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Neddy's black box containing what he does not value three skipps of a louse
Title
Neddy's black box [graphic] : containing what he does not value three skipps of a louse / JS [monogram] ft.
Publication
[London] : Pubd. 30 Janry., 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly [sic], [30 January 1789]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 24.6 x 35 cm
Medium
laid paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Treasury boxes -- Allusion to Prince of Wales's letter on Regency restrictions, 30 Dec. 1788 -- Speeches: Burke's in the House of Commons, Jan. 27, 1789 -- Satire on Regency resolutions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Thrones -- Execution of Charles I, Jan. 30, 1649 -- Literature: Tooke, John Horne, A letter to a friend on a reported marriage ... .
Notes
Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue as Rowlandson imitating James Sayers's signature.
Two lines of text below title: "Why not debate it on Friday, I say it is the only day in the year on which it ought to be debated (Charles's martyrdom) and carried up in the black box." Vide Mr. Burk-s speech on Tuesday last.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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.
From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. 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
"Burke kneels before a throne, from which the Prince of Wales has risen, eagerly holding out his hands for the head of Charles I which Burke proffers in a round box inscribed 'Treasury Box'; he says, "My Liege I told them in the House no day so proper to settle the Regency as Charles's Martyrdom". Sheridan stands behind Burke, leaning eagerly forward, and saying with a sinister scowl: "I too am for Dispatch such days best suit our Purpose"; from his pocket hangs a paper: 'Horn Tooke's Letter on the Princes Marriage' ('Prince' appears to have been scored through) ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 27, 2006
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 7499
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 245
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1789.
Etchings - England - London - 1789.
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