Title from item., Phillips identified as printmaker in British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Processions -- Chairing: of Fox, May 17, 1784 -- Covent Garden: Piazza -- Spectators -- Demons -- Musical instruments: trumpets -- Horns -- Flags -- Butchers -- Cleavers -- Coffins -- Mottos: 'Memento mori' -- Asses -- Allusion to scrutiny -- Allusions to High Bailiffs -- Tree of Good and Evil -- Cheering crowds -- Musicians., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Published by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
Leaf 20. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sir Cecil Wray (left) is being drummed away from the hustings; Sam House, the central figure, beats a drum, looking at Wray. On the right, ignoring Wray, stands Fox addressing the populace, a cheering crowd behind him; he holds a flag on which is the figure of Britannia seated, holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and the words 'Champion of the People'. He says, "Friends & Fellow Citizens I cannot find words to express my feelings to you upon this Victory". Wray walks beside a procession which marches to Sam House's drum. It is headed by Chelsea pensioners with wooden legs, who scowl at him; one carries a crutch over his shoulder. They have two flags, inscribed respectively 'May all public Deserters feel public Resentment' (Wray had deserted the cause of Fox who nominated him for Westminster in 1782, see British Museum Satires No. 5998), and 'Chealsea Hospital'. They are followed by a detachment of maidservants, with a flag inscribed 'Tax on Maid Servants'; they carry over their shoulders a broom, a brush, a mop, a shovel. A crowd cheers frantically, hats are waved at the procession and at Fox. Behind Fox is part of the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, the scene of his triumph at the hustings, see British Museum Satires No. 6590, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Westminster deserter drummed out of the regiment
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6586 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate originally published 18 May 1784; see Grego., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 138-40., and On leaf 20 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Drums (Musical instruments), and Servants
"Sir Cecil Wray (left) is being drummed away from the hustings; Sam House, the central figure, beats a drum, looking at Wray. On the right, ignoring Wray, stands Fox addressing the populace, a cheering crowd behind him; he holds a flag on which is the figure of Britannia seated, holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and the words 'Champion of the People'. He says, "Friends & Fellow Citizens I cannot find words to express my feelings to you upon this Victory". Wray walks beside a procession which marches to Sam House's drum. It is headed by Chelsea pensioners with wooden legs, who scowl at him; one carries a crutch over his shoulder. They have two flags, inscribed respectively 'May all public Deserters feel public Resentment' (Wray had deserted the cause of Fox who nominated him for Westminster in 1782, see British Museum Satires No. 5998), and 'Chealsea Hospital'. They are followed by a detachment of maidservants, with a flag inscribed 'Tax on Maid Servants'; they carry over their shoulders a broom, a brush, a mop, a shovel. A crowd cheers frantically, hats are waved at the procession and at Fox. Behind Fox is part of the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, the scene of his triumph at the hustings, see British Museum Satires No. 6590, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Westminster deserter drummed out of the regiment
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Plate from: The history of the Westminster election., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Churches: St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Proposed tax on maidservants -- Chelsea Hospital pensioners -- Hustings -- Drumming for the hustings -- Slogans: 'Champion of the people' -- Veterans., and Mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Drums (Musical instruments), Brooms, Cheering, Crowds, Crutches, and Servants
"Fox and North stand in the pillory on a small platform supported on a post above the heads of a circle of spectators. Their heads only are confined; North is in back-view, Fox stands full-face looking to the left, his hands clasped. The spectators are three quarter length; Sam House is conspicuous (left) holding a foaming tankard and saying, "Come Charly here's to the Electors of Westminster one Good Turn deserves another". A woman in back-view holds a basket of eggs on her hip; she says, "Come Who'll buy my Plumpers Two a Penny Plumpers". A man next her (right) is about to throw an egg, saying, "Here goes a Plumper for Charly".--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Coalition rondeau
Description:
Title etched below image., A satire on the Fox-North coalition, and on the Westminster Election., Coalitions: Fox-North, 1783., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 28, 1784, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Politics and government, 1760-1789, Crowds, Pillories, Spectators, and Street vendors
"Sir Cecil Wray in the foreground, standing on the edge of a circular platform, looks down over his left shoulder at the procession which is chairing Fox round Covent Garden. He holds his right hand to his mouth, in his left he clutches a paper, 'Instruction to make A Speech'. The heads and shoulders of the procession appear over the edge of the platform: in front (left) are men on horse-back, some playing musical instruments, their hats decorated with favours and leaves. (They appear to represent the 'squadron of gentlemen on horseback in the blue and buff uniform', who were followed by trumpeters. 'London Chronicle', 18 May.) Their flag is inscribed 'The Whig Cause'. Next come men on foot immediately in front of Fox, with a flag inscribed 'Man of the People'. Fox, smiling, is seated above the heads of his supporters, his chair wreathed with laurel branches. The striped jacket of one of his bearers shows that he is a butcher; next comes Sam House. Behind walk men, some wearing their hats, which are decorated with favours and foxes' brushes. Their flag is inscribed 'Sacred to Female Patriotism'. Behind (right) is the façade of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, the pediment inscribed 'House of Call for Candidates'. The windows of the houses on the south of the Piazza (left) are crowded with spectators; others stand on the roofs waving their hats. Beneath the title are the words spoken by Wray: "I am Bit D------n the Fox, the D------ss, Chelsea Hospital, Maid Servants, Small Beer, the back Stairs & all together, to be Sure I'm no Speaker Ive no Head I shall not be brought in but the Scrutiny His M-----y will have that and that Bald Pated Son of a B------h Sam H-----se [House] not content with giving my Opponent [sic] Plumpers Threatned to give me A Plumper in each Eye if I did not Cock my Hat t'other Way.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman., and Mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, May 20, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England) and London.
