File:Poor Vulcan and his Cyclops preparing impeachment proof (BM 1868,0808.5524).jpg
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Poor Vulcan and his Cyclops preparing impeachment proof
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Print made by: William Dent
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Poor Vulcan and his Cyclops preparing impeachment proof |
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| Description |
English: A blacksmith's forge; Fox (centre) holds a piece of iron, inscribed 'Proof', on the anvil which Burke (left) raises his hammer to strike. A second hammer-man raises his hammer, his arms concealing his head; he is probably Francis. North (right) kneels blowing up the fire with his mouth, his bellows hang on the wall behind him. All wear leather aprons and are in shirt-sleeves, North wearing his ribbon. Fox supports himself with a crutch; his left sleeve is torn at the elbow, revealing two dice inscribed, 'Dr Brookes's Elbow Grease', an allusion to his gaming at Brooks's, cf. BMSat 5972, 6013, &c. The anvil consists of two blocks: on the upper is drawn a brooding hen with the head of Burke sitting on scrolls inscribed 'Murder' and (reversed) 'Peculation'; on the lower block Burke, armless and legless, lies face downwards, his head resting on a pointed weapon inscribed 'Impeachment'; beneath is etched, 'The Force of Envy'. On the wall above the anvil is a piece of crumpled sheet metal, inscribed 'Accusation'. A large piece of rough iron lies on the ground (right) inscribed 'Impeachment'. 29 April 1786
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Cyclops | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1786 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.5524 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) One of several satires on the impending impeachment of Warren Hastings, see BMSat 6925, &c. Peculation is evidently an allusion to Powell, see BMSat 6926. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5524 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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