"Fox (right) kneels in profile to the left, firing point-blank from a blunderbuss at a post which roughly suggests George III in back view: it is surmounted by a short wig and a hunting-cap decorated with the royal arms; round a protuberance simulating posteriors a circle is drawn with a bull's-eye at which Fox is firing. He is much caricatured, with large head and short fat legs; he wears a slouch hat with the inscription 'Ca-Ira', and has a pleased and sinister smile. Behind him Priestley (left) and Sheridan (right) face each other in profile with conspiratorial smiles. Sheridan is ramming the barrel of a pistol, saying, "Well! this new Game is delightful! - O Heavens! if I could but once Pop the Post!!! then you and me, - Dear Brother P, - Would sing with glee, - Full merrily Ca-ira! Ca-ira! Ca-ira!" Priestley holds out to him two books: "on the Glory of Revolution and on the Folly of Religion & Order", saying, "Here's plenty of Wadding for to ram down the Charge with, to give it force, & to make a loud Report.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Swedes practising at a post
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden, March 1792 -- Guns: blunderbuss -- Pistol -- Targets: George III as a shooting target -- Toadstools -- Arms: royal arms -- Literature: books by Joseph Priestley satirized -- Music: c̦a ira., and Watermark: Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 19th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
"The heads and shoulders of the King and Queen (left) and of Dundas (right) face each other; Dundas holds a letter with a broken seal postmarked Bristol; he leans forward with a satisfied and cunning smile, saying, "Seringapatam is taken! Tippo is wounded! & Millions of Pagodas secured." He wears a plaid across his shoulders and a legal wig. The King and Queen, much caricatured, have expressions of surprised delight; George III, who wears a hunting-cap, raises his hands, saying, "Tally ho! ho! ho! ho!" Queen Charlotte, beside and behind him, says, "O the dear, sweet Pagodas"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Nincumpoop in high glee
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state of a print originally published with the imprint: Pubd. May 23d, 1792, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields. Cf. No. 8094 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the fall of Seringapatam -- Allusion to Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 -- Allusion to the 3rd Mysore War, 1790-1792 -- Windsor uniforms.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23d, 1792, by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"The King and Queen, much caricatured, sit side by side in a latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down apprehensively and excreting. They look in horror towards Pitt, who rushes in, terrified, from a door (right), holding out a paper inscribed 'News from Sweden', and saying, "Another Monarch done over!" He is grotesquely thin. The King rises slightly, holding his stomach, and saying, "What ? Shot ? What ? what ? what ? Shot! shot! shot!" He wears a nightcap tied with a ribbon inscribed 'Honi Soit qui M . . . '. The Queen is a shrunken and huddled figure; both have grotesquely agitated expressions."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
News of shooting the King of Sweden
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date of printing based on that of Bohn's suppressed plates., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Reissue, probably from Bohn, ii, suppressed plates. Cf. No. 8080 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: latrine -- Male costume: royal night cap -- Emblems: burlesqued royal arms -- Allusion to assassination of Gustavus III.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 11th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"The King sits in an armchair in profile to the left, bending forward to eat a boiled egg, holding the egg-cup in his left hand. Opposite him, and partly concealed by the left margin, sits the Queen, avidly stuffing salad into her mouth. On the small round table are a bowl of salad and two jugs or oil and vinegar. Everything in the room denotes miserliness: the King has tucked the end of the table-cloth into his collar to protect his dress; his breeches are patched; his chair is swathed in protective coverings, his feet rest on a mat which protects the carpet. A richly chased flagon, decorated with the royal arms, which stands on the ground beside him, is inscribed 'Aqua Regis'. The handle of the bell-pull is covered by a bag. Behind the King's back, and on the extreme right, is a fire-place; in the grate is a vase containing snowdrops, holly, and mistletoe, to show that although it is winter there is no fire (cf. BMSat 7322). A grotesque figure in relief squats above the oval grate, his hands in a muff. On the chimney-piece stand a small pair of scales such as were then used for weighing guineas; see BMSat 5128, &c, resembling those held by the Queen in BMSat 8081; a candelabra formed of a woman's figure, 'Munificence', holding two empty cornucopias; one candle is intact, the other has burned low and is covered by an extinguisher surmounted by a crown. Above the chimney-piece is a picture: 'The fall of Manna', in which the Bible story is realistically depicted: round cakes (? or coins) descend from Heaven and are caught in sacks by Jews wearing contemporary dress; behind are tents and a mountain. Above the King's head hangs an empty picture frame inscribed 'The Triumph of Benevolence'. Below it hangs an oval miniature of the King in profile to the right, inscribed 'The Man of Ross' (John Kyrle (1637-1724), noted for frugality and charity, see 'D.N.B.'), and above it is the lower arc of another empty frame inscribed 'Epicurus'. In the foreground (right) behind the King is an iron-bound and padlocked chest on and beside which are three books: 'Life of Old Elwes' (the miser, a popular work by Topham), 'Dr Cheyne on the benefits of a Spare Diet', and 'Essay on the dearness of Provisions' (cf. BMSat 6993). Behind the Queen is the heavily bolted door of a strong-room; on it hangs a placard: 'Table of Interest, 5 pr Cent. 5 Million . . . 