File:Law Promotion, Master Dicky, a parody to the tune of the little ploughboy (BM 1867,0309.792).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(956 × 1,600 pixels, file size: 391 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Law Promotion, Master Dicky, a parody to the tune of the little ploughboy   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist

Print made by: William Dent

Published by: William Moore
Published by: J (or W) Dickie
Title
Law Promotion, Master Dicky, a parody to the tune of the little ploughboy
Description
English: Arden, wearing a judge's wig and gown, stands on a platform consisting of circular rolls (of bread). His head is turned in profile to the left, his right arm is extended with a denunciatory gesture. Beside him (left) a cross-hilted sword emerges from a cloud inscribed 'Law', the blade is inscribed 'Justice'; a hand projects from the hilt, forming a signpost pointing in the same direction as Arden, and inscribed 'To Westminster Hall'. Beneath the design is etched 'MASTER DICKY, A Parody, To the tune of the little Ploughboy.



A flaxen headed Student,
As simple as may be,
And next a white wig Council
I whistled for a fee;
But now a saucy Master,
I strut in golden lace,
And no more K-----g's Attorney,
I screw my angry face,
For to the right--lls promoted,
A Chancery seat I fill,
Whilst clients coffers empty,
Our pockets for to fill;
---------. [12 ll. omitted]
I'll scold, confuse and vindicate,
With Speech confound the ear,
And when I'm tired on my legs,
Sit down a Woolsack Peer;
In court and civil honor,
So great a man I'll be,
You'll forget the little Lawyer,
That whistled for a fee.' 16 June 1788


Etching with hand-colouring
Depicted people Representation of: Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron of Alvanley
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 238 millimetres
Width: 142 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1867,0309.792
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) For Arden's promotion from Attorney-General to Master of the Rolls see BMSat 7334, &c.

Also an impression without the words 'Sketched by Pepper' (these have been added in a contemporary hand).
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1867-0309-792
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Licensing[edit]

This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag.

Note: This tag applies to scans and photocopies only. For photographs of public domain originals taken from afar, {{PD-Art}} may be applicable. See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current11:46, 13 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 11:46, 13 May 2020956 × 1,600 (391 KB)Copyfraud (talk | contribs)British Museum public domain uploads (Copyfraud/BM) Satirical prints in the British Museum 1788 #6,754/12,043

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Law_Promotion,_Master_Dicky,_a_parody_to_the_tune_of_the_little_ploughboy_(BM_1867,0309.792).jpg&oldid=420804906"