- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 22 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.22.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
- Alternative Title:
- Devil addressing the sun
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date based on that of earlier state with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 15th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.04.15.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Allusion to Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, The tempest -- Coalitions: Fox-North, 1783 -- Mythology: Allusion to Bacchus -- Dice-box as a compass -- Sun eclipses -- Fool's caps -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., Partial watermark top center of sheet., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by T. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and England.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament, and Royal George (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Political elections, Shipwrecks, Barrels, and Gambling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reynard's hope a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1792.
- Call Number:
- 792.03.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Notorious rakes and gamblers ride or run furiously towards rays descending from a sun in the upper left corner of the design inscribed 'Chance'; its centre, a segment of which is visible, is composed of the letters on an 'E.O.' (roulette) table (cf. British Museum Satires No. 5928). The foremost pair are the Duke of Clarence and the Prince of Wales; the Duke, slightly ahead, wears a chamber-pot on his head marked with an anchor (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7909) and sits behind Mrs. Jordan, who cries, "Push away! that's your sort!" He cries, "Straight Sailing! that's your sort!" Both the horses have human heads; that of the Duke says, "I'm the Sort for Leading; that of the Prince is Fox." The Prince's hat with feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' flies from his head, two women sit behind him; the one holding his waist (? Mrs. Crouch) says, "No Jealous Fitz - that's your sort!" The other, seated behind her, holds the end of the Prince's shirt, she has a large fox's brush and is probably Mrs. Armistead; she says, "Well done Charley! That's your sort!" The Prince says, "I'm the sort for a Widow - she's done over!" Mrs. Fitzherbert has fallen from the horse into a stream and holds out her arms towards the Prince. From the water emerges a post inscribed 'Styx', a bridge or culvert beside it is 'Hazard'. Behind this group the Duke of York runs forward, wearing a hat made of playing-cards surmounted by a teetotum inscribed 'ABC....' In his right hand he holds out a dice-box inscribed 'Oat - ' shaking from it two dice inscribed 'la' and 'nds' (he had recently bought Oatlands); in his left is a tennis racquet. He wears regimentals; the ribbon across his shoulder is formed of playing-cards; at his back is a knapsack full of 'Tennis Balls' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7903) which resemble guineas. He says, "I'm the sort! for running out!" For his gaming see British Museum Satires No. 7301 (5), &c. Just behind him ride three bloods with cropped hair, wearing the high hats, long breeches, and coats with shawl collars hanging away from the neck which such young men affected (see British Museum Satires No. 8040, &c). The one nearest the spectator rides a horse with a bandage over his eyes inscribed 'Lottery Hack'; he looks up, regardless of the fact that he is riding into a pit, and points with his long whip to a castle resting on clouds inscribed 'Illegal Insurance' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7750); he says, "That's your sort - I'm in for it - I shall do the deep Ones!" The other two shout, "Go it! Dam'me! that 's your sort!" and "Dam Trade! Life and a Racer! that 's your sort." Behind this group is a couple on a galloping horse: a stout jovial woman wearing breeches rides astride, waving her whip, behind her sits an anxious-looking elderly citizen, wearing petticoats. He says, "We're the wrong side of Temple Bar, my dear, we are only the sort to be laughed at"; she answers, "Peace good Mr Jerry Candle-wick, its life! and Life and the Breeches! thats the sort." By their horse's head is a signpost inscribed 'Rotten Row', with a pointing hand inscribed 'Hoyle' (on Whist), the vertical post inscribed 'Crim. con.' The last rider is a stout woman, probably Mrs. Hobart (noted for her faro-table, see British Museum Satires No. 8167), on a rocking-horse inscribed 'Faro'; she carries on her arm a wicker cage containing pigeons and says, "Unplucked Pidgeons! that's the sort." In the foreground on the extreme right an elderly Jew sits on a bank watching the mad race with a smile; he says, "50 per Cent! dats de sort! if dey ride to de Devil, dey leave coot Security behind, Ah! Security! dot's de sort." Near him is a card house; at his feet is the Knave of Clubs. In the front of the design and near the Duke of York are other playing cards (left to right): four aces, the two of diamonds, King of Hearts, and (?) Queen of Diamonds, the last two having some resemblance to George III and Queen Charlotte."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Dent
