File:The Countryman's Dream of Coalescing Virtue and Vice (BM 1868,0808.5187).jpg
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The Countryman's Dream of Coalescing Virtue and Vice ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: William Dent
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Title |
The Countryman's Dream of Coalescing Virtue and Vice |
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Description |
English: A satire on the scheme of the country gentlemen, meeting at the St. Alban's Tavern, for a 'union' between Pitt and Fox. The scene is outside a public house inscribed 'St Albans' (left); the sign projecting from the corner of the building is half the face of Fox, as in 'The Mask', BMSat 6234; the other half (in place of that of North) is a royal crown. Members of the supposed united ministry dance hand in hand round a may-pole, on the top of which is the head of George III, the eyes closed, the tongue protruding. Beneath the head the pole is wreathed with bunches of grapes and vine-leaves. The two figures in the front of the circle are Fox (left) and Thurlow (right). Fox has the body of a fox; he looks round over his right shoulder with a triumphant smile. Thurlow, in Chancellor's wig and gown, in profile to the left, gazes at Fox. On his right, also in profile to the left, is Burke dressed as a Jesuit (cf. BMSat 6026). The central figure on the farther side of the circle is Shelburne, who dances between Portland (left) and Burke (right). Richmond, in profile to the right, dances between Portland and Fox. Horns sprout from the heads of Portland, Fox, and Burke, while those of the other three are surrounded by haloes.
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Depicted people | Associated with: Edmund Burke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1784 date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.5187 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) For the proposed union of parties, see BMSat 6413, &c. For Fox as Cromwell cf. BMSat 6380, &c. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5187 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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