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.
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.
"The Duchess of Devonshire (right), wearing very wide hooped petticoats, shelters a fox beneath them. Its head projects from a slit which she holds open with her hands, its tail shows between her feet. She says:"Here my dear Reynard when all trouble's past, You'll find a Borrough open at the last."Her hat is trimmed with the usual ostrich plumes and fox's brush, cf. BMSat 6530, &c. North stands facing her, saying "He's IN for a Borrough". Beneath the design is inscribed:"In vain may Wits reprove, and Criticks blame, Nor shall concealment in this cause defame, Reynard in gratitude of such protection, Now pays the devoirs of his Election.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Parliment scrutiny, or, A borrough in reserve, Borough in reserve, and Parliament scrutiny
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Satire alludes to the Orkney boroughs., and Watermark top center of sheet: [...] R . Countermark in center of sheet: IV.
Publisher:
Pubd by E. Rich, April 28, 1784, No. 55 opposite Anderson's Coffee house, Fleet Street
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, and Great Britain. Parliament
Title etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to St. Paul, d. 62 -- Allusion to Felix, fl. 51-58 -- Literature: Bible, Acts: 24.27-25-27 -- St. Ann's Church, Soho: Vestry room, scene of Westminster election scrutiny, 1784 -- High Bailiff of Westminster -- Scrutiny -- Pens: quills -- Lawyers -- Corbett, Thomas H., d. 1792.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Great Britain. Parliament
High Bailif disconcerted and High Bailiff disconcerted
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One line of text below image., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to St. Paul, d. 62 -- Allusion to Felix, fl. 51-58 -- Literature: Bible, Acts: 24.27-25-27 -- St. Ann's Church, Soho: Vestry room, scene of Westminster election scrutiny, 1784 -- High Bailiff of Westminster -- Scrutiny -- Pens: quills -- Lawyers -- Corbett, Thomas H., d. 1792 -- Male costume: Scottish., and Partial watermark bottom center of sheet: fleur-de-lis with initials LVG below a shield.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Great Britain. Parliament
High bailif disconcerted and High Bailiff disconcerted
Description:
Title etched above units., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to St. Paul, d. 62 -- Allusion to Felix, fl. 51-58 -- Literature: Bible, Acts: 24.27-25-27 -- St. Ann's Church, Soho: Vestry room, scene of Westminster election scrutiny, 1784 -- High Bailiff of Westminster -- Scrutiny -- Pens: quills -- Lawyers -- Corbett, Thomas H., d. 1792 -- Male costume: Scottish., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Great Britain. Parliament
A content-looking Charles Fox, with a chisel labeled, "vice," and a mallet labeled, "distruction," puts finishing touches on the bust of the Prince of Wales, while a frowning Lord North sharpens another chisel on a stone
Alternative Title:
Political sculptors
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Publisli'd [sic] by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"The Prince of Wales (left) sleeps on a grassy bank, his right elbow supported on a bank or rock. His hat with three ostrich plumes and the motto 'Ich Dien' leaves no doubt of his identity. A huge toad (right) climbs up his body to whisper in his ear: "Abjure thy Country and thy parents And I will give thee dominion over Many powers. Better to rule in hell than Serve on Earth". His fox's brush shows that the 'Preceptor' is Fox. Trees are indicated behind the Prince (left). Behind Fox are water-weeds (right). Beneath the design is etched:'Not Satan to the Ear of Eve Did e'er such pious Counsel give. Milton.'"