- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Octr. 7th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.10.07.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of text below title., Temporary local subject terms: Hot air balloons -- Boats -- Cannons -- Apothecary's pestle and mortar -- Hibernia (Symbolic character) -- Fights; duels -- Expressions of speech: 'Neck or nothing' -- Allusion to the American War of Independence -- Allusion to Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Spy-glasses -- Devil -- Clergy: Jesuits., and Partial watermark center left side of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act direct, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Grand Irish air balloon [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- June 25th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.06.25.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A conventional vine-branch ascends the left side of the design, then turns at right angles; from it hangs a symmetrical cluster of heads or masks of Fox and his supporters with closed eyes; the stalk attaching it to the branch is inscribed 'Ripe Fruit for Old Nick'. The central and largest head is that of Fox. On the left and right and slightly lower are the heads of North and Burke; these three are larger than the remaining heads. Between them and beneath Fox's chin are Keppel (left), and (right) perhaps Jack Lee. The apex of the cluster, between the stalk and Fox, is Lord Derby looking downwards. Flanking him, in profile, are Lord Stormont (left) and Lord John Cavendish (right)-Below Stormont and above North is the Duke of Portland, in profile to the left. Below Cavendish and above Burke is an unidentified profile having some resemblance to Carlisle. The lowest point of the cluster is the mask of Sam House. Between this and the heads of North and Burke on each side are two small profiles: below North (left) that of Hall the apothecary, and between Hall and House the hideous profile of the Westminster Justice (? Kelly), see BMSat 6575, &c.; below Burke (right) that of the Earl of Surrey, and between Surrey and House that of Powys. On the ground at the foot of the vine-branch and beneath the cluster is a pile of objects inscribed 'Trophies'. In the foreground (left) is a pair of crutches inscribed 'Patriotic Props'. In the centre of the base of the pile are (left) a fox's brush inscribed 'Euphorbium' (an allusion to the 'sneezing-bag' thrown at Fox, see BMSat 6426, &c.) and (right) a mask of the faces of Fox and North inscribed 'Coalition' imitated from 'The Mask by Sayers', see BMSat 6234. On the extreme left is a document inscribed 'Œconomy (but the word scored through) 24,000l. Pr Annum'; against it lie a pair of spectacles, emblems of Burke and the meagre results of his Bill of Economical Reform (cf. BMSat 5657). On the extreme right is a pestle (inscribed 'Capricum, Capricum') and mortar and another pair of spectacles, emblems of Hall the apothecary. Beside the pestle is a document inscribed 'Receipt Tax', an unpopular measure of the Coalition (see BMSat 6243, &c.) which was dropped by Pitt; a flag inscribed 'July 27th', a gibe at Keppel's conduct at the Battle of Ushant in 1778 (see BMSat 5992, &c); a paper inscribed 'American War', a gibe at North. In the centre, lying against the fox's brush, is a document inscribed 'India Bill' (see BMSat 6271, &c.) and an open book inscribed 'Platonic Love'. The three remaining trophies, at the summit of the pile, are a weaver's shuttle inscribed 'Weavers', to insinuate that Fox had bribed Spitalfields weavers to vote for him, see BMSat 6575, &c.; a laurel branch, emblem of victory in the Westminster Election; and a butcher's cleaver inscribed 'Westminster Election', emblem of the butchers canvassed by the Duchess of Devonshire"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Political cluster in terrorem
- Description:
- Title from caption below image: Political cluster in terrorem, Text at top of image: Pro bono publico., and Temporary local subject terms: Bipartite masks: Fox and North -- Coalitions: Allusion to Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Apothecary's mortar and pestle -- Cleavers -- Allusion to canvassing butchers -- Taxes: Allusion to Receipt tax -- Allusion to 'sneezing bag' thrown at Fox, 12 February, 1784 -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Allusion to Burke's bill on economical reform -- Allusion to American War -- Flags: allusion to the Battle of Ushant, 27 July, 1778 -- Allusion to Spittalfields weavers.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Crutches, Eyeglasses, Gallows, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pro bono publico the political cluster in terrorem / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 March 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.03.04.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Unverified attribution to Dent from local card catalog., Publication information from the Library of Congress copy. Cf. LC 3:42., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dissenters -- Symbols: dove of peace -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Dice and dice-box -- Reference to St. Stephen's Chapel -- Reference to the House of Commons -- Literature: reference to Richard Price's Observations on civil liberty -- Literature: reference to Edmund Burke's A philosophical inquiry into the origin of the sublime and beautiful -- Acts: repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Thirty-nine articles -- Votes: majority 189 on repeal of Test and Corporation Act., and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Dent
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Defecation, Gambling, Playing cards, and Vomiting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The host of dissenters and St. Charles their black convert routed by the Church canon. [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 23d, 1786.
