print;
satirical print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.4242
- Title
- Object: B-t H-h: or, The Modern Duel
- Description
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Satire on the duel between John Wilkes and Lord Talbot on Bagshot Heath on 6 October 1762, suggesting that both men were afraid: "Fear [was] the Victor of the Day". An etched view of the duel with the protagonists shaking hands and discharging their pistols in the air; Wilkes's second cries, "Dead for a Ducat" (Hamlet, III.4) while Talbot's cries "Mist by G-"; a body hangs from a gibbet in the distance. Eleven letterpress verses below to be sung to the tune of Chevy Chace.
Etching and letterpress
- Production date
- 1762 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 112 millimetres (image)
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Height: 382 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 152 millimetres (image)
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Width: 198 millimetres (sheet)
- Curator's comments
- Talbot challenged Wilkes to a duel after he had been satirised in the North Briton, No.XII.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.4242
