- Creator:
- S., J., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 15 Feby 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.02.15.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Several scenes combined in one design. The Associations of various counties to present petitions and form committees to demand reforms are represented in the upper right portion of the plate: A procession of men walks (right to left), their leader holding a standard with the arms of the county inscribed "County of York 30 Decr 1779" (the date of the meeting at which it was agreed to present a petition and prepare a plan for an Association to secure reform). He holds a paper inscribed "Petition" and says, "Virtue & Fortitude shall Guide us". Representatives of the other petitioning and associating counties follow, with the appropriate dates on labels issuing from their mouths: ...". The last man carries an ensign flag on which is inscribed "London Newcastle upon Tyne Bristol Westminster &c. &c. &c." Beneath the procession is engraved "Immortal Gods! What Honor waits the men who save their Country from impending Ruin." The leader is probably intended for Sir George Savile. On the left George III is seated in his closet; a young man stands before him addressing, not the king, but an imaginary audience, saying, "The only Patriot His Power is too Confined". This is perhaps intended for Lord George Gordon's private interview with the King on 27 Jan. 1780; ... . Outside the door of the royal closet and facing the petitioners is a monster with wings and three heads, breathing fire. In the lower right, ... Britannia sits on a ruinous stone pedestal which is being further undermined by a female figure with a forked tail and the legs of a satyr; she is applying a lever to its base saying, "And shall not I, Corruption is my name, Undermine the British Constitution". Lord North attacks the pedestal with a pickaxe, saying, "I will assist you Sister in the same Design". Bute, in Highland dress with the Garter ribbon and star, flourishes a broadsword, while he takes from Britannia the staff and cap of Liberty; he says, "Away wi ye to the Deel Where is your Liberty now". Britannia, holding her shield and 'Magna Carta', says to the marching petitioners above her head, "Tis you alone my Friends who can revive my Drooping Hopes & save me from Distraction". Behind Britannia (left) and in a glory of rays stands a man inscribed "Chatham" with outstretched arms, saying "O Cleanse Yon Augean Stable". He points towards the design beneath the king's closet. This represents the House of Commons (left); the Speaker in his chair, members seated on each side of a table. It is seen through two pillars, up one (right) climbs an alligator, round the other is a serpent with a branch of apples in its mouth. Above is inscribed "Ruled by Powerful Influence". A procession of members walks (left to right) from the House up a path leading to the door of the king's closet above. They carry scrolls inscribed "25 000"; "5000"; "£40,000"; "15,000 £10,000, £50 000". One says, "Secure in the Enjoyment of Places Pensions & Emoluments of Office we fear not the Clamour of Yorkshire Clodpoles"; another says, "God help the Rich the Poor can beg". Their leader carries an "Address of Thanks". Beneath this gang of ministerialists a mythological figure leaning against an anchor and a gushing water-conduit (? Neptune) says,"Is there not some Chosen Curses, ... Public Treasure Wasted in Corrupting the Morals of the People". He is saying, "No New Taxes but a Retrenchment of Public Expences.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Danl. Wilson at No. 20 Portugal Street Lincolns Inn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Neptune (Roman deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxation, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Petitions, and Dragons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Association, or, Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [12 October 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.10.12.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- New invented method of punishing state criminals
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and Mounted to 27 x 33 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the Act directs Octr. 12th, 1780 & sold by J. Russell, No. 7 Blewets Buildings Fetter Lane, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Foreign relations, Politics and government, Horses, Whips, and Liberty cap
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > By his majestys royal letter patent the new invented method of punishing state criminals. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [16 May 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.05.16.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George III (left), seated in a chair, is being shown by the ghost of Chatham a procession of figures walking towards a pit (right) inscribed "Chaos". Chatham wears pseudo-classical draperies, a tie-wig crowned with a laurel wreath, and is surrounded by a glory of rays. He holds up a circular glass to the king, who looks through it with an expression of alarm. On the back of the king's chair is a crown surmounted by a weathercock which points to the South, probably to indicate that North's power is over, cf. BMSat 5659. Under his feet are torn county petitions, and an open book, "Lock on Government". The petitions are those of York, Westminster, Middlesex, Hampshire, Surrey. There is also the design of the façade of a building inscribed, "The Elevation of [a] Baby House". The leaders of the procession, who are on the brink of the pit, are the kings of France and Spain. A devil (right) with wings, horns, and a long barbed tail, points into the pit. Behind the two kings come North and Sandwich. North holds a rolled document inscribed "Taxes". Under his