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TheTriumph of Virtue   (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
TheTriumph of Virtue
Description
English: The king as Arthur stands between Fox (left) as Grimbald and Pitt (right) as Philidel, turning his back on Fox and holding out his hands to Pitt. The names are inscribed on scrolls above the figures. 'Arthur' wears a crown, a tunic and cloak trimmed with bands of ermine, with cross-gartered boots; he turns his head in profile to the right towards 'Philidel', who stands in profile to the left with curiously-shaped wings, one inscribed 'Majority', holding a wand in his right hand and wearing a laurel wreath. His cloak, slashed doublet, and hose appear to be intended for Elizabethan costume. 'Grimbald' stands full-face, clasping his hands, looking with a scowl to the right. His wings droop, one is inscribed 'Minority'; horns sprout from his forehead, a barb protrudes from the tip of his fox's brush; his feet are those of a beast of prey. His wrists and ankles are shackled and linked by chains. He wears a tunic made of snake-like scales on which is a demon's mask. A crown inscribed 'Asia' has fallen from his head and lies at his feet, together with a trident.


Beneath the title is etched: 'Victory! victory! Vice is in chains, . . . Victory! victory! Virtue reigns, vide King Arthur.' 14th June 1784


Etching
Depicted people Associated with: Charles James Fox
Date 1784
date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 250 millimetres
Width: 347 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5343
Notes

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

A satire on the defeat of Fox in the general election, with an allusion to the defeat of the India Bill (cf. BMSat 6286, &c). The characters are from Dryden's 'King Arthur or the British Worthy' in which Philidel, 'a gentle aërial spirit, friendly to the Christians', is opposed by 'Grimbald, a fierce earthy goblin'. Baker, 'Biog. Dram.', 1812, ii. 39.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5343
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