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Charley's return from over the water   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: William Dent

Published by: William Moore
Title
Charley's return from over the water
Description
English: Fox steps from a boat, and is greeted vociferously by his supporters. One foot is on land, the other in the boat, in which stands Mrs. Armstead, whose hand Fox holds, about to lead her to shore. In his right hand are his hat and a netted bag within which are cards and dice-boxes. Mrs. Armstead, who is flamboyantly dressed and wears a large hat trimmed with feathers and a fox's brush, holds under her left arm a cask inscribed 'Geneva [gin]', cf. BMSat 7370. The boat is the 'Prince of Wales Cutter', of 'Pickled Herring Stairs'; it is propelled by a grinning Devil, who uses the end of his pitchfork as a punt-pole, and is dressed in a sailor's striped trousers. Two small demons stand on the shore blowing trumpets; to one is attached a banner inscribed 'Morning Herald'. A band of Fox's supporters kneels to receive him; their leader is Hall the apothecary, a pen thrust through the side-curl of his wig; he holds out to Fox his apothecary's mortar which contains the crown and a sceptre; it is inscribed 'Regen[t] Man Midwife'. Behind him kneels Burke, his raised hands clasped; he is dressed as a Jesuit (cf. BMSat 6026) but has a bald head. Less prominent are Sheridan, between Burke and Hall, Lord John Townshend (?) behind Burke, and George Hanger, whose eye and nose only are visible. A label floats above their heads: 'O Blessed Return! hadst thou been lost it would have been all Dicky with us'. Behind them and in the background is the plebeian mob, densely packed and waving hats, one man has a marrowbone and cleaver. A ballad-singer bawls 'A new Song Landing of the Revolution Pair'. Beneath the title is etched:



Over the water, over the lee,
And over the water went Charley,
Charley loves his Box and Dice,
And Charley loves good Brandy,
And Charley loves his pretty Wench
As sweet as sugar Candy.

Over the Water, over the lee,
And over the water with Charley,
Ar------d tuckt her Petticoats up,
For she loves Gin and Brandy,
And Ar------d loves her Charley Boy
As sweet as sugar Candy.

Over the water, over the lee,
And over the water to Charley,
Charley loves Rare News, as well
As she loves Gin and Brandy,
So Charley returns to his P------
As sweet as sugar Candy.' 26 November 1788


Etching
Depicted people Associated with: Elizabeth Bridget Fox
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 250 millimetres
Width: 350 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5794
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

One of many satires on the Regency crisis, see BMSat 7377, &c. Fox returned from Bologna (after nine days' travelling) on 24 Nov.; he left Mrs. Armstead at Lyons in order to travel more rapidly. Wraxall, 'Memoirs', 1884, v. 202. See also BMSat 7380, &c.; for his departure with Mrs. Armstead see BMSat 7370. 'Revolution' at this date connotes the revolution of 1688-9 and therefore Whig principles, cf. BMSat 7489.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5794
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(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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