Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Wars: war-weariness -- Expressions of speech: 'Will o' the wisp' -- Pensions: Burke's pension -- Lanterns -- Drowning., and Mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. March 28, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Lucky hit for E-O T-O P-O HO and all the rest of the O's
Description:
Title from item., The word 'crown' in title is represented by a crown., 'A' at the beginning of the alternate title is etched over partially erased 'the'., Temporary local subject terms: Isaac of St. James's, fl. 1791 -- Mr. Tetherington(?), fl. 1791 -- Domestic service: Prussian servant -- Marriages: allusion to the marriage of Frederick Augustus and Frederica, the Duke and Duchess of York -- Musical instruments: marrow bone and birch-rod as drumsticks -- Blacks: soldier-musicians in turbans -- Debts: Frederick Augustus debt payments -- Tennis: Frederick Augustus's addiction for tennis -- Tennis rackets -- Prussians -- Jews -- Tailors -- Butchers -- Unpaid bills -- Westminster Bridge -- Gambling: allusion to E.O. -- Dice-box., and Matted to 47 x 72 cm.
Publisher:
Pub No 20, 1791 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793
A satirical representation of a procession to St. Paul's for the national thanksgiving for the naval victories. Lord Hawkesbury, Duke of Richmond, Loughborough, Wilberforce, George Rose, Horsely, Bishop of Rochester, John Bull, Pitt, Windham and Dundas (with two companions in traditional Scottish dress) are all recognizable carrying objects that suggest their role in the government policy which led to the tripling of the assessed taxes and the burden of taxation in general
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's statement following the imprint: Folios of caricatures lent., "A prelude" has been burnished from plate and etched in again further to the right, leaving a gap at the end of the first part of the title., and For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 11, 1797 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806, Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Windham, William, 1750-1810
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, History, Parades & processions, and Taxes