A Conference between the Devil and Doctor Dove political cartoon, circa 1764
Permanent ID:
12054Call number:
Bc 612 C76Date:
circa 1764Image Description:
The conference, between the Devil and David James Dove, is depicted in a cartoon above the title; the text, in two columns, is a mock epitaph accusing Dove of sexual immorality.Dove was accused in many vicious cartoons and poems of sodomy, misogyny, dabbling in teratology, venereal infection, whoring, perjury, and lechery.
Engraving likely by Henry Dawkins, text likely by Isaac Hunt, and published by Andrew Steuart in Philadelphia.
Inscription:
"A CONFERENCE, between the D____L and Doctor D___E./Together with the Doctor's Epitaph on himself.""Thou Great Prince of Darkness, Assist me in my Undertakings."
"Well done thou Good and Faithful Servant."