print; satirical print; broadside

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print; satirical print; broadside

Object Type: print; satirical print; broadside
Museum number: 2005,0830.24
Title: Object: The Coalition Dissected; Object: The Celebrated Speech of the Earl of Abingdon ...
Description: (For description see other impression). In this impression the plate is printed in the middle of a broadside titled 'Celebrated Speech of the Earl of Abingdon, in the House of Lords, on Tuesday, December 2, 1783' (no name or place). The print is dated 12 August 1783 Etching and letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: William Dent; Published by: J Cattermoul
School/style
Production date: 1783
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 352 millimetres (etching); Height: 510 millimetres (sheet); Width: 248 millimetres; Width: 350 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The coalition between Charles James Fox and Lord North was in power for nine months from March 1783. It was based on a mutual wish to end the American War and to concede independence, and fell when Fox's East India Bill (intended to regulate the British role in India) was rejected on 15 December 1783. The etching included on this sheet was one of many satires produced in the spring and summer of 1783 suggesting that the coalition was corrupt; this state includes the text of a speech made in the House of Lords by the Earl of Abingdon on 2 December during the course of which he produced the etching to demonstrate to his peers that the government of the country was in the hands of a "bifronted monster". This is a less damaged impression than the one described by George (BMSat.6257)
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; anatomy
Associated names: Representation of: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Representation of: Charles James Fox; Associated with: Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon
Acquisition name: Donated by: Prof David Bindman; In Memory of: Richard Godfrey
Acquisition date: 2005
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2005,0830.24
Conservation: Treatment: 19 Dec 2006; Treatment: 28 Jul 2006

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