File:Road to Ruin (BM 1868,0808.6172).jpg
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Title |
Road to Ruin |
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Description |
English: Notorious rakes and gamblers ride or run furiously towards rays descending from a sun in the upper left corner of the design inscribed 'Chance'; its centre, a segment of which is visible, is composed of the letters on an 'E.O.' (roulette) table (cf. BMSat 5928). The foremost pair are the Duke of Clarence and the Prince of Wales; the Duke, slightly ahead, wears a chamber-pot on his head marked with an anchor (cf. BMSat 7909) and sits behind Mrs. Jordan, who cries, "Push away! that's your sort!" He cries, "Straight Sailing! that's your sort!" Both the horses have human heads; that of the Duke says, "I'm the Sort for Leading; that of the Prince is Fox." The Prince's hat with feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' flies from his head, two women sit behind him; the one holding his waist (? Mrs. Crouch) says, "No Jealous Fitz - that's your sort!" The other, seated behind her, holds the end of the Prince's shirt, she has a large fox's brush and is probably Mrs. Armistead; she says, "Well done Charley! That's your sort!" The Prince says, "I'm the sort for a Widow - she's done over!" Mrs. Fitzherbert has fallen from the horse into a stream and holds out her arms towards the Prince. From the water emerges a post inscribed 'Styx', a bridge or culvert beside it is 'Hazard'.
Etching with hand-colouring |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Elizabeth Bridget Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1792 date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6172 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Holcroft's very popular 'Road to Ruin' was first played at Covent Garden, 18 Feb. 1792. The phrase 'that's your sort' was the catch-word of the fast spendthrift Goldfinch, who made his final exit with the words '. . . Damn trade! The four aces, a back hand, and a lucky nick! I'm a deep one! That's your sort!' See BMSat 8083. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6172 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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File change date and time | 16:11, 25 August 2006 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 16:11, 25 August 2006 |
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