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Kelly, Justice of the Peace, fl. 1784 -- Medal of the Justices of the Peace in Westminster -- Chairing: Fox on goose -- Prince of Wales as a goose -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Mottos: 'Ich Dien' -- Apothecary's mortar and pestles -- Election flags -- Allusion to butchers -- Allusion to Spittalfields weavers -- Musical instruments., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Published, as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Foxes, Geese, Political elections, and Trumpets
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the Colossus of Rhodes -- Thunderbolts -- Allusion to gambling: crown decorated with playing cards -- Crowns -- Rising sun -- William Pitt, 1759-1806, as rising sun -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Covent Garden: Hustings -- Canvassing: Duchess of Devonshire -- Butchers -- Election flags -- Asians., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, May 28th, 1784, by F. Clarkson, 73 St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
"Fox acts as barber to the Duchess of Devonshire; he applies a razor to her cheek, holding her chin. She is seated on a settee (left) covered with striped material. Sam House stands (right) holding a barber's bowl, a towel under his arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10, 1784, by J. Moore, No. 19 Hallon [i.e. Hatton?] Street
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Chairs, Mirrors, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Sofas
"The Duchess of Devonshire, intoxicated, walks arm-in-arm between two supporters, the one on her right being Fox, the other one of his more prominent adherents. Sam House (right) walks before them, acting as a link-boy with a lighted torch, his hat, decorated with a fox's brush, in his right hand. Fox says, "Hold up Georgiana another Qn [? quartern] an we shall soon be at Piccadilly". The Duchess says, "My Eyes & Limbs I shall Spew on the Duke to night". Her other supporter says, pointing to Sam House, "make hast Sam her Grace is taking short in the poop". Sam answers, "I will my lord Heaven bless her Grace". The Duchess wears no hat, but her hair is decorated with a plume ot three large ostrich feathers (cf. BMSat 6530); her breast is bare." -- British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tipling duchess returning from canvassing
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Canvassing: Duchess of Devonshire -- Lighting: torches -- Trades: link-boy -- Intoxication., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aprill [the] 29, 1784, by A. Aitken, No. 2 Orange Court, Drury Lane
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
"A canvassing scene in a poor and disreputable district of Westminster, indicated by 'Peter Street' on the corner of the house. The Duchess of Devonshire canvasses a cobbler; she sits supported on Fox's knee, putting one foot on a cobbler's stall that he may do some imaginary repairs, for which she lavishly pays the man's wife, who leans forward, both hands held together to receive coins. The cobbler and his wife are behind a stall protected by a pent-house roof. On this is a notice, 'Shoes made and mended by Bob. Stichitt Cobler to her Grace the Tramping Dutchess NB Dogs Wormd Cats Gelded'. From an open casement window above it a man leans out waving a fox's brush; he holds a tankard and a long clay pipe in his left hand. Beside him a woman holds her head to vomit from the window, her elbows supported on the sill. A dog lies under the cobbler's stall. Fox, his right knee on his hat on the ground, the other supporting the duchess, turns round to give his right hand to a ragged man to whose mouth Sam House holds a tankard, his other hand pressed on the elector's head, who is shown by his long shovel to be a scavenger. Behind, a chimneysweeper with his brushes and his boy with brush and shovel are amused spectators. These figures fill the space to the left of Fox and the duchess. Behind are the irregular gabled roofs and casement windows of old Westminster."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cobling voters and abject canvassers
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate reissued for The history of the Westminster election. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: London: Peter Street -- Old Westminster -- Gabled roofs -- Casement windows -- Coblers' stalls -- Dishes: Tankards -- Clay pipes -- Shovels.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament