The political hydra [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. Decr. 26, 1788, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
[26 December 1788]

Copyright Date:

[26 December 1788]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 21.3 x 35.1 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7385
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 231
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and t

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with nearly complete loss of imprint. Imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec., 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-5-184.

Abstract:

"Six heads, full-face, of Fox, arranged in a row, all with eyes closed or looking down. [1] 'Out of Place In Character', with tousled hair and ill-shaved face. [2] 'In Place Out of Character', with powdered hair and well-shaved face. Cf. Wraxall, 'Memoirs', 1884, ii. 269-74. [3] 'As he might have been'. The cap of Liberty is just above his head. [4] 'As he wod have been'. A ducal coronet is just above his (powdered) head. [5] 'As he should have been'. Blood drips from his decapitated head on which is a cap. [6] 'As he will be'. The Prince of Wales's coronet and feathers are just above his powdered hair on which is the word 'Regent'."--British museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 [Printmaker]
Fores, S. W. [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Harvey, Francis
Regency -- Great Britain
Riviere & Son

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1788
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1788

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

788.12.26.01

Orbis Record:

8111957

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr06513

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10731049

PID:

digcoll:553643