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10. 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].
11. The washerwoman; up with the Jesuit [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.03.01.01 impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scale is depicted in which Lord North, dressed as a washerwoman, is weighed down with the assistance of Fox (a fox on the cross beam). Or the right, Lord Shelburne, depicted as a Jesuit in monastic garb wearing the ribbon of a Knight of the Garter and holding a money bag signed "Blessings of Peace" in his right hand, sits in the upper pan of the balance, with his tombstone below. The attacks of the North-Fox coalition eventually led to Shelburne's stepping down in February 1783
- Alternative Title:
- Up with the Jesuit
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1st, 1783 by A. Killingbeck, Dover Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Scales, Laundresses, Monks, Foxes, Obesity, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The washerwoman; up with the Jesuit [graphic].
12. [Fox and North as Herod and Pilate] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 March 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.03.20.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the top of a hill, Lord Shelburne (William Petty) stands leaning against a gallows, his hands crossed at the wrists and eyes downcast. In front of him are Charles Fox and Lord North, their left hands joined. North's right hand reposes reassuringly on Fox's left shoulder. Fox points to Shelburne behind him with his right thumb. All three have beards characterizing them as Jews. The text below the design reads, "And Herod and Pilate were made Friends together that same Day; for before they were Enemies one to another. Luke. Cap 23, Ver 12."
- Alternative Title:
- And Herod and Pilate were made friends together that same day
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 20th, 1783, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Gallows, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fox and North as Herod and Pilate] [graphic].