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General Blackbeard wounded at the Battle of Leadenhall
Title
General Blackbeard wounded at the Battle of Leadenhall [graphic] / I.B.
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [not before 5 January 1784]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with engraving and stipple ; plate mark 25.6 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 28 x 37 cm
Notes
Title from item.
Print signed I.B. (i.e. John Boyne) in lower right of image.
Probably a later state, with imprint removed, of a plate published by E. Hedges. Cf. No. 6367 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Date of publication based on that of probable earlier state. See British Museum catalogue.
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
In a possible burlesque of West's Death of Wolfe, a "wounded" Fox lies supported by his followers. He is held in the arms of Admiral Keppel, as Burke in monk's habit offers him a glass, and Mary (Perdita) Robinson applies smelling salts. North is to the right, swooning with grief and supported by Portland, while Sheridan kneels to the right in front of John Cavendish. Behind Fox at the far left the Prince of Wales kneels to kiss Perdita's unoccupied hand. A satire on the defeat of Fox's India Bill.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 15, 2005
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1784.
Political cartoons - England - 1784.
Etchings - England - London - 1784.
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