File:The times or the downfall of magna far-ta by Carlo Cromwell Esqr (BM 1868,0808.5079).jpg
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The times or the downfall of magna far-ta by Carlo Cromwell Esqr ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
The times or the downfall of magna far-ta by Carlo Cromwell Esqr |
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Description |
English: A man-of-war is being raised by three balloons each fastened by a cord to the top of a mast. Beneath the ship five sailors haul at ropes attached to her; they are on a small island or sandbank near the coast; the figures are on a very small scale. Lord North is climbing up one of these ropes which is held by a sailor who says, "this Destroys the Coalition". North says "I am going for More airy Promises", a paper falls from him inscribed "Ch------s [Fox] is a curse on Coalitions". The other four sailors are saying, "Avast hauling There"; "Take Ch------s with you"; "D-----n my Eyes bring her Back"; "I'll be damn'd if She goes". In the upper right corner of the print a head with demon's wings appears from clouds, directing at the balloons a blast of air inscribed "No Boreas here". A winged imp or demon is flying from the balloon (right) saying, "A Paris".
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Representation of: Charles James Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1783 date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/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 |
1868,0808.5079 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) An elaborate and confused attack on Fox's India Bill. Fox is here, as often, represented as a Cromwell, usurping the prerogatives of the Crown, see BMSat 6239, &c. The allusions to the Apocalypse are based on a speech of Scott, afterwards Lord Eldon, in the debate on the third reading of the East India Bill (8 Dec.) in which he read verses from the 'Book of Revelation' comparing Fox to the Beast and Dragon, and the fall of Babylon to the fall of the East India Company. This is indicated by the signature. 'Parl. Hist.' xxiv. 34-5. Wraxall, 'Memoirs', 1884, iii. 169-70. For the India Bill see BMSat 6271, &c., and for its defeat BMSat 6283. For balloons see BMSat 6333, &c. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5079 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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