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A new pantomine - harlequine – Historic Reproduction

A new pantomine - harlequine, [London] : Publish'd by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill, 1784 Feby 25th. — historic print
A new pantomine - harlequine, [London] : Publish'd by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill, 1784 Feby 25th.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Rather than a battlefield or a single statesman, this etching stages British politics as a comic pantomime, with Charles James Fox and Lord North cast as performers in the show. The record also names Mary Robinson, the actress who had been the Prince of Wales's mistress, and the future George IV, placing the prince among the figures being mocked. Published by E. Hedges in London in February 1784, it followed the 1783 coalition of Fox and North, an unlikely partnership that caricaturists attacked relentlessly. The American Revolution is also among its listed subjects, a reminder that the war's aftermath was bound up with these same parliamentary quarrels.

Created / published[London] : Publish'd by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill, 1784 Feby 25th.
Medium1 print : etching.
GenreCartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings British 1780-1790.
NotesTitle from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6424 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 868.
SubjectsFox, Charles James,--1749-1806. North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792. George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830. Robinson, Mary,--1758-1800. Theatrical productions--England--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,232 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122555

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