"Satire on the changing fashions for women, with women in a shop buying new heads, backsides, legs etc."--British Museum online catalogue and Interior of a crowded shop, with shelves of elaborately-coiffed human heads. A sword lies on the floor, evidently having been employed to behead a lady who stands having her new head put in place by a shop assistant. Next to her is another lady having her head struck off by a man wielding mallet and chisel. On the far right a tall lady appears to be shopping for false bosoms and derrières. The doors to the shop bear signs "Avis au public: Têtes a changer." With 18 lines of French verse below design
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by H. Humphrey, Jany. 19, 1784 No. 51 New Bond Street
"Fox, dressed as a Tudor monarch, starts from a low couch on which he has been lying, his eyes staring in horror. In his right hand he grasps a sword inscribed 'Injustice'. Round his neck, on a ribbon inscribed 'Order of Blacklegs', is a medallion bearing a dice-box and dice. At his feet is a helmet (right) with a closed visor inscribed 'Helmet of Unrighteousness', and various documents inscribed respectively 'Petn Kirkwa[ll]' ; 'Westminster Election'; 'Private list 2500 bad votes on my side of the Question'; 'Ways and means P-- W-- [Prince of Wales] Newmar[ket] Brooks's--Dutchess--North--D-- de Chart[res] &c. &c. &c. &c'; 'India Bill For the better security Of power to me and my Friends'. Fox wears a ruff, slashed doublet and trunk-hose, an ermine-bordered cloak, and slashed shoes. A curtain hangs on each side of the couch; it partly conceals (left) a framed portrait-head of the Duchess of Devonshire in profile to the right, wearing at her breast a 'Fox' favour. Above the design is etched: 'If we be conquerd, Let men conquer us, And not these Bastard Britons, whom my Father Has in their own Land, Cheaten, spurn d and trod 'on And left them on record an Heir of Shame. Are these men fit to be the Heirs of England?'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Charles III, King of all the Orkneys and would be monarch of the East and Effects of a bad conscience
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Emotions -- Male costume: Tudor dress -- Allusion to gambling -- Tassels -- Curtains -- Allusion to William Shakespeare, Richard III, v. 3., Partial watermark bottom center of sheet: fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 33 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 16th, 1784, as the act directs, by S. Fores, 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England) and London.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Great Britain. Parliament, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Fear, Draperies, Picture frames, and Political elections
Charles Fox, with a blindfold signed, "East India Bill," is lead by a small dog with Lord North's face toward a building that may be a debtor's prison. In his left hand, he holds a long spiked staff topped with crown
Alternative Title:
King of the beggars
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 22d March 1784 by Wm. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
East India Company, Politics and government, Beggars, and Dogs
One head divided down the center, on the left the Duchess of Devonshire, on the right Charles Fox
Alternative Title:
Mask
Description:
Title from caption above image., Below image, two columns of verse, four lines each, beginning: Two faces here in one you see design'd, each strongly mark'd declares the inward mind ..., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Partial watermark right side center., and Mounted to 42 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"North and Fox as supporters of the Coalition Arms (cf. BMSat 6369 (5)), which rest on the prostrate body of the king, on whom North rests his left foot and Fox his right. North stands (left) dexter, holding in his right hand a flag on which are two demons and the word 'Coalition'; the staff is surmounted with a skull; in his left is a small flag with thirteen oblique stripes, an allusion to the loss of the Colonies, which forms part of the first quarter of the arms. Fox holds a ragged cap of Liberty on its staff; his right hand, resting on the escutcheon, holds a small axe which forms part of the second quarter of the arms. The crest is formed of the heads of North and Fox back to back, in profile, right; from their mouths comes a ribbon with the word 'Faction'. The motto which supports the figures of Fox, North, and I the king, is 'Neck or Nothing'. Beneath the plate is a printed explanation of the Coalition Arms: 'Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two Illustrious Persons for their numerous and distinguished Virtus "Go and do thou likewise". They are thus emblazoned: First Quarter. A Standard with the Thirteen Stripes of the American States; Base, Edmund St Omer's [Burke], like a skilful Dentist, drawing the Teeth of a Lion. Second. Quarterly, First and Fourth, Implements of Gambling; Sinister Chief, a declining Axe; Dexter base, the head of Charles, Martyr; Fesse Point Arms of H--ll--d [Holland, the arms of Fox, cf. BMSat 6423]. Third. A Gallows, Two Halters charged Proper. Fourth. Britannia Renversed. Crest. Janus, with the motto Faction. Supporters. Dexter, the Promoter of Independence with the Flag of Coalition. Sinister; the Man of the People, with a Liberty Cap worn Threadbare; both Supporters trampling on an injured------[King] who is extricating Himself from their Oppression.' The arms are as described: Burke (half length) applies a pair of forceps to the teeth of a lion, seated passively. Above them is a paper inscribed 'Reform Bill' (cf. BMSat 5645, &c). The implements of gambling are dice-box, dice, and cards. From the gallows hang a fox (left) and North (right). Britannia, seated head downwards, holds out an olive-branch, emblematical of the peace and the loss of America."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Original issue of no. 6441 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; with the printmaker's initials and date intact., The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Key to the coalition arms," and ends with: "These arms were given from the Herald's Office to the two men, for their many and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'", and Mounted to 38 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
