File:The Coalition Dissected (BM 2005,0830.24).jpg
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The Coalition Dissected
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Print made by: William Dent
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The Coalition Dissected |
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| Description |
English: (For description see other impression). In this impression the plate is printed in the middle of a broadside titled 'Celebrated Speech of the Earl of Abingdon, in the House of Lords, on Tuesday, December 2, 1783' (no name or place). The print is dated 12 August 1783
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| Depicted people | Representation of: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1783 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005,0830.24 |
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| Notes |
The coalition between Charles James Fox and Lord North was in power for nine months from March 1783. It was based on a mutual wish to end the American War and to concede independence, and fell when Fox's East India Bill (intended to regulate the British role in India) was rejected on 15 December 1783. The etching included on this sheet was one of many satires produced in the spring and summer of 1783 suggesting that the coalition was corrupt; this state includes the text of a speech made in the House of Lords by the Earl of Abingdon on 2 December during the course of which he produced the etching to demonstrate to his peers that the government of the country was in the hands of a "bifronted monster". This is a less damaged impression than the one described by George (BMSat.6257) |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_2005-0830-24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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