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Hibernia in the Character of Charity   (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: J Brown
Title
Hibernia in the Character of Charity
Description
English: Hibernia, seated, holds on her lap Fox (left) and North, whom she is suckling (right). She says, "Bless the little Innocents!" Behind her (left) Britannia lies on the ground, her shield and spear beside her, Hibernia's foot resting on the shield which is inscribed 'Equal Participation'. At Hibernia's feet Burke kneels in profile to the right, holding a staff inscribed 'Faction'; he earnestly addresses a man whose body is partly composed of an Irish harp inscribed 'Sedition'; he is in profile to the left, horns sprout from his forehead; his resemblance to the Bishop of Deny in BMSat 6654 is marked. Fox, North, and Burke are naked infants. Britannia says:



"Sister, this treach'ry you may have to rue,
Beware, you may yourself with me undo."

The bishop ('Sedition') says:

"Proceed ye precious Imps! ye politicians good!
Who first cri'd that poor Ireland must have cloaths and food!
Now bawl that Britian's ruin'd with as fair a face,
To get Ministers out and your dear selves in place."

Beneath the title is etched:

'These sweet Babes by Britannia quite cast out,
At length have found a Parent brave and stout.
They'll good children prove, she a fond mother,
Because, hence they may assist each other.' 21 March 1784 or 1785


Etching
Depicted people Associated with: Edmund Burke
Date between 1784 and 1785
date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 273 millimetres
Width: 200 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5189
Notes

For the clamour raised and exploited by Fox against Pitt's Irish Resolutions see Lecky, vi. 399-401; Russell, 'Memorials and Correspondence of Fox', ii. 270 f. Rutland wrote from Ireland to Pitt, 16 June 1784, 'Mr Fox I am informed, says, He shall make his harvest from Ireland.' The demand for 'protecting duties' was made in Ireland in April 1784, cf. BMSat 6647. The Resolutions on Commercial Intercourse between Ireland and Great Britain were laid before Parliament on 22 Feb. 1785, and were attacked by Fox. 'Parl. Hist.' xxv. 311 ff. See letter of Pulteney to Rutland, 22 Mar., on the manoeuvres of the Opposition. 'Hist. MSS. Comm. Rutland Papers', iii. 193-4. Rose, 'Pitt and National Revival', pp. 249 ff. For Irish unrest see BMSat 6654, &c. For the Irish Propositions see BMSats. 6787, 6788, 6789, 6792, 6794, 6795, 6796, 6798, 6799, 6800, 6801, 6802, 6805, 6806, 6809, 6812, 6964, 7124, 7135, 7389, 7480.


Despite the clear date on the plate, George suggests that the correct date is 1785, and she places it accordingly.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5189
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