- Published / Created:
- [March 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.03.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Three outgoing ministers are being knocked off their seats by their successors. The ministers are or have been seated on stones resembling mile-stones, engraved with the title of their office. They are all in profile to the left, facing their successors. Sandwich (centre), on a stone inscribed "First Lo--d of the Adm--ty", is being knocked backwards by Admiral Keppel, his successor, who threatens him with clenched fists, saying, "Strike your false Colours". Sandwich is saying "That broadside has broke my Bowsprit". From his pocket falls a small paper, "List of the navy". Round his waist is a rope with a broken end, the other end of which is still attached to an anchor which lies on the ground beside him, inscribed "Rotten for want of care". Lord North (right), very short and fat, is being knocked backwards by Fox, who has a fox's head. His stone is inscribed "Prime Minis--r"; he says, "O Reynard if I fall I shall burst". Fox says to him, "Buss Constable". By this stone He two bars inscribed "Soap" and a cask inscribed "12 Shilling Small Beer", to indicate the taxes recently proposed by North, see BMSat 5964, &c. To the left Lord Amherst, in general's uniform and wearing spurred top-boots, is seated on the stone inscribed "[Gen]eral of al[l] the Land Forces". Conway stands opposite him, threatening him with his fists and saying, "That Staff shall be mine". Amherst says, "Where's my reserved courage--oh-- its in my breeches". In the foreground (left) sits Britannia, her shield beside her, holding her spear and stretching out an arm towards Keppel. She says Britons strike home."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Tack about is fair play and Lord Sandwich drove from his moorings
- Description:
- Title from item. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Sold by W. Humphrey no. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Fighting, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lo-d Sand-g drove from his moorings, or, Tack about is fair play [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A winged female figure flying among clouds shines her "Mirror of Truth" on members of the old ministry (including Sandwich, Rigby, North, Mansfield, and Germain) who fall into a pit occupied by demons, observed from above by Bute who rides on the back of a witch. To the left the members of the new ministry (Thurlow, Conway, Camden, Barré, Burke, the Duke of Richmond, Rockingham, and Fox) look on, as does Britannia seated in the lower left corner
- Alternative Title:
- Exhibition of ministers for April 1782
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Witches, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political mirror, or, an exhibition of ministers for April 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A winged female figure flying among clouds shines her "Mirror of Truth" on members of the old ministry (including Sandwich, Rigby, North, Mansfield, and Germain) who fall into a pit on the left occupied by demons, observed from above by Bute who rides on the back of a witch. To the right the members of the new ministry (Thurlow, Conway, Camden, Barré, Burke, the Duke of Richmond, Rockingham, and Fox) look on, as does Britannia seated in the lower right corner
- Alternative Title:
- Exhibition of the ministers for May 1782
- Description:
- Title from item., A reversed version of George 5982, without artists names., and Mounted to to 32 x 44 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Witches, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political mirror, or, an exhibition of the ministers for May 1782 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. May, 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.00.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Britannia and America embrace, while France and Spain try to pull America away, Holland watches their efforts, and Fox points out the struggle to Keppel." A reference to attempts by Russia and Fox to mediate the conflict in 1781-82.
- Description:
- Title from item., A probable earlier state of no. 5989 without the Humphrey imprint. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Artist and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 44 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. Colley No. 5 Acorn Court Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane Old England
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, History, Colonies, Liberty cap, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 16th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.02.16.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- In the foreground (left) a party of ministers is carousing. Members of the Opposition watch them with indignation. In the distance (left) behind them mounted men with hounds chase a stag. On the right the Temple of Fame is being demolished by the enemies of Britain. Many of the figures have numbers referring to notes engraved beneath the design. The central figure in the ministerial group is (4) Sandwich ("S--h") seated on the ground playing a violin, between two courtesans, each of whom holds a goblet of wine. He turns to one of them, saying, "D--mn the Navy, Give me t'ther Glee"; she holds a torn paper inscribed "How merrily we live". An open book, "Catchs Glees", in front of him, is supported by a wine-bottle. In the left corner of the print is (5) North (“N--h”) seated on a small sack inscribed “Budg[et]”, he is yawning, his arms stretched above his head. Three men stand behind him: a man in Elizabethan dress wearing a tall hat and ruff who is (9) “R--by [Rigby] in the Character of Bobadil”. He says (apparently of Sandwich) “I would he were in the Bottomless Pit.” ... For the time-serving Rigby's attack on Germain and Sandwich, and flattery of Pitt (14 Dec. 1781) see Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 390, and 'Parliamentary Hist.' xxii. 847. Behind him and whispering into his ear, stands 8, Lord Amherst (“A--rst”), very thin, saying, “Dick Rugby [sic] Stand Close”. Behind Amherst stands 7, Lord George Germain (“G--mn”) saying “Jeffry Barebones [i.e. Amherst], this is worse than Minden.” Next on the right stands the group of patriots: (6) Pitt (“W--P--t”) looking towards North, says “Shake off this Indolence”. (3), Fox (“F--x”), pointing towards the Temple of Fame (right) and frowning, says, “Wheres your Navy, wheres your Islands”. (2), Burke (“B--k”) is saying “Wont even Destruction move ye”. (1), The Duke of Richmond (“R--d”) says “Curs'd be those men who owe their Greatness to their Countrys Ruin”. In the foreground (right) Britannia, seated on the ground on her shield, weeps, a handkerchief held to her eyes. Behind her is (10) “The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins”, a building with a fluted dome on which the winged figure of Fame without her trumpet is poised on one foot, the other leg being broken off. ... See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospect of the year 1782
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image. and A companion print to British Museum Satire 5988 also ascribed to a design by Townshend: Anticipatio, or, The contrast to the Royal hunt.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament by R. Owen, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 16th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.02.16.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- In the foreground (left) a party of ministers is carousing. Members of the Opposition watch them with indignation. In the distance (left) behind them mounted men with hounds chase a stag. On the right the Temple of Fame is being demolished by the enemies of Britain. Many of the figures have numbers referring to notes engraved beneath the design. The central figure in the ministerial group is (4) Sandwich ("S--h") seated on the ground playing a violin, between two courtesans, each of whom holds a goblet of wine. He turns to one of them, saying, "D--mn the Navy, Give me t'ther Glee"; she holds a torn paper inscribed "How merrily we live". An open book, "Catchs Glees", in front of him, is supported by a wine-bottle. In the left corner of the print is (5) North (“N--h”) seated on a small sack inscribed “Budg[et]”, he is yawning, his arms stretched above his head. Three men stand behind him: a man in Elizabethan dress wearing a tall hat and ruff who is (9) “R--by [Rigby] in the Character of Bobadil”. He says (apparently of Sandwich) “I would he were in the Bottomless Pit.” ... For the time-serving Rigby's attack on Germain and Sandwich, and flattery of Pitt (14 Dec. 1781) see Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 390, and 'Parliamentary Hist.' xxii. 847. Behind him and whispering into his ear, stands 8, Lord Amherst (“A--rst”), very thin, saying, “Dick Rugby [sic] Stand Close”. Behind Amherst stands 7, Lord George Germain (“G--mn”) saying “Jeffry Barebones [i.e. Amherst], this is worse than Minden.” Next on the right stands the group of patriots: (6) Pitt (“W--P--t”) looking towards North, says “Shake off this Indolence”. (3), Fox (“F--x”), pointing towards the Temple of Fame (right) and frowning, says, “Wheres your Navy, wheres your Islands”. (2), Burke (“B--k”) is saying “Wont even Destruction move ye”. (1), The Duke of Richmond (“R--d”) says “Curs'd be those men who owe their Greatness to their Countrys Ruin”. In the foreground (right) Britannia, seated on the ground on her shield, weeps, a handkerchief held to her eyes. Behind her is (10) “The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins”, a building with a fluted dome on which the winged figure of Fame without her trumpet is poised on one foot, the other leg being broken off. ... See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospect of the year 1782
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., A companion print to British Museum Satire 5988 also ascribed to a design by Townshend: Anticipatio, or, The contrast to the Royal hunt., and Uncolored impression. Trimmed to plate mark 250 x 360 mm.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament by R. Owen, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [9 November 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.11.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Five pairs of implacable enemies are shown in the act of reconciliation. Britannia and America clasp hands on the left; behind them the Duke of Richmond takes the hand of Parson Bate ; in the center foreground Fox (with a fox's head) brings together Shelburne and Lord Denbigh, the latter having the body of a dog; behind them are Sir Hugh Palliser and Admiral Keppel, and on the far right John Wilkes and George III shake hands
- Alternative Title:
- Wonders wonders wonders and wonders
- Description:
- Title from item. and See no. 6162 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 for another print with the same title, on a similar theme.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 9, 1782 by I. Langham print coulerer No. 84 Dorset Street Salisbury Court Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Denbigh, Basil Fielding, Earl of, 1719-1800, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824 (Henry Bate),, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Shaking hands, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wonders wonders wonders & wonders dedicated to the wonderfull wonderfull wonderer. [graphic]