Punch and the Jugglers [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pub. by Mrs. D Archery, May 20, 1783, St. James Street
[1783]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 35 cm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 6233

Notes:

Title from item.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed.
Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.

Abstract:

William Petty, Lord Shelburne, invites two gentlemen into a room to see "A pantomimical performance now exhibiting in the cabinet at St. Ja--ss [i.e., St. James's]." On a platform in front of them, Punch with the face of the Duke of Portland performs moves controlled by Lord North and Charles Fox who, from behind a screen in the back, pull strings attached to Punch's toes. A devil points at Portland while a demonic looking cherub with horns playing a trumpet. On the ledge above the entrance is a bust of George III who looks complacently at an image nailed to the wall in which Lord North is dancing with a fox and an Harlequin.

Topics:

Clothing & dres
Demons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Puppet shows

Topics:

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1783
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1783

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

783.05.20.02+

Orbis Record:

6831703

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05197

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10724761

PID:

digcoll:553817