File:The bubbles of opposition. (BM 1868,0808.5757).jpg
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[edit]The bubbles of opposition. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
The bubbles of opposition. |
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Description |
English: Fox (three quarter length), very obese, stands (left) blowing soap-bubbles from a long pipe, with an expression of calculating complacency; these contain heads of Lord John Townshend and other Foxites. He stands beside a tub of soap-suds (right), inscribed 'Coalition Washing Tub', in which are two heads with closed eyes, one (left) is North, the other is (?) Burke. It stands on a block of masonry inscribed 'Portland Stone' (Portland being the nominal leader of the Coalition). Beside the tub are piles of guineas, some arranged on a paper inscribed 'Devonshire Sope'. The head contained in the bubble which is leaving the bowl of the pipe is exploding; the smoke and flames are inscribed 'Towns End' showing that he is Lord John Townshend. The largest bubble contains a head of the Prince of Wales and is inscribed 'Ich dien'. Between this and Townshend's bubble are six others, containing the heads of Burke, the Duke of Portland, the Duke of Norfolk, Sheridan, Lord Stormont, and Hanger. In the upper left corner is another bubble containing the head of (?) Windham, while a bubble, the lower part only of which is visible, contains a mouth and cheek resembling those of Lord Carlisle in caricature. 19 July 1788
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Edmund Burke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
1868,0808.5757 |
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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 satires on the Westminster by-election of 1788, see BMSat 7339, &c. The Foxites raised an initial sum of £15,000 for the campaign, to which the Duke of Devonshire doubtless contributed; cf. BMSat 7368. 'The Prince of Wales took no part at first, but at last he did.' 'Auckland Correspondence', ii. 223. The first print in which Sheridan's face is blotched with drink. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5757 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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