- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1784 March 3
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Collection Title:
- The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
- Container / Volume:
- Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-47
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- 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:
- CtY-LW, Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- W. Humphry, no. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bacon, Roger,--1214?-1294., Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville,--Marquess of,--1753-1813--Caricatures and cartoons., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Pitt, William,--1759-1806., and Riviere & Son Binding.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil., Magic., and Wizards.
- Collection Created:
- London
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A peep into Friar Bacon's study [graphic].
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- Bacon, Roger,--1214?-1294.1
- Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville,--Marquess of,--1753-1813--Caricatures and cartoons.1
- Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.1
- Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.1
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