Title from heading above image., A. Sharpshooter identified tentatively as John Phillips. See British Museum catalogue., Numerous small designs, many of them individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Through the folding doors of the House of Commons rats are seen fleeing from the Opposition benches and leaping from the gallery above. In the foreground, scampering down steps leading to the lobby, are rats with human faces: Fox and 'Grey' (collar so inscribed) are first, followed by Sheridan and Erskine and little M. A. Taylor. The Speaker and the two Clerks look astounded. Pitt is speaking; he holds a paper: 'Rights of Parliamt'. Next him on the front bench sits the bulky Dundas in Highland dress, and next Dundas the tiny Wilberforce. These three, though on a small scale, are fully characterized. Behind them are the serried ranks of the Government, holding up their hands in astonishment, as do others in the gallery. A few members of the Opposition, not transformed into rats, stand behind the Speaker's chair (right). The wall of the House is damaged by rats, some of whom are escaping through holes they have made. On the wall beside the door (left) are bills: 'Virtue Triumphant or the Expulsion of Vice and Opposition Silenced.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Opposition-rats leaving the House they have undermined
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons -- Opposition: members of the Opposition as rats -- Parliamentary reforms: reference to Grey's motion for reform -- Parliamentary secessions.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 28th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
"The Duchess of Devonshire (right), wearing very wide hooped petticoats, shelters a fox beneath them. Its head projects from a slit which she holds open with her hands, its tail shows between her feet. She says:"Here my dear Reynard when all trouble's past, You'll find a Borrough open at the last."Her hat is trimmed with the usual ostrich plumes and fox's brush, cf. BMSat 6530, &c. North stands facing her, saying "He's IN for a Borrough". Beneath the design is inscribed:"In vain may Wits reprove, and Criticks blame, Nor shall concealment in this cause defame, Reynard in gratitude of such protection, Now pays the devoirs of his Election.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Parliment scrutiny, or, A borrough in reserve, Borough in reserve, and Parliament scrutiny
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Satire alludes to the Orkney boroughs., and Watermark top center of sheet: [...] R . Countermark in center of sheet: IV.
Publisher:
Pubd by E. Rich, April 28, 1784, No. 55 opposite Anderson's Coffee house, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Great Britain. Parliament
Drawing showing the interior of the Great Parlour or Refectory at Strawberry Hill. The chimney-piece is visible at left, above which hang the portraits of Sir Horace and Galfridus Mann flanking a painting by Reynolds. On the right, the large painting of the Ladies Waldegrave hangs above a bureau on which a clock with a bronze figure of a reading woman sits. On the far wall is a window with some painted glass at top, on either side of which hangs a pier glass. Against the left wall are two sofas upholstered in red and white; black chairs of Gothic design are against the opposite wall on the right. Two other chairs, small tables, vases, and additional paintings complete the visible furnishings of the room. An ornate border lines the tops of the walls
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 35 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Parlors, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Chairs, Sofas, Clocks, and Windows
Title from item., Plate numbered '345' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of descriptive text below design: An excellent comedian, in Staffordshire had played the part of Risk, in 'Love Laughs at Locksmiths,' with much applause...Vide Montlhy Mirror for Feby., 1804, page 133., Five numbered verses of a song "The bailiff" arranged in the lower potion of the print:. Sung to the tune of "Miss Bailey.", and Temporary local subject terms: Bailiff.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Parson Adams and Fanny examined as culprits before the country Justice
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Fourth in a series of 8 illustrations to Henry Fielding's The Adventures of Joseph Andrews ... from the 1792 Edinburgh edition, p. 130., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: taverns -- Lawyers: country justice -- Domestic servants: cooks -- Furniture: tables -- Slipcovered chairs -- Smoking: pipes -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Drinking glasses -- Night watchmen -- Lighting: watchman's lantern -- Pictures amplifying subject., and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
Title from item, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixth in a series of 8 illustrations to Henry Fielding's The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews ... from the 1792 Edinburgh edition, p. 233., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Ducking -- Practical jokes: ducking -- Clergy: parsons -- Tubs -- Furniture: chairs -- Stools -- Pictures amplifying subject., and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Fifth in a series of 8 illustrations to Henry Fielding's The Adventures of Joseph Andrews ... from the 1792 Edinburgh edition, p. 219., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Clergy: parsons -- Dogs: hunting dogs -- Hunters., and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... where may be seen a compleat model of the guilotine [sic], the head and hand of Count Struenzee & the largest collection of caracaturs [sic] in the world., Two images on one plate. Two columns of text under each image: Good precepts ... , But bad examples ... ., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: church -- Churches: pulpit -- Church clerks --Clergy: parsons -- Brothels -- Prostitutes -- Walking staves -- Watches -- Pickpocketing -- Allusion to gambling -- Book of Common Prayer -- Lighting: watchman's lantern -- Watchmen -- Covent Garden., and "The Revd. B. W--d" added in contemporary hand at top of first image. "Revd. W--d" in another contemporary hand in upper right corner of plate. In both instances internal letters of the name blackened out with ink.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 20, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly