- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 22d, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.04.22.08+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The candidates for Middlesex and their supporters race (right to left) to Brentford. The foremost rider is Wilkes on a horse wearing a royal crown (indicating George III); he holds up the cap of 'Liberty' on its staff. Half a length behind, and nearer the spectator, is Mainwaring, holding up a sword whose blade is inscribed 'Justice'. His horse's human head is blindfolded, in its mouth is a pair of scales; in one balance is 'Byng Dunston', in the other and heavier, 'Wilkes Manwaring'. The horse probably represents Justice, its rider was a well-known Middlesex Justice and chairman of the Middlesex Sessions. Behind Wilkes, his horse's head hidden, is a rider not identified, he has lost his stirrups and clutches his saddle with both hands. Behind these three and in the centre of the design is George Byng, the friend of Fox and the Prince of Wales, M.P. for Middlesex since 1780. He rides a pair of horses (representing the Coalition), standing with one foot on the saddle of each; the near horse has the head of Fox, the other that of North; the tail of the near horse is a fox's brush inscribed 'Grace'. The fore legs of the pair touch a paper inscribed 'Test'. Byng's whip is inscribed 'Coalition' and he is saying, "Spur them up behind Doctor, or I shall lose the race", addressing Hall, the Westminster apothecary, who rides like a hobby horse a pair of crutches tied with a ribbon; in place of a hat he wears a mortar inscribed 'All [sic] Blue and Buff'; he holds up his pestle as if it were a whip. Behind Byng, Jeffery Dunstan rides an ass with long ears and the head of Sam House; he looks round to address the Duchess of Devonshire who is the last of the cavalcade. The Duchess (right) rides astride, her bunched-up skirt showing spurred half-boots. Her horse has the head of the Earl of Surrey; she says, "Byng for ever - and may the Hearty Cock ever stand stout in our sarvice". Dunstan says, "Well said my Dutchess - Charly's Whipper-in for ever. Huzza". The Duchess wears a heavily trimmed hat in which is a large election favour and four fox's tails, each inscribed 'Byng'. On the extreme left is a sign-post pointing 'To Brentford'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 27 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Middlesex (England), and England.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Mainwaring, William, 1735-1821, Byng, George, ca. 1735-1789, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, House, Samuel, -1785, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Elections, Crutches, Donkeys, Hobby horses, Horse racing, Horses, Justice, Liberty cap, Pharmacists, Political elections, Scales, Symbols, and Traffic signs & signals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Brentford race for the Middlesex septennial plate [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Decr. 30th, 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.12.30.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox hangs by the neck from a large balloon with the image of the East India House on it. He has a fox's tail inscribed, "The man of the people." Below on the left stands a female figure of Justice with the face of George III. Under his feet are sheets of paper inscribed, "Coalition" and "East India Bill." In the right hand he holds a scale with half royal crown on one side and "America' on the other. Lifting the cloth that covered his eyes, the King blows the balloon away. Opposite the King, Lord North kneels on the ground, a "Letter of dismission" next to him. He begs George to keep him in office
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Balloons (Aircraft), and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The East India air balloon [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:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Marh [sic] 31st, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.31.03.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A smiling Charles Fox, as Guy Vaux, seated in a chair resting on two poles, is carried by Hall, the apothecary, and Sam House, two of his staunch supporters. He holds in one hand a dark lantern, inscribed, "amor patriae," and in the other a bundle of matches "for the new Parliament." Sam House, dressed in his customary open shirt and ungartered stockings, wears a hat with an election favor signed, "Vaux." Hall has on his head a mortar with pestle instead of a hat. Anti-Fox verses are etched below the image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., House, Samuel, -1785., Hall, Edward, active 1784-1790., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Political elections, Chairs, Lanterns, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster canvass [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20th 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.20.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Thomas Powys, sleeping in a chair on the left, and Charles Marsham, with a tankard, two of the country gentlemen urging the union between Fox and Pitt, preside over a maypole dance in front of the "St. Albans" tavern, their meeting place. The maypole is decorated with a sleeping head of George III. Dancers include members of the Coalition cabinet, pictured with devil's horns: Charles Fox, with a fox's body, Burke, dressed as a Jesuit, and the Duke of Portland, and members of the preceding cabinet, pictured with haloes: Lord Thurlow, in a judge's robe, a smiling Lord Shelburne, and the Duke of Richmond. They are watched on the left by the "nurse North," with horns, holding baby Pitt, with a halo, and on the right, by the Prince of Wales, dancing to his own tune he is playing on a pipe and a drum
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800., and Romney, Charles Marsham, Earl of, 1744-1811.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), May poles, Dance, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The countryman's dream of coalescing virtue and vice [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 29th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.01.29.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fox with the face of Charles Fox runs away from a pack of hunting dogs, foremost of which is Pitt, with the key to the Treasury hanging from his collar, with Thurlow, in a Chancellor's wig. They are followed by the dogs representing the Duke of Richmond, Henry Dundas, and Lord Nugent. Behind them, Lord Temple, in a jockey's outfit, rides on an ass with the King's face. Above, a smiling sun with Lord Shelburne's face, casts rays at the hunting party, while the upset-looking Boreas (Lord North) blasts cold air at Pitt's head to impede his progress
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from no. 6387 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. for H. B., as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Lawyers, Dogs, Foxes, Donkeys, Jockeys, Demons, and Fox hunting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox hunt [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 29th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.01.29.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fox with the face of Charles Fox runs away from a pack of hunting dogs, foremost of which is Pitt, with the key to the Treasury hanging from his collar, with Thurlow, in a Chancellor's wig. They are followed by the dogs representing the Duke of Richmond, Henry Dundas, and Lord Nugent. Behind them, Lord Temple, in a jockey's outfit, rides on an ass with the King's face. Above, a smiling sun with Lord Shelburne's face, casts rays at the hunting party, while the upset-looking Boreas (Lord North) blasts cold air at Pitt's head to impede his progress
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. for H. B., as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Lawyers, Dogs, Foxes, Donkeys, Jockeys, Demons, and Fox hunting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox hunt [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Feb. 10th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.02.10.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, dressed as Cromwell, paints the execution of Charles I, using royal crown and sceptre as artist's tools. Above the canvas hangs a painting showing a fox, with the Liberty cap on a stick, presenting a male figure of America with a sheet of paper inscribed, "Independence." Behind Fox stands the angry female figure of Justice, her blindfold removed, a sword inscribed, "justice," in her right hand. In the left hand she holds a pair of scales of which the one filled with "loyalty" outweighs the one holding a fox. On the floor lies an open volume entitled, "Patriotism by C. Cromwell," propped on the hilt of a sword labeled, "Commonwealth."
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Painting, Scales, Daggers & swords, Foxes, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The historical painter [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March, 3d, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.03.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dog with the heads of Lord North, Charles Fox, and Edmund Burke stands guard in front of a gate inscribed, "Portland" and probably representing the Treasury. The dog's "Coalition" collar is secured with an "Interest" padlock and decorated with the Prince of Wales's feathers. The inscription on its tail refers to a bag of euphorbium thrown in Fox's face by an opponent. Above the gate, Cromwell's face makes the central keystone in the arch. It is flanked by two axes and two masks with devil's horns: the smiling one is Lord Derby; the scowling one Admiral Keppel
- Description:
- Title from item., Cf. No. 6481 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cerberus (Greek mythology), Politics and government, Gates, and Demons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political Cerberus [graphic]