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19th century
The Political Conjurer Raising a Spirit of Anarchy or A Peep at the Practices of Domestic Enemies
1798 or 1799?
pen and ink and ink wash over graphite, on paper.
Peel 1852
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Date suggested by internal evidence: Gilbert Wakefield achieved notoriety following the publication of his "A reply to some parts of the Bishop Llandaff's Address to the people of Great Britain", in 1798.
Date suggested by internal evidence: Gilbert Wakefield achieved notoriety following the publication of his "A reply to some parts of the Bishop Llandaff's Address to the people of Great Britain", in 1798.
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Title inscribed in graphite below drawing.
Summary
Drawing shows James Fox, at left, wrapped in a sheet and wearing a Phrygian cap "bonnet rouge", waving a staff over a cauldron at right, labeled "Whig Club", from which he summons a haggard gorgon with pendulous breasts; she holds up a guillotine in one hand, and a small female figure of Liberty, bearing a staff topped with a bonnet rouge; on the ground are the words "Circle of Opposition", and from the cauldron emerge "Speeches of the Whig Club", "Age of reason", "Rights of man", "Joel Barlow", and "Gilbert Wakefield"; a hanging brazier is suspended over Fox's head, and behind him at far left stands a figure recognizable as R.B. Sheridan.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner. NNPM
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