In a parody of Fuseli's Nightmare Lord Shelburne lies asleep on two rows of spikes inscribed with article numbers from the peace treaty with the United States. On his chest stands a fox with Fox's face, tearing at his crotch with his front paws and urinating on his face while saying, "If He opens his mouth I will be down his Throat." Above Shelburne's feet hovers Lord North's head saying, "the North fog Rot Him." Next to Shelburne's habitually smiling face crouches Lord Ashburton in a lawyer's robe and wig, holding a smelling-bottle and saying, "take comfort my Lord. for you I will be always Dunning."
Alternative Title:
Nightmare, Hag riddn minister, and Hag ridden minister
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd as the act direct [sic] March 4 1783 by R Rusted No 3 Bridge Stt. Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
In a cave with Westminster Bridge visible in the background at left, three witches stand around their cauldron, from which flames ascend, together with the heads of Fox, North, and Burke. The witches add other ingredients to the cauldron, including a paper marked rebellion, while one hag opens a sack from which emerge Thomas Erskine, and John Lee in the shape of a snake. An attack on the Coalition and the India Bill. Initials FN in lower right of image probably refer to Fox-North coalition
Alternative Title:
Birth of the plagues of England
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823., and Lee, John, 1733-1793.
A dog with the heads of Lord North, Charles Fox, and Edmund Burke stands guard in front of a gate inscribed, "Portland" and probably representing the Treasury. The dog's "Coalition" collar is secured with an "Interest" padlock and decorated with the Prince of Wales's feathers. The inscription on its tail refers to a bag of euphorbium thrown in Fox's face by an opponent. Above the gate, Cromwell's face makes the central keystone in the arch. It is flanked by two axes and two masks with devil's horns: the smiling one is Lord Derby; the scowling one Admiral Keppel
Description:
Title from item., Cf. No. 6481 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):
Cerberus (Greek mythology), Politics and government, Gates, and Demons
In a blacksmith's shop, the Earl of Mansfield forges links of a chain, with Lord North on the left holding his lorgnette in his left hand, with "An Act for prohibiting trade" in his right hand. Lord Sandwich stands to North's left, holding hammer and anchor, with Bute behind them working the bellows and George III looking in the window at the left
Alternative Title:
Political blacksmiths
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed., and Probably a variant of no. 5328 "The State blacksmiths forging fetters for the Americans" in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Colonies, and Blacksmiths
George III and Charles Fox, with a fox's head, try to pull the royal crown from each other's hands. Fox is helped by Lord North who wants the share of the crown, while the King is being pulled back by his coat-tails by Pitt who warns him that Fox's and North's ambition "knows no bounds."
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Place of publication from that of the Rambler's Magazine., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Rambler's magazine, 1784., and Contemporary drawing of two heads on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Confrontations, Crowns, and Clothing & dress
George III, his back to the viewer, supports one side of a scale containing the East India House with his left hand, while with a sword in the other, he severs the cords supporting the right hand scale, thus ejecting North and Fox. A reference to the King's action against the India Bill and to the fall of the Fox-North coalition
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as [the] act directs
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and East India Company.
Two quack doctors address the crowd from raised platforms with the help of their zanies. On the left, Dr. Pittardo (Pitt) is aided by the Duke of Richmond, and George Rose, the new Secretary of the Treasury. On the right, Dr. Renardo (Fox) is helped by Burke holding an address "To the independent electors of West[minster]" and Lord North distributing "motion pills for members." In the crowd below Fox's stage is his staunch supporter, Sam House ("an MT house"). Two of the buildings in the background are inscribed, "India House" and "St. Stephens" [i.e., The House of Commons].
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] Act directs Feby 2, 1784 by B. Walwyn No. 2 Pedlars Acre West Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Rose, George, 1744-1818., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Public speaking, Quacks, and Crowds
George III is shown in two images in profile: the one facing left (not a good likeness), is directed toward North and Fox, the other a portrait of the King turned towards Shelburne and another figure, possibly Pitt, Lord Gower or the Duke of Richmond
Alternative Title:
Two faces under a hood
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs Jany 4, 1784 by E.D. Achery, St James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., and Janus (Roman deity),
Charles Fox, dressed as a nurse, stands in front of a brick house, indicating an empty cradle with a label, "Reynard state cradle wrocker." Lord North, also in nurse's clothes, leans out the window above the entrance holding out a dirty diaper. On the wall to his left is pasted advertisement for employment the "nurses" seek, referring both the the defeat of Fox-North Coalition and Fox's close association with the Prince of Wales
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Place of publication from address., and Mounted to 41 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by H. Humphrey, March 11, 1784, No. 50 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Governesses, Cradles, Houses, and Clothing & dress