File:The Coalition Dissected (BM 1868,0808.5034).jpg
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[edit]The Coalition Dissected ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Print made by: William Dent
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Title |
The Coalition Dissected |
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Description |
English: A whole length figure divided vertically, half (left) representing North, the other half Fox.
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Depicted people | Representation of: Charles James Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1783 date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.5034 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) The debate on the Prince of Wales's establishment took place on 23, 25, and 26 June, when it appeared that Fox was in favour of a grant of £100,000 a year to the Prince by parliament; the king, with the approval of Lord John Cavendish, having proposed to allow the prince £50,000 a year from the Civil List, a disagreement which shook the Ministry. 'Parl. Hist', xxiii. 1030 ff. Wraxall, 'Memoirs', 1884, iii. 108 ff., see BMSat 6258, 6259. Fox's India Bill was not brought in until 11 November, so that the inscriptions relating to India must have been added for the reissue in December. A globe, in place of the stomach, common to both partners, is inscribed "Indostan", and (below) "Great (in reversed or looking-glass characters) Britain", to indicate (as in the case of the tongue inscribed "Truth"), that Britain was the reverse of Great. The sides of North and Fox which partly cover the exposed ribs are inscribed "Green Fat". North's foot, inscribed "Affection", tramples on a fox which is excreting. Across his leg (left) is written "Hypocrisy", across that of Fox (right), "Prostitution". See also BMSat 6213, &c. For the India Bill see BMSat 6271, &c. (Supplementary information) This plate is also found in a broadside version: see 1948,0214.781. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5034 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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