- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 July 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.07.23.01++ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "The------ [King's] Head, here!" Fox sits in the centre, raising his glass, his right hand on his heart; he looks up ecstatically, saying, "My Soul & Body, both, upon this Toast!!!" On his right. sits Sir Cecil Wray, saying, "O Heav'ns! why I would empty a Chelsea Pensioners small-beer barrel in such a cause!!" [see BMSat 7892]. On the extreme left Sheridan bends forward, avidly filling his glass from a decanter of Sherry; he says, "Damn my Eyes! but I'll pledge you that Toast tho Hell gapes for me." On Fox's left sits Horne Tooke, saying, "I have not drank so glorious a Toast since I was Parson of Brentford, & kept it up with Balf & McQuirk!" (He had tried to secure the execution of these two 'bludgeon men' for murder at the Middlesex Election of 1768; though convicted they were pardoned, see BMSats 4223-4226.) He grasps a decanter of 'Holland[s]' (perhaps indicating attachment to Fox, after previous hostility, cf. BMSat 7652). On the extreme right sits Dr. Lindsey, with (like Sheridan) a drink-blotched face; he drinks, saying, "Amen! Amen!" Before him are two decanters of 'Brandy'. Behind Horne Tooke and Lindsey stands a group of sanctimonious dissenters, with lank hair, much caricatured; three say respectively: "Hear our Prayers: & preserve us from Kings & Whores of Babylon!!!"; "Put enmity between us & the ungodly and bring down the Heads of all Tyrants & usurpers quickly good Lord - Hear us good Lord". and "O! grant the Wishes of thine inheritance". On the wall above Foxs head is a picture of St. Paul's Cathedral; from the façade emerge the heads of three pigs feeding from a trough. This is 'A Pig's-Stye \ a View from Hackney' (an allusion to Priestley's congregation at the Gravel Pit chapel. Hackney, where he had succeeded Price)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 23d, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 July 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.07.23.01++ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "The------ [King's] Head, here!" Fox sits in the centre, raising his glass, his right hand on his heart; he looks up ecstatically, saying, "My Soul & Body, both, upon this Toast!!!" On his right. sits Sir Cecil Wray, saying, "O Heav'ns! why I would empty a Chelsea Pensioners small-beer barrel in such a cause!!" [see BMSat 7892]. On the extreme left Sheridan bends forward, avidly filling his glass from a decanter of Sherry; he says, "Damn my Eyes! but I'll pledge you that Toast tho Hell gapes for me." On Fox's left sits Horne Tooke, saying, "I have not drank so glorious a Toast since I was Parson of Brentford, & kept it up with Balf & McQuirk!" (He had tried to secure the execution of these two 'bludgeon men' for murder at the Middlesex Election of 1768; though convicted they were pardoned, see BMSats 4223-4226.) He grasps a decanter of 'Holland[s]' (perhaps indicating attachment to Fox, after previous hostility, cf. BMSat 7652). On the extreme right sits Dr. Lindsey, with (like Sheridan) a drink-blotched face; he drinks, saying, "Amen! Amen!" Before him are two decanters of 'Brandy'. Behind Horne Tooke and Lindsey stands a group of sanctimonious dissenters, with lank hair, much caricatured; three say respectively: "Hear our Prayers: & preserve us from Kings & Whores of Babylon!!!"; "Put enmity between us & the ungodly and bring down the Heads of all Tyrants & usurpers quickly good Lord - Hear us good Lord". and "O! grant the Wishes of thine inheritance". On the wall above Foxs head is a picture of St. Paul's Cathedral; from the façade emerge the heads of three pigs feeding from a trough. This is 'A Pig's-Stye \ a View from Hackney' (an allusion to Priestley's congregation at the Gravel Pit chapel. Hackney, where he had succeeded Price)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., 1 print : etching, hand-colored, on laid paper ; sheet 280 x 496 mm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges, and two holes have been cut from sheet and repaired., Added in contemporary hand in lower right of sheet: These are the Friends of the Constitution., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 23d, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 May 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.05.14.01++ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox as Guy Vaux kneels on one knee beside a pile of three barrels which he is about to fire with a lighted paper inscribed 'Rights of Man', holding up a dark lantern in his left hand. Burke, dressed as a watchman, rushes towards him and seizes Fox's left wrist, turning the rays of the lantern on his face, while he springs the rattle in his outstretched right hand. His long staff rests on his shoulder and he wears a long coat with a triple collar, badged on the left sleeve with a crown. He says, ""Hold Miscreant - I arrest thee in the name of the British Constitution, which thou art undermining - I arrest thee in the name of human nature, which thou hast most cruelly outraged; - I arrest thee in the name of that Monarch whom thou dost wish to deprive of dignity, & of that people whom thou hast most basely deluded! - Nay, no fawning: - thy Tears & thy hypocrisy make no impression on the mind of truth & Loyalty: - therefore, Enemy of all good! yeild to that punishmt which has long waited those "crimes which are left as yet unwhipt of Justice"". Fox, who wears a slouch hat and a long cloak buttoned over his