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Print made by: Thomas Rowlandson

Published by: William Humphrey
Title
[The incurable]
Description
English: Two three quarter length figures: Doctor Monro (left) in profile to the right inspects Fox through an eye-glass held in his left hand. Fox, in a strait jacket, his face distraught (stressed by his dishevelled hair), his arms folded, sings:



"My Lodging is on the Cold ground and very hard is my Case
But that which grieves me most is the Loosing of my Place."

Monro says, "As I have not the least hope of his Recovery Let him be remov'd among the Incurables - M------o". Dr. John Monro was physician to Bedlam.
Beneath the design is etched:

'Dazzled with hope He could not see the Cheat
Of aiming with impatience to be great -
With wild Ambition in his heart we find
Farewell content and quiet of his mind
For Glittering Clouds he left the solid Shore
And wonted happiness returns no more.' 4 April 1784


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Depicted people Associated with: Charles James Fox
Date 1784
date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 251 millimetres
Width: 307 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0612.1221
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) One of many satires on the fall of the Coalition, cf. BMSat 6489. See also BMSat 6496, 6500, &c. Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 124.

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This title is given by Grego and does not appear on the print. An article on the print by William Schupbach was published in 'Medical History', 27 1983, pp.80-3 (offprint in P&D library).
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0612-1221
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