"The Prince of Wales ..., sword in hand, gallantly protects Britannia against the attack of three conspirators: Pitt raises a headsman's axe in both hands; Grafton, holding a conspirator's lantern, is about to strike her with a dagger; Richmond ... fires a musket, resting one knee on a cannon. The Prince wears a coronet with three ostrich feathers, he holds out his shield behind Britannia, who cowers towards him in terror."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print for which this is the original drawing
Description:
Titled by the artist in brown ink below image., Attributed to Rowlandson., Original drawing for a print of the same title published by H. Holland on 7 February 1789. Cf. No. 7503 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 247.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
published according to act of Parliament, Sept. 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on peace negotiations with France to end the Seven Years War with Lord Bute (Gisbal) seated on a hill holding the muzzled British lion. He takes the royal prerogative in ordering the Duke of Bedford (shown as headless with eagle's wings) to haste to negotiate with the kings of France and Spain. The French king demands "Canada, & Martinique, & Guadalupe, Senegal, & Goree, & Newfoundland, & Pondicherry; & you shall have all Hanover ...", while the Spanish king is prepared to refrain from attacking Portugal in return for Havana and his "Dollars"; two mocking Frenchmen look on. On the left, Britannia weeps and Pitt tries to comfort her while two other Englishmen complain of Bute's rise to power. Verses above warn against a too hasty peace treaty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
All's well that ends well
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left sides., Following imprint: Price 6d., Twelve lines of verse in three columns etched above image and below title: Monarchs, 'tis true, should calm the storms of war, nor urge the rage of victory too far ..., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 34 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Title etched below image., Publication date from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.4371., A reduced copy of no. 4128 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate engraved for: The British Antidote or Scot's Scourge. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Economy -- Law: taxation without representation -- Ships: ships for sale (with brooms at masthead) -- Prisons -- Personifications: America as a native man -- Newfoundland: reference to the Newfoundland fisheries -- Frenchmen -- Spaniards -- Reference to Havana -- Reference to Guadeloupe -- Reference to Philippines -- Money: colonial dollars -- General Warrants -- Lighting: save-all -- Excisemen: Stamp men -- Reference to the dismissal of Henry Seymour Conway, 1721-1795., Mounted to 34 x 44 cm., and Watermark: Vryheyt.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Grenville, George, 1712-1770
A silver medal from Holland, with satirical images of Oliver Cromwell. On the obverse is a bust of Oliver Cromwell, crowned with laurel leaves and in armor; on the reverse, Cromwell kneels in the lap of Britannia, with his breeches down, as the French and Spanish ambassadors in the background argue over who shall kiss first. Formerly housed in the Library at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)