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1. A journey to Malmsbury [graphic].
- Creator:
- Barrow, J., active 1782-1785, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.20.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, sitting in a 'pass-cart' reserved for paupers forced to return to the place of their origin, is transported to Malmsbury, the borough he represented until his election for Westminster in 1780. Lord North, standing under a tree, expresses his regret over this situation. A reference to Fox's expected defeat in the 1784 Westminster election
- Description:
- Title from text above image. and Questionable attribution to J. Barrow from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 02 [i.e. 20], 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 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, Carts & wagons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A journey to Malmsbury [graphic].
2. A peep into Friar Bacon's study [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.03.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a room reminiscent of a magician's study, the King, dressed in a cloak as Friar Bacon (a necromancer of popular fable), evokes visions of the royal power while the brazen head speaks. Each vision is represented by a large medallion inscribed, "Constitution," and shows a different balance of power between the king and both houses of Parliament. On the left, Fox, Burke, and North, peek in through an open door, appearing alarmed. On the right, a number of men walk down the "back stairs." The first of them, carrying a conspirator's lantern and led by the devil, is Lord Temple
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Wizards, Magic, and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep into Friar Bacon's study [graphic].
3. Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.24.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left, Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, lies on the ground having fallen off an elephant who has the face of Lord North; Fox's dice and dice box are scattered on the pavement. In the speech bubble above his head: "Perdition, take thee for the chanse is thing." To his right, William Pitt sits astride the elephant who stands at the entrance to the East India House, his face turned toward the viewer. Pitt offers in his left hand a "New India Bill" and holds three others under his arm and in his pocket: "Stamp [...] act", "Sup ... lies", and "Military Act ...". The building on the left has been extended to as far as Pitt's back
- Alternative Title:
- Billy's triumph and Carlo Khan dethroned
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "e" inserted with a caret in the word "Dethron'd", Early state, with the elephant's (i.e. Lord North's) face turned toward the viewer. For a later state with Lord North's face shown in profile, the beginning of the word "Dethron'd" in title re-etched to bring the letter "e" down from above the line, and other changes to the design, see no. 6462 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs March 24th, 1784, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- East India Company, Politics and government, Costumes, Indian, and Elephants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].
4. For the benifit [sic] of the champion a catch to be perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden ... / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 21. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's brush, puts her left hand on Fox's shoulder, pointing to a tomb-stone beside her (left) inscribed, beneath its skull and cross-bones, 'Here lies poor C--C--L--RAY'. She sings: "Look neighbours look here lyes Poor C-------ray [Cecil Wray]". Fox, his left hand grasping a crutch-headed stick, turning to North, sings "Dead & turn'd to Clay". North (right), also with a stick, sings "What Old C------l". Through the wings peers the anxious-looking, spectacled profile of Burke (right). Three framed pictures decorate the wall behind the performers: 'The fox who had lost his Tail' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6530), a tail-less fox looking at four others who are discussing the situation. This is flanked by two oval pictures, 'Fox and Crow' (left), the fox looking up longingly at the crow on a branch, and 'Fox and Grapes' (right), a fox on its hind-legs below a vine-branch, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5962."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- For the benifit of the champion and For the benefit of the champion
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Title continues: ... for admission apply to the D-ss., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6591 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?], Plate originally published 20 May 1784; see Grego., Text below title: NB. Gratis to those who wear large tails., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 142-3., and On leaf 21 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benifit [sic] of the champion a catch to be perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden ... / [graphic]
5. For the benifit [sic] of the champion a catch to be perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden ... / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.20.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's brush, puts her left hand on Fox's shoulder, pointing to a tomb-stone beside her (left) inscribed, beneath its skull and cross-bones, 'Here lies poor C--C--L--RAY'. She sings: "Look neighbours look here lyes Poor C-------ray [Cecil Wray]". Fox, his left hand grasping a crutch-headed stick, turning to North, sings "Dead & turn'd to Clay". North (right), also with a stick, sings "What Old C------l". Through the wings peers the anxious-looking, spectacled profile of Burke (right). Three framed pictures decorate the wall behind the performers: 'The fox who had lost his Tail' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6530), a tail-less fox looking at four others who are discussing the situation. This is flanked by two oval pictures, 'Fox and Crow' (left), the fox looking up longingly at the crow on a branch, and 'Fox and Grapes' (right), a fox on its hind-legs below a vine-branch, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5962."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- For the benifit of the champion and For the benefit of the champion
