File:Nil desperandum, or the hands of comfort (BM 1868,0808.5364).jpg
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Nil desperandum, or the hands of comfort ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Nil desperandum, or the hands of comfort |
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Description |
English: Fox stands between two women saying despairingly "All's lost". They wear fox-brushes and favours; each puts a hand in his pocket. Their identity is shown by two signposts: 'Road to D--cannon' (left) and 'Road to Devonshire' (right). c.April 1784
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Depicted people | Associated with: Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1784 date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.5364 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) One of many coarse satires on the canvassing of the Duchess of Devonshire, see BMSat 6493, &c. Fox's prospects at first seemed hopeless, see BMSat 6500, &c, and Appendix I. (later additional comment) Described by George from an impression in the Guildhall Library; an original was subsequently found in the BM. It is evidently a print by William Dent, although the publication line has been cut off. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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