"A skimmington procession : on a sorry-looking horse a man and woman sit astride, back to back; the woman, richly dressed, sits in front, her skirts pushed back to show breeches. In her right. hand is a pistol, in her left. a sword. The man holds a distaff. The procession is headed by a man (r.) holding aloft on a pole a petticoat and a pair of horns. Behind him walks a man beating a drum. Behind the horse is a woman carrying a broom over her shoulder and a woman blowing a horn. A spectator points and jeers, another walks with folded arms."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dowager Queen riding poor Denmark
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to a description of the palace revolution in Denmark in 1772., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 56.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808 and Caroline Mathilde, Queen, consort of Christian VII, King of Denmark, 1751-1775
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), page 128., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: St. Peter's Church, Exeter.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Subject (Topic):
Crowds, Dogs, Episcopal churches, and Music ensembles
"An engraving showing Mr. Welbore Ellis in the character of Guy Faux, approaching the Houses of Parliament at night, and holding a dark lanthorn. Three of the buttresses of the building, illuminated by the lanthorn, are inscribed severally: -- "Freedom of Election", "Bill of Rights", "Magna Charta". The Earl of Bute appears in the background, dressed as a Scotchman, and by way of signal waving a baton. Mr. Ellis is watched from Heaven by the Eye of Providence. This design is a reproduction of a portion of Samuel Ward's famous print described in this Catalogue as "The Destruction of the Spanish Armada", British Museum Satires No. 41; see likewise British Museum Satires No. 43."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Guy Fawkes of 1770
Description:
Title etched above image., Three lines of text below image: The mine was sunk; combustibles provided & Welbore Ellis, the Guy Faux of the fable, waited only for the signal of command. Junius., Plate from: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : J. Miller, v. 1 (1770), page 265., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Parliament -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to the Bill of Rights -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the freedom of election -- Lighting -- Emblems: dark lantern of conspiracy -- Emblems: eye of Providence -- Reference to Junius and Public Advertiser., and Mounted to 37 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mendip, Welbore Ellis, Baron, 1713-1802, Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606., and Westminster Palace (London, England),
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the reversed copy published under the same title in: The London Museum, v. 1(1770), p. 265. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., Three lines of text below image: The mine was sunk; combustibles provided & Welbore Ellis, the Guy Faux of the fable, waited only for the signal of command. Junius., Reversed copy or original, with a speech balloon issuing from Welbore Ellis's mouth. Cf. No. 4384 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Parliament -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to the Bill of Rights -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the freedom of election -- Lighting: lantern -- Emblems: dark lantern of conspiracy -- Emblems: eye of Providence -- Welbore Ellis -- Reference to Junius and Public Advertiser., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Title from item., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; statement of responsibility erased from sheet. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Lightning bolts -- Thunder -- Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland., and Mounted to 20 x 14 cm; mounted again to 25 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Subject (Topic):
Hydra (Greek mythology), Britannia (Symbolic character), Lightning, Clouds, Shields, and Crutches
The administrators of the East India Company are confronted with the image of East Indian merchants. A letter of apology lies at the feet of the one director who stands up in fright, his chair overturned behind him
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate from: Town and country magazine, v. 4, supplement (1772), page 705., Illustration to dialogue: The directors in the suds, or, The Jaghire dismayed at the ghosts of the black merchants., and Placement instructions above image: Vol. IV ; No. XXXIX.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Colebrooke, George, Sir, 1729-1809, Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774, and East India Company
Subject (Topic):
Administration, East Indians, Merchants, and Taverns (Inns)
Five oval portraits or caricatures. The larger, central one represents the King ; the four smaller ones members of the so-called 'Court Party.'
Description:
Title from item., Place and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : J. Miller, v. 2 (1770), page 5., Temporary local subject terms: Nicknames: Mungo -- Nicknames: Jefferies (Ld Mansfield) -- Blacks -- Animals: Lord Holland as a fox -- Literature: reference to Volpone, or, The fox, by Benjamin Johnson, 1572-1637 -- Reference to George, 1st baron Jeffreys, 1648-1689., and On verso: W.S. Lewis's ms. note regarding Horace Walpole's comments on the politicians represented in this print.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
General Dumourier arresting the French commissioners who were sent to take him into custody
Description:
Title from item., Illustration to verses describing the arrest of the commissioners, from the Wonderful magazine, v. i, p. 189., and Temporary local subject terms: Guns: bayoneted muskets -- Military: French soldiers -- Tents -- Arrests.
Publisher:
Published by C. Johnson
Subject (Name):
Dumouriez, Charles François Du Périer, 1739-1823
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 3(1768), p. 65., Temporary local subject terms: Altars: Baal's altar -- Reference to the liberty of the press -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to Habeas corpus -- Discharged sailor -- Scourge -- Bags of money -- Allusion to the East India Company -- Allusion to the Bank of England -- Allusion to the American colonies -- Emblems: an earl's coronet -- Pensions: allusion to Lord Chatham's pension., and Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788, Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Gout, Beggars, Peg legs, and Musical instruments