- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.24.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left, Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, lies on the ground having fallen off an elephant who has the face of Lord North; Fox's dice and dice box are scattered on the pavement. In the speech bubble above his head: "Perdition, take thee for the chanse is thing." To his right, William Pitt sits astride the elephant who stands at the entrance to the East India House, his face turned toward the viewer. Pitt offers in his left hand a "New India Bill" and holds three others under his arm and in his pocket: "Stamp [...] act", "Sup ... lies", and "Military Act ...". The building on the left has been extended to as far as Pitt's back
- Alternative Title:
- Billy's triumph and Carlo Khan dethroned
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "e" inserted with a caret in the word "Dethron'd", Early state, with the elephant's (i.e. Lord North's) face turned toward the viewer. For a later state with Lord North's face shown in profile, the beginning of the word "Dethron'd" in title re-etched to bring the letter "e" down from above the line, and other changes to the design, see no. 6462 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs March 24th, 1784, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- East India Company, Politics and government, Costumes, Indian, and Elephants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 21. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d., and Mounted on page 33 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 21. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 30.1 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 32.1 x 24.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.12.05.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 21. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d.
- Publisher:
- Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into Leadenhall Street [graphic]