- Call Number:
- 786.08.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Merry beggars
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker tentatively identified in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Song -- Debts -- Fiddle -- Jesuit -- Captain Morris., Watermark in center of sheet., Mounted on 34 x 48 cm., and Pencilled on recto mount is a names of the subjects depicted in the print as well as a quote: In July 1786 the Prince of Wales was financially embarrassed & applied in vain to his father for aid. He then decided to break up his establishment, set apart a portion of his allowance for his debts & live on the remainder as a private gentleman. Cf. Russell's Memorials of Fox, v. ii, p. 285.
- Publisher:
- Published for the proprietor, as the act directs, by E. Macklew, opposite the Opera House, Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The jovial crew, or, Merry beggars a comic opera as performed at Brighton by the Carleton Company / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 12, 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.01.12.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales and his adherents are travestied as negroes; the Prince stands in a doorway inscribed 'Brookes Rectifier of Spirits', which is represented as a debtor's prison: the heads of George Hanger and Burke are seen through a barred window on the left outside which hangs a basket inscribed 'Pray Remember us Poor Blacks'. Both are naked, except for Hanger's accustomed cocked hat (cf. BMSat 6924), and Burke's biretta (cf. BMSat 6026). The Prince wears a girdle of leaves, a helmet feathered like the head-dress of a Red Indian, but decorated with the triple ostrich plume, and his ribbon and star. He holds out his hands in consternation at the approach of Fox and North (as a woman), their arms interlaced, their faces contorted with grief (cf. BMSat 6193, &c). Fox's hat is inscribed 'Carlo Crusoe'; on his breast is a placard: 'We were unfortunately cast away in the British Channel on board the Portland East Indiaman' (an allusion to the defeat of the Coalition on Fox's India Bill, and probably an imitation of the placards of begging seamen). Their scanty garments are ragged; from North's Garter ribbon hangs a placard: 'Ruined by the American War'. Behind them is another couple with arms interlaced: Lord George Gordon (not a negro) with a black man who carries a primitive stringed instrument, his cap inscribed 'Man Friday'. He is perhaps intended for Sheridan. Gordon flourishes a paper inscribed 'Defence of the Blacks by Lo[rd] G------G------' and says "By all the glories of mischief they have no right to send us to Africa". At the end of the procession Thurlow with a raised stick chases a negro wearing a cap inscribed 'Purveyor', who resembles Weltje, except that he is short and fat, and says, with clasped hands, "O! Oh! - bless your heart Massa Beetle-brow - if you no lick apoor neger man he'll pimp for you.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Statement following imprint: ... of whom may be had the new, very popular and comprehensive print entitled "The French treaty reviewed", &c, &c., and Mounted to 29 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, No. 9, Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, and Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The poor blacks going to their settlement [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 5, 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.03.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Justice (Symbolic character) -- Royal Arms -- Scrutiny -- High Bailiff -- Crowns -- Allusion to House of Commons -- Allusion to royal prerogative -- Allusion to Grenville's Act -- Quills.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state of the scrutiny's end [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 22d, 1788.
- Call Number:
- 788.04.22.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Wind shifted from the North to the East
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified card catalog., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation: Shakespeare -- Warts., Owner's mark: Lugt., no. 2832., Mounted to 33 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs for the proprietor by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street & W. Dickie, opposite Exeter change
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, America., and India.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Obesity, Colonies, Weather vanes, and Gambling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, The wind shifted from the North to the East [graphic].