- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.03.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a room reminiscent of a magician's study, the King, dressed in a cloak as Friar Bacon (a necromancer of popular fable), evokes visions of the royal power while the brazen head speaks. Each vision is represented by a large medallion inscribed, "Constitution," and shows a different balance of power between the king and both houses of Parliament. On the left, Fox, Burke, and North, peek in through an open door, appearing alarmed. On the right, a number of men walk down the "back stairs." The first of them, carrying a conspirator's lantern and led by the devil, is Lord Temple
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Wizards, Magic, and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep into Friar Bacon's study [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 March 1800]
- Call Number:
- Print00182
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A bogus wizard stands raising his wand while a grotesque figure, in answer, snorting fire, emerges in clouds of smoke from a rectangular aperture in the floor (left), dagger in one hand, cup of 'poison' in the other. The dupe, an ugly man in old-fashioned dress, watches terror-struck, while a woman picks his pocket from behind a curtain. A magic circle, with toad, skull, &c, a cat, a book with cabalistic signs, a stuffed crocodile suspended from the ceiling, give the required atmosphere."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Raising the devil
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Devils & demons -- Cabalism., 1 print : etching and aquatint ; plate mark 29.7 x 34.6 cm., and Hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 12, 1800, by R. Ackerman, No. 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Crocodiles, Demons, Dogs, Fraud, Magic, Magical devices, Pickpockets, and Wizards
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Humbugging, or, Raising the devil [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 March 1800]
- Call Number:
- 800.03.12.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A bogus wizard stands raising his wand while a grotesque figure, in answer, snorting fire, emerges in clouds of smoke from a rectangular aperture in the floor (left), dagger in one hand, cup of 'poison' in the other. The dupe, an ugly man in old-fashioned dress, watches terror-struck, while a woman picks his pocket from behind a curtain. A magic circle, with toad, skull, &c, a cat, a book with cabalistic signs, a stuffed crocodile suspended from the ceiling, give the required atmosphere."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Raising the devil
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Devils & demons -- Cabalism.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 12, 1800, by R. Ackerman, No. 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Crocodiles, Demons, Dogs, Fraud, Magic, Magical devices, Pickpockets, and Wizards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Humbugging, or, Raising the devil [graphic]