- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 March 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.03.22.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "North (left) in the guise of a badger, runs off leaving a little cave under a rock. Charles Fox as a fox (right) snarls at him, while he excretes a stream inscribed "Eloquence". The badger is identified as North by a ribbon tied round his body, and by the four points of the compass in a circle on his head, his snout being inscribed "North". The fox stands over a bag inscribed "Faro Bank" from which guineas are pouring, playing-cards are strewn on the ground at his feet. In the foreground is a small bundle inscribed "Budget" within which are bars inscribed "Soap" and a small barrel inscribed "Small Beer" in allusion to the taxes proposed by North in his budget speech of 11 Mar. Behind the badger is a sign-post, the two arms of which terminate in well-drawn hands. The hand of the arm pointing left, in the direction to which North is running, holds the head of a halberd, the arm is inscribed "To Tower Hill". The other arm points downwards at the cave which the badger has left, and is inscribed "To the Treasury". Behind Fox is a terminal statue inscribed "Janus", one head being that of a bearded old man, the other that of a fox, it is crowned by a cylindrical headdress (?a dice-box) on which are two dice. The scene is a wooded landscape with hills. In the distance a hunt is in progress, a stag pursued by dogs; the foremost rider is the king, a minute figure who is falling from his horse after having leapt a gate. His crown falls from his head, his saddle, with the stirrups flying, is falling to the ground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Fox stinking the badger out of his nest
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 33 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 22d, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Badgers, Foxes, and Deer hunting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Changing places, alias, Fox stinking the badger out of his nest [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.22.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
- Alternative Title:
- Devil addressing the sun
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a probable later state., Probably an earlier state of the plate with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6012., and Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 22 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.22.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
- Alternative Title:
- Devil addressing the sun
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date based on that of earlier state with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.02.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a fox (Charles James Fox) hanging from a gibbet around which dance members of the Conway family, headed by a blindfolded General Conway who is led by the nose by Shelburne. The Conways are all depicted as rats, with the exception of General Conway and his brother Lord Hertford. Shelburne is shown Janus-like with two faces, his own and that of the Devil. Refers to the resignation of Fox after Shelburne's appointment and Conway's support of the latter. A sequel to British Museum satire 5966
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Hon. Edward Conway, Cannon of Christ Church, 1757-1785 -- Ministries: fall of Rockingham's ministry --Literature: allusion to Little Red Riding Hood -- Conway family as rats -- Mottoes: sic transit gloria mund.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. August 2d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Rats, Foxes, Blindfolds, Gallows, Devil, and Dance
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The jubilee [graphic].