"The Prince of Wales, drunk, staggers along supported on his right by Fox, on his left by Sam House. He wears a 'Fox' favour and a Prince of Wales plume in his hat. Fox, whose left arm is linked in the Prince's right, points at him with his right forefinger. House (right) stands in back-view, turning his head to look at Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Gillray from British Museum catalogue., Originally issued without imprint and with the title: Election coalition. See Lewis Walpole Library 784.04.13.01.1., Etched below title in lower right: No. 12., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Coalitions -- Male costume: Hat of Prince of Wales with Fox's favor., and Oval image slightly trimmed at the top.
Publisher:
Published April 13, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
In an outdoor setting, Lord North and Edmund Burke look down at Charles Fox who stands knee-deep in a hole in the ground. All are in mourning clothes. Fox expresses fear of remaining in "this terrible Pitt" forever. An angry North, stamping his foot, expresses disillusionment in their coalition, while a quiet Burke decides to disassociate himself from Fox
Alternative Title:
Fox in a pitt and Fox in a pit
Description:
Title from item., The word "Fox" appears in the form of a rebus., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.5 x 25.7 cm, on sheet 25.3 x 27.4 cm., On laid paper, hand-colored., Watermark., and A small pencil sketch of a head on verso.
Publisher:
Publish'd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Mourning clothing & dress
In an outdoor setting, Lord North and Edmund Burke look down at Charles Fox who stands knee-deep in a hole in the ground. All are in mourning clothes. Fox expresses fear of remaining in "this terrible Pitt" forever. An angry North, stamping his foot, expresses disillusionment in their coalition, while a quiet Burke decides to disassociate himself from Fox
Alternative Title:
Fox in a pitt and Fox in a pit
Description:
Title from item., The word "Fox" appears in the form of a rebus., and Mounted to 28 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Mourning clothing & dress
Title from item., For the same image struck from a different plate, see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6498., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Harlequin.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Allusion to Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, The tempest -- Coalitions: Fox-North, 1783 -- Mythology: Allusion to Bacchus -- Dice-box as a compass -- Sun eclipses -- Fool's caps -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., Partial watermark top center of sheet., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by T. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament, and Royal George (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Shipwrecks, Barrels, and Gambling
Title on item., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Scrutiny -- Allusion to Garrat elections -- Asses., and Mounted to 28 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 3, 1784, by E. Benson, No. 19 Belton Strt. Long Acre
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
The image in the center of the plate shows a fox seated on a throne placed in an outdoor setting, with a city and a river in the background. Behind the fox, a lion holding a flag decorated with the fleur-de-lis, removes the crown from fox's head. In front of the throne lie a few dead sheep while another one is being devoured by a fox. The text added above the image explains that "The following exact copy of a print published in the year 1628 is offered for the amusement of the public with Sir Richard Hill's verses delivered in the House of Commons on Monday the 8th of March 1784, entitling them His Majesty's most gracious answer to the mover [i.e., Fox] of the late humble (...) address." and "A copy of the title-page by T. Cecill to Gomersall's 'The Tragedie of Ludovick Sforza Duke of Millan'. It decorates the centre of a plate engraved with words attacking Fox. A fox seated on a throne holding a sceptre, apparently unconscious of a lion (France) which stands behind him on its hind-legs and removes his crown. The lion (right) holds a fleur-de-lis flag. In the foreground a fox (Sforza) is worrying a sheep; behind is a group of dead sheep. The fox is seated on rising ground beside a river, on the farther shore of which is a closely built town. At the bottom of the design is engraved, 'London. Printed, for John Marriott. 1628. Tho: Cecill. sculp.' Above the design is engraved: 'The following exact Copy of a Print published in the Year 1628 is offered for the Amusement of the Public With Sir Richard Hill's Verses delivered in the House of Commons on Monday the 8th of March 1784, entitling them His Majesty's most gracious Answer to the Mover of the late humble, loyal, dutiful and respectful Address.' Hill's verses are engraved on the left side of the print, with annotations on the right; they are printed in 'Parl. Hist.' xxiv. 743-4. They profess to be George III's answer to the Address to the king to remove his Ministers, moved by Fox on 1 Mar., which the king answered on 4 Mar. Ibid., pp. 699 ff. and 717-18. Hill's line, "All hail to thee Great Carlo Khan!" is annotated: Alluding to the print of Mr Fox riding upon an Elephant in the character of Carlo Khan (see BMSat 6276). North answered Hill saying, "it was exactly that kind of idle nonsense about Carlo Khan, &c, that had misled the weak part of the country so strangely". Ibid., p. 744. Cf. BMSat 6449. In the centre, beneath the print of Sforza, is engraved: 'A Fox thus mounted on a Throne, Would give the People cause to moan, But Freemen will by Englands Laws, Support their King & Pitts great cause.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., "Price 6d.", Copy of the title page to Gommersall's The tragedie of Ludovick Sforza (...) with contemporary text added., and Mounted to 28 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd 29th March, 1784, by Wm. Leak, 76 Wood Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Foxes, Lions, Sheep, Thrones, Scepters, Crowns, and Cities & towns
Title from caption etched below image., The number '4' etched over the number '3' in the imprint line., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Crowns: ducal coronet -- Sam House -- Dishes: foaming tankard -- Masks -- Election favors -- Coins -- Fountains -- Allusion to Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington, 1739-1807., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 17, 1784, by H. MacPhail, No. 68 H'h. Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Cancassing, and Political elections
"Four men stand in the pillory, in pairs. The arrangement is not that of the actual pillory: they stand on a cross-bar which connects two high posts, one at each side of the design, each of which supports a board, through the holes in which are thrust the heads and hands of two victims. The cross-bar is much above the level of the ground. In the centre of the design, below the cross-bar, is inset the head of Fox in an oval, on a much larger scale than the figures; he has an expression of scowling perplexity, The men in the pillory say (left to right), "I am only vexed I was not Paid before I swore"; "Little did I think of this &, Dam such pay as this"; "They Promise to keep me from Danger"; and, "Dam her Gr------e she brought me to this." Beneath the design is engraved:'These little Villains must submit to fate That great ones may enjoy the World, in State."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Supporters of Fox and liberty
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 24, 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Honesty, Pillories, Political elections, and Stocks (Punishment)
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