arm is a large money-bag with a gaping hole in it, by which is an open book or paper inscribed "New Way to pay old Debts, A Farce by Boreas" (Massinger's comedy had recently been revived at Drury Lane). On his right Sandwich walks with his arms folded, a paper under his arm is inscribed "Catches & Glees Mr Arne" (Arne (1710-78), the musical composer, is generally styled Dr; Sandwich was "the soul of the Catch Club", see BMSat 5342). From his pocket protrude papers, one inscribed "Greenwich Hospital", in allusion to the scandal caused by Captain Baillie's exposure of abuses there, see BMSat 5548. The other is inscribed "Love & Madness"; this is the title of a series of fictitious letters recently published purporting to be the correspondence of Hackman and Martha Ray, Sandwich's mistress, see BMSat 5540, &c, but really by Herbert Croft. See Walpole, 'Letters', xi. 139-40,13 Mar. 1780. Behind come Mansfield, in judge's wig and robes, and Bute in Highland dress, both with expressions of despair; they are being hurried along by a man with the face of a fiend who has seized Mansfield by the arm and Bute by the shoulders. Beside them walks a Dutchman, his hands in his breeches pockets, being propelled from behind by a devil, significant of the unpopularity of the Dutch Republic,"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Peep into futurity
- Description:
- Title from item. and Trimmed within plate line.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs May 16, 1780, by W. Wells, No. 132 opposite Salisbury Court Fleet Street London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Netherlands.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788., and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
- Subject (Topic):
- Demons, Crowns, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chatham's ghost, or, A peep into futurity [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 June 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.06.02.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George III guides (left to right) a plough which is drawn by a snorting bull; he is blindfolded and wears a crown and the garter ribbon; from his pocket hangs a fragment of "Magna Charta". Lord North rides on the bull, urging him forward with a whip, attached to his shoulders is a knapsack or bundle inscribed "Ways & Means". Another man goads the bull with a spear. A Scot in highland dress, probably Gordon, tugs violently at the bull's harness, trying to pull it back; two other men who have been tugging at the bull have fallen to the ground and the wig of one has fallen off. The bull is advancing towards the "River Tweed" (right), on the farther side of which are a large thistle and some fir trees on a hill. This shows that Scotland has not as yet been ploughed up for the emissaries of the Pope, see BMSat 5534. In the foreground (left) lies a sleeping bishop, his head on his hand, holding a crozier, and leaning on a book and a "Map of Bishoprick". Behind him and the king a Jesuit, a Catholic priest, and a monk are sowing in the ground which has been already ploughed. Above their heads the Pope is seated on clouds which are supported by a swarm of demons and imps. He wears his triple crown, a royal crown is suspended over his head; in his right hand is a crozier to which are attached keys, in his left hand is a sheaf of thunderbolts. At his side is an inverted cornucopia, pouring out documents inscribed "Absolutions", "Persecutions", "Releases from Purgatory", "Pardons for Money", "Excommunications", "Curses on Heriticks", "Indulgences", "Bulls", "Confessions". Truth, an almost nude female figure, stands upon clouds (right) surrounded by a glory of rays; on her breast is a face surrounded by rays. She holds up a large scroll inscribed "40000 English Protestants massacred in Ireland 1641 Protestants burnt at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary. Gunpowder Plot or an attempt to blow up the Parliament House Protestants massacred at Paris, in the Vallies of Piedmont. Tortures of the Inquisition." Beneath the design are the dedication and explanation: "To the Respectable Association of Protestants & to every Worthy supporter of both Church & State this Plate is Dedicated by their Humble Servt the Publisher. Explanation. The State Husbandmen Plowing up the glebe of the Constitution, whilst the Popish Emissaries take the Advantage of the supineness of the Established Church who is fast asleep in the Vineyard where its grand Adversary the Pope, and all his host of Devils, are permitted to Sow the Seeds of their Pernicious Doctrine: Opposition attempts to stop their Progress, but the band of Unanimity is broke, & they have fallen off. Truth descends, showing a Scroll of Melancholy proofs of popish cruelty, Soliciting the Aid of her Friends, to vanquish the Inveterate Enemy, who threatens the Ruin of thair Religion, thair Posterity & thair much injured Country."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Attributed to Gillray in British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name and address burnished from plate. Publisher identified in British Museum catalogue as W. Humphrey, Printseller, Strand, London.
- Publisher:
- Published June 2 1780 by W [... ] Printseller [...]
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Papacy, Gordon Riots, 1780, Clergy, Demons, Plows, and Bulls
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ecclesiastical, and, political, state of the nation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Slapbang, J., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 January 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.01.10.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Ministerial hounds in full cry
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Perhaps a reissue of British Museum catalogue no. 5676, with altered imprint.
