Gorgon [graphic].

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Title: Gorgon [graphic].
Contributor: Hedges, Edward, active 1780-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: March 13th 1784.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Abstract: From Charles Fox's head grow serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel in profile, and the Duke of Portland in profile, looking at Burke on the opposite side, shown full-face looking to the right. Above Burke's head are the heads of Sheridan, as a satyr, Lord John Cavendish, and Lord Derby. The verse below the image refer to the defeat of the Fox-North coalition and the East India Bill
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Figure on the bottom right and second from the bottom on the left facing the viewer [i.e. not in profile]. Variant state of no. 6450 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Mounted to 28 x 25 cm.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.9 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 27 x 24 cm
Edition: [State with two figures full-face]
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786.
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834.
Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Monsters
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834
Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Monsters
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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