- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.24.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left, Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, lies on the ground having fallen off an elephant who has the face of Lord North; Fox's dice and dice box are scattered on the pavement. In the speech bubble above his head: "Perdition, take thee for the chanse is thing." To his right, William Pitt sits astride the elephant who stands at the entrance to the East India House, his face turned toward the viewer. Pitt offers in his left hand a "New India Bill" and holds three others under his arm and in his pocket: "Stamp [...] act", "Sup ... lies", and "Military Act ...". The building on the left has been extended to as far as Pitt's back
- Alternative Title:
- Billy's triumph and Carlo Khan dethroned
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "e" inserted with a caret in the word "Dethron'd", Early state, with the elephant's (i.e. Lord North's) face turned toward the viewer. For a later state with Lord North's face shown in profile, the beginning of the word "Dethron'd" in title re-etched to bring the letter "e" down from above the line, and other changes to the design, see no. 6462 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs March 24th, 1784, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- East India Company, Politics and government, Costumes, Indian, and Elephants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.24.06+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The rivalry between Fox and Pitt is shown in a series of seven images beginning with the portraits of each of them. In the third image, Fox and Pitt fight for a Twelfth Cake, with Fox winning. In the fourth, Nobody (i.e., the King), gives Lord Temple, carrying dark lantern, a note supporting Pitt's claim to the Cake. In the fifth image, a grocer complains about Fox's actions against smuggling. In the sixth, on his return from the Grocers' Hall on February 28, Pitt participates in a riot. He is opposed by a diminutive Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett" and Fox's supporter. In the seventh, Pitt and his companions are thrashed by men with sticks
- Alternative Title:
- Young statesman's ramble
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 24th March 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, and Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Smuggling, Riots, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eastward ho!, or, The young statesman's ramble [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 March] 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.08.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A large and animated procession approaches the Grocers' Hall on the left, led by musicians and Wilkes who tosses coins to the crowd. In the first of the three coaches, shown as a child's or an invalid's chair, sits Sir Watkin Lewes, alderman and M.P. for the City, in the central one rides Pitt, behind him Sir Barnard Turner, alderman and Sheriff. The windows of the buildings are filled with spectators. On the right, above the vitrine to "Neat Wines" shop, hangs a large portrait of Lord Chatham. A burlesque rendition of the procession that took place on February 28.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. March 8th by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821, Turner, Barnard, 1741 or 1742-1784, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Grocers' Company (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Political elections, Parades & processions, Spectators, and Wheeled chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Master Billy's procession to Grocers Hall [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.31.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed horse that stands with its front legs on a large sheet signed, "Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, Constitution," and kicks with the hind legs and defecates at the fleeing crowd of the members of Parliament. In return, Pitt praises his steed for its wild behavior. The last of the members pushing toward the door is the Speaker, Cornwall, in a wig and carrying the Speaker's mace. A satire on the dissolution of the Parliament on March 25.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Abbreviation "No." in imprint statement appears in superscript above the digit "7" in street number "227.", and Text below title: A scene in a new play lately acted in Westminster with distinguished applause. Act 2nd scene last.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Dissolution, Politics and government, Humor, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, Defecation, and Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.03.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 March] 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.26.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, acting as an auctioneer in the dissoluted Parliament, sells from the rostrum decorated with Royal Arms "useless valuables," such as "Magna Charta." Cornwall, the Speaker sitting below the rostrum, records bids in the "Sundry acts." In front of him stands Thurlow in Chancellor's robes making dismissive comment on "nonsensical bidings of those common fellows," i.e. members of the House of Commons who leave through the door on the left. Last of them, Fox, turns back vowing to bid "with spirit" for lot 1, "rights of the people in 558 vol." held on display by Henry Dundas. A reference to the dissolution of the Parliament by the King on March 25.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 26th by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Auctions, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state auction [graphic].