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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Joanna Southcott, the Prophetess, excommunicating the Bishops. 20 - 20 Sep 1814
Hand-coloured etching | 25.8 x 35.9 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810937
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A hand-coloured print of Joanna Southcott, the religious prophet, brandishing a birch as she sends a group of Bishops fleeing. She has caught the leg of one who turns around to face her in horror. She wears a medallion engraved 'A fac similie of Joanna' with an I and C between two stars together with a cape marked 'Elija's mantle' and 'Mohair'. She is joined by Roger Towzer who beats the Bishops with a stick. Southcott's sealed box of prophecies stands on the left emblazoned with Joanna Southcott's principles whilst a 'Third book of Wonders' lies discarded and open on the ground. Inscribed in the plate: 341 / Pubd Septr 20th 1814 by T Tegg No 111 Cheapside
Provenance
Probably acquired during the reign of Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
25.8 x 35.9 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
25.2 x 35.1 cm (plate mark) (platemark)
Other number(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 12334Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 12334