250,000' (&c, the total interest forming a colossal but scarcely legible amount). Above the door is the lower part of an empty frame: 'Parting of the Loaves & Fishes.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Companion print to: "A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: breakfast room -- Doors: door locks -- Dishes: gold service -- Cutlery -- Table settings -- Food: salad -- Food: boiled eggs -- Fireplaces -- Buddhas -- Flower arrangements -- Flagons -- Dishes: cruets -- Muffs -- Placards -- Crowned candle-snuffers -- Chests: iron-bound and padlocked chest -- Furnishings: bell pulls -- Allusion to Epicurus -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Scales -- Bible: Matthew, 15.36 - allusion to loaves and fishes -- Bible: Numbers, 11.9, 'The fall of manna' -- Glasses: crystal glasses -- Literature: George Cheyne, 1671-1743, Works -- Literature: Edward Topham, 1751-1820, Life of Old Elwes -- Allusion to John Kyrle, 1637-1724 -- Furniture: chairs -- Furnishings: bell pull -- Furnishings: slip cover -- Miserliness -- Misers -- Lighting: candelabra.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 28th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Title etched below image., Dated from Thurlow's impending dismissal and the introduction of Fox's Libel Bill., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to John Horne Tooke, 1736-1812 -- Allusion to Honoré-Gabriel-Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791 -- Allusion to Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette -- Travestied slogans: God save the King -- Horace Walpole refers to subject in print, YW 34. 141-142, n. 5 -- Nicknames: "Sherry" for Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- "Renard" for Charles James Fox -- Allusion to National Assembly -- Literature: Allusion to Reflections on the French Revolution by Edmund Burke -- Allusion to The rights of man by Thomas Paine -- Bible quotation: "Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin," Daniel v. 25 -- Hand of Providence -- Royal money as weight -- Great Seal -- Revolutionary societies -- Thurlow's impending dismissal -- Bills: Libel Bill -- Parliamentary reform -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Travesties: French Revolutionary playbill -- Expressions of speech: George III's "What, what, what" -- French Revolutionary cockades -- Winged head of cherub -- Balance -- Whigs -- Tories -- Double entendres -- Allusion to Regency crisis -- Clergy: Allusion to leveling -- Jacobins -- Symbols: Scale of merit -- Pitt's usurpation of prerogative., Watermark: L.V.G., and Numbered in pencil in upper right corner of sheet: 449.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Within a handsome room, whose roof is supported by Corinthian columns, is a medley of playing-cards: the whole suit of clubs headed by the king and queen. On the extreme right is the knave (Fox), who is being kicked out of the door by the toe of the king which protrudes beyond the lower right corner of the card. Fox looks alarmed, saying, "Now I must associate". The queen holds a shield on which are the arms of the City of London. A banner emerging from the cards is inscribed: 'Associations for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans & Levellers'. Above the door (right) is a picture: 'Plan of a new Constitution'; a house of cards is being demolished by a blast inscribed 'Loyalty' which issues from a head in the upper left corner; the topmost (but dislodged) card is the knave of clubs. On the extreme left are two rats: one holds up a card, a ten of (mixed) clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades; he says, "Association of the Dissenters" (the initial word 'loyal' has been scored through). The other rat watches him, saying, "As the Cards are against us we had better join the Clubs"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Game of beat knave out of doors
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text below title: NB This game should be play'd with all the knaves of the pack., Temporary local subject terms: Associations: Association for Preserving Liberty & Property Against Republicans & Levellers -- Cards: Royal clubs -- Vermin -- Loyalty -- House of cards., and Mounted on page 75 with one other print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"Within a handsome room, whose roof is supported by Corinthian columns, is a medley of playing-cards: the whole suit of clubs headed by the king and queen. On the extreme right is the knave (Fox), who is being kicked out of the door by the toe of the king which protrudes beyond the lower right corner of the card. Fox looks alarmed, saying, "Now I must associate". The queen holds a shield on which are the arms of the City of London. A banner emerging from the cards is inscribed: 'Associations for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans & Levellers'. Above the door (right) is a picture: 'Plan of a new Constitution'; a house of cards is being demolished by a blast inscribed 'Loyalty' which issues from a head in the upper left corner; the topmost (but dislodged) card is the knave of clubs. On the extreme left are two rats: one holds up a card, a ten of (mixed) clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades; he says, "Association of the Dissenters" (the initial word 'loyal' has been scored through). The other rat watches him, saying, "As the Cards are against us we had better join the Clubs"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Game of beat knave out of doors