- Publisher:
- Publishd as y Act direts for y Proprietor Jany. 10, 1780 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand or No. 18 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824. (Henry Bate),, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796., and Adam, William, 1751-1839.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Newspaper vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Political stag hunt, or, The m...l [ministerial] hounds in full cry [graphic]
- Creator:
- Slapbang, J., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.01.10.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A huntsman (left), mounted on a horse snorting flames which are inscribed "Faction", preceded by the "ministerial hounds", chases a stag, inscribed "Constitution". The huntsman is Bate, afterwards Bate Dudley, representing the Ministerial Press. He is dressed like the body of news vendors with drums and trumpets to advertise the 'Morning Post' seen by Walpole in Nov. 1776 (see BMSat 5550), and is blowing a trumpet. His cap is inscribed "Post", round his shoulders is slung a bundle inscribed "Materials for Post", made up of "Satire", "Malice", "Scandal", "Falsehood". From his pocket hangs a paper, "The Art of Lying made Easy by B." He leaps a fence inscribed "Bounds of Discretion". The hounds are taking a circular course as the stag has doubled back and is advancing towards a ravine, a signpost pointing "To the Vale of Oblivion". The stag says "I shall fall like Lucifer never to Hope again." The two foremost hounds have human faces; the first (North) says "We shall soon be in at the Death - She can go no further N . . . h". The next, inscribed "Twitcher" (Lord Sandwich), says "I have long had her Destruction at Heart & the sooner the better". The third (Lord G. Germain) says, "I run almost as fast now as I did at Minden" (cf. BMSat 5675). Next is a dog with a judge's wig (Mansfield) saying, "She will find no Covert near Caen Wood" (cf. BMSat 4885). A dog inscribed "L. S." says "I am the sort to go Thro Thick & Thin"; perhaps intended for Lord Stormont, Secretary of State, and Mansfield's nephew, or possibly for Lovel Stanhope, who was appointed Comptroller of the Board of Green Cloth in September 1780. A dog with the face of a demon, [Mr Hawkins has written "Jer. Dyson" on this dog, but he died in 1776] probably representing the Devil as in BMSat 5675, says, "I allways was firm to the cause". The next dog is inscribed "Log" and is saying "I stick at Nothing". This is evidently Sir Hugh Palliser, whose log-book was found at his court martial to have been altered, see BMSat 5536, 5537. The last dog says "I am Adam'd Good Dog but ye last Fox Hunt Had like to be Death of me". He is William Adam, whose duel with Fox on 29 Nov. 1779 roused much bitterness against the ministry, see BMSat 5575, 5625. The scene is a wooded hill and the going is rough. Behind Bate on the left is the partly ruined "Templum Libertatis" overgrown with shrubs and shored up by timbers inscribed "Richmond", "Barre", "Camden", "Burke & Fox", "Wilks". Beneath the design is etched: "Hungry Dogs the old Proverbs say Eat dirty Pudding, when in their way So Will these Dogs as oft we are told Catch at any thing which looks like Gold. Or bears the least Aspect of doing Good for themselves tho their Country ruin. Tis little Rogues submit to fate Whilst ye Great enjoy ye World in State.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ministerial hounds in full cry
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed, with upper right corner torn off., and Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824. (Henry Bate),, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796., and Adam, William, 1751-1839.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Newspaper vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Political stag hunt, or, The m...l [ministerial] hounds in full cry [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [18 March 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.03.18.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Hibernia (left) seated under a tree receives advances from four men representing France, Spain, Holland, and Portugal. She holds a spear, and a shield on which is the Irish harp. At her side is a large roll inscribed "Irish Linnen" and a corded bale or packing case. The tree is inscribed "Shelaley" [An obsolete form of shillelagh, the term for a cudgel deriving from "a wood of that name [in County Wicklow] famous for its oaks". Grose, 'Dict. Vulg. Tongue', 1785, cited O.E.D.] and a branch over Hibernia's head is encircled with a wreath inscribed "Shamroke". She says, "I was once the Wife of John Bull, but now Ive a License to trade for myself, my Ports are free for all Mankind to enter". Lord North looks from behind the trunk of the tree, saying, "Had it not been for the Disturbance in America you should never have had a free trade I'm as far North as any of you". France approaches, hat in hand, his right. hand outstretched, saying "I have no vear de Shirt since Fielding take de Holland vich Mynheer sent me, I'm forced to make shift vith de Ruffle, if you vill let me into your Port for to get a bit of Linnen, I vill give you de French P--x, vich is all I shall have left ven de var is over". (It was a common gibe among the English populace that Frenchmen wore ruffles without shirts.) Spain, wearing a feathered hat, cloak, and slashed doublet, says "Let me enter your Port I'll give you plenty of Spanish Gold for your Linnen, tho' if Rodney comes to see me often I shall have none left". Holland, wearing a high-crowned hat and smoking a pipe, says "I want apiece of Linnen to send to America, she wants a new Shift but can't come for it least she should catch cold, if you'll let me enter your Port I'll give you a Dutch Herring and a glass of Hollands after it to keep it from rising in your Stomach". Portugal, dressed like Spain, except that his doublet is not slashed, says "I keep a Vineyard in Portugall, if you'll let me into your Port, I'll supply you with Wine at a cheap rate for your Linnen, if you'll drink none from France or Spain.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Suitors to Hibernia on her having a free trade
