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1. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Misfire at the Constitution
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 23.9 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 27.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
2. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.12.01.1+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Misfire at the Constitution
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Watermark: (partial) crown on top of shield with fleur-de-lis., and On verso in contemporary hand: A horse being the arms of Hanover, the horse stands for the P[rince] of W[ales], 1789. Fox, Sheridan make the P[rince] of W[ales] their stalking horse to fire at the rights of the Crown & the people.
- Publisher:
- Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
3. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Misfire at the Constitution
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 65 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]
4. Country revenge, or, A warning piece to political boys [graphic].
- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.02.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Warning piece to political boys
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker, place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Commutation Tax, 1785 -- Soap tax -- Tax on lights -- Tax on windows -- Signs: sign-posts -- Trades: washerwomen -- Vehicles: tumbrels -- Windows -- Pitt's speech -- Gallow ropes., and Partial watermark in upper right of plate: fleur-de-lis on shield with initials L V G.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxes, Traffic signs & signals, Gallows, Foxes, Horses, Farmers, and Pitchforks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Country revenge, or, A warning piece to political boys [graphic].
5. Presages of the millenium, with the destruction of the faithful as revealed to R. Brothers, the prophet, & attested by M.B. Hallhead, Esq. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 June 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.06.04.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt as Death on the pale Horse rides naked on the White Horse of Hanover, galloping over the prostrate bodies of pigs; other pigs, a multitude extending to the horizon, flee before him. On the horse's fringed saddle-cloth is a crown. Pitt is very emaciated, his flaming hair streams behind him encircled by a fillet inscribed 'Destruction'. In his right hand is a large flaming sword; in his left he holds the thread-like body of a scaly monster with gaping jaws, webbed wings, and serpent's tail. Behind him on the horse's hind quarters sits a naked imp wearing the feathered coronet of the Prince of Wales, with the motto 'Ich di[en]'. He grasps Pitt, and kisses his posterior; in his left hand he holds out a paper: 'Provision for the Millenium £125,000 pr An'. The horse's tail streams out, expanding into clouds, and merging with the flames of Hell which rise from the extreme right. In the tail and flames imps are flying, headed by Dundas holding a pitchfork; he wears a wig and plaid with horns and webbed wings. Behind are three imps: Loughborough, indicated as usual by an elongated judge's wig in back view (cf. BMSat 6796); Burke with webbed wings and serpent's tail; Pepper Arden [Identified by Wright and Evans as Lord Kenyon. The identification in the text is confirmed by Lord Holland.] wearing a large wig. In the foreground (right) Pitt's opponents are being kicked towards Hell by the horse's hind legs. Fox has just been violently struck in the face, and staggers backwards, clutching a paper inscribed 'Peace'. Sheridan lies prone, face downwards, hands raised, as if for mercy. Wilberforce sits on the ground clasping his 'Motion for a Peace' (see BMSat 8637). Behind Fox Lansdowne looks up from the ground, clenching his fists. On the extreme right the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Stanhope, and the Duke of Grafton are about to plunge into the flames: Fox in falling is pushing them over. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: And e'er the last days began, I looked, & behold, a white horse, & his name who sat upon it was Death ..., and Mounted to 36 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 4th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Brothers, Richard, 1757-1824, and Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- Marriage, Prophecies, Daggers & swords, Death, Horses, Monsters, Prophecy, and Swine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Presages of the millenium, with the destruction of the faithful as revealed to R. Brothers, the prophet, & attested by M.B. Hallhead, Esq. / [graphic]
6. Road to ruin [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1792.
- Call Number:
- 792.03.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Notorious rakes and gamblers ride or run furiously towards rays descending from a sun in the upper left corner of the design inscribed 'Chance'; its centre, a segment of which is visible, is composed of the letters on an 'E.O.' (roulette) table (cf. British Museum Satires No. 5928). The foremost pair are the Duke of Clarence and the Prince of Wales; the Duke, slightly ahead, wears a chamber-pot on his head marked with an anchor (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7909) and sits behind Mrs. Jordan, who cries, "Push away! that's your sort!" He cries, "Straight Sailing! that's your sort!" Both the horses have human heads; that of the Duke says, "I'm the Sort for Leading; that of the Prince is Fox." The Prince's hat with feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' flies from his head, two women sit behind him; the one holding his waist (? Mrs. Crouch) says, "No Jealous Fitz - that's your sort!" The other, seated behind her, holds the end of the Prince's shirt, she has a large fox's brush and is probably Mrs. Armistead; she says, "Well done Charley! That's your sort!" The Prince says, "I'm the sort for a Widow - she's done over!" Mrs. Fitzherbert has fallen from the horse into a stream and holds out her arms towards the Prince. From the water emerges a post inscribed 'Styx', a bridge or culvert beside it is 'Hazard'. Behind this group the Duke of York runs forward, wearing a hat made of playing-cards surmounted by a teetotum inscribed 'ABC....' In his right hand he holds out a dice-box inscribed 'Oat - ' shaking from it two dice inscribed 'la' and 'nds' (he had recently bought Oatlands); in his left is a tennis racquet. He wears regimentals; the ribbon across his shoulder is formed of playing-cards; at his back is a knapsack full of 'Tennis Balls' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7903) which resemble guineas. He says, "I'm the sort! for running out!" For his gaming see British Museum Satires No. 7301 (5), &c. Just behind him ride three bloods