of the print. The one on the left depicts a violent storm; in the one on the right Delilah with Samson asleep at her knee, beckons soldiers to enter the room
- Alternative Title:
- Plague of a single state, Enraged batchelor, and Enraged bachelor
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date inferred from John Smith's address at Cheapside., Two columns of verse below image: Batter'd, deseas'd, and past his youthfull pranks, lo here a bantling, laid to Spindleshanks ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, & John Smith in Cheapside
- Subject (Topic):
- Bachelors, Abandoned children, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The enrag'd batchelor, or, The plague of a single state [graphic]
