Charles James Fox is depicted half length, scowling, in the center of a crowd of his political colleagues, who include on the left Portland, Keppel, Lord Carlisle, and on the right Lord Derby, Lord Stormont, Cavendish, Burke, and in the foreground North. At the top of the image is a lozenge containing the arms of Rockingham. A satire on Fox's fall from power, comparing the event with Lucifer's expulsion from Paradise
Alternative Title:
Pand monium and Pandemonium
Description:
Title from text at top of image. The coat of arms obscures the letter 'e'., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate [the] 4th., Nine lines of text from Milton's Paradise lost etched below image: All these and more came flocking, but with looks downcast and damp ..., and Mounted to 44 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782.
A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., and Mounted on page 19.
Publisher:
Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 27.2 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 29.6 x 24.8 cm., Mounted on leaf 12 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
Publisher:
Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., DeGrey's note below plate mark., and Matted to 49 x 62 cm.
Publisher:
Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour ... From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Year of publication from another version of the design. Cf. No. 7172 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 31.3 x 40.1 cm, on sheet 33.3 x 42.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 38 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 4th August 178[...] by Thos. Cornell, Bru[...]
"A party of clumsy Dutch burghers with frogs' heads advances through very shallow water to attack a ramshackle thatched booth, one corner of which is visible on the extreme right; from it hangs a sign with the half length portrait of a man in armour ... From the same post flies a standard with a double-headed eagle. The leader carries a standard on which is the cap of Liberty and the Lion of the United Provinces with the motto 'Concordia Res parvae crescunt'; he smokes a pipe and turns round to his two followers, one of whom (also smoking) fires a musket at random, turning his head aside. The other holds a cocked musket. Behind them (left) a small, foppish military officer with a simian head beats a drum inscribed (?) 'L R' [Ludovicus Rex]. He stands on an overturned basket to keep his feet out of the water and turns towards a Dutchman, seated beside (or in) a boat whose sail is partly visible on the extreme left, attempting to rouse him to action. This man refuses to move: his spear terminates in an object resembling the brooms on the masts of ships for sale; his musket leans against a barrel. A number of frogs sit or swim at the feet of the Dutchmen. In the background is a Dutch landscape with water, trees, boats, a church, &c. Three storks fly away."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Year of publication from another version of the design. Cf. No. 7172 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Dutch & United Provinces -- Free Corps -- Civil war: Holland, Patriots vs. Orangists -- Flags: Dutch Patriot Party standard -- Flags: Habsburg eagle standard --Brooms: emblem of ships for sale -- Mottoes: Concordia res parvae crescunt -- United Provinces: seven arrows -- Dutch crisis, 1787 -- French interest in Holland, 1787 -- Emblems: Storks for Holland -- Emblems: Dutch lion -- Dutch Patriot Party, 1787.
Publisher:
Published 4th August 178[...] by Thos. Cornell, Bru[...]
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 51 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 22.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 32 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted to 37 x 33.2 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)