mouth, says, "O Lord! O Lord! that ever my aim should be discover'd when I had taken such pains to disguise myself - for Heavens sake, Watchman, what have I done that I should be apprehended? - what have I done only answer me that! - dare you accuse me only for what you think I intended to do ? - have I ever assassinated the King, or blown up the Lords ? - as to this Gunpowder here, I only intended to set fire to it merely to clear the Nation of Buggs: - for goodness sake do let me go: - or if I must suffer do let it be without holding up my own dark Lanthorn in my Face, for my Eyes are so weak with crying to think I should be charged with such Villainy, that I cannot bear the Light." Large tears fall from his eyes. The barrels are inscribed 'Gunpowder', one 'for the King', another 'for the House of Lords'. Behind, Sheridan escapes up a flight of steps, he follows another conspirator whose leg is visible on the extreme right. He says, I must be off while I can; as to my Friend there, why, if he does go to pot there's the more room for me! - I wish I could squeeze out a Tear or two as well as he, it might impose on the Mob, if they should stop me: - but I've come that humbug so often before, that my Eyes - Da-n my Eyes! there's not one drop left in them." ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in lower right corner of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: NB his associates were all taken afterwards & executed., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Charles Fox as Guy Vaux -- Allusion to George II, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Plot against House of Lords -- Gunpowder Plot, 1604 -- Dark lantern -- Watchman's rattle -- Burke as watchman -- Watchman's staff -- Denounced coalition -- Quarrel: Fox and Burke, 1791 -- Puns: 'Vaux' for Fox -- Burke's spectacles., 1 print : etching, hand-colored, on laid paper ; sheet 356 x 502 mm, mounted to 37 x 56 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Identifications in Thomas Kirgate's hand written at bottom of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guy-Vaux discovered in his attempt to destroy the King & the House of Lords his companions attempting to escape. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 May 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.05.14.01++ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox as Guy Vaux kneels on one knee beside a pile of three barrels which he is about to fire with a lighted paper inscribed 'Rights of Man', holding up a dark lantern in his left hand. Burke, dressed as a watchman, rushes towards him and seizes Fox's left wrist, turning the rays of the lantern on his face, while he springs the rattle in his outstretched right hand. His long staff rests on his shoulder and he wears a long coat with a triple collar, badged on the left sleeve with a crown. He says, ""Hold Miscreant - I arrest thee in the name of the British Constitution, which thou art undermining - I arrest thee in the name of human nature, which thou hast most cruelly outraged; - I arrest thee in the name of that Monarch whom thou dost wish to deprive of dignity, & of that people whom thou hast most basely deluded! - Nay, no fawning: - thy Tears & thy hypocrisy make no impression on the mind of truth & Loyalty: - therefore, Enemy of all good! yeild to that punishmt which has long waited those "crimes which are left as yet unwhipt of Justice"". Fox, who wears a slouch hat and a long cloak buttoned over his mouth, says, "O Lord! O Lord! that ever my aim should be discover'd when I had taken such pains to disguise myself - for Heavens sake, Watchman, what have I done that I should be apprehended? - what have I done only answer me that! - dare you accuse me only for what you think I intended to do ? - have I ever assassinated the King, or blown up the Lords ? - as to this Gunpowder here, I only intended to set fire to it merely to clear the Nation of Buggs: - for goodness sake do let me go: - or if I must suffer do let it be without holding up my own dark Lanthorn in my Face, for my Eyes are so weak with crying to think I should be charged with such Villainy, that I cannot bear the Light." Large tears fall from his eyes. The barrels are inscribed 'Gunpowder', one 'for the King', another 'for the House of Lords'. Behind, Sheridan escapes up a flight of steps, he follows another conspirator whose leg is visible on the extreme right. He says, I must be off while I can; as to my Friend there, why, if he does go to pot there's the more room for me! - I wish I could squeeze out a Tear or two as well as he, it might impose on the Mob, if they should stop me: - but I've come that humbug so often before, that my Eyes - Da-n my Eyes! there's not one drop left in them." ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in lower right corner of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: NB his associates were all taken afterwards & executed., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Charles Fox as Guy Vaux -- Allusion to George II, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Plot against House of Lords -- Gunpowder Plot, 1604 -- Dark lantern -- Watchman's rattle -- Burke as watchman -- Watchman's staff -- Denounced coalition -- Quarrel: Fox and Burke, 1791 -- Puns: 'Vaux' for Fox -- Burke's spectacles., and Watermark: Turkey Mills J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guy-Vaux discovered in his attempt to destroy the King & the House of Lords his companions attempting to escape. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.03.01.04++ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Under the title: 'Description. - A Guillotine, which is placed on the Throne; the royal Chairs being removed, pour accomoder les Etrangers, (in English) To accommodate the Strangers. Two Turkish Mutes, with strangling Bowstrings, each his hand on his Mouth, stand as Supporters. The House empty of Peers. On a Board is written, "Solitudinem faciunt, Pacem appellant". (in English)" They (that is, the French) "create Solitude, and call it Peace". - The Cap of Liberty [Liberté] above the Canopy, below which is painted in capital Letters, "Confusion to all Order". - A French Admiral [right], looking at the Tapestry, which represents the Defeat of ye Spanish invincible Armada, & the Portraits of the Immortal English Commanders, says "Me like not de Omen; destroy it." French Soldiers with Swords, Pikes, & screwed Bayonets, attack the Tapestry, on one Side of the Room [right]. A Sea Captain, on the Top of a Ladder [left], tears down ye Tapestry from above ; his Lieutenant sets fire to it below, & at the same Time pulls the Foot of the Ladder, to break his Superior's Neck; saying, "This is an easier Way of getting Preferment than de English Way." - "Un Commandant en Chef (in English) The Commander in Chief, in his full Republican Uniform, pointing at the Mace says, "Here take away this Bauble; but if there be any Gold on it, send it to my Lodging." - A [ragged] French Soldier carries it away on his Shoulder. The Bust of Felton [assassin of Buckingham, 1628] on the Table, in the Middle between those of Damien & Ravillac.' [Dalrymple, op. cit., pp. 3-4.] See BMSat 9180."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Price 6 d. Colourd. 1 sh. 3 d.", Three columns of text below image: Description. A guillotine, which is placed on the throne ..., Temporary local subject terms: Threat of French invasion -- Interior of House of Lords -- Allusion to Spanish Armada -- Cap of Liberty -- Strangling Turkish bowstrings -- Bayoneted guns with screws -- Military: French soldiers -- French navy officers -- French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Mute Turks -- Theft of maces -- Ships: Galleons -- Ladders -- Thrones -- Tapestries -- Pikes -- Busts -- Guillotines -- Propaganda -- Swords -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Torches., and Watermark: 1794 J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by Js. Gillray, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Felton, John, 1595?-1628., Damiens, Robert François, 1715-1757., and Ravaillac, François, 1578-1610.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > We explain de rights of man to de noblesse scene, the House of Lords / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.03.01.04++ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Under the title: 'Description. - A Guillotine, which is placed on the Throne; the royal Chairs being removed, pour accomoder les Etrangers, (in English) To accommodate the Strangers. Two Turkish Mutes, with strangling Bowstrings, each his hand on his Mouth, stand as Supporters. The House empty of Peers. On a Board is written, "Solitudinem faciunt, Pacem appellant". (in English)" They (that is, the French) "create Solitude, and call it Peace". - The Cap of Liberty [Liberté] above the Canopy, below which is painted in capital Letters, "Confusion to all Order". - A French Admiral [right], looking at the Tapestry, which represents the Defeat of ye Spanish invincible Armada, & the Portraits of the Immortal English Commanders, says "Me like not de Omen; destroy it." French Soldiers with Swords, Pikes, & screwed Bayonets, attack the Tapestry, on one Side of the Room [right]. A Sea Captain, on the Top of a Ladder [left], tears down ye Tapestry from above ; his Lieutenant sets fire to it below, & at the same Time pulls the Foot of the Ladder, to break his Superior's Neck; saying, "This is an easier Way of getting Preferment than de English Way." - "Un Commandant en Chef (in English) The Commander in Chief, in his full Republican Uniform, pointing at the Mace says, "Here take away this Bauble; but if there be any Gold on it, send it to my Lodging." - A [ragged] French Soldier carries it away on his Shoulder. The Bust of Felton [assassin of Buckingham, 1628] on the Table, in the Middle between those of Damien & Ravillac.' [Dalrymple, op. cit., pp. 3-4.] See BMSat 9180."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Price 6 d. Colourd. 1 sh. 3 d.", Three columns of text below image: Description. A guillotine, which is placed on the throne ..., Temporary local subject terms: Threat of French invasion -- Interior of House of Lords -- Allusion to Spanish Armada -- Cap of Liberty -- Strangling Turkish bowstrings -- Bayoneted guns with screws -- Military: French soldiers -- French navy officers -- French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Mute Turks -- Theft of maces -- Ships: Galleons -- Ladders -- Thrones -- Tapestries -- Pikes -- Busts -- Guillotines -- Propaganda -- Swords -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Torches., 1 print on wove paper : etching with engraving in red ink ; sheet 35.1 x 40.5 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered in ms. in right margin: 248., and Partial watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by Js. Gillray, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Felton, John, 1595?-1628., Damiens, Robert François, 1715-1757., and Ravaillac, François, 1578-1610.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > We explain de rights of man to de noblesse scene, the House of Lords / [graphic]