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1. The historical painter [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Feb. 10th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.02.10.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, dressed as Cromwell, paints the execution of Charles I, using royal crown and sceptre as artist's tools. Above the canvas hangs a painting showing a fox, with the Liberty cap on a stick, presenting a male figure of America with a sheet of paper inscribed, "Independence." Behind Fox stands the angry female figure of Justice, her blindfold removed, a sword inscribed, "justice," in her right hand. In the left hand she holds a pair of scales of which the one filled with "loyalty" outweighs the one holding a fox. On the floor lies an open volume entitled, "Patriotism by C. Cromwell," propped on the hilt of a sword labeled, "Commonwealth."
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Painting, Scales, Daggers & swords, Foxes, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The historical painter [graphic]
2. The political Cerberus [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March, 3d, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.03.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dog with the heads of Lord North, Charles Fox, and Edmund Burke stands guard in front of a gate inscribed, "Portland" and probably representing the Treasury. The dog's "Coalition" collar is secured with an "Interest" padlock and decorated with the Prince of Wales's feathers. The inscription on its tail refers to a bag of euphorbium thrown in Fox's face by an opponent. Above the gate, Cromwell's face makes the central keystone in the arch. It is flanked by two axes and two masks with devil's horns: the smiling one is Lord Derby; the scowling one Admiral Keppel
- Description:
- Title from item., Cf. No. 6481 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cerberus (Greek mythology), Politics and government, Gates, and Demons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political Cerberus [graphic]