File:"Crumbs of comfort", or-old-orthodox, restoring consolation to his fallen children. (BM 1851,0901.107).jpg
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"Crumbs of comfort", or-old-orthodox, restoring consolation to his fallen children.
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"Crumbs of comfort", or-old-orthodox, restoring consolation to his fallen children. |
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English: The Devil stands (centre), his widespread wings stretching across the design, between Fox (left) and Burke (right), who kneel at his feet facing each other in profile. He is tall, stout, plainly dressed in the manner of the day, with a legal wig and bands. Horns project from his forehead, he has a small beard and moustache, and his toes, which are talons, project through his top-boots. To Fox he hands a dice-box and dice, for which Fox, hat in hand, holds out his left hand eagerly. Fox has a fox's head, and his hair is in a pigtail queue. Burke, wearing spectacles and kneeling on one knee, holds out his hat to receive the scourge and rosary which the Devil is handing to him; in this, as in other satires, he is depicted as a concealed Roman Catholic, see BMSat 6026. Behind the Devil's head is a shaded circle or dark halo; clouds form the background, suggesting that the figures are on a mountain top. c. August 1782
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| Depicted people | Representation of: Edmund Burke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1782 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1851,0901.107 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) One of many satires on the resignation of Fox, see BMSat 6010, &c, and Burke, see BMSat 6011, 6026. Grego, 'Gillray', p. 41. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-107 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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