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The brazen face'd o----r, or, Popish incendiary
Title
The brazen face'd o----r, or, Popish incendiary [graphic].
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], publish'd according to act of Parliament, December 10, 1746.
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 23 x 27 cm
Medium
laid paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: church -- Preacher -- Rosaries -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis on altar cloth -- Hats: cardinal's scarlet -- Tricornes hanging on pegs -- Male dress: surplice -- Trades: butchers -- Allusion to popery -- Expressions of speech: coup de grace -- Congregations -- Emblematic borders -- Allusion to Jacobites.
Notes
Title etched within banner above image.
Ten lines of verse, entitled "The Temple of Rebellion," etched below image: H----y [i.e, Henley] exalts his voice, his arms extends, and blasphemy & treason madly blends ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Summary
"Orator Henley preaching in his chapel in Newport Market which crowded with listeners, male and female intermingled, some standing, some seated in pews, and others in a gallery; in the foreground stands a drover with his dog. Henley to the left wearing a wig standing in a pulpit hung with a cloth bearing three fleurs-de-lis, with a devil hovering above him holding a noose and a Jesuit cap. At the foot of the steps to the gallery an additional figure has been added in graphite; this appears as "Jack Ketch", the public hangman, in the finished print. The whole composition is placed within a scrolled and foliated border including rosary beads hanging on either side."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Popish incendiary
Brazen faced orator
Temple of Rebellion
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 22, 2009
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3 , no. 2823
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1746.
Etchings - England - London - 1746.
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