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1. Folly on both sides, or, A view of the political state of the nation, with the senators in propria persona. [graphic]
- Creator:
- O'Brien, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 May 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.05.11.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Design occupying top third of plate shows Bute driving a cart labelled G.R. III, having just crossed the Rubicon, laden with National Debt, Pensioners, etc., drawn by ministerial donkeys including ones labelled North, Germaine, Sandwich, and Weymouth. The donkeys are assailed by opposition dogs Burke, Wilkes, Fox etc. In the upper left an overloaded boat depicts the "Commissioners setting off for America." Smaller insets beneath the main image refer to the balance of power and antiministerial demonstrations. Two columns of dialect verse beneath image, follow the title "A new gallant shew or the ministry's cabinet & minority's closet broke open" signed at bottom by Doodle Doodle Doo. A criticism of both governmental ministry and the opposition
- Alternative Title:
- View of the political state of the nation
- Description:
- Title from item., Imperfect; cropped with loss of imprint and last 2 lines of verse., Date of publication from English political caricature., Publisher from impression in John Carter Brown Library., "Price 1 shilg.", and Mounted to 33 x 35 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs May 11, 1778 at Darly's, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Hancock, John, 1737-1793., and Adams, John, 1735-1826.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, History, Colonies, Donkeys, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Seesaws, and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Folly on both sides, or, A view of the political state of the nation, with the senators in propria persona. [graphic]
2. Guy Vaux [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.06.15.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Above upper left border: "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6.", and A probable earlier state of no. 6007 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guy Vaux [graphic].