with cropped hair, wearing the high hats, long breeches, and coats with shawl collars hanging away from the neck which such young men affected (see British Museum Satires No. 8040, &c). The one nearest the spectator rides a horse with a bandage over his eyes inscribed 'Lottery Hack'; he looks up, regardless of the fact that he is riding into a pit, and points with his long whip to a castle resting on clouds inscribed 'Illegal Insurance' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7750); he says, "That's your sort - I'm in for it - I shall do the deep Ones!" The other two shout, "Go it! Dam'me! that 's your sort!" and "Dam Trade! Life and a Racer! that 's your sort." Behind this group is a couple on a galloping horse: a stout jovial woman wearing breeches rides astride, waving her whip, behind her sits an anxious-looking elderly citizen, wearing petticoats. He says, "We're the wrong side of Temple Bar, my dear, we are only the sort to be laughed at"; she answers, "Peace good Mr Jerry Candle-wick, its life! and Life and the Breeches! thats the sort." By their horse's head is a signpost inscribed 'Rotten Row', with a pointing hand inscribed 'Hoyle' (on Whist), the vertical post inscribed 'Crim. con.' The last rider is a stout woman, probably Mrs. Hobart (noted for her faro-table, see British Museum Satires No. 8167), on a rocking-horse inscribed 'Faro'; she carries on her arm a wicker cage containing pigeons and says, "Unplucked Pidgeons! that's the sort." In the foreground on the extreme right an elderly Jew sits on a bank watching the mad race with a smile; he says, "50 per Cent! dats de sort! if dey ride to de Devil, dey leave coot Security behind, Ah! Security! dot's de sort." Near him is a card house; at his feet is the Knave of Clubs. In the front of the design and near the Duke of York are other playing cards (left to right): four aces, the two of diamonds, King of Hearts, and (?) Queen of Diamonds, the last two having some resemblance to George III and Queen Charlotte."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Dent
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Social life and customs, Horses, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Road to ruin [graphic].
7. Symptoms of tumbling or falling short [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- June 17, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.06.17.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Temporary local subject terms: Election polls -- Scrutiny -- Allusion to canvassing -- Allusion to Duke of Devonshire., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Horses, Signs (Notices), and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of tumbling or falling short [graphic].
8. The Brentford race for the Middlesex septennial plate [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 22d, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.04.22.08+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The candidates for Middlesex and their supporters race (right to left) to Brentford. The foremost rider is Wilkes on a horse wearing a royal crown (indicating George III); he holds up the cap of 'Liberty' on its staff. Half a length behind, and nearer the spectator, is Mainwaring, holding up a sword whose blade is inscribed 'Justice'. His horse's human head is blindfolded, in its mouth is a pair of scales; in one balance is 'Byng Dunston', in the other and heavier, 'Wilkes Manwaring'. The horse probably represents Justice, its rider was a well-known Middlesex Justice and chairman of the Middlesex Sessions. Behind Wilkes, his horse's head hidden, is a rider not identified, he has lost his stirrups and clutches his saddle with both hands. Behind these three and in the centre of the design is George Byng, the friend of Fox and the Prince of Wales, M.P. for Middlesex since 1780. He rides a pair of horses (representing the Coalition), standing with one foot on the saddle of each; the near horse has the head of Fox, the other that of North; the tail of the near horse is a fox's brush inscribed 'Grace'. The fore legs of the pair touch a paper inscribed 'Test'. Byng's whip is inscribed 'Coalition' and he is saying, "Spur them up behind Doctor, or I shall lose the race", addressing Hall, the Westminster apothecary, who rides like a hobby horse a pair of crutches tied with a ribbon; in place of a hat he wears a mortar inscribed 'All [sic] Blue and Buff'; he holds up his pestle as if it were a whip. Behind Byng, Jeffery Dunstan rides an ass with long ears and the head of Sam House; he looks round to address the Duchess of Devonshire who is the last of the cavalcade. The Duchess (right) rides astride, her bunched-up skirt showing spurred half-boots. Her horse has the head of the Earl of Surrey; she says, "Byng for ever - and may the Hearty Cock ever stand stout in our sarvice". Dunstan says, "Well said my Dutchess - Charly's Whipper-in for ever. Huzza". The Duchess wears a heavily trimmed hat in which is a large election favour and four fox's tails, each inscribed 'Byng'. On the extreme left is a sign-post pointing 'To Brentford'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 27 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Middlesex (England), and England.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Mainwaring, William, 1735-1821, Byng, George, ca. 1735-1789, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, House, Samuel, -1785, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Elections, Crutches, Donkeys, Hobby horses, Horse racing, Horses, Justice, Liberty cap, Pharmacists, Political elections, Scales, Symbols, and Traffic signs & signals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Brentford race for the Middlesex septennial plate [graphic]
9. The Brighton stud [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 July 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.07.30.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince's stud, consisting of five asses with human faces, proceeds (left to right) past a signpost (right) pointing 'To Brighthlmstone'. The Prince, the central figure, rides an ass with the head of Mrs. Fitzherbert; he wears very long spurs. He is preceded by three animals, the foremost being George Hanger led by a groom (Captain Morris); on his saddle-cloth are the Prince's feathers, as if to show his privileged position. Next is Fox, his mouth wide open as if braying, next Weltje. Behind (left), apparently doubtful whether to proceed or not, is Lord Derby (or perhaps Lord North). Geese in the foreground (right) hiss at the procession."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and On verso in pencil: George Townly Stubbs.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 20th 1786 by W.S. [sic] Fores at the Caracature Ware-house, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses, Geese, and Horse farms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Brighton stud [graphic].