- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1st, 1790.
- Call Number:
- 790.05.01.14
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A half length portrait of Fox, looking to the left, in his accustomed attitude when speaking: legs bent, hat in his right hand with his right arm raised as if to make a downward thrust. His hair is unkempt, his stockings ungartered, his shoes unlatched, and he holds the end of his shirt which escapes from under his waistcoat"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. i, p. 285., Temporary local subject terms: Speaking -- Reference to Demosthenes, 384-322 B.C., Collings's signature not present, probably cropped. Cf. George., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm., mounted to 37 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Demosthenean attitude [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- June 6, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.06.06.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Modern patriot haranguing his constituents
- Description:
- Sheet trimmed to design and into imprint., Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Canvassing: Charles James Fox in Orkney boroughs -- Musical instruments: bagpipes -- Male costume: Scottish -- Scots -- Elections: Orkney boroughs, 1784 -- Birds -- Allusion to Jacobitism -- Boreas -- Wind., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 31 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet St.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A modern patriot harangueing his constituents [graphic]
- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.02.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Warning piece to political boys
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker, place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Commutation Tax, 1785 -- Soap tax -- Tax on lights -- Tax on windows -- Signs: sign-posts -- Trades: washerwomen -- Vehicles: tumbrels -- Windows -- Pitt's speech -- Gallow ropes., and Partial watermark in upper right of plate: fleur-de-lis on shield with initials L V G.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxes, Traffic signs & signals, Gallows, Foxes, Horses, Farmers, and Pitchforks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Country revenge, or, A warning piece to political boys [graphic].
- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.22.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Reynard at his wits end
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: Riding habits -- Election favors -- Canvassing -- Allusion to William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, 1748-1811 -- Chains., and Watermark in center of sheet: Taylor.
- Publisher:
- Pub. April 22, 1784, by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fatal ambition, or, Reynard at his wits end [graphic].
- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 March 1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.03.28.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left, Charles James Fox sits on a chair, his gouty left foot resting on a stool, his right hand holding a crutch. Behind him is a paper which reads "Plan to discharge the Nation[al] Debt". His right arm reaches out to a group of angry citizens confronting him with their complaints and pleas for relief. He says to them: "Gentlemen! I have been looking over my affairs, and give you my word of Honor you shall all be paid this day twelve month." A butcher, baker, orphan child, a nurse, and other troubled citizens voice their complaints in separate speech bubbles
- Alternative Title:
- Meeting of creditors
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., "SC" is the monogram of Samuel Collings., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- As the act directs published March 28, 1785 by W. Humphrey, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Finance, Public, History, Butchers, People, and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The first of April, or, A meeting of creditors [graphic]