The Covent Garden Night Mare
Print
1784 (made)
1784 (made)
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General Description: The Covent Garden Night Mare (BM:S.6543). Caricature of Charles James Fox in a parody of the painting The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli, 1784. Lettered with title and inscribed Pubd by W Humphrey No 227 Strand. Dated in pencil 1781. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Object details
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| Title | The Covent Garden Night Mare |
| Materials and techniques | Etching and stipple engraving, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | 'The Covent Garden Nightmare' by Thomas Rowlandson, 1784 |
| Physical description | General Description: The Covent Garden Night Mare (BM:S.6543). Caricature of Charles James Fox in a parody of the painting The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli, 1784. Lettered with title and inscribed Pubd by W Humphrey No 227 Strand. Dated in pencil 1781. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Object history | Notes: The painting The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli is in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Much of Charles James Fox's campaigning in the 1784 Westminster election took place in Covent Garden. |
| Production | After painting by Henry Fuseli |
| Bibliographic reference | BM:S.= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. London, 1870-1954 |
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| Accession number | E.1235-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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