Parliment [sic] scrutiny, or, A borrough in reserve [graphic].

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Title: Parliment [sic] scrutiny, or, A borrough in reserve [graphic].
Alternative Title: Parliment scrutiny, or, A borrough in reserve
Borough in reserve
Parliament scrutiny
Creator: Barrow, J., active 1782-1785, printmaker
Contributor: Rich, E., active 1782-1788, publisher.
Published / Created: [28 April 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd by E. Rich, April 28, 1784, No. 55 opposite Anderson's Coffee house, Fleet Street
Abstract: "The Duchess of Devonshire (right), wearing very wide hooped petticoats, shelters a fox beneath them. Its head projects from a slit which she holds open with her hands, its tail shows between her feet. She says:"Here my dear Reynard when all trouble's past, You'll find a Borrough open at the last."Her hat is trimmed with the usual ostrich plumes and fox's brush, cf. BMSat 6530, &c. North stands facing her, saying "He's IN for a Borrough". Beneath the design is inscribed:"In vain may Wits reprove, and Criticks blame, Nor shall concealment in this cause defame, Reynard in gratitude of such protection, Now pays the devoirs of his Election.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Satire alludes to the Orkney boroughs.
Watermark top center of sheet: [...] R . Countermark in center of sheet: IV.
Provenance: Suckling; March 1959;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 35.9 cm, on sheet 28 x 46 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Puns (Visual works) England 1784
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic): Elections, 1784
Political elections
Subjects: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1784
Political elections > England > London
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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