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The diaboliad
Title
The diaboliad [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [March 1777]
Physical Description
1 print : etching & engraving ; sheet 12 x 19 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched above image.
Sheet trimmed into plate mark.
In plate above image, upper right: Lond. Mag. March 1777.
Quotation from Milton in plate below image: "To reign is worth ambition, tho' in Hell."
An illustration from the London Magazine, vol. 46 p. 152.
Summary
Illustration to William Combe's satirical poem of the same title. An elderly Devil crowns his successor (Simon Luttrell, Lord Irnham) who mounts the throne on the left. Behind Irnham are 5 unsuccessful contenders for the Devil's office, including at far right, Charles Fox as Volpone with the head of a fox. In the background stands a distraught man in chains, while dragons and demons fly overhead and to the side.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 07, 2004
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 5424
Subjects
Genre/Form
Political cartoons - England - 1777.
Periodical illustrations.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1777.
Etchings - England - 1777.
Engravings - England - 1777.
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