Pitt and Fox stand square-off, fists raised in the House of Commons at the height of the Regency Crisis, just before the passage of the Regency Bill, 1789
Alternative Title:
Humphreys & Mendoza fighting for a crown and Humphreys and Mendoza fighting for a crown
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 27 x 38 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub'd by W. Dent December 22 1788 and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, and Great Britain. House of Commons,
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 30 x 42 cm., Watermark., and Printseller's identification stamp in lower right corner of sheet: S·W·F.
Publisher:
Published Feb. 20, 1806 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Catholic emancipation., Watermark partially visible., Printseller's identification stamp located in lower right corner: S·W·F., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1804 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"Pitt, grotesquely thin and much caricatured, leads Eleanor Eden, a conventionally pretty woman, towards a bower (right) covered with a vine bearing many bunches of grapes interspersed with coronets. Within it are three large sacks inscribed '£'. His left hand is on her back, his right points to the bower. She advances demurely, a fan inscribed 'Treasury' held before her face. A Cupid with a torch flies before them. The Devil, a fat nude creature with webbed wings and the face of Fox, crouches behind the bower (right), impotently gnashing his teeth and clenching his fists. Ribbons with the jewels and star of an order are twined in the bower; more coronets and a star emerge from the ground. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., One line of quoted text to left of title: "To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Money: sacks of money -- Coronets -- Demons -- Cupids -- Female dress: fans -- William Pitt the Younger's debts -- Reference to Lord Auckland., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 13th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Buckinghamshire, Eleanor Hobart, Countess of, 1777-1851
"Britannia, massive, but childlike, sleeps in a large wicker cradle, rocked by Addington, dressed as an elderly woman, who is seated on a low stool (right). Hawkesbury, a thin and spinsterish nursemaid, (left) approaches the foot of the cradle holding out an ornate child's commode, inscribed 'French C . . k . . g Chair'. Behind the cradle appear the head and shoulders of Fox, looking furtively towards Britannia and Addington, while he hangs out napkins to dry on a cord stretched across the fireplace; one is 'French Cambrick'. Britannia sleeps with her thumb in her mouth, her right arm across the coverlet, holding her shield and spear; her uncovered shoulder shows that she is wearing a Roman corslet. The head of the cradle is inscribed: 'Requiescat in Pace'." On the ground is a casserole of 'French Pap'; on the plain chimney-piece are a bottle labelled 'Composing Draught' and a box of 'Opiate Pills'. Above it is a print of 'Buonaparte' playing a fiddle and capering ecstatically. On the wall (left) are a broadside: 'Rule Britannia . . . Britons never will be - ['slaves' torn off] and (right) a birch-rod tied with tricolour ribbon. Addington, Hawkesbury, and Fox all wear their hair in their accustomed manner with the addition of tricolour ribbons. The first two look anxious, Fox registers calculating satisfaction."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered 'XXI' in upper right corner., Plate from: London und Paris, vol. x, 1802 [1803]., and Part of watermark: [...] & Zonen.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Cradles, Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), and Washstands
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Coaches: King's glass coach -- Crowds -- Opposition: members of the Opposition., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initial W below., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F., and Collector's stamp on verso: half-length raised figure of fox with initials MW below.
Publisher:
Pub. N 2, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Title from item., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of carecatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Pensions: Edmund Burke's pension., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pub. April 13, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
A short and obese Demosthenes (Charles Fox) with a worried expression on his face, appears to be delivering a pledge. He stands between tall and thin figures of Themistocles (Admiral Hood) on the left and Judas Iscariot (Sir Cecil Wray) on the right, who watch him with a condescending smile
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name and address at end of imprint statement are stipple engraved and fainter than the text at the beginning of imprint, which is etched.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 8th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
"Dissenters are engaged in burning churches and attacking the clergy. In the foreground a stout bishop on his knees is being kicked and assailed by men with bludgeons; beside him is a book: 'Refutation of Dr Price'. He exclaims, raising his hands, "Murder, fire, thieves". One of his assailants says, "Make room for the Apostle of Liberty"; the other, "God assisting us nothing is to be feared". Under this group is inscribed: 'And when they had smote the Shepherd, the Sheep were scattered'. Behind (right) a Gothic building, from which extends a sign of the Mitre and Crown, is being demolished. Price sits astride on the beam supporting the sign; in one hand is an open book, 'Love of our Country', in the other is a firebrand inscribed 'The Flame of Liberty'. Beneath, two men in steeple-crowned hats are feeding a fire with faggots, whose flame and smoke, inscribed '39 Articles', ascends in a thick cloud. Next the burning building, and on the extreme right, is a porch (over a doorway) in which stands Fox, blowing a horn and pointing down to a placard over the doorway: 'Places under Government to be disposed of. NB, Several Faro and E.O. Tables in good Condition'. An adjacent placard is: 'day next charity sermon by Revd chas Fox'. A group of eager fanatics with lank hair rushes towards the doorway, holding up to Fox money-bags inscribed '30.000', '10.000' and '20.000.' In the foreground (right) are two fanatics struggling for the bag of the Great Seal; one raises a mace inscribed 'Brotherly Love' to strike his opponent; under his foot is a paper: 'Repeal of the Test Act'. In the background (left) is a group of figures engaged in demolishing a church with pickaxes; a rope pulls over the cross on the steeple. Two of this group look towards Price: a parson inscribed 'P------ly' (Priestley) waves his hat, saying, "Make haste to pull down that old Whore and we'll build a new one in its place"; a lean man, fashionably dressed (evidently Stanhope), extends his arms, saying, "Address to Assemblee national"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titled etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement above design: In Fores's Caricature Museum is the compleatest collection in the kingdom. Also the head and hand of Count Struenzee. Admittance 1s., and Mounted to 31 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and England and Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Religious, Limitation of actions, Axes, Bishops, Churches, and Musical instruments