File:The Hopes of the Party, prior to July 14th- "From such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord deliver us." (BM 1868,0808.6086).jpg
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The Hopes of the Party, prior to July 14th- "From such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord deliver us." ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: James Gillray
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Title |
The Hopes of the Party, prior to July 14th- "From such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord deliver us." |
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Description |
English: A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from two projecting lamp-brackets swing the bodies of Queen Charlotte and Pitt. The houses of the Strand recede in perspective and terminate in Temple Bar, with two heads on spikes; clouds of smoke appear to come from burning houses east of Temple Bar. On the clouds a meretricious Liberty sits enthroned and triumphant.
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Charlotte, Queen of George III | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1791 date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/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 |
1868,0808.6086 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) A satire on the dinner at the Crown and Anchor, see BMSats 7889, 7890; and on the radicals who extolled the French Revolution, cf. BMSat 8142, &c. For the treatment of the King cf. BMSat 7894. For Priestley and death cf. BMSats 5644, 7635. For Wray, small beer, and Chelsea Hospital see BMSat 6475, &c.; he retired from politics after his defeat at Westminster but was one of the stewards at the dinner of 14 July 1791. For Sheridan as Joseph Surface cf. BMSat 7510, &c, and for the King's words, BMSat 7515. Grego, 'Gillray', 130-1. Wright and Evans, No. 57. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6086 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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