In a room reminiscent of a magician's study, the King, dressed in a cloak as Friar Bacon (a necromancer of popular fable), evokes visions of the royal power while the brazen head speaks. Each vision is represented by a large medallion inscribed, "Constitution," and shows a different balance of power between the king and both houses of Parliament. On the left, Fox, Burke, and North, peek in through an open door, appearing alarmed. On the right, a number of men walk down the "back stairs." The first of them, carrying a conspirator's lantern and led by the devil, is Lord Temple
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Wizards, Magic, and Devil
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[January 1789]
Call Number:
789.01.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fox, wearing a coat, hangs in profile to the right from a very high gibbet. His large brush is inscribed 'Hereditary Right' (cf. British Museum Satires 7381); he is excreting, the ordure being inscribed 'Run my Mead'. Above the gibbet is a scroll: 'The Man of the People High in Office'. Three women caper delightedly round the foot of the gallows: Justice (with the head of Thurlow) (left), with her scales evenly balanced, but with her bandage pushed up so that she can see, and holding her sword against her shoulder, its blade inscribed 'Household' continued; she sings, "Let's joyful Dance and merry Sing". Britannia (right) sings "for Ch--l--y [Fox] is quite the thing"; her shield is inscribed 'No Peers No Pensions', an allusion to the Regency Restrictions. Her profile appears to be intended for that of Pitt. Liberty, with the head of Wilkes, squinting violently, who is between the other two, cries "Huzza". The cap of Liberty (on its staff) is inscribed with the City arms and the motto 'Address', in reference to the City address of thanks to Pitt and the Ministry for maintaining the right of Parliament in the establishment of a regency."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date at end of imprint statement is illegible; date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Removed from backing with remnants of blue paper on verso.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Dent and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Regency, Politics and government, Gallows, Justice, and Liberty
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
The figure of Britannia entreats the King to look up at the irradiated face of William Pitt floating in front of a large, dark cloud that carries the faces of Charles Fox in the center, Lord North to the left, and Edmund Burke to the right. Fox's dark face is partially obscured by the rays surrounding Pitt
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publication date from British Museum catalogue: 1784., and Mounted to 41 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 26, 1783, by H. Macphail No. 68 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., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Eclipses