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
"The Prince of Wales and his adherents are travestied as negroes; the Prince stands in a doorway inscribed 'Brookes Rectifier of Spirits', which is represented as a debtor's prison: the heads of George Hanger and Burke are seen through a barred window on the left outside which hangs a basket inscribed 'Pray Remember us Poor Blacks'. Both are naked, except for Hanger's accustomed cocked hat (cf. BMSat 6924), and Burke's biretta (cf. BMSat 6026). The Prince wears a girdle of leaves, a helmet feathered like the head-dress of a Red Indian, but decorated with the triple ostrich plume, and his ribbon and star. He holds out his hands in consternation at the approach of Fox and North (as a woman), their arms interlaced, their faces contorted with grief (cf. BMSat 6193, &c). Fox's hat is inscribed 'Carlo Crusoe'; on his breast is a placard: 'We were unfortunately cast away in the British Channel on board the Portland East Indiaman' (an allusion to the defeat of the Coalition on Fox's India Bill, and probably an imitation of the placards of begging seamen). Their scanty garments are ragged; from North's Garter ribbon hangs a placard: 'Ruined by the American War'. Behind them is another couple with arms interlaced: Lord George Gordon (not a negro) with a black man who carries a primitive stringed instrument, his cap inscribed 'Man Friday'. He is perhaps intended for Sheridan. Gordon flourishes a paper inscribed 'Defence of the Blacks by Lo[rd] G------G------' and says "By all the glories of mischief they have no right to send us to Africa". At the end of the procession Thurlow with a raised stick chases a negro wearing a cap inscribed 'Purveyor', who resembles Weltje, except that he is short and fat, and says, with clasped hands, "O! Oh! - bless your heart Massa Beetle-brow - if you no lick apoor neger man he'll pimp for you.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Statement following imprint: ... of whom may be had the new, very popular and comprehensive print entitled "The French treaty reviewed", &c, &c., and Mounted to 29 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, No. 9, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, and Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793
Title from item., Attributed to Dent based on other works by this artist in the collection., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: dining rooms -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Fireplaces -- Literature: reference to Isaac Bickerstaffe's (d. 1812) The Spoil'd Child -- Allusion to William Congreve's Love For Love -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Food: roasts., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with monogram W at bottom.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816
Title from item., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Justice (Symbolic character) -- Royal Arms -- Scrutiny -- High Bailiff -- Crowns -- Allusion to House of Commons -- Allusion to royal prerogative -- Allusion to Grenville's Act -- Quills.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Title from item., Earlier version of no. 7287 which has a later date and added verses. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.6., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Horace Walpole refers to subject of print -- Uniforms: Windsor -- Alleged bribery of Hastings supporters -- Stone-eaters -- Bulse -- Warren Hastings in oriental dress -- Image of George III on a playing card.
Publisher:
Pubd. for the proprietor by W. Moore, Bond Street & W. Dickie, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
India.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Quotation from John Dryden, 1631-1700, King Arthur or the British worthy -- General elections -- Defeat of Fox -- Allusion to the defeat of the East India Bill, 1783 -- Crowns -- Devil -- Laurel wreaths -- Chains -- Pitchforks -- Angels., Partial watermark: initials L V G under shield., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: East India Company: Board of Control -- Declaratory Bill -- Scots pills -- Chartered rights -- Leaden Hall as an Indian lady -- Secret influence -- Patronage -- Allusion to 7th system -- Military: soldiers -- Emblems -- Asses.
Publisher:
Pubd. for the proprietor by Mr. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, East India Company., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title from item., Possibly by Dent. See British Museum catalogue., Nine lines of text below title: Who wonderfully outdoes all the wonderous fire eaters, stone eaters, toad eaters, & c. & c. that ever exhibited, engaging to crack, scronch, swallow and digest as many of the largest and hardest words in the English language ..., Sheet trimmed to edge of plate mark on one side., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Demosthenes, B.C. 384?-322 -- Allusion to John Dunning Ashburton, 1st Baron, 1731-1783 -- Allusion to Ashburton: Influence of the crown, April 6, 1780 -- Parodies: Advertisements of the "Stone eater" -- Regency crisis -- Trampled Bills of Rights -- Trampled Magna Charta -- India., and Mounted to 37 x 22 cm.
Publisher:
Pub by W. Dent Decr 29 1788, sold by W. Moore No. 308 Oxford Street
Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified card catalog., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation: Shakespeare -- Warts., Owner's mark: Lugt., no. 2832., Mounted to 33 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs for the proprietor by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street & W. Dickie, opposite Exeter change
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., and India.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Obesity, Colonies, Weather vanes, and Gambling