- 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:
- Sept. 8th, 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.09.08.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: anchor as emblem of hope -- Hot air balloons -- Bills: East India Bill, 1784 -- Coalitions: Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Treasury Bench -- Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Navigations laws as an anchor., Watermark: J Whatman., and Mounted to 40 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Nunn, Great Queen Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Political parachute a coalition experiment / [graphic]
- 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:
- Octr. 23d, 1786.
- Call Number:
- 786.10.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker suggested in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Statement following imprint: ... of whom may be had the new and much admired prints of A trip to Brighton, The jovial crew, or merry beggears, The sudden squall, &c, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Coach and four -- Bellow -- Prince's debts -- Personification: Hope -- Anchor with Prince of Wales' motto: Ich Dien -- Hare -- Flowers, and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, 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, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Return from Brighton, or A journey to town for the winter season [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 15th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.04.15.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Allusion to Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, The tempest -- Coalitions: Fox-North, 1783 -- Mythology: Allusion to Bacchus -- Dice-box as a compass -- Sun eclipses -- Fool's caps -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., Partial watermark top center of sheet., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by T. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and England.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament, and Royal George (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Political elections, Shipwrecks, Barrels, and Gambling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reynard's hope a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 22d, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.04.22.08+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The candidates for Middlesex and their supporters race (right to left) to Brentford. The foremost rider is Wilkes on a horse wearing a royal crown (indicating George III); he holds up the cap of 'Liberty' on its staff. Half a length behind, and nearer the spectator, is Mainwaring, holding up a sword whose blade is inscribed 'Justice'. His horse's human head is blindfolded, in its mouth is a pair of scales; in one balance is 'Byng Dunston', in the other and heavier, 'Wilkes Manwaring'. The horse probably represents Justice, its rider was a well-known Middlesex Justice and chairman of the Middlesex Sessions. Behind Wilkes, his horse's head hidden, is a rider not identified, he has lost his stirrups and clutches his saddle with both hands. Behind these three and in the centre of the design is George Byng, the friend of Fox and the Prince of Wales, M.P. for Middlesex since 1780. He rides a pair of horses (representing the Coalition), standing with one foot on the saddle of each; the near horse has the head of Fox, the other that of North; the tail of the near horse is a fox's brush inscribed 'Grace'. The fore legs of the pair touch a paper inscribed 'Test'. Byng's whip is inscribed 'Coalition' and he is saying, "Spur them up behind Doctor, or I shall lose the race", addressing Hall, the Westminster apothecary, who rides like a hobby horse a pair of crutches tied with a ribbon; in place of a hat he wears a mortar inscribed 'All [sic] Blue and Buff'; he holds up his pestle as if it were a whip. Behind Byng, Jeffery Dunstan rides an ass with long ears and the head of Sam House; he looks round to address the Duchess of Devonshire who is the last of the cavalcade. The Duchess (right) rides astride, her bunched-up skirt showing spurred half-boots. Her horse has the head of the Earl of Surrey; she says, "Byng for ever - and may the Hearty Cock ever stand stout in our sarvice". Dunstan says, "Well said my Dutchess - Charly's Whipper-in for ever. Huzza". The Duchess wears a heavily trimmed hat in which is a large election favour and four fox's tails, each inscribed 'Byng'. On the extreme left is a sign-post pointing 'To Brentford'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 27 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Middlesex (England), and England.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Mainwaring, William, 1735-1821, Byng, George, ca. 1735-1789, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, House, Samuel, -1785, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Elections, Crutches, Donkeys, Hobby horses, Horse racing, Horses, Justice, Liberty cap, Pharmacists, Political elections, Scales, Symbols, and Traffic signs & signals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Brentford race for the Middlesex septennial plate [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.12.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from similar print. Cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6387., Original publication statement burnished from the plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1713-1792 -- Personifications: Rumor blowing trumpet -- Brookes's Club, London -- Demon wearing tartan -- Charters -- East India Bill, 1783 -- Gambling: Dice and dice-box -- Crown -- Thistle -- Allusion to Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Satire on Pitt's ministry -- King's Prerogative -- Tax-receipt -- Signs: Sign-post -- 'Secret Influence'., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 12 Apr. 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, and Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox hunt [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 13th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.05.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- New way to win money and Gamester beshit
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems of gambling -- Chequered wallpaper -- Orders: Garter -- Brooks's Club: Interior -- Scatology -- Sports: Cock-fighting -- Devil -- Literature: Swift, Theophilus, 1746-1815, scene from Gamblers, i.1.550., Partial watermark bottom center of sheet., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The gamester bes--t, or, A new way to win money- [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]