In a churchyard, tombstones, adorned on top with the heads of prominent politicians, are engraved with epitaphs in their memory
Alternative Title:
Political churchyard
Description:
Title from caption etched above image. and Mounted to 30 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pub according t [sic] Act by B. Pownall. No. 6 Pallmall
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
A political cartoon with 42 bust caricatures of members of a conspiracy discovered by no. 1 "La Vigilance du Gouvernement Français", a rooster or the Gallic cock, depicted at top center, holding "Correspondance de Mr. Draque - Ambassadeur de la Cour Britannique &c. &c." Those accused of participating in the conspiracy are: no. 2 "Le Prince de Galles" (possibly the Prince of Wales), no. 3 "Parti de l'Opposition", no. 4 "Le Comte d'Artois" (Charles X), no. 5 "Lord Windham", no. 6 "Lord Moira", no. 7 "Lord King", no. 8 "Mr. Vic-Kam", no. 9 "Lord With Wurth", no. 10 "Mr. Pitt", no. 11 "Mr. Drake", no. 12 "Mr. Adington", no. 13 "Le Général Limcol", no. 14 "Mr. Francis", no. 15 "Milord Cathcart", no. 16 "Monsieur, Frère du Roi de France" (Louis XVIII), no. 17 "Spencer Smith", no. 18 "Lord How Kersbury", no. 19 "Le Duc de Cambridge", no. 20 "Charlotte Reine d'Angleterre", no. 21 "Géorges III Roi d'Angleterre", no. 22 "Le Duc d'York" (Prince Frederick Augustus), no. 23 "Lord Windham", no. 24 "Le Comte de Darmouth", no. 25 "Le Duc de Portland", no. 26 "Sidney Smith", no. 27 "Sir Lucas Pepys", no. 28 "Mr. Canning", no. 29 "Fitz Williams", no. 30 "Lord Walsingham", no. 31 "Lord Nelson Admiral", no. 32 "L'amiral Duc Woeth", no. 33 "Mr. Tierney", no. 34 "Le Prince de Conde", no. 35 "Lord Malmesbury", no. 36 "Milord Harrowby", no. 37 "Mr. F. Millman", no. 38 "Heberden", no. 39 "Lord Grandville", no. 40 "Mr. Carnawon", no. 41 "Mr. Carlole", and no. 42 "Sir Robert Taulay."
Description:
Title from item. and Includes key with corresponding numbers identifying the persons depicted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Subject (Topic):
History, National emblems, French, Roosters, Conspiracy, Enemies, and Faces
George III, seated in an open car pushed across the clouds by Pitt, Thurlow, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Sydney, aims a "thunder of dissolution" at the Coalition ministers represented by Fox, Lord North, and Burke, who fall backwards into the abyss and flames below the clouds
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs, Feby. 6, 1784 by B. Walwyn No. 9 Pedlars Acre West Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800., and Zeus (Greek deity)
William Pitt on the left and Charles Fox on the right play battledore and shuttlecock with the "India House" which is shown high in the air. A small figure of the King clings to the house's side. Pitt's battledore is inscribed, "royal confidence," Fox's, "majority." In the background, the "Mount of power" rises above flat landscape. On its summit stands the "Temple of fame," to which leads the "road of true patriotism, now untrode." A devil standing near the mount watches the game
Alternative Title:
Fluctuation of India stock
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs Feby. 3, 1784 by B. Walwyn No.2 Pedlars Acre Westr. Bridge
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and East India Company.
George III is held high in the air by Thurlow, on the left, and Pitt and Temple, on the right, who are all floating above the ground with the help of air balloons. The King, frowning and clenching his right fist, is emitting a strong blast of foul air inscribed, "proclamation for dissolution from a broad bottom" that covers in a large cloud the House of Commons below. A large group of men stands on the side of the building, among them Fox, North, and Burke, watching the cloud. On the other side of the House, the muzzled British Lion lies on the ground "asleep." A satire on the dissolution of the Parliament on March 25.
Alternative Title:
Solomon in the clouds
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pub'd 1st April, 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Dissolution, Politics and government, Flatulence, Balloons (Aircraft), Clothing & dress, and Lions
Lord Temple, in a robe tied with a belt labeled "secret [influence]" and a dark lantern in his hand, introduces William Pitt to the King who is seated on a long latrine bench, signed, "Treasury." Behind him on the wall hangs a portrait print with the face torn off, signed, "Lord Chatham." Pointing to the second opening in the bench, the King invites a stupefied Pitt to join him
Alternative Title:
Master Billy Pit-i-full's introduction
Description:
Title from item. and 'The' preceding publisher's name scored through.
Publisher:
Pubd. for the Jon. Cook, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Privies, and Clothing & dress
George III, surrounded by members of the present and former governments, stands on the British shore of the Atlantic Ocean. He holds out his arms in a gesture of uncertainty asking, "My Lords and Gentlemen, what should I do." Each of the statesmen gives his advice. In the background, "England's sun" is "setting" behind the hills at the foot of which sailors, soldiers and civilians are shown fighting, perhaps in allusion to the mutiny of sailors in Portsmouth in March 1783. Between both groups, on the extreme right, a smaller group of men with peg legs or on crutches, apparently veterans of the American war, is addressed by Lord Amherst who says, "Gentlemen we have no further occasion for you." On the extreme left, on the American shore of the Atlantic, a young girl in Indian dress sits between the kings of France and Spain, who each hold her hand. Benjamin Franklin places a wreath on top of her head-dress. Above in the sky, a witch flies away on a broomstick with a banner reading, "Peace -- Peace -- P-e-a-c" issuing from under her skirts
Description:
BEIN BrSides 2019 472: On sheet 29.5 x 36.8 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection., BEIN BrSides 2019 498: On sheet 38.7 x 43.8 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection., Title from caption below image., Attributed by George to Viscount Townshend., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On sheet 29 x 34 cm, mounted to 33 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by M. Smith in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., and Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Foreign relations, Fighting, Disabled veterans, Witches, Thistles, and Clothing & dress
A belligerent William Pitt and a dejected Charles Fox, each with a cock's body, stand in a cockpit surrounded by their supporters. In the foreground on the left, the King leans against the pit watching his favorite, Pitt. Next to him stands Wilkes, with his hand on the King's back, and Pitt's supporters Lords Nugent, Thurlow, and the Duke of Richmond. Behind them is an enthusiastic crowd of other supporters. Fox is backed by the devil who proposes another round. Among his supporters are Burke in a Jesuit's biretta and a group of Jews, his creditors. In the foreground, Lord North is negotiating with another Jew, upset by Fox's defeat
Alternative Title:
Cockpit royal
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Mounted to 28 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 24 March 1784, & sold by F. Reilly, High Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cockfighting, Devil, and Clothing & dress
Thomas Powys, sleeping in a chair on the left, and Charles Marsham, with a tankard, two of the country gentlemen urging the union between Fox and Pitt, preside over a maypole dance in front of the "St. Albans" tavern, their meeting place. The maypole is decorated with a sleeping head of George III. Dancers include members of the Coalition cabinet, pictured with devil's horns: Charles Fox, with a fox's body, Burke, dressed as a Jesuit, and the Duke of Portland, and members of the preceding cabinet, pictured with haloes: Lord Thurlow, in a judge's robe, a smiling Lord Shelburne, and the Duke of Richmond. They are watched on the left by the "nurse North," with horns, holding baby Pitt, with a halo, and on the right, by the Prince of Wales, dancing to his own tune he is playing on a pipe and a drum
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800., and Romney, Charles Marsham, Earl of, 1744-1811.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), May poles, Dance, and Clothing & dress