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[edit]Grand Irish Air Balloon
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Print made by: William Dent
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| Title |
Grand Irish Air Balloon |
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English: A boat, in which are Fox, Burke, and North, is attached by cords to a round balloon. Beneath it is an apothecary's pestle and mortar, from which ascends a cloud of the 'Patriotic Gaz' with which the balloon has been filled; the mortar is inscribed 'Blue & Buff Stink-pot'. A spectator stands on each side of the mortar: the Devil with the face of the Duke of Portland (left), pointing upwards, holds a knife with which he has cut the ropes of the balloon; he says to his vis-à-vis, Hall, the Foxite apothecary, "There they go, Doctor, a nice trim". Hall (right) looks at the balloon through a medicine-phial used as a telescope; he answers, "Aye - they'll do it - if that blind Jade J - t - e [Justice] dont overset them". The balloon is inscribed 'Oratory'; on it (or in it) are Hibernia (left) and Britannia (right). Hibernia, holding her shield with a crowned harp, raises her sword to strike Britannia, who defends herself with her shield and spear. In the open boat slung from the balloon Fox sits facing the bows (left), holding a pennant inscribed 'Neck or Nothing'. A cannon, inscribed 'Independence', projects over the bows. In the centre sits Burke dressed as a Jesuit (cf. BMSat 6026), saying, "By Jasus, it will be sublime & beautiful to pop down among the Congress". North sits in the stern looking through his eye-glass and holding the tiller, which is attached to a rudder consisting of a large book inscribed 'History of the American War'. The boat is inscribed 'New flying Machine from Portland to Derry'. Beneath the title is etched: 'constructed on the same principle as the American Air Balloon, but containing more inflammable air than any hitherto invented, designed by Monsieur Le Diable and executed under his direction by Messrs Charles and Co in order to try experiments during the parliamentary Recess.' 7 October 1784
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Edmund Burke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1784 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.5377 |
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) There were rumours, believed by the Lord Lieutenant, Rutland, that Fox and his party were fomenting if not causing the unrest in Ireland at this time. Rutland wrote to Pitt, 16 June 1784, 'Mr Fox, I am informed, says, "He shall make his harvest from Ireland . . ."' (cf. BMSat 6671), and on 24 July 1784, 'I ask myself..., whether these factions which the Duke of Portland's administration has planted in this country may not acquire strength by placing the Bishop of Derry at the head of the Papists and all the malcontents who openly or secretly abet Mr Fox and his adherents here ....' 'Correspondence between Mr Pitt and the Duke of Rutland', 1890, pp. 22 and 26. See BMSat 6647, 6654, &c. See also BMSat 6812. For the 'American Air Balloon' cf. BMSat 6288. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5377 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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