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1. Banco to the knave [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.12.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Twenty-six members of the old and new ministries sit around a card table; North and Fox (the latter with a fox's head) appearing most prominently, together with Thurlow, Grey Cooper, the Duke of Richmond, John Dunning, Wilkes, Barré, and John Cavendish
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Extensively annotated on verso in an unknown hand with descriptions of persons potrayed in the image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 12th, 1782 by H. Humphrey, No. 118 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons, Politics and government, Card games, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Banco to the knave [graphic].
2. Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.10.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. Britain's foreign enemies, America (shownas an Indian), France, Spain and Holland run away with the spoils
- Alternative Title:
- Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from The art of poetry on a new plan by Oliver Goldsmith, 1761, v. 2, p. 147., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 25 x 36 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].
3. Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad' driven back to his native potatoes. See Romish Common-Wealth. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts Burke wearing spectacles and wig, but in monastic habit as an Irish Jesuit. He is seated on a stool peeling a potato, at a table on which is a chamber pot full of steaming potatoes, and at the other end a keg of whisky supporting a broken crucifix. Beneath the table dance 3 demons. A reference to Burke's resignation after the death of Rockingham, and to his support of the Catholic Relief Act
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 23d, 1782, by Eh. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Ireland
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Monks, Demons, Chamber pots, Potatoes, Tableware, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Anti-Catholicism
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad' driven back to his native potatoes. See Romish Common-Wealth. [graphic]
4. Evacuation before resignation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.21.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Within an oval design, Rockingham is shown seated on a close stool labelled "Publick Reservoir". He vomits into a hat held by Burke, while behind him stand Cavendish, Fox, and Thomas Powys, M.P. for Northamptonshire. A satire on Burke's Bill of economical reform
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Possibly a later reprint.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 21st, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Defecation, Vomiting, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Evacuation before resignation [graphic].
5. Guy Vaux [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 15 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.06.15.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
- Description:
- Title from item., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guy Vaux [graphic].
6. Paradise lost [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 12. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., and Mounted on page 19.
- Publisher:
- Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Paradise lost [graphic]
7. Paradise lost [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 12. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 27.2 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 29.6 x 24.8 cm., Mounted on leaf 12 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
- Publisher:
- Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Paradise lost [graphic]
8. Paradise lost [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.17.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 12. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., DeGrey's note below plate mark., and Matted to 49 x 62 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Paradise lost [graphic]