--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Caption below title, quote from Milton: Not Satan to the ear of Eve, did e'er such pious counsel give., 'No. 15' in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Toads -- Preceptors: Fox as Toad -- Sleeping pupils -- Mottos: 'Ich Dien' -- Literature: Quote from John Milton, 1608-1674., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 25 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 18th, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"A conventional vine-branch ascends the left side of the design, then turns at right angles; from it hangs a symmetrical cluster of heads or masks of Fox and his supporters with closed eyes; the stalk attaching it to the branch is inscribed 'Ripe Fruit for Old Nick'. The central and largest head is that of Fox. On the left and right and slightly lower are the heads of North and Burke; these three are larger than the remaining heads. Between them and beneath Fox's chin are Keppel (left), and (right) perhaps Jack Lee. The apex of the cluster, between the stalk and Fox, is Lord Derby looking downwards. Flanking him, in profile, are Lord Stormont (left) and Lord John Cavendish (right)-Below Stormont and above North is the Duke of Portland, in profile to the left. Below Cavendish and above Burke is an unidentified profile having some resemblance to Carlisle. The lowest point of the cluster is the mask of Sam House. Between this and the heads of North and Burke on each side are two small profiles: below North (left) that of Hall the apothecary, and between Hall and House the hideous profile of the Westminster Justice (? Kelly), see BMSat 6575, &c.; below Burke (right) that of the Earl of Surrey, and between Surrey and House that of Powys. On the ground at the foot of the vine-branch and beneath the cluster is a pile of objects inscribed 'Trophies'. In the foreground (left) is a pair of crutches inscribed 'Patriotic Props'. In the centre of the base of the pile are (left) a fox's brush inscribed 'Euphorbium' (an allusion to the 'sneezing-bag' thrown at Fox, see BMSat 6426, &c.) and (right) a mask of the faces of Fox and North inscribed 'Coalition' imitated from 'The Mask by Sayers', see BMSat 6234. On the extreme left is a document inscribed 'Œconomy (but the word scored through) 24,000l. Pr Annum'; against it lie a pair of spectacles, emblems of Burke and the meagre results of his Bill of Economical Reform (cf. BMSat 5657). On the extreme right is a pestle (inscribed 'Capricum, Capricum') and mortar and another pair of spectacles, emblems of Hall the apothecary. Beside the pestle is a document inscribed 'Receipt Tax', an unpopular measure of the Coalition (see BMSat 6243, &c.) which was dropped by Pitt; a flag inscribed 'July 27th', a gibe at Keppel's conduct at the Battle of Ushant in 1778 (see BMSat 5992, &c); a paper inscribed 'American War', a gibe at North. In the centre, lying against the fox's brush, is a document inscribed 'India Bill' (see BMSat 6271, &c.) and an open book inscribed 'Platonic Love'. The three remaining trophies, at the summit of the pile, are a weaver's shuttle inscribed 'Weavers', to insinuate that Fox had bribed Spitalfields weavers to vote for him, see BMSat 6575, &c.; a laurel branch, emblem of victory in the Westminster Election; and a butcher's cleaver inscribed 'Westminster Election', emblem of the butchers canvassed by the Duchess of Devonshire"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Political cluster in terrorem
Description:
Title from caption below image: Political cluster in terrorem, Text at top of image: Pro bono publico., and Temporary local subject terms: Bipartite masks: Fox and North -- Coalitions: Allusion to Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Apothecary's mortar and pestle -- Cleavers -- Allusion to canvassing butchers -- Taxes: Allusion to Receipt tax -- Allusion to 'sneezing bag' thrown at Fox, 12 February, 1784 -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Allusion to Burke's bill on economical reform -- Allusion to American War -- Flags: allusion to the Battle of Ushant, 27 July, 1778 -- Allusion to Spittalfields weavers.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Crutches, Eyeglasses, Gallows, and Political elections
An election-procession lead by the Duchess of Devonshire marches towards the hustings, indicated by a corner of the pediment of St. Paul's Church. Other marches include her sister Lady Duncannon and perhaps Mrs. Crewe who wear the emblems of the Prince of Wales -- the ostrich plumes and of Fox. Each holds an election placard, one of which proclaims "No tax on maid-servants."
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. 14.", and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published April 30, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Crewe, Frances Anne Greville Crewe, Lady, 1748-1818, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliamen
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Political participation, and Political posters