File:The cunning men (BM 1868,0808.9343 1).jpg
Original file (2,500 × 1,847 pixels, file size: 1.07 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Summary
[edit]The cunning men
(   ) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist |
Print made by: Robert Seymour (?)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title |
The cunning men |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Below the title: 'They have raised a Devil they cannot lay again'. Grey and Althorp (right), wearing cloaks, are within a circle edged by a low parapet of large books, spine upwards, each inscribed 'Law', and protected by a frieze of bayonets. They have made a small fire, producing clouds of smoke in which are burning two documents: 'Non Intervention' [see BM Satires No. 16615] and 'Retrenchment'. Grey stands aghast, arms and wand extended, facing a huge winged Devil (H.L.) who leans towards him from the clouds (left), extending talons and holding a pitchfork. He wears a cap of Liberty with a tricolour cockade; a placard inscribed 'Reform' in large letters is spiked on his horns while 'Revolution' is inscribed on his forehead; he breathes fire and smoke and the words: 'Vote by Ballot', 'Universal Suffrage', 'No Tythes', 'No Lords', No—s' [Kings]. Grey says: 'I tremble at the demon I have raised'. Althorp, who is hooded, crouches (right) to throw coins into the fire, an allusion to his budget see BM Satires No. 16582; he holds a large purse. Feb 26 1831
Lithograph |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depicted people | Associated with: John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1831 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
1868,0808.9343 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954) The first anti-Reform print of 1831; for the Bill see No. 16602; for the ballot, No. 16557. Cf. No. 13275 (1819). For Reform as Revolution, delayed or immediate, cf. No. 16633. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-9343 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other versions |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg)
Licensing
[edit]This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag.  | ||||
.jpg&action=edit§ion=1){kind=link}
.jpg&action=edit§ion=2){kind=link}
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 02:02, 17 May 2020 | | 2,500 × 1,847 (1.07 MB) | Copyfraud (talk | contribs) | British Museum public domain uploads (Copyfraud/BM) Coloured lithographs in the British Museum 1831 image 2 of 2 #20,306/21,781 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg&oldid=646092789){kind=link}