- 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].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 July 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.07.11.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North balances smugly on his left foot atop the beam of a pair of scales tipping the balance in favor of a very obese Charles Fox. Fox laughs at Lord Shelburne who remains suspended on the other scale, unable to bring it down despite stamping his feet. He is being enveloped by a cloud of gas labelled "anathema" being excreted by North. Above to the left, George III, blindfolded with a tartan handkerchief, with the crown suspended above his head, reaches out from a cloud to place an enourmous wig on North's head
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 41 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 11th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Scales, Obesity, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack a' both sides [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.06.10.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Fox, and Richmond on the left with Shelburne standing pensively between them, move away from the armored ghost of Cromwell who stands on a crushed crown and sceptre. Cromwell is saying "To obtain your end your measures are right, you arm the people, like me, you trample on prerogative...." A reference to Shelburne's plan after the Gordon Riots to arm the populace in preference to the use of troops
- Alternative Title:
- Malagrida and conspirators consulting the ghost of Oliver Cromwell
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue no. 6006, of which this appears to be an earlier state with date and publication line intact., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On left within border: "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 5.", and Mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 10th 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Malagrida & conspirators consulting the ghost of Oliver Cromwell [graphic].