The Sound-Head, Rattle-Head, and Round-Head
Аноним. Британия. 1642 г.
Британский музей
Three figures, on the left, is "Sound-Head", an Anglican cleric, pointing with his right hand to a gothic church tower while with his left he presents a book to the central figure labelled "Rattle-Head" who is half-Bishop (intended for Laud) and half-Jesuit (possibly intended for Father Philip, the Queen's chaplain); the Jesuit receives a crucifix from the third figure, labelled "Rount-Head", a catholic monk behind whom is an ecclesiastical building with a statue of the Virgin and Child in a niche; below are anonymous verses in three columns.
This print forms part of the propaganda battle between Parliamentarians and Royalists in the run up to the outbreak of hostilities in August 1642. The abusive term 'round-head' is said to have first been used in December 1641 by the royalist Captain Hyde. A spate of pamphlets followed, many of which, like this print, tried to turn the epithet against the royalists. Here the true round-head is shown to be a Catholic friar, who is being handed a crucifix by a Jesuit priest. The Jesuit is only the other half of an Anglican bishop (the Janus-faced 'rattle-head'), who is being handed a tract by a Puritan divine (the 'sound-head'). The text below explains the images, while the churches in the background contrast true religion with Popish ceremony. Thomason placed his impression of this very rare print among other publications from the end of November 1642.
This polemical print does not carry the name of engraver or publisher. Prints such as these, which emerge from the particular political situation of the day, would only have remained in production for a matter of weeks. So, quite part from the possible risks of putting names to them, there would have been little point in doing so; repeat orders over the years were never in question.
Если тебе трудно превзойти Фу Си, ты можешь по крайней мере стать товарищем Цзи Кана и Жуань Цзи.
Лягушка хоть и прыгуча, а из корзины не выпрыгнет.