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Title continues: ... for admission apply to the D-ss., Date of publication from Grego., Text below title: NB. Gratis to those who wear large tails., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: Market women -- Fox and North as market women -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Fox and goose -- Literature: Aesop, fl. 620-564 B.C., Fables -- Music: Catch (round) -- Election favors -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Foxes., and Mounted to 27 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Crutches, Politics and government, Singers, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benifit [sic] of the champion a catch to be perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden ... / [graphic]
6. Pand[e]monium [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [the] 12th January 1784.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 17. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox is depicted half length, scowling, in the center of a crowd of his political colleagues, who include on the left Portland, Keppel, Lord Carlisle, and on the right Lord Derby, Lord Stormont, Cavendish, Burke, and in the foreground North. At the top of the image is a lozenge containing the arms of Rockingham. A satire on Fox's fall from power, comparing the event with Lucifer's expulsion from Paradise
- Alternative Title:
- Pand monium and Pandemonium
- Description:
- Title from text at top of image. The coat of arms obscures the letter 'e'., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate [the] 4th., Nine lines of text from Milton's Paradise lost etched below image: All these and more came flocking, but with looks downcast and damp ..., and Mounted on page 31 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pand[e]monium [graphic]
7. Pand[e]monium [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [the] 12th January 1784.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 17. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox is depicted half length, scowling, in the center of a crowd of his political colleagues, who include on the left Portland, Keppel, Lord Carlisle, and on the right Lord Derby, Lord Stormont, Cavendish, Burke, and in the foreground North. At the top of the image is a lozenge containing the arms of Rockingham. A satire on Fox's fall from power, comparing the event with Lucifer's expulsion from Paradise
- Alternative Title:
- Pand monium and Pandemonium
- Description:
- Title from text at top of image. The coat of arms obscures the letter 'e'., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate [the] 4th., Nine lines of text from Milton's Paradise lost etched below image: All these and more came flocking, but with looks downcast and damp ..., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.2 x 23.1 cm, on sheet 32.8 x 25 cm., and Mounted on leaf 17 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pand[e]monium [graphic]
8. Pand[e]monium [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [the] 12th January 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.01.12.02+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 17. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox is depicted half length, scowling, in the center of a crowd of his political colleagues, who include on the left Portland, Keppel, Lord Carlisle, and on the right Lord Derby, Lord Stormont, Cavendish, Burke, and in the foreground North. At the top of the image is a lozenge containing the arms of Rockingham. A satire on Fox's fall from power, comparing the event with Lucifer's expulsion from Paradise
- Alternative Title:
- Pand monium and Pandemonium
- Description:
- Title from text at top of image. The coat of arms obscures the letter 'e'., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate [the] 4th., Nine lines of text from Milton's Paradise lost etched below image: All these and more came flocking, but with looks downcast and damp ..., and Mounted to 44 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pand[e]monium [graphic]
9. Reynard caught at last, or, The [fox running away with a goose in its mouth] in a pitt [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- March 19th 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.19.01 Impression 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an outdoor setting, Lord North and Edmund Burke look down at Charles Fox who stands knee-deep in a hole in the ground. All are in mourning clothes. Fox expresses fear of remaining in "this terrible Pitt" forever. An angry North, stamping his foot, expresses disillusionment in their coalition, while a quiet Burke decides to disassociate himself from Fox
- Alternative Title:
- Fox in a pitt and Fox in a pit
- Description:
- Title from item., The word "Fox" appears in the form of a rebus., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.5 x 25.7 cm, on sheet 25.3 x 27.4 cm., On laid paper, hand-colored., Watermark., and A small pencil sketch of a head on verso.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Mourning clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reynard caught at last, or, The [fox running away with a goose in its mouth] in a pitt [graphic].