- Published / Created:
- March 13th 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.13.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- From Charles Fox's head grows serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel full-face, and the Duke of Portland in profile, alarmed and looking at Burke on the opposite side, also shown in profile and alarmed. Above Burke's head are the heads of Sheridan, as a satyr, Lord John Cavendish, and Lord Derby. The verses below the image refer to the defeat of the Fox-North coalition and the East India Bill
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Monsters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gorgon [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- March 13th 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.13.01.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- From Charles Fox's head grow serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel in profile, and the Duke of Portland in profile, looking at Burke on the opposite side, shown full-face looking to the right. Above Burke's head are the heads of Sheridan, as a satyr, Lord John Cavendish, and Lord Derby. The verse below the image refer to the defeat of the Fox-North coalition and the East India Bill
- Description:
- Title from item., Figure on the bottom right and second from the bottom on the left facing the viewer [i.e. not in profile]. Variant state of no. 6450 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 28 x 25 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Monsters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gorgon [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 11th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.11.02.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, dressed in a tunic tied with "Cestus of virtue" and a helmet inscribed, "Wisdom," and decorated with feathers and laurel wreath, stands between two lion-like beasts with the faces of Lord North and Charles Fox. North rears up as Pitt pulls on his tongue with forceps. On the opposite side, Fox lies on the ground bleeding from his mouth while Pitt holds a heart inscribed, "Indostan," above his body. A crown labeled, "Asia," fallen from Fox's head, lies at Pitt's feet. The title refers to freedom of the City given Pitt by the Grocers' Guild
- Alternative Title:
- Force of virtue and London prentice
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Original issue of no. 6447 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 28 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376, Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Crowns, and Monsters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The London 'prentice, or, The force of virtue [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.11.02.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, dressed in a tunic tied with "Cestus of virtue" and a helmet inscribed, "Wisdom," and decorated with feathers and laurel wreath, stands between two lion-like beasts with the faces of Lord North and Charles Fox. North rears up as Pitt pulls on his tongue with forceps. On the opposite side, Fox lies on the ground bleeding from his mouth while Pitt holds a heart inscribed, "Indostan," above his body. A crown labeled, "Asia," fallen from Fox's head, lies at Pitt's feet. The title refers to freedom of the City given Pitt by the Grocers' Guild
- Alternative Title:
- Force of virtue and London prentice
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Reprint of no. 6447 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires,v. 65; the original publisher's statement burnished from the plate.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 11 March 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Crowns, and Monsters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The London 'prentice, or, The force of virtue [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.11.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, in an armor and holding the "Shield of Truth," raises the sword of "Justice" to fight a many-headed monster representing William Pitt and his supporters. In the background, a party of armed "English" and "Irish" gathered under the "Standard of Universal Liberty" decorated with an image of Britannia, watches with approval. Behind the monster, four men representing foreign powers caper with joy around the "Standard of sedition."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Reissue for the History of the Westminster election, 1784.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 11, 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Elections, 1784, Britannia (Symbolic character), Political elections, Monsters, and Shields
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The champion of the people [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 11 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.11.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, in an armor and holding the "Shield of Truth," raises broken sword to fight a many-headed monster representing William Pitt and his supporters. In the background, a party of armed "English" and "Irish" gathered under the "Standard of Universal Liberty" decorated with an image of Britannia, watches with approval. Behind the monster, four men representing foreign powers caper with joy around the "Standard of sedition."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with alterations to the text and design; beginning of imprint statement, part of the sword's blade, and the word "Justice" on the sword have been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. March 11, 1784, by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand." Cf. No. 6444 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 120.
- Publisher:
- By W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Political elections, Monsters, and Shields
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The champion of the people [graphic].