The countryman's dream of coalescing virtue and vice, round about the maypole see how we trot, hot pot, hot, brown ale we have got...

Dent, William (active 1783-1793)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1784

Height:

25.4 cm  (10 in.)

Width:

35.1 cm  (13 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

etching with watercolor on laid paper

Description

This colorful, satirical etching features eleven individuals, most of them identified as good or evil by having horns or halos at their heads (an innkeeper, a seated man, and a musician lack such labeling). Six of the figures are dancing around a maypole, accompanied by a man playing pipe and tabor. Within the picture are several signs, bits of text, and details of imagery with satirical significance.

Iconclass

32A5
caricatures (human types)
44C312
political caricatures and satires

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tabor pipe [6689]
Frame drum [2598]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Pub'd as the Act directs, by J.Ridgway, Piccadilly, March, 20, 1784 (bottom left between image and title). THE COUNTRYMAN'S DREAM OF COALESCING VIRTUE AND VICE, Round about the Maypole see how we trot, hot pot, hot, brown Ale we have got... (bottom centered, outside of image and below inscription)
W.D.

RIdIM record id

6361