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The loves of the fox and the badger, or The coalition wedding

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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827

The loves of the fox and the badger, or The coalition wedding

Published

[London] : Pubd. Jany. 7th. 1784 by W. Humphrey No. 227. Strand, [1784]

etching
image: 201 x 321 mm; plate mark: 233 x 320 mm; sheet: 242 x 342 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2459
Notes
Watermark: Unknown.
Printmaker from the British Museum online catalog.
Inscriptions/Markings
Lower right corner, in pencil: dup.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A design in 9 compartments arranged in two strips, five above and four below, in which Fox and North are represented throughout as a fox and a badgerin a series of scenes beginning with the fox beating the badger in a fight, and culminating in their wedding dance in the last compartment. The Devil is present in several frames, encouraging the union, meant to satirize the coalition. The individual designs have captions reading: The fox beats ye badger in ye bear garden, The fox's dream, The badger's dream, Sathan unites them, They quarter their arms, The priest advertises ye wedding, The honey moon - or Edistone Lighthouse, The new orator Henley - or the churching, The wedding dance and song.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints