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
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
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
Leaf 13. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A giant two-faced statue has fallen from an overturned pedestal inscribed "Broad Bottom". The faces on the statue, which has severed head and hands, are those of Fox and North. In the background is shown Tower Hill with an execution in progress. A reference to the defeat of the India Bill and the fall of the Coalition
Alternative Title:
Rare news for Leadenhall Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike, with imprint statement burnished from plate. For original issue with the imprint "Publish'd Jany. 4, 1784, by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand", see no. 6365 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Text below title: And behold Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord & the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cutt off upon the threshold., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 112., and On leaf 13 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
A giant two-faced statue has fallen from an overturned pedestal inscribed "Broad Bottom". The faces on the statue, which has severed head and hands, are those of Fox and North. In the background is shown Tower Hill with an execution in progress. A reference to the defeat of the India Bill and the fall of the Coalition
Alternative Title:
Rare news for Leadenhall Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Text below title: And behold Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord & the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cutt off upon the threshold.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 4, 1784, by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Leaf 14. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6402 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 115., Temporary local subject terms: American War -- Bills: East India Bill -- Serpents -- Shields: Chatham., and On leaf 14 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
"A bearded Jew (left) points out to Fox and North the high price of stocks; he holds out to North (right) a paper inscribed '3 Per Cents Consol done at 75 for ye next opening'. North holds out his hands in dismay. Fox stands between and behind them, looking gloomily at North. The Jew stands behind a counter on which hangs a paper, 'India Stock 162 Bank Stock 241 India Bonds 50 [ ? or 59] Prem. Navy & Victualg Bills Per Cent Discount Exchequer Bills Prem Per Cent Scrip'. At North's feet lies a paper headed 'Mr Sheridans Speech upon Mr Pitts Plan of Finance'. The background is the wall of a room with arched recesses or alcoves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., The Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., and Mounted on page 53 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published 29th May 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and East India Company.
"A bearded Jew (left) points out to Fox and North the high price of stocks; he holds out to North (right) a paper inscribed '3 Per Cents Consol done at 75 for ye next opening'. North holds out his hands in dismay. Fox stands between and behind them, looking gloomily at North. The Jew stands behind a counter on which hangs a paper, 'India Stock 162 Bank Stock 241 India Bonds 50 [ ? or 59] Prem. Navy & Victualg Bills Per Cent Discount Exchequer Bills Prem Per Cent Scrip'. At North's feet lies a paper headed 'Mr Sheridans Speech upon Mr Pitts Plan of Finance'. The background is the wall of a room with arched recesses or alcoves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., The Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 28.8 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 30.3 x 21.7 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 34 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 29th May 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and East India Company.