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1. Opposition [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.05.20.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stage-coach drives (right to left) through water; the four horses have human heads. A signpost on the extreme right points 'To the Slough of Despond'. The driver is Burke; he lashes the horses furiously. On the box under his legs are the (broken) scales and sword of Justice and a laurel wreath. Fox sits on the roof as the guard, holding a blunderbuss. He and Burke watch with alarm the horses who are advancing into deeper water. The heads of the horses are in profile; Derby is the off leader, Sheridan the near wheeler. The near leader may be Windham. The heads of four passengers (members of the Opposition), with anxious or despairing expressions, are visible through the window. The middle of the three facing the horses resembles Portland, the man on his right Stormont. The man on his left is Francis (as in BMSat 7330). Their 'vis-à-vis' may be Lord Carlisle. On the side of the coach, which is 'Licens'd by Act of Parliament', is a crest: a bull (for John Bull) with the motto 'Pro Bono Publico'. The basket at the back is filled with documents inscribed 'Bill of Rights', 'Magna Charta', 'Impeachment of W. Hastings'. Beneath the design is etched: 'O Liberty! O Virtue! O my Country!' Two bats and an owl fly above the horses, showing that night is coming on. Dark clouds obscure the horizon on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image in lower right., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Caption below image: O liberty! O virtue! O my country!, Companion print to "--coaches," also by Gillray and published by Fores on the same day. See no. 7324 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:
- Pubd. May 20th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Opposition [graphic].
2. Such things may be. A tale for future times [graphic].
- Creator:
- Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.03.01.03+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Hastings stands in a two-wheeled cart under a gibbet. Fox places the rope round his neck; Burke also stands in the cart dressed as a parson, in a long gown and bands, holding an open book. Sheridan (right) pushes the cart from behind, looking at North (left) who holds the horse's head. Large scrolls issue from the mouths of all five and are an important part of the design: Hastings says, "Walpole said every Man had his Price but Alass! I never could find out any of your Prices." Burke says "A Poor Atonement this for Millions &c." Fox says "A Poor Atonement do you call it Ned! Egad it would have been adevil of a Job for me, if my F------r had made such an atonement for------Unaccounted Millions." (Lord Holland was called in a City Address to the King 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. North says, "Dont you remember Sheri------that my now Rt Honble Friend often threat'ned to bring me to this or the Block". Sheridan answers, "Psha Fred - you know that was only to frighten you from your Station - &c - but drive on, or our friend Edmund will stand preaching here all day.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker suggested by British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A satire, an attack on the Coalition., In lower right corner: "Price 2s. 6d. plain or coloured.", and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March [the] 1, 1788 for J. Doughty & Co., No. 19 Holborn, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- India
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Politics and government, Carts & wagons, Executions in effigy, and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Such things may be. A tale for future times [graphic].
3. The meeting of parties, or, Humphreys & Mendoza fighting for a crown [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [22 December 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.12.22.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Pitt and Fox stand square-off, fists raised in the House of Commons at the height of the Regency Crisis, just before the passage of the Regency Bill, 1789
- Alternative Title:
- Humphreys & Mendoza fighting for a crown and Humphreys and Mendoza fighting for a crown
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 27 x 38 cm., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd by W. Dent December 22 1788 and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, and Great Britain. House of Commons,
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Spectators, and Fighting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The meeting of parties, or, Humphreys & Mendoza fighting for a crown [graphic].
4. Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, The wind shifted from the North to the East [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 22d, 1788.
- Call Number:
- 788.04.22.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Wind shifted from the North to the East
- Description:
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, The wind shifted from the North to the East [graphic].