The child, or, A legacy for the House of Commons [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
[publisher not identified]
[1771]

Copyright Date:

[1771]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 9.5 x 19.9 cm, on sheet 13 x 21 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 4894

Notes:

Title etched above image.
Dated in the British Museum catalogue from a report in the Oxford magazine, v. 6 (1771), p. 157.
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.
Walter Schatzki; November 1960; Acquisitions no.: 960-11-1-4.

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.

Variant Titles:

Legacy for the House of Commons

Topics:

Abandoned children
Boots
Chandeliers
Fountains
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Interiors
Masks
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Supernatural beings
Theaters

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1771
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1771

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

771.04.00.01

Orbis Record:

8341857

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr03068

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10715692

PID:

digcoll:2754720