"A scene representing the hustings at the Westminster election. Fox (right) stealthily enters a door leading to the side of the hustings, carrying on his shoulder a sack from holes in which guineas and a Garter jewel are issuing. On the left, on the hustings, Townshend stands between two supporters, resting an elbow on the shoulder of each: one (left) is a chimney-sweep, waving his brush, his shovel is inscribed 'Townsend'; the other is a butcher, waving his hat. Behind, the profile heads of Burke (left) and Hanger (right) face each other. A crowd is indicated at the back of the hustings, and a large banner inscribed 'Noble Townsend' is conspicuous. In front of Townshend is a poll-clerk who offers a Testament to a Jew who stands outside the hustings about to take the 'bribery oath'. Over his shoulders hangs a pair of breeches, under his arm is a hat inscribed 'Townsend'. On the door through which Fox enters is a placard: 'Liberty & Property Secured'. Fox looks with a sly smile at Townshend and his supporters; from his pocket protrudes a document inscribed 'Ways & Means'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Following imprint: Price 1 s., Reissue with altered price, from 5 s. to 1 s., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Hanger, George,--1751?-1824--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Townsend, John,--1757-1826--Caricatures and cartoons.
"A scene at a faro-table; part of the table, including an angle of the central well, stretches across the foreground, players and spectators sit and stand behind it. Lady Archer is the most prominent; she holds a pack of cards in one hand, a knave in the other, looking with a triumphantly rapacious smile at a stout lady (? Mrs. Hobart) who sits (right) clenching her fists and scowling back. All the others have expressions of alarm or concern, the least agitated being the Prince of Wales, seated on Lady Archer's left. On the extreme right and next Mrs. Hobart is Fox, turning up his eyes. The guests (except the Prince) are much caricatured; one of Gillray's witch-like hags sits between the Prince and Mrs. Hobart. On the table are heaps of coins, notes or bills, and rouleaux of guineas. Above the design is etched 'The Knave wins all'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Friendly party in high life and Knave wins all
Description:
Dedication following title: To those earthly-divinities who charmed 20 years ago this honorable method of banishing mortifying reflections is dedicated., One line of text below title: O Woman! Woman! Everlasting is your power over us, for in youth you charm our hearts, and in your after-years you charm away our purses., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West,--Lady,--1741-1801--Caricatures and cartoons., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart,--Countess of,--1738-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"A companion print to BMSat 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, (right), very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror (right) which reflects his anxious and gloomy expression. Above his head a dark lantern, emblem of a conspirator, hangs on the wall (cf. BMSat 6784, &c)."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date of 25 April 1785 supplied by the British Museum catalogue for an impression lacking the imprint statement; this date apparently based on that of the companion print entitled: Evening consolation., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., and North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
On the right, rising from the clouds are Charles Fox and Edmund Burke, both gesticulating violently in their attack on the "Preliminary Articles of Peace" (with the United States). Joining them is Lord North in the foreground, his left arm raised. He is interrupted in his speech by a barking dog appearing from under the scroll listing the articles. On the left in the background, Cornwall, the Speaker, overlooks the floor. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6187.
Alternative Title:
Astonishing coalition, Neithe war nor peace, and Neither war nor peace
Description:
Companion print to: War., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Cornwall, Charles Wolfran,--1735-1789--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Dogs., and Public speaking.
"Fox (half length) stands full-face, right arm bent and right fist clenched, looking up and to the left with an accusing frown. He says: "Ruin'd! - undone! - our Commerce destroy'd, our Armies beaten.""--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of a set of eight satirical portraits, each issued separately., Title etched above image., and Two lines of text below image: Ruin'd! Undone! Our commerce destroy'd, our armies beaten.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"Gaetan Vestris (right) giving a dancing lesson to a gigantic goose with a human head and long pigtail queue. They face each other in profile. Vestris stands with his legs together, chest thrown out, his arms curved. "Regardez-moi" was his characteristic admonition. On a stool behind the goose is an open book inscribed "Electrical E. E. L."; on the ground at its feet is another inscribed "The Torpedo. Dedicated to Ld------C------. My Lord, I take the Liberty------ The greatness of whose Parts are known. . ." . This indicates that the goose is Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827), "The Torpedo, a Poem to the Electrical Eel addressed to Mr John Hunter Surgeon" and "Dedicated to . . . Lord Cholmondeley," 4th ed. 1777, was a coarse and scurrilous poem, three lines of which are, "What tho' Lord Ch--lm--d--ly may conceal A most enormous length of Eel Admir'd for Size and bone:"In the wall which forms the background are two sash-windows and a door (left) round which a grinning youth, probably a servant, is looking. On the wall are half length portraits: three in ovals of elderly ladies in profile, one of a clergyman, full-face, wearing a biretta, his left hand on a book. There is also a picture of Fox, with a fox's head, seated opposite Cholmondeley; they are throwing dice. Fox appears satisfied, the other clenches his fist and exclaims in anger. A devil is climbing on the top of the frame and holds out a claw to grab the head of Fox. On the picture are the words "A Nick by God". Like Fox, see BMSat 5972, Cholmondeley held a faro bank at Brooks's. G.E.C., 'Complete Peerage'."-- British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
CtY-LW, Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title from text at bottom of image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley,--Marquess of,--1749-1827--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Vestris, Gaëtan,--1729-1808--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Dance., Geese. , and Interiors--England--18th century.
"The Prince of Wales, drunk, staggers along supported on his right by Fox, on his left by Sam House. He wears a 'Fox' favour and a Prince of Wales plume in his hat. Fox, whose left arm is linked in the Prince's right, points at him with his right forefinger. House (right) stands in back-view, turning his head to look at Fox."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Etched below title in lower right: No. 12., Questionable attribution to Gillray from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
Subject (Geographic):
Westminster (London, England)--Politics and government.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Great Britain.--Parliament--Elections, 1784., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., House, Samuel,--d. 1785--Caricatures and cartoons., and Humphrey, G. (George), 1773?-1831?, publisher.
"One of four satires by Gillray on Rodney's victory as a blow to the Ministry, see BMSat 5992, 5996, 6001. Rodney, in profile to the right, kneels before George III (right), seated on a throne, his sceptre in his right hand. Rodney's right hand is held out towards de Grasse, who stands behind him and on his right; in his left hand he holds a sword, its hilt resting on the ground at the king's feet. He is saying, “Sire, I have done my Duty & at your Royal Feet, I lay the Scourge of these Destroyers”. De Grasse, grotesquely thin and tall, stands erect, his hands folded. Fox and Keppel stand one on each side of the king. Fox, on the king's right, both hands thrust into his waistcoat, is saying, “This Fellow must be recalled, he fights too well for us - & I have obligations to Pigot, for he has lost 17000 at my Faro Bank” (see BMSat 5972). Keppel looks at a paper held in his right hand saying, “This is the very Ship I ought to have taken on the 27th of July”. The word “Ville” is just legible on the paper, the allusion being to de Grasse's flag-ship the 'Ville de Paris', taken on 12 Apr. 1782. The king is seated on a small square dais, covered by a fringed carpet. On the back of his throne is a crown to which is attached an ostrich feather, the feather which Rodney has added to the Crown by his victory."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
Earlier version of a plate published May 31, 1782, by E. D'Archery. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5992., On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a later version of the plate., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History, Naval. and Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.