Title from item., One line of text below image: If you know the Gazitier, you will know the ass., Companion print to: The French lawyer in London., Temporary local subject terms: Animals: donkeys -- Mythology: Medusa -- Gibbets -- Literature: Le gazetier cuirassé by Théveneau -- Literature: Memoirs d'une fille publique by Théveneau -- Windmills., and Mounted to 31 x 26 cm.
"A tun of 'Wine' lies on solid trestles inscribed 'Treasury Bench'. From its huge bung-hole emerges the naked body of Pitt, as Bacchus, crowned with vine branches. He leans back tipsily, a brimming glass in each hand. Behind him stands Dundas as Silenus, fat, and partly draped in tartan; his right hand grasps Pitt's shoulder, in his left he holds up a brimming glass. He also is crowned with vine branches. Bunches of grapes hang down from a vine above their heads and are indicated as a background to the cask whose trestles are on a dais covered with a fringed carpet. Opposite the tun stands John Bull in profile to the left, looking up at Pitt, hat in hand; in his left hand is a lank purse, under his arm three empty bottles. He is a yokel, with lank hair and hydrocephalic head, wearing a smock and wrinkled gaiters. He says: "Pray Mr Bacchus have a bit of consideration for old John; - you know as how I've emptied my Purse already for you - & its waundedly hard to raise the price of a drop of Comfort, now that one's got no Money left for to pay for it!!!" Pitt says: "Twenty Pounds a T-Tun, ad-additional Duty i-i-if you d-d-don't like it at that, why t-t-t-then Dad & I will keep it all for o-o-our own Drinking, so here g-g-goes old Bu-Bu-Bull & Mouth!!! - "."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumph of Bacchus & Silenus and Triumph of Bacchus and Silenus
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Wine duty, 1796 -- Mythology: Bacchus -- Silenus -- Containers: wine casks -- Allusion to Treasury., and Watermark: I Taylor.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxes, Wine, Grapes, Barrels, and Purses
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Four lines of verse below image: The puppets blindly led away, are made to act for ends unknown ..., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 1 (1767)., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Puppets -- Puppeteers -- Theater: stage -- Theater curtain -- Devil -- Audiences -- Wigs: bag wig.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the original from which this copy was made., Four lines of verse below image: The puppets blindly led away, / Are made to act for ends unknown ..., Reversed copy of No. 4230 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Puppets -- Puppeteers -- Theater: stage -- Devil -- Audiences.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
"John Bull stands full-face, supporting a monstrous burden; he is short in proportion to his breadth by reason of the weight which presses on him, drops fall down his face; his breeches pockets, inscribed 'Empty', hang inside out. On his shoulders sits Pitt, his slim ankles crossed under John's chin. On his back, behind Pitt and extending far beyond his shoulders, is a vast burden inscribed (left): 'Subsidies - Taxes!! Taxes - More Taxes!! More Taxes!!!!'; and right: 'Subsidies - Taxes - Debt- More Money!!' On one end (left) sits Dundas, looking to the left, in Highland dress; on the other sits a schoolboy, evidently intended for Canning. On the top of the burden stand seven men, all wearing ribbons and evidently representing placemen and pensioners; they support on their hands and heads a long treasure-chest, heavily padlocked and inscribed: 'Benefices - Candle ends and Cheese Parings.' On the right and left of this sit jauntily two corpulent parsons, hands on hips. Between them, a hand on the head of each, stands, full-face, a stout and grinning bishop, with inflated lawn sleeves. His mitre forms the apex of the monstrous pyramid. Pitt turns his head in profile to the left, he and Dundas have expressions of concern; all the others appear complacent or pleased."--British Museum online catalogue
Title from item., Possibly by Dent. See British Museum catalogue., Nine lines of text below title: Who wonderfully outdoes all the wonderous fire eaters, stone eaters, toad eaters, & c. & c. that ever exhibited, engaging to crack, scronch, swallow and digest as many of the largest and hardest words in the English language ..., Sheet trimmed to edge of plate mark on one side., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Demosthenes, B.C. 384?-322 -- Allusion to John Dunning Ashburton, 1st Baron, 1731-1783 -- Allusion to Ashburton: Influence of the crown, April 6, 1780 -- Parodies: Advertisements of the "Stone eater" -- Regency crisis -- Trampled Bills of Rights -- Trampled Magna Charta -- India., and Mounted to 37 x 22 cm.
