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A scene in the new farce of The lady and the Devil
Title
A scene in the new farce of The lady and the Devil [graphic] / Cruikshank fecit.
Publication
[London] : Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yd., Strand, [June 1820]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 24.5 x 36 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Attribution to Robert Cruikshank based on expertise of Andrew Edmunds.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Plate 2"--Upper left corner.
For an Irish copy of nearly identical composition, see no. 13728 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
"The King is on the throne (right), with five advisers seated at a round table at the base of the dais; all are thrown into confusion by the arrival of a top-booted messenger (left) who rushes into the room, hair on end, yelling, "The Queen's Arrived!!!" The terrified King screams: "The Devil!!!!" His wig stands on end and his crown falls off; a bottle of 'Curacoa' is upset. The Ministers are engaged on 'Plans for Divorce', a paper so inscribed is on the table; all register terror. The Archbishop of Canterbury says "The Lord have mercy on our vicked Souls," the pious Liverpool says "Amen." All are broadly burlesqued, with goggling eyes and large heads in the manner of Woodward's 'Long Heads' or 'Lilliputians' (cf. British Museum satires nos. 10604, 10889). See British Museum Satires No. 13730, &c."--British Museum online catalogue, description from probable copy of this print.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 09, 2018
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1820.
Etchings - England - London - 1820.
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