File:The volcano of opposition. (BM 1868,0808.6053 2).jpg
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[edit]The volcano of opposition.
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Print made by: Frederick George Byron
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The volcano of opposition. |
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English: A burlesque representation of the famous quarrel in the House of Commons between Burke and Fox on 6 May. Burke stands in profile to the left, gesticulating, his clenched fist extended towards Fox (left) who stands weeping, consoled by Sheridan. From Burke's mouth, as from a volcano, issues a cascade of flame, which rises to fall on Fox; in it are the words: 'Black as ten furies! Jacobite Miscreants', 'The very dregs of infamy', 'Terrible as Hell! Infernal Spawn', 'Damnation', 'Jacobite renegades', 'Fiends of Hell', 'Pimps Panders Parasites Devils'. Sheridan stands on the extreme left, his hand on Fox, saying, "Be comforted, my dear Charles, let not the effusions of a Demoniac afflict you so severely! Live to be a comfort to your poor Sherry". Fox, with his handkerchief to his right eye, answers, "Talk not to me of comfort the derision of the world thrown on my poor old master will break my heart". Heavy clouds of smoke fill the House. Behind, the Speaker, Addington, behind the table with books and mace, flees terror-stricken from his chair to the right. A crowd of members on the right flee from the House, looking back in horror at Burke; one calls "Monro! Monro!" (appealing for Dr. Monro, the expert on lunacy). Terrified spectators in the gallery (right) are freely sketched. 16 May 1791
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Depicted people | Associated with: Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1791 date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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1868,0808.6053 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) For this famous scene see BMSat 7854, &c. The stream of abuse which issues from Burke's mouth appears to derive from Burke's quotation from 'Paradise Lost' on 11 May, applying the words to the French Constitution: '--------------A shape, If shape it might be called, that shape had none Black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, . . . . . . . . . . . . A cry of hell-hounds never ceasing bark With wide Cerberian mouths full loud, and ring A hideous peal.' 'Parl. Hist.' xxix. 418-19. For Burke's alleged insanity cf. BMSat 7529. Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 293. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6053 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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