File:Merlin (BM 1868,0808.10055).jpg
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[edit]Merlin
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Merlin |
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Description |
English: A sequel to BMSat 4957. Merlin (left) points with his wand to a procession of the sovereigns of Europe which circles round him, moving from left to right. He stands within a circle bordered with cabalistic signs, a globe stands beside him; he wears long robes and his high cap is decorated with a skull and cross-bones. First walks a sovereign with three heads, the centre head wearing a crown, between a woman's head with ass's ears and a man's head with stag's horns. This appears to represent the king of Denmark, deceived by his wife and Struensee, an episode which belongs to 1772, see BMSats 4945,4946,4950,4956. Next walks a crowned personage carrying a halter in his right hand, and in the left a 'Book of Prayer' which he is reading. Perhaps Frederick, called the Hereditary Prince, son of the Dowager Queen of Denmark, who had conspired against Struensee and had shown great vindictiveness towards him.
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Depicted people | Representation of: Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1774 date QS:P571,+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.10055 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) >From the 'Westminster Magazine', i. 684. In 1773 Clement XIV (d. 1774), who can be seen seated on a hill in the background, suppressed the Jesuits, a shock to the prestige of the Papacy, and the cause of calumnies which probably hastened his death, which was ascribed, possibly with truth, to poison. See Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, i. 401-3; 'Cambridge Mod. Hist.', vi. 594-6. For the Partition of Poland see 'ibid.', BMSat 4957, 4958, 5110, 5229. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-10055 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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