"Fox and his party (three quarter length) surround a Twelfth Night cake which Weltje was about to cut into portions. The cause of a sudden check to this proceeding is indicated by a broad ray of light (which strikes the cake and the bystanders) and by a scroll: 'The King shall enjoy his own again'. Weltje stands on the left, his arms extended towards the scroll, saying, "Den by Got we sail heb no Cake"; he drops his knife. He and Sheridan are the most agitated of the party: Sheridan with a face of despair looks up, saying, '"Now our Ruin is complete" School for Scandal'. (He is Joseph Surface as in British Museum Satires No. 7510, &c; the actual words are "Tis now complete!') Fox stands disconsolately, his hands in his pockets, his back to the ray. Burke (right), his arms folded, scowls up at the ray. Behind these three Stormont, Loughborough, and Sandwich (on the extreme right) regard it with less pronounced despair. Portland stands behind the cake, frowning fixedly. The centre of the cake is ornamented with the Prince of Wales's coronet and feathers (as are Weltje's buttons); on the centre feather is poised a crown. The cake has been marked in sections where it is to be cut, these are inscribed 'Ist Lord Admy' [Sandwich had been considered for the post and also for that of Ambassador to France], 'Secrety State foreign' [Fox], 'Secrety State home' [Stormont], 'Paymar Genl' [Burke], 'Ist Comm Board Control', and 'Treas Navy' (Sheridan's arm extends across this, the place intended for him, pending a transfer to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, Sir G. Elliot, 'Life and Letters', i. 260-1)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Quotation from Sheridan's School for scandal., Identifications of Fox and Sheridan added in contemporary hand below the plate., and Watermark: Initials L V [G], obscured by design.
Publisher:
Publ. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Portrait after Hogarth, full-length standing in a landscape, right hand on a stone ledge, hat and cane in his left, looking at and bowing slightly to the viewer with right foot advanced, wearing a suit with a high sheen, the coat open to reveal a long waistcoat decorated with flourishes
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable Gustavus Lord Viscount Boyne
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from?: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London, 1794., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Copy., and On page 129 in volume 2.
"Portrait standing whole-length slightly to left with right hand resting on telescope, on rock, left hand on hilt of sword, eyes to front; wearing naval uniform, star and sash; sea-battle seen in distance to left. "--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Numbered in manuscript in upper right corner: 107.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 16, 1798 by J. & J. Boydell at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
"Portrait seen three-quarter length, directed towards right, facing towards and looking to front, wig, velvet coat, ruffles, right arm across that of chair, hand holding pen, left arm on table to right, on which lie inkstand and papers addressed."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable Horatio Walpole Esq
Description:
Title etched below image., Early state, before addition of date at end of artist's signature. Cf. State I in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 3, no. 157, page 1122., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted to 43 x 33 cm., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in pencil (traced in ink) in lower left corner: Created Lord Walpole June 1756.
A portrait of James Caulfield, head and shoulders looking to the left, glancing towards the viewer with a smile, wearing a plain coat, cravat and dark queue wig; after Hogarth
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable James Caulfield Earl of Charlemount of the Kingdom of Ireland
Description:
Title etched below image., Ms. note in Steevens's hadn in pencil above print: See ibid., Sheet: 24 x 17.6 cm., and On page 215 in volume 3.
A portrait of James Caulfield, head and shoulders looking to the left, glancing towards the viewer with a smile, wearing a plain coat, cravat and dark queue wig; after Hogarth
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable James Caulfield Earl of Charlemount of the Kingdom of Ireland