Publisher:
Pub by W. Dent Decr 29 1788, sold by W. Moore No. 308 Oxford Street
"Fox stands in the House of Commons, making a speech; in his right hand he holds out a paper: 'Speech on the 'Rights of the P------'; in his left is an 'Explanation of that Speech'. He faces the table on which are piled large folios: 'Statutes at Large', 'Magna Charta', 'Principles of the Constitution', 'Rights of the People'. He says, "all these I'll devour next". Behind him on the ground are two open books: 'Jus Divinum of Kings' and 'Principles of Toryism &c.' The benches behind him are packed with intent listeners, some dismayed, some admiring. North, a bandage over his eyes, sits on the extreme right, next him is Burke. The end of the gallery (left) is visible; listeners hang over to watch Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text below title: Advertisment extraordinary. This is to inform the public ..., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Dec. 30th 1788, by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"Fox stands on a dais at the head of a rough table, the seat from which he has risen is magnificent, above it is the inscription 'Vive la Libertè' surmounted by a bonnet-rouge. He is held up (left) by Combe, the Lord Mayor, a pompous figure in gown and chain, and (right) by Erskine. The former holds a 'Petition to ye Throne; - or a new way to Combe the Ministers Wig'; the latter grasps a bottle of 'Brand[y]'. Fox is melancholy, and his swollen legs cannot support unaided his vast bulk. Before him is a frothing pot of 'Whitbread's Entire' (cf. BMSat 8638). Only the guests on Fox's right and left are visible; they are Grey (or perhaps Byng), [Incorrectly identified in Wright and Evans as Sir J. Sinclair. Identifications of Grey by Lord Holland appear conclusive, but he is identified in 'London und Paris' as Byng, M.P. for Middlesex, and he resembles the Byng of BMSat 8782.] turning to watch his chief, and Tierney, looking gloomily before him. Behind Tierney are the heads of a butcher, with marrow-bone and cleaver, and a chimney-sweep with brush and shovel. All listen intently to Fox, who says: "Gentlemen, you see I'm grown quite an Old Man in your Service! Twenty Years I've served you, & always upon the same Principles; - I rejoic'd at the Success of our Enemies in the American War! - & the War against the Virtuous French Republic has always met with my most determined opposition! - but the Infamous Ministry will not make Peace with our Enemies, & are determin'd to keep Me out of their Councils & out of Place! - therefore Gentlemen! as their Principles are quite different from mine, & as I am now too Old to form myself according to their Systems, my attendance in Parliament is useless: - & to say the truth, I feel that my season of action is past, & I must leave to younger Men to Act, for alas! my failings & weaknesses will not let me now recognise what is for the best!""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Last dying speech of the Westminster representative ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at the top and bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Speeches: C.J. Fox's speech, October 10, 1800 -- Allusion to the War of American Independence -- Allusion to Napoleonic wars-- Taverns: Shakespeare Tavern, London -- Lord Mayor of London -- Chairs: thrones -- Emblems: cap of liberty as bonnet rouge -- Dishes: tankards -- Beverages: Whitbread's Entire (beer) -- Reference to Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815 -- Petitions: London Livery's petition -- Furniture: chairs -- Spirits: brandy -- Harvey Christian Combe, 1752-1818., and Mounted to 48 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. October 13th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Byng, George, 1764-1847
"The lion, with the face and wig of Melville, lies gazing up, blood falling on the papers under his paws: 'Plans for Manning tfthe Navy - List of ships built in 1804 ... of ye Line'; 'Abolition of Impress'. He is struck down by the blast from a blunderbuss whose muzzle is a tankard inscribed 'Whitbreads Entire'. This is fired by St. Vincent who crouches (left) behind a withered tree. The blast issues from a circle of froth inscribed 'Report'. Part of it, inscribed 'Condemnation without Trial', passes above the lion and strikes Britannia to the heart. She is leaning against an ancient but flourishing oak on the extreme right. The blast that strikes Melville is inscribed 'Invectives', 'Popular Clamour', 'Envy', 'Disappointed Jacobins', 'Malice'. On the upper part of the withered tree sits a monkey with the head of Wilberforce, holding up an open book: 'Solution of Vital Xianity', but directing at Melville a blast from his posteriors inscribed 'Cant! - Envy! - Abuse! - Hypocrisy! - Cruelty.' Three asses are kicking up their heels at Melville as they scamper off towards the mountainous background. The nearest has the head of Sidmouth, with ass's ears. He is laden with panniers inscribed 'Physick for the Lion.'; these are heaped with medicine-bottles, one labelled 'Emetic for ye Lion'; there are also a 'Clyster for the Lion', and a box of 'opening Pills' (cf. BMSat 9849), The other asses are Hily Addington and Bragge, cf. BMSat 9986. The latter (right) turns his head to say: "Very highly indebted to the Lion, brother Heeley!" His panniers are inscribed 'Provisions for the Doctors Family' and 'Trifles procured thro' the Lions Generosity'; they are piled high with papers: 'Pension to Brother Brag &...'; 'Annuity to all our Cousins'; '£40000 pr Ann'; 'Sinecure'; 'Pension for Aunts'; 'Pension for Brother Hely'; 'Pension'. The other ass (Hiley) answers: "Then give him another kick, Brother Braggey". He is laden with a sack of 'Candid Whorehound'. The lion is also assailed by a fox (Fox) who viciously bites his hindquarters, and by a serpent with the head of Grey (Whitbread's brother-in-law) who bites his neck. Three small rats, wearing legal wigs and bands (right), run viciously toward the lion; they are (left to right): Jekyll (see BMSat 9179), Erskine, and Robert Adair, an ardent Foxite, cf. BMSat 7158. A dog, its collar inscribed 'Kinard' (Kinnaird), bites the lion's tail, while one foot is in a plate containing a bare bone, and inscribed 'Melville-Castle' with a coronet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Three lines of quoted text following title: "And now, all the sculking herd of the forest, some out of insolence, others in revenge ..." Vide, Aesop's fables., and Mounted to 31 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 16th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, and Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826