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10. The republican-attack [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King sits impassively in his badly damaged state coach, which is being assailed by a mob; facing him sit two courtiers in abject terror. Pitt (right), dressed as the coachman, drives furiously, lashing the horses, the hind legs only of the wheelers being visible on the extreme right. These are trampling on Britannia who lies prostrate, her shield and broken spear beneath her. Four footmen in striped liveries stand behind, one holding the straps; the others hold each other's waists: Loughborough, the Lord Chancellor, wearing his wig, stands next the coach; behind him is Grenville, then Dundas, wearing a plaid and with a bottle projecting from his coat-pocket. Last is Pepper Arden wearing a judge's wig. All, like Pitt, wear jockey-caps. Lord Lansdowne (right), a sansculotte, composedly fires a blunderbuss point-blank through the coach window, aiming at the King. Fox and Sheridan, facing Lansdowne, run beside the coach, holding on to it. Both are tattered ruffians brandishing clubs, but wear breeches. The other three assailants cling to the spokes of the back wheel to stop the coach: (left to right) the Duke of Grafton, neatly dressed and wearing a cocked hat with tricolour cockade, Lord Stanhope, and little Lord Lauderdale, both wearing bonnets-rouges. Behind, a sea of heads indicates the mob; they carry a tricolour flag inscribed 'Peace and Bread' and a loaf draped with black and spiked on a pitchfork. A cat, stones, and eggs shower on the coach, the crown on the top of which is broken."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Mob -- Attack on George III's coach on October 29, 1795 -- Coaches: royal state coach -- Crowns: broken crown -- Guns: blunderbass -- Domestic service: footmen -- Hats: jockey caps -- Bonnets rouges., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Assassination attempts, Britannia (Symbolic character), Carriages & coaches, Cats, Coach drivers, Crowds, Riots, Sansculottes, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The republican-attack [graphic].
11. The true state of the junction, or, Men of abilities call'd for [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.05.20.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right, William Petty, Lord Shelburne, attacks Britannia pulling on her hair and petticoat while pushing her to the ground. She leans on her shield; her broken spear lies next to it. William Pitt, who stands behind her with his arms folded on his chest, looks down at her indifferently. On the left, Charles Fox, taking Lord North's hand in his, points to the distressed Britannia with an entreaty to join their forces in her defense and "Fox and North stand together in consultation (left). Fox, holding the right hand of North who stands on his right, points with his left hand towards Britannia (right), who has been thrown to the ground, and is being maltreated by Shelburne. Her shield and broken spear lie beside her. Shelburne has seized her by the hair and is tearing off her upper garments; he smiles saying, "I smile at the feeble efforts of them single". Britannia looking towards Fox and North cries, "Help! tis only your united strength can save me". Pitt, young and slim, stands beside Britannia, his arms folded, looking down at her and saying "I see her danger, yet, better she should perish than I join the Man I hate". Fox is saying to North, "Forgetting our former disputes Quick! let us join to save her". In the foreground lies a large scroll, inscribed, "BRITANIA rescue'd from the wicked designs of an artfull------", the last word hidden by a curl of the scroll."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Men of abilities call'd for and Men of abilities called for
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 20th, 1783, by I. Freeman, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The true state of the junction, or, Men of abilities call'd for [graphic].
12. [The state of the nation] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.07.01.02 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue, Temporary local subject terms: Toppling buildings -- Staff of Liberty -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Allusion to many politicians of the day -- Allusion to Gustavus III, King of Sweden., Watermark: fleur-de-lis with initials G R below., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs July 1, by J. Wjsen [sic] Walbrooke
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Columns, Liberty cap, Rats, Emblems, Shields, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The state of the nation] [graphic].