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The Monstrous Hydra, Or Virtue Invulnerable

The Monstrous Hydra, Or Virtue Invulnerable

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  The monstrous hydra, or virtue invulnerable CALL NUMBER:  PC 3 - 1789--Monstrous hydra ... (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-30929 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows William Pitt holding a paper labeled "Regency limitations & restrictions" encircled by a hydra labeled "Private Views" with eleven heads, among them Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, and one blindfolded which may be George III, and, at the top, in place of the twelfth head, are the feathers of the Prince of Wales labeled "Ich Dien." The hydra rises from flames labeled "Pandæmonium" in the lower left corner. On the right is the headless upper torso of Lord North labeled "American War" which is spewing smoke from the neck, identified as the "Source of all Evil"; the smoke is labeled "N--H's Debts and Deficencies" and it is blocking out the beneficial rays of the sun labeled "Public Good." MEDIUM:  1 print : etching with aquatint. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Pub by W. Dent : Sold by W Moore, Oxford Street, 1789 Jany 11th. CREATOR: Dent, William, fl. 1783-1793, publisher. NOTES: Title from item. Paper watermarked: J Whatman. 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. 896. SUBJECTS: Pitt, William,--1759-1806. Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806. Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797. North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792. George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830. Hydra (Greek mythology)--1780-1790. Politics & government--England--1780-1790. Rulers--England--1780-1790. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Intaglio prints British 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a31495 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a31495 CONTROL #:  2004676798