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19. Stealing off, or, Prudent secesion [sic] "courageous chief! "the first in flight!" / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 November 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.11.06.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox flees in terror through the doorway of the House of Commons, taking an enormous stride. Beside him runs a thin demoniac greyhound, Grey, wearing a collar: 'Opposition Grey-Hound'. A small animal runs behind with the head of M. A. Taylor. Through the doorway are seen half the Speaker's chair and the Opposition benches, while the hands of Pitt, who is speaking, project from the left, holding two scrolls: 'O'Conner's list of Secret Traitors' and 'Destruction of Buonaparte - Capture of the French Navy - End of the Irish Rebellion - Voluntary Associations - Europe Arming - Britannia Ruling the Waves'. His words float towards the dismayed Opposition: 'Read o'er This! - And after this! - And then to Breakfast, with what appetite you may!!!' The Opposition are furtively eating papers: Sheridan eats 'Loyalty of the Irish Nation'; Tierney, 'Homage to the French Con[? stitution]'. Between them is squeezed the hat of C. Fox, indicating that between them they have left little room for their leader. Erskine, the egotist [see BMSat 9246, &c], eats 'my own Loyalty'; Shuckburgh, 'French lib[erty]'; Nicholls, 'a Letter to W Pitt'; Burdett, 'Egalité'; an unidentified member eats 'Peace or Ruin'. All wear hats except Burdett and Erskine. The House is lit by candles burnt to the socket, suggesting an all-night sitting. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prudent secesion and Prudent secession
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Two lines of text following title: N.B. The background contains a corner of the House next session, with the reasons for secession; also, a democratic déjeuné, (i.e., Opposition eating up their words)., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: House of Commons -- Opposition: members of the Opposition -- Reference to the Irish Rebellion, 1798 -- Reference to Arthur O'Connor's trial -- Reference to the battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798 -- Dogs: greyhounds -- House of Commons: Speaker's chair., Mounted to 33 x 48 cm., and Watermark: 1794 J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 6th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, and Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Stealing off, or, Prudent secesion [sic] "courageous chief! "the first in flight!" / [graphic]
20. The loyal toast [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.02.03.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire on the seditious toast given by the Duke of Norfolk at the birthday dinner in honor of Charles James Fox, January 24, 1798
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Glass: wine bottles -- Symbols: fool's cap as bonnet rouge -- Emblems: scales of justice.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
- Subject (Topic):
- Boys, Chimney sweeps, Taverns (Inns), and Toasting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The loyal toast [graphic]
21. The storm rising, or, The republican flotilla in danger [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1798]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 798.02.01.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The windlass (right) is turned by Bedford, in profile to the left, Fox, in back view but looking to the raft (left), Sheridan, in profile to the right, and Tierney, coming towards the spectator. From Bedford's pocket hangs a paper: '£1400 Fined, for False Entry of Servants'. All are running, but it is clear that huge waves raised by Pitt will swamp the raft before it reaches shore. All wear coats except Fox, whose coat lies on the ground beside a paper: 'List of the New Republican Ministry. Citizen Volpone, Premier..'.. Fox's shirt is tattered, his hair is tied by a tricolour ribbon. Pitt's profile emerges from clouds in the upper (right) corner; his blast spreads as it reaches the raft, developing into flashes of lightning ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Republican flotilla in danger
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The storm rising, or, The republican flotilla in danger [graphic]
22. The tree of liberty with the devil tempting John Bull [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 May 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.05.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Round a bare and decayed oak-tree is twined a serpent with the head of Fox; he has scaly arms with human hands and holds out a damaged apple inscribed 'Reform', saying, "nice Apple, Johnny! - nice Apple". John Bull (left) is a fat and squat yokel, wearing the Windsor uniform of blue coat with red collar and cuffs. The pockets of his coat and waistcoat bulge with round golden apples. His back is to Fox, towards whom he looks out of the corners of his eyes, saying: "Very nice N'apple indeed! - but my Pokes are all full of Pippins from off t'other Tree: & besides, I hates Medlars, they're so domn'd rotten! that I'se afraid they'll gie me the Guts-ach for all their vine looks!" Fox's scaly tail is coiled round the upper branches; its tip issues from a large cap of 'Liberté', decorated with tricolour cockade and ribbons, which is poised on a branch. The trunk of the tree is 'Opposition'; its roots are: 'Envy', 'Ambition', 'Disappointment'. The main branches are 'Rights of Man' (see BMSat 7867, &c.) and 'Profligacy'. Each rotten apple or medlar has an inscription: 'Democracy.', 'Treason.', 'Slavery.', 'Atheism.', 'Blasphemy.', 'Plunder.', 'Murder.', 'Whig Club', 'Impiety', 'Revolution', 'Conspiracy', 'Corresponding Society', 'Deism', 'Age of Reason' (Paine's deistic book). In the background (right) is an oak in full leaf: its trunk is 'Justice', the roots 'Commons', 'King', 'Lords', the branches 'Laws' and 'Religion'. From it hangs a crown surrounded by 'pippins', some inscribed 'Freedom', 'Happiness', 'Security'. (Cf. BMSat 8287, &c.)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Liberty: tree of liberty -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform -- Literature: Thomas Paine's Rights of Man -- Vices -- Cap of liberty as bonnet rouge -- Serpents -- Reforms., and Watermark: 1794.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 23d, 1798, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tree of liberty with the devil tempting John Bull [graphic]