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):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
The shield of the Coalition Arms rests on the prostrate figure of the King who tries to free himself from his burden. His efforts are resisted by two supporters of the shield, Lord North (dexter) and Charles Fox (sinister) who each press him down with a foot. North holds a flag with two dancing devils and sign "Coalition," and a small flag with thirteen stripes. Fox holds a stick with a tattered liberty cap on its top. The shield is divided into four quarters. In the first one, Burke, standing under the sign, "Reform bill," pulls a lion's teeth. In the second, the "implements of gambling" are combined with an axe and the head of "Charles Martyr" [i.e., Charles I]. In the third, Fox, shown as a fox, and North, hang from a gallows. In the fourth, a seated figure of Britannia with an olive branch is drawn upside down. The whole is supported by a motto, "Neck or nothing."
Description:
The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two illustrious persons for their numerous and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'" and "Price one shilling."
Publisher:
Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
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):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
"A companion print to British Museum Satires nos. 6700, 6701, 6703. An enormous balloon not completely inflated rests on a platform suspended between two masts; it is exploding, flames and thick clouds of smoke pour from a crease in its contour, a number of men with faggots on their backs run from the balloon, others are on the platform, which is covered by a large cloth or net which hangs in folds. In the air (left), as if having sprung from the exploding part of the balloon, is a small balloon in the form of a head, identical with that in British Museum Satires No. 6704, with the same inscription and passenger. From it streams, in place of a rope, the tail of a kite. This evidently represents the bursting of Keegan's balloon in the garden of Foley House. A circle of posts with a rope keeps the spectators, who are fashionably dressed, from the balloon. Two men inside the barrier (right), probably Blanchard and Sheldon, who was to be pilot (see British Museum Satires No. 6703) run towards the balloon shouting directions through speaking-trumpets. In the foreground is one of the small balloons which were commonly sent up on the occasion of an ascent, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6668. In the background are trees. A number of spectators watch from the top of the high garden-wall (left). [Foley House was noted for its extremely high wall. 'Town and Country Magazine' xvi, 625] Behind are houses, evidently those in or near Portland Place. Sheldon's projected ascent ended in disaster on 25 Sept. 1784. He attempted to fill a balloon more than three times the size of Lunardi's by heated or rarefied air produced by a furnace suspended below the balloon. The balloon was supported on two masts and on a platform; it burst while it was being filled. See 'London Chronicle', Sept. 24, 28, 29. Except for the contour of the balloon which appears to burlesque human posteriors, and for the little balloon in the shape of a fool's head, this is probably a realistic rendering of the scene, see British Museum Satires No. 6703."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to 33 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809., Sheldon, John, 1752-1808., and Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Aircraft accidents, Fires, and Spectators
Edmund Burke, as a Jesuit, and Lord North kneel praying in front of a gallows from which hangs the body of Charles Fox with a label "East India Bill" issuing from his pocket. The comment made by one of the spectators standing in the background and the title of the print refer to the incident in which a bag thought to contain poison was thrown in Fox's face
Alternative Title:
Cromwell ye 2nd. exalted, or, The poison bag outdone by the halter and Poison bag outdone by the halter
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publishd March 1st 1784, as the act directs by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
A night scene under the Piazza of Covent Garden, the center of which is seen through the arch of the arcade. A couple hurry arm-in-arm through a doorway (right) over which is Haddocks (a bagnio). The woman is the Duchess of Devonshire, shown with a bare breast and holding a lantern. She tells the prim young man "Vote for whom you please but kiss before you poll." He answers, "Tis too much neighbor! I could not go through with it." On the left behind the couple is Mrs. Hobart who holds her lantern to see an old Chelsea pensioner and a negro supported on stumps and crutches. She says to them, "D-m the Duchess, she got all the young voters."
Alternative Title:
Dark lantern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend and Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. April 24th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Lanterns, Lighting, People with disabilities, Political elections, and Prostitutes