- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 March] 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.26.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, acting as an auctioneer in the dissoluted Parliament, sells from the rostrum decorated with Royal Arms "useless valuables," such as "Magna Charta." Corwall, the Speaker sitting below the rostrum, records bids in the "Sundry acts." In front of him stands Thurlow in Chancellor's robes making dismissive comment on "nonsensical bidings of those common fellows," i.e. members of the House of Commons who leave through the door on the left. Last of them, Fox, turns back vowing to bid "with spirit" for lot 1, "rights of the people in 558 vol." held on display by Henry Dundas. A reference to the dissolution of the Parliament by the King on March 25.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue for the History of the Westminster election, 1784, p. 48. See British Museum Catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of imprint., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 26th by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789., and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811.
- Subject (Topic):
- Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Auctions, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state auction [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Barrow, J., active 1782-1785, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.11.03+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, dressed as a nurse, stands in front of a brick house, indicating an empty cradle with a label, "Reynard state cradle wrocker." Lord North, also in nurse's clothes, leans out the window above the entrance holding out a dirty diaper. On the wall to his left is pasted advertisement for employment the "nurses" seek, referring both the the defeat of Fox-North Coalition and Fox's close association with the Prince of Wales
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Place of publication from address., and Mounted to 41 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by H. Humphrey, March 11, 1784, No. 50 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Governesses, Cradles, Houses, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state nurses [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 9, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.01.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Depicts Charles James Fox, rising out of his chair to reach with outstretched arms for a crown which descends on a cloud from the left. On the floor is a dice box, and in Fox's pocket may be seen a roll of papers marked A Bill for ref[orming the] East India [Company]. A quotation from Macbeth is present beneath the image, which is a commentary on Fox's ambition as evinced by his proposed India Bill
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Crowns, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The vision [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [18 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.18.02.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, in a dramatic pose, reaches up with his right hand for a sword presented to him by three cherubs encouraging him to defend King and country. With his other hand he indicates a volume inscribed, "Locke on the human understanding" on the table behind him. Above the table hangs a portrait of Lord Chatham. Members and supporters of the North-Fox coalition look on through an open window, gathered under a flag labeled "The Harmonic Society."
- Description:
- Title from item., Under title: "Third sketch"., and Mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published Feby. 18, 1784, as the act directs by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Tables, Daggers & swords, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The vision of justice with a view of the Harmonic Society [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 21st 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.01.21.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Outside the door of a house, a giant Lord North stands with a more diminutively-rendered Fox. They are caricatured as street musicians, North beating on a tambourine and Fox playing the hurdy-gurdy as he holds out his hat to receive food scraps from a maid in the doorway
- Alternative Title:
- Ways and means for 1784
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd as [the] act directs by J. Langham, Russell Street, Covt. Garden
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Street musicians, Tambourines, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ways & means for 1784 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The figure of Time, with his scythe, hovers in the air between the kneeling figures of Pitt on the left and Fox on the right. Through two pipes inscribed, "Court favor" and "popularity," he blows bubbles that Pitt catches in his mouth. Fox, his hands raised in supplication, begs Time for the same favor. His plea is supported by the Duchess of Devonshire who stands behind him. In the background, a radiating temple on a rock behind Pitt is inscribed, "St. Jameses." Behind Fox, a lighthouse with a flare hanging from its top is signed, "House of Commons." Between the two, on the other side of a river, is a ruined ancient city, a reference to Rome
- Description:
- Title from item. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd by [...]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Political elections, Scythes, Temples, Ruins, Lighthouses, Tobacco pipes, Scissors & shears, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wholesome food for the ministers [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.03.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, his feet wide apart and his hands on his hips, stands on the steps of an open arched doorway looking outside. Below the image is a quote from Hudibras, beginning, "--he that has but Impudence / To all things has a fair pretence."
- Description:
- Title devised by the cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published March 3 1784, by S. Baker in Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Doors & dorways and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Charles Fox] [graphic].