Verso of leaf 93. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the right, rising from the clouds are Charles Fox and Edmund Burke, both gesticulating violently in their attack on the "Preliminary Articles of Peace" (with the United States). Joining them is Lord North in the foreground, his left arm raised. He is interrupted in his speech by a barking dog appearing from under the scroll listing the articles. On the left in the background, Cornwall, the Speaker, overlooks the floor. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6187
Alternative Title:
Neithe war nor peace, Neither war nor peace, and Astonishing coalition
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Companion print to: War., Mounted on verso of leaf 93., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 13.6 x 18.9 cm, on sheet 20 x 25.1 cm, mounted to 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 9th Mar. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Public speaking, Dogs, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Verso of leaf 93. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the right, rising from the clouds are Charles Fox and Edmund Burke, both gesticulating violently in their attack on the "Preliminary Articles of Peace" (with the United States). Joining them is Lord North in the foreground, his left arm raised. He is interrupted in his speech by a barking dog appearing from under the scroll listing the articles. On the left in the background, Cornwall, the Speaker, overlooks the floor. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6187
Alternative Title:
Neithe war nor peace, Neither war nor peace, and Astonishing coalition
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Companion print to: War.
Publisher:
Pub. 9th Mar. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Public speaking, Dogs, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Leaf 16. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the center of the image, Major John Cartwright holds a long staff in his right hand, as he delivers a pro-Pitt speech in Covent Garden. To his right, in a pleading attitude, stands Lord Hood, the ministerial candidate opposing Charles Fox in the upcoming Westminster election. Neither attracts any attention from the crowd of Fox's supporters listening to a man speaking from the portico of St. Paul's.
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6474 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Ten lines of text below title: All gentlemen and others electors for Westminster who are ready and willing to surrender their rights and those of their fellow citizens to secret influence ..., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 121-2., and On leaf 16 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 29, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street [i.e. Field & Tuer]
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cartwright, John, 1740-1824 and Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Politics and government, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
In the center of the image, Major Cartwright holds a long staff in his right hand, as he delivers a pro-Pitt speech in Covent Garden. To his right, in a pleading attitude, stands Lord Hood, the ministerial candidate opposing Charles Fox in the upcoming Westminster election. Neither attracts any attention from the crowd of Fox's supporters listening to a man speaking from the portico of St. Paul's.
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Ten lines of text below title: All gentlemen and others electors for Westminster who are ready and willing to surrender their rights and those of their fellow citizens to secret influence ..., and Mounted to 44 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 29, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Westminster (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Cartwright, John, 1740-1824 and Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
A short and obese Demosthenes (Charles Fox) with a worried expression on his face, appears to be delivering a pledge. He stands between tall and thin figures of Themistocles (Admiral Hood) on the left and Judas Iscariot (Sir Cecil Wray) on the right, who watch him with a condescending smile
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name and address at end of imprint statement are stipple engraved and fainter than the text at the beginning of imprint, which is etched.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 8th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
Full length caricature of Charles James Fox, making a campaign speech, his right arm raised and fists clenched
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.3 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 2 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in each print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Mr. Fox.
Verso of leaf 94. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the lower left corner stands Lord North, his right arm raised, delivering a speech while Cornwall, the Speaker, is looking at him from his chair in the upper left corner of the image. On the right, rising from a cloud, are Fox and Burke, both violently gesticulating in their attack on North. Below the figures of North and Fox are excerpts from the speech they made attacking each other before the formation of their coalition. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6188
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Companion print to: Neithe [sic] war nor peace! : the astonishing coalition., Mounted on verso of leaf 94., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 13.7 x 18.9 cm, on sheet 19.6 x 26 cm, mounted to 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 9th March 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Public speaking, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government