General Blackbeard wounded at the Battle of Leadenhall [graphic] / I.B.

Published/Created:

[London]
Jany. 5, Publish'd by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill, & sold by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
[5 January 1784]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with engraving and stipple ; sheet 26 x 33 cm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 6367

Notes:

Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Print signed I.B. (i.e. John Boyne) in lower right of image.

Abstract:

In a possible burlesque of West's Death of Wolfe, a "wounded" Fox lies supported by his followers. He is held in the arms of Admiral Keppel, as Burke in monk's habit offers him a glass, and Mary (Perdita) Robinson applies smelling salts. North is to the right, swooning with grief and supported by Portland, while Sheridan kneels to the right in front of John Cavendish. Behind Fox at the far left the Prince of Wales kneels to kiss Perdita's unoccupied hand. A satire on the defeat of Fox's India Bill.

Associated Names:

Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810 [Printmaker]

Topics:

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796
Clothing & dre
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816

Topics:

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

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1784
Political cartoons -- England -- 1784
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1784

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

784.01.05.01.1+

Orbis Record:

6916624

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05357

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10727369

PID:

digcoll:947364