- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 3. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall, thin gentleman in a military uniform walks across a mountainous landscape carrying on his back an obese parson with a "Tithes" basket full of chickens and a sucking-pig under his left arm and a scourge with three lashes in his right hand. Behind them and in front of his sheaved harvest stands a farmer dressed in a smock, with a branch in his right hand and his hat in the left. He says, "We Farmers have our Bodys Eat up, for the good of our Souls."
- Alternative Title:
- Majesty of the people
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower left corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6209 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Balaam -- Parsons -- Scourges -- Military uniforms: Militia, colonel., and On leaf 3 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Tithes, Clergy, Farmers, Military officers, British, Clothing & dress, Whips, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.10.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall, thin gentleman in a military uniform walks accross a mountainous landscape carrying on his back an obese parson with a "Tithes" basket full of chickens and a sucking-pig under his left arm and a scourge with three lashes in his right hand. Behind them and in front of his sheaved harvest stands a farmer dressed in a smock, with a branch in his right hand and his hat in the left. He says, "We Farmers have our Bodys Eat up, for the good of our Souls."
- Alternative Title:
- Majesty of the people
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Tithes, Clergy, Farmers, Military officers, British, Clothing & dress, Whips, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 July 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.07.11.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North balances smugly on his left foot atop the beam of a pair of scales tipping the balance in favor of a very obese Charles Fox. Fox laughs at Lord Shelburne who remains suspended on the other scale, unable to bring it down despite stamping his feet. He is being enveloped by a cloud of gas labelled "anathema" being excreted by North. Above to the left, George III, blindfolded with a tartan handkerchief, with the crown suspended above his head, reaches out from a cloud to place an enourmous wig on North's head
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 41 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 11th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Scales, Obesity, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack a' both sides [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 April 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 2. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, with a fox's head and tail and an expression of delight, holds open the top of a large sack almost completely filled with coins. Opposite him, Lord North, standing on a substantially diminished pile of coins, carefully adds another shovelful to the sack. The sack is signed, "For private use." Behind them on the wall, under the ribbon signed, "For the use of the publick," several smaller empty sacks hang on a rope stretched between large pegs. Under the title is a verse, "Two virtuous Elves, / Taking care of themselves."
- Alternative Title:
- Coal-heavers
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6213 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 2 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 16th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Corruption, Coins, Obesity, Bags, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cole-heavers [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.16.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, with a fox's head and tail and an expression of delight, holds open the top of a large sack almost completely filled with coins. Opposite him, Lord North, standing on a substantially diminished pile of coins, carefully adds another shovelful to the sack. The sack is signed, "For private use." Behind them on the wall, under the ribbon signed, "For the use of the publick," several smaller empty sacks hang on a rope stretched between large pegs. Under the title is a verse, "Two virtuous Elves, / Taking care of themselves."
- Alternative Title:
- Coal-heavers
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 16th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Corruption, Coins, Obesity, Bags, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cole-heavers [graphic].