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text below title: NB This game should be play'd with all the knaves of the pack., Temporary local subject terms: Associations: Association for Preserving Liberty & Property Against Republicans & Levellers -- Cards: Royal clubs -- Vermin -- Loyalty -- House of cards., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 20 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 21.7 x 25.5 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 56 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"Within a handsome room, whose roof is supported by Corinthian columns, is a medley of playing-cards: the whole suit of clubs headed by the king and queen. On the extreme right is the knave (Fox), who is being kicked out of the door by the toe of the king which protrudes beyond the lower right corner of the card. Fox looks alarmed, saying, "Now I must associate". The queen holds a shield on which are the arms of the City of London. A banner emerging from the cards is inscribed: 'Associations for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans & Levellers'. Above the door (right) is a picture: 'Plan of a new Constitution'; a house of cards is being demolished by a blast inscribed 'Loyalty' which issues from a head in the upper left corner; the topmost (but dislodged) card is the knave of clubs. On the extreme left are two rats: one holds up a card, a ten of (mixed) clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades; he says, "Association of the Dissenters" (the initial word 'loyal' has been scored through). The other rat watches him, saying, "As the Cards are against us we had better join the Clubs"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Game of beat knave out of doors
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text below title: NB This game should be play'd with all the knaves of the pack., Temporary local subject terms: Associations: Association for Preserving Liberty & Property Against Republicans & Levellers -- Cards: Royal clubs -- Vermin -- Loyalty -- House of cards., and Mounted to 33 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"Thurlow, seated on the Woolsack, and George III who stands on the extreme left, tug at the bag of the Great Seal, while Pitt and Grenville (right) attempt to dislodge the Chancellor. The King, in profile to the right, tugs with both hands, saying, "What! What! What! - pull against me Neddy? pull against me? - no! no! no! - 'twont do! Neddy! 'twont do! leave go! leave go! Neddy - dont put me in a passion Neddy - but leave go Neddy - " Thurlow, holding one tassel, says: "Take it ingrate! - and then farewell, - O damnation I've touched the highest point of all my greatness - damnation And from that full meridian of my glory - damnation I haste now to my setting - I shall fall - damnation Like a bright exhalation in the evening - damnation And no man see me more - Damnation! O damnation" Pitt, kneeling on one knee, tugs with both hands at the back of the woolsack, saying, "Yeo! Yeo! - this one pull more Billy-Ranger, and we shall secure every thing into our own Family, and then leave me alone to take a pull at Old Nobbs [the King], & John Bull." Grenville, also on one knee, pulls with both hands at the Chancellor's wig; he says, "Bravo! Cousin Billy! - pull away! - now again! - I have a mighty fancy for this Wig! I think it would add dignity to my Ranger, & Secretaryship!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from those of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate numbered "112[?]" in upper right corner., Plate from: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn by C. Whiting, [1849?]., For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 8096 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and With an impression on the verso of a reprint of James Gillray's, with number in upper right '80': Vices overlook'd in the new proclamation. [London] : Pubd. May 24th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18, Old Bond Street, [24 May 1792].
Publisher:
Pubd. May 24th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
"Thurlow, seated on the Woolsack, and George III who stands on the extreme left, tug at the bag of the Great Seal, while Pitt and Grenville (right) attempt to dislodge the Chancellor. The King, in profile to the right, tugs with both hands, saying, "What! What! What! - pull against me Neddy? pull against me? - no! no! no! - 'twont do! Neddy! 'twont do! leave go! leave go! Neddy - dont put me in a passion Neddy - but leave go Neddy - " Thurlow, holding one tassel, says: "Take it ingrate! - and then farewell, - O damnation I've touched the highest point of all my greatness - damnation And from that full meridian of my glory - damnation I haste now to my setting - I shall fall - damnation Like a bright exhalation in the evening - damnation And no man see me more - Damnation! O damnation" Pitt, kneeling on one knee, tugs with both hands at the back of the woolsack, saying, "Yeo! Yeo! - this one pull more Billy-Ranger, and we shall secure every thing into our own Family, and then leave me alone to take a pull at Old Nobbs [the King], & John Bull." Grenville, also on one knee, pulls with both hands at the Chancellor's wig; he says, "Bravo! Cousin Billy! - pull away! - now again! - I have a mighty fancy for this Wig! I think it would add dignity to my Ranger, & Secretaryship!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from those of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate numbered "112[?]" in upper right corner., Plate from: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn by C. Whiting, [1849?]., For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 8096 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and With an impression on the verso of a reprint of James Gillray's, with number in upper right '80': Vices overlook'd in the new proclamation. [London] : Pubd. May 24th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18, Old Bond Street, [24 May 1792].
Publisher:
Pubd. May 24th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806