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37. The W-st-r just-asses a braying, or, The downfall of the E.O. table [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.26.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An E.O. or roulette table lies broken in the street as four men attack it with mallets and other tools. Two attackers, the Bow Street magistrates Addington and Wright, are depicted with donkey's heads. Three constables are also shown, one attempting to stop the violence, the other two joining in the attack. A commentary on the enforcement of anti-gaming laws
- Alternative Title:
- Westminster just-asses a braying and Downfall of the E.O. table
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Text below title: NB. The jack-asses are to be indemnified for all the mischief they do, by the bulls & bears of the city.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 26th, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Addington, William, Sir, -1811, Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793, and Bond, John, active 1782
- Subject (Topic):
- Vandalism, Donkeys, Judges, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The W-st-r just-asses a braying, or, The downfall of the E.O. table [graphic].
38. The castle in the moon a new adventure not mentioned by Cerventes. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.22.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At the top of a cliff overlooking the sea, Don Quixote (personifying Spain) and Sancho (a Dutchman) discuss plans for a seige while a monkey (representing France) stands on the neck of the Don's horse, pointing toward the moon in which is visible the fortress at Gibraltar. A reference to plans for the combined attack on Gibraltar by French and Spanish forces. The attack came in September of 1782 and was repulsed by the British
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 22d, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Gibraltar
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Spanish, French, and Dutch
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The castle in the moon a new adventure not mentioned by Cerventes. [graphic]
39. The castle in the moon a new adventure, not mentioned by Cervantes. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.22.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Cf. No. 6025 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to attack on Gibraltar -- Gibraltar as a castle in the moon -- Spain as Don Quixote -- Holland as Sancho -- France as a monkey -- Literature: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 22d 1782 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The castle in the moon a new adventure, not mentioned by Cervantes. [graphic]
40. The jubilee [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.02.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a fox (Charles James Fox) hanging from a gibbet around which dance members of the Conway family, headed by a blindfolded General Conway who is led by the nose by Shelburne. The Conways are all depicted as rats, with the exception of General Conway and his brother Lord Hertford. Shelburne is shown Janus-like with two faces, his own and that of the Devil. Refers to the resignation of Fox after Shelburne's appointment and Conway's support of the latter. A sequel to British Museum satire 5966
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Hon. Edward Conway, Cannon of Christ Church, 1757-1785 -- Ministries: fall of Rockingham's ministry --Literature: allusion to Little Red Riding Hood -- Conway family as rats -- Mottoes: sic transit gloria mund.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. August 2d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Rats, Foxes, Blindfolds, Gallows, Devil, and Dance
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The jubilee [graphic].
41. The kettle hooting the porridge-pot [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Shelburne (left), as the kettle, looks at Fox (right), the porridge-pot, who is running away. Shelburne's body is in the form of a kettle, much blackened underneath; the handle, attached to his chest and shoulders, extends over his head. He has a complacent smile and holds out his hands, pointing towards Fox; his left foot is on the neck of a goose, which lies on its back on the ground. He is saying, "Oh do but look how black his Arse is!" Fox (right) with the head of a fox, his body a large circular pot, blackened underneath, is running away with an alarmed expression, his hands held up, his tongue hanging out. In the centre of the design, between the two figures is a sign-post, its arm, pointing to the right, is terminated by a well-drawn hand holding a die in its fingers, but pointing with its fore-finger in the direction in which Fox is running. The arm of the post is inscribed "TO BROOKS'S"; from it hangs a rope with a noose at the end of it. On the post is hung up a placard inscribed "To be Lett- either as a Gibbet or Direction Post". A landscape with bushes forms the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., "J.P. Leatherhead" probably a fictitious name. Not identified in British Museum catalogue., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Brooks -- Geese as Westminster electors -- Signs: signposts., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 23d, 1782, by P.J. Leatherhead
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The kettle hooting the porridge-pot [graphic].
42. The minister in The minister out. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.22.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two frames, depicting Fox (with a fox's head) on the left and Lord North on the right. Three sycophants attend to Fox as he defecates, one wiping his rear, another offering a chamber pot emblazoned with the royal arms. On the right the same three figures have accosted North and empty the chamber pot on his head
- Alternative Title:
- Minister out
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse under each image: When the ministers in, how subservient his friends ..., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 24 x 33 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Defecation and Chamber pots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The minister in The minister out. [graphic]
43. The soliloquy [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Design in an oval. Fox with a very melancholy expression, standing with folded arms facing three quarter to left outside a closed and padlocked gate repeating Wolsey's soliloquy from Henry the Eighth. The gate fills an archway, its top being of iron spikes, the padlock is inscribed Fast. The stone arch over the gate is inscribed Treasury. On the stone wall of the Treasury building (left) are torn placards. One is a broadside, 'Last Dying Speech' headed by a print of a man hanging from a gibbet; another is headed "Gamester". Beneath the title is inscribed: "Farewell, a long Farewell to all my Greatness! this is the state of Man, to Day he puts forth the tender leaves of hopes, tomorrow Blossoms & bears all his blushing Honours thick upon him: the Third Day comes a Frost a killing Froast [sic], & when he thinks good easy Man full surely his Greatness is a Ripening, nips his Root & then befalls as I do!"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 12th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Gates, Locks (Hardware), and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The soliloquy [graphic]
44. The thunderer [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Outside a tavern called The Whirligig, Col. Tarleton brandishes his sword while making a boastful speech about his military exploits. Behind him stands the Prince of Wales, headless, but identifiable by the ostrich plumes which replace his features. Above the tavern door the figure of a prostitute serves as the sign of the house
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Vide: Every man in his humour, alter'd from Ben Johnson., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 20th, 1782, by Eh. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Tarleton, Lieutenant-General 1754-1833 (Banastre), and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subject (Topic):
- Taverns (Inns), Courtesans, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The thunderer [graphic].
45. [William Parsons] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.04.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Actor William Parsons depicted half-length in profile to left taking a pinch of snuff, holding a hat under his left arm
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 4th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Parsons, William, 1736-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Parsons] [