- Published / Created:
- pubd. as the act directs Jany. 12th 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.01.12.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III is shown with two faces in profile, standing in front of 2 doors, his right arm extended through a screen on the left and his hand being kissed by a kneeling Duke of Dorset. On the right, Charles James Fox, holding his East India Bill, also kneels to kiss the King's left hand, with North standing behind. On the wall hangs a picture of Bute as a cat. A reference to supposed secret influence at court
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate line., and Mounted to 31 x 38.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Janus (Roman deity) and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le double cabinet [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [17 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.17.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Fox and North stand on the left side of a broken bridge, while on the other side the King is bent over displaying his posterior in their direction, holding his crown out between his legs. The road that Fox and North stand on is labelled "Road to Preferment" and the broken timbers of the bridge are inscribed "War Office", "Treasury", "Admiralty", etc. St. James's Palace is partly visible on the right
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, Jany. 17 1784, by J. Smith & sold at No. 2 Pedlars Acre Westr. Bridge
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The broken bridge of administration [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.01.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III, his back to the viewer, supports one side of a scale containing the East India House with his left hand, while with a sword in the other, he severs the cords supporting the right hand scale, thus ejecting North and Fox. A reference to the King's action against the India Bill and to the fall of the Fox-North coalition
- Description:
- Title from item., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as [the] act directs
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rise of India stock, & sinking fund of oppression [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [4 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.04.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III is shown in two images in profile: the one facing left (not a good likeness), is directed toward North and Fox, the other a portrait of the King turned towards Shelburne and another figure, possibly Pitt, Lord Gower or the Duke of Richmond
- Alternative Title:
- Two faces under a hood
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as [the] act directs Jany 4, 1784 by E.D. Achery, St James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., and Janus (Roman deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal Janus, or, Two faces under a hood [graphic].