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 18, 1780, by I. Mills, No. 1 Ratcliff Row, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Ireland and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign economic relations, Free trade, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Suiters to Hibernia on her having a free trade [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- March 12th, 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.03.12.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lord North (left), with a sack over his shoulder inscribed "Budget", drags by a chain a large lion. The lion's right fore-paw, inscribed "America", has been cut off, and his leg is bleeding. With the lion walk America, France, and Spain. America, a Red Indian with a head-dress and kilt of feathers, holds out a tomahawk in his left hand; in his other hand is the staff supporting the cap of liberty; he says, "This Limb belongs to me in Spite of Fate". France holds out a sword in his left hand, his right is on the lion's head; he says, "Either by Policy or Force I must Obtain some limb or Other". Spain, standing by France, says "I am afraid I shall lose all my Dollers & get Nothing". Behind the lion (r.) three men advance with a flag inscribed "Associations", two of them with drawn swords; they point towards North; one says, "Let our Associations Stop that lump of Iniquity from Ruining our Country"; the next says, "One limb is lost Already by his Infernal tricks". The third says, "Give us an Account how you Spend our money". North is saying, "D------n these Associations they will put a Stop to my Proceedings at last." He is walking over documents inscribed "York; Middlesex; Petitions, and Protestant Petition" (the monster petition for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Act to which Lord George Gordon was then collecting signatures). In the foreground a large thistle is growing, emblematic of the evil influence of Scotland; near it appears part of some striped material, perhaps the American flag, but with many more than thirteen stripes."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Voice of the public for an enquiry into the public expenditure
- Description:
- Title from item., Trimmed within plate line with partial loss of imprint., Publication day and year from British Museum catalogue., and Possibly engraved by T. Colley. See British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by E. Hedges No. 2, under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and United States
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Foreign relations, and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The English lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the public expenditure [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.05.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The beam of a pair of scales supported on a post, from each end of which, instead of a scale, dangles a man as if from a gibbet. On the centre of the beam is perched an owl wearing a ribbon and star, inscribed "Center of Gravity". On the lighter side (left) hangs a man over whose eyes a fool's cap has been drawn, through which protrude ass's ears. In his right hand is a "Plan for enlarging Newgate", in his left a copy of the 'General Advertiser'. On the right hangs a man in parson's gown and bands, his eyes covered by a turban-shaped cap; in his left hand is a copy of the 'Morning Post', in his right a newsboy's horn, from which issues a blast inscribed "Blast ye", directed against the other body hanging from the gibbet. On his breast is a playing-card, the knave of clubs. Over his head are falling a castle, two churches, and two mitres. He is Bate, editor of the 'Morning Post', noted as a bruiser, see BMSat 5550, &c. On the ground stand two figures pointing to the gibbet: Justice (left) leans on her sword, holding her scales, above her head is engraved: "Grave wisdom takes the centre of the Beam, And leaves to Knave & Fool, the wide extream." The owl perhaps represents North, often accused of unseemly levity, and his attitude towards Ministerial journalists. The Devil (r.) stands holding a coffin on which is a skull and cross-bones surmounting a freely sketched inscription suggesting the words "Here lies P[arson] B[ate]" and two reversed mitres. He points grinning to Bate; above his head is inscribed, "Here I wait; To take my B------.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item. and Trimmed to design.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 8, 1780, by W. Renigald
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Cooke, William, active 1776-1780., Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824. (Henry Bate),, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Newspapers, Newspaper editors, Scales, and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The balance of power [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.03.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Trimmed to plate line on sides and bottom., "Resembles the manner of Viscount Townshend."--British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name transcribed as "Kearly" in British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 1st. of March 1780 by J. Kearly Stafford St., Old Bond St. & E. Hedg under the Royl. Exchange
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793., and Buckingham Palace (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Bulls and Petitions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bull broke loose [graphic].