- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III sleeps on his throne while Fox introduces the Devil to Lord North. On the right Sandwich and Germain, members of the previous administration, are being carried off by a demon through a doorway labelled Pandaemonium, as Mansfield and Bute are hurried in the same direction
- Alternative Title:
- Warm berth for the old administration
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd April 2, 1782 by W. Brown
- 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):
- Politics and government, Devil, Thrones, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.02.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III sleeps on his throne while Fox introduces Lord North to the Devil pulling him by his neck cloth. On the right Sandwich and Germain, members of the previous administration, are being carried off by a demon through a doorway labelled Pandaemonium, as Mansfield and Bute are hurried in the same direction
- Alternative Title:
- Warm berth for the old administration
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Reissue, with altered date in imprint; originally published April 2, 1782, by W. Brown., Text etched below title: Take the wicked from before the king, & his throne shall be establish'd in righteousness., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 2d, 1783, by W. Humphrey
- 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, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Sleeping, Thrones, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, carrying a large sack labelled "budget, small beer, soap, tobacco, insurance, carriages, tea", references to his proposed taxes of 1782. The Devil stands behind helping support the sack, as North approaches an open window at which a fox (Charles James Fox) is standing
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Colley in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1782 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Economic conditions, Lifting & carrying, Devil, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sailing to the house, wind full north [graphic].
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1, 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.05.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The new ministry of Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox and Richmond (together with Pitt the Younger) is depicted on the left riding small posts like hobby-horses, their identities indicated by numbers with a corresponding key beneath the design. On the right the members of the old ministry (Sandwich, Amherst, North and Mansfield) are shown entering the jaws of Hell, prodded by the Devil with a pitchfork. In the center is a dome on 5 pillars, the temple of the Constitution
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W Richardson, No. 68 High Holborn London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806. and Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Gallows, Pillories, Hell, Devil, and Cannons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War of posts [graphic]