- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III sleeps on his throne while Fox introduces the Devil to Lord North. On the right Sandwich and Germain, members of the previous administration, are being carried off by a demon through a doorway labelled Pandaemonium, as Mansfield and Bute are hurried in the same direction
- Alternative Title:
- Warm berth for the old administration
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd April 2, 1782 by W. Brown
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Thrones, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, carrying a large sack labelled "budget, small beer, soap, tobacco, insurance, carriages, tea", references to his proposed taxes of 1782. The Devil stands behind helping support the sack, as North approaches an open window at which a fox (Charles James Fox) is standing
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Colley in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1782 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Economic conditions, Lifting & carrying, Devil, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sailing to the house, wind full north [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [22 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.22.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A cloven-hoofed Fox in the company of the Prince of Wales, is depicted as Satan reviewing his troops. At the head of the ranks labelled "majority" stand the 4 prominent figures with their names on their standards of Asmodeus (Keppel), Moleck (Burke), Mammon (North), and Belial (Duke of Portland).
- Alternative Title:
- Satan haranguing his troops previous to action
- Description:
- Title from item., Text following title: Widé Paradse. Lost Book 5th., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs Jany. 22, 1784, by W. Humphrey 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Satan harangueing his troops previous to action [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.24.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A belligerent William Pitt and a dejected Charles Fox, each with a cock's body, stand in a cockpit surrounded by their supporters. In the foreground on the left, the King leans against the pit watching his favorite, Pitt. Next to him stands Wilkes, with his hand on the King's back, and Pitt's supporters Lords Nugent, Thurlow, and the Duke of Richmond. Behind them is an enthusiastic crowd of other supporters. Fox is backed by the devil who proposes another round. Among his supporters are Burke in a Jesuit's biretta and a group of Jews, his creditors. In the foreground, Lord North is negotiating with another Jew, upset by Fox's defeat
- Alternative Title:
- Cockpit royal
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Mounted to 28 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 24 March 1784, & sold by F. Reilly, High Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cockfighting, Devil, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cock pitt royal [graphic].