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Summary
A baite. For the devil.
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| Title |
A baite. For the devil. |
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| Description |
English: Three figures, whose necks are tied together by a rope, represent three aspects of Parson Bate, afterwards Bate Dudley. He stands full face, in clerical gown and bands, but with the wig of a man of fashion. His r. foot stands on a "Holy Bible" which the devil is placing for him, his left. is on a box, with a slit for letters inscribed "Morning Post Letter-Box". On his right. leg is a spurred top-boot in the latest fashion, on his left. foot a buckled shoe. He wears a sword and in his belt are two pistols. Bate, who stands in profile to the left., wears a legal wig and bands and holds a bundle of papers inscribed "Brief", while in his left hand is a dice-box. On the dice-box are the letters "J." and "II", perhaps the artist's signature. The Bate in profile to the left. wears a feathered cap inscribed "Mor[ning] Pos[t]"; he is blowing a trumpet and holding out a sheaf of the "Morning Pos[t]" for sale.
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| Depicted people | Representation of: Sir Henry Bate Dudley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1779 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prints and Drawings |
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| Accession number |
1868,0808.4600 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) The central Bate is the parson and duellist, see BMSat 5198, &c.; the Bate facing l. is Bate as a barrister; the letters LL.D. are sometimes given after his name. The Bate facing r. is dressed as one of the body of men sent out with caps and trumpets to advertise the 'Morning Post' (of which he was editor) to Walpole's indignation, see 'Letters', ix. 439-40,13 Nov. 1776, a dress which he had worn at a masquerade, see BMSat 5200; 'The Rival Candidates' was a popular comic opera by Bate, played at Drury Lane, 1775; 'The Flitch of Bacon' was a ballad opera played at the Haymarket in 1778. 'The Blackamoor Wash'd White' was hooted off the stage in 1776, see BMSat 5364. His position as 'Government runner' is confirmed by North's statement of expenditure made to the king in April 1782: For a pension of £200 and 'hopes of preferment' an arrangement was made through Garrick that "he should keep a Newspaper [the 'Morning Post'] open for all writings in favour of Government"; he proved "a very constant, diligent, zealous and able, though perhaps too warm a writer on the part of Government". The pension ceased and in 1781 he was paid £3,250 towards the purchase of a living. 'Corr. of George III', v. 471. This sum "to that worthless man Mr Bate" the king disallowed, since he had been ignorant of the transaction, 5 May 1782, ibid., vi. 7. (By this time Bate in the 'Morning Herald' was supporting the party of the Prince of Wales.) See also BMSat 5666, 5676. A pencil note on the print attributes design and verses to Macnally (1752-1820), whose career curiously resembled that of the allegations here made against Bate. He was barrister, duellist, editor of the Public Ledger, writer of comedies and farces; a professed Irish patriot, but actually in Government pay. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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