File:The Wonderful Word Eater lately arrived from abroad (BM J,4.15).jpg
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[edit]The Wonderful Word Eater lately arrived from abroad ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: William Dent
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Title |
The Wonderful Word Eater lately arrived from abroad |
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Description |
English: Fox, directed to the left, stands eating a long scroll which he holds in both hands; it rests on the ground and its lower end is cut off by the left margin. It is inscribed: 'The Influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing and ought to be diminished - [Dunning's famous resolution, cf. BMSat 5659] The Rights of the People - Omni[po]tence'. Fox has an enormous brush, which curls above his shoulder, inscribed: 'The Power of the People has increased, is increasing and ought to be diminished - The Rights of the Crown Hered[itary]'. He tramples under his right foot a paper inscribed 'Rights of Parliament'; under the left are the cap and staff of Liberty and the sword of Justice lying on the 'Bill of Rights' and 'Magna Charta'. Beneath the title is etched:
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Representation of: Charles James Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1788 date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
J,4.15 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Like BMSat 7391, a parody of the advertisements of the 'Stone Eater' (one of which is pasted on the back of the print), cf. BMSat 7287, &c. One of many satires on the Regency crisis, see BMSat 7377, &c. It is directed against Fox's assertions in the debate of 10 Dec, see BMSat 7381, &c. Cf. BMSat 6207 (1783). an earlier attack on Fox for inconsistency. (Supplementary information) Lettered with title, nine lines of description, and publication line: "Sold by W.Moore No.308 Oxford Street". Pasted on verso a broadside about 'The Original Stone Breaker' (see J.4-271) |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_J-4-15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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