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Social life and customs, Horses, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Road to ruin [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 March 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.03.04.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Unverified attribution to Dent from local card catalog., Publication information from the Library of Congress copy. Cf. LC 3:42., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dissenters -- Symbols: dove of peace -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Dice and dice-box -- Reference to St. Stephen's Chapel -- Reference to the House of Commons -- Literature: reference to Richard Price's Observations on civil liberty -- Literature: reference to Edmund Burke's A philosophical inquiry into the origin of the sublime and beautiful -- Acts: repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Thirty-nine articles -- Votes: majority 189 on repeal of Test and Corporation Act., and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Dent
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Defecation, Gambling, Playing cards, and Vomiting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The host of dissenters and St. Charles their black convert routed by the Church canon. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 February 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.02.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The fat and florid Lady Buckinghamshire, seated at the head of her faro-table, throws up her arms in dismay, turning towards her husband, who enters through a door (left), saying, "The Bank's stole! - we're ruin'd my Lady! - but I'll run to Bow Street & fix the Saddle upon the right horse, my Lady!" She exclaims: "The Bank stole, my Lord? - why I secur'd it in the Housekeepers-room myself! - this comes of admitting Jacobins into the house! - Ah! the Cheats! Seven Hundred gone smack; - without a single Cock of the Cards!" She fills the centre of the design, and is much larger than her husband. Her guests are crowded together on the right. A pretty young woman, Mrs. Concannon, seated on her left, clasps her hands, exclaiming, "Bank stole! - why I had a Gold snuffbox stole last night from my Table in Grafton Street." Lady Archer, on the extreme right, on the nearer side of the table, turns a corvine and angry profile towards Lord Buckinghamshire, saying, "Stole! - bless me why a Lady had her Pocket pick'd at my House last Monday." Opposite her sits Fox, wearing a hat and putting his hand over his mouth, saying, "Zounds! I hope they dont Smoke me." Sheridan looks over his shoulder, saying, "nor me". Behind Fox, Hanger stands in profile to the left, wearing a hat and holding his bludgeon; he says: "O! if they come to the Mount, if I don't tip them Shelalee" (see BMSat 8889). ... The door (left) resembles that of a strongroom, with two heavy locks and three bolts."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Rook's pigeon'd and Rook's pigeoned
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text following title: "When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Literature: Quotation from Nathaniel Lee's The Rival Queens, iv. ii.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby 2d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hobart, Robert, Earl of Buckinghamshire, 1760-1816, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobins, Card games, Floor coverings, Gambling, Robberies, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The loss of the faro-bank, or, The rook's pigeon'd [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.02.01.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Young cub attended by the clerks of the Admiralty at Arthurs
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Publication place and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to a letter describing Charles James Fox's gambling proclivities while in the post of the Lord of the Admiralty., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 28., and Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Arthur's -- Domestic service: scullion boy -- Reference to the Lord of Admiralty -- Admiralty clerks -- Reference to Hoyle.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Baskets, Chickens, Clerks, Cooks, Dogs, Food, Foxes, Gambling, Kitchens, Servants, and Tableware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The young cub attended by [the] clerks of [the] Ad----l-ty at Ar--rs in the kitchen whilst the French cook & scullion boy laugh at him [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 22d, 1788.
- Call Number:
- 788.04.22.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Wind shifted from the North to the East
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified card catalog., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation: Shakespeare -- Warts., Owner's mark: Lugt., no. 2832., Mounted to 33 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs for the proprietor by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street & W. Dickie, opposite Exeter change
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, America., and India.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Obesity, Colonies, Weather vanes, and Gambling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, The wind shifted from the North to the East [graphic].