The fall of Dagon : Or rare news for Leadenhall Street

The fall of Dagon

Item Information

Title:
The fall of Dagon : Or rare news for Leadenhall Street
Description:
The image of Dagon, which in this case is borrowed to typify the Coalition Ministers, has fallen from the overset Broad Bottom pedestal, and is in the posture described by the quotation ; its double-faced head wears the profiles of North and Fox. Tower Hill is represented in the background ; a scaffold is erected, and the public executioner is just bringing down his axe on the neck of a traitor-a delicate compliment to the heads of the late Administration John Bull has changed the sign of his house to The Axe, and he is composedly enjoying his pipe under its shadow.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Date:
January 4, 1784
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Falling
Pedestals
Politicians
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 23 x 31 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 227 Strand : W. Humphrey
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, I, p. 112
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Identifier:
18_03_000160
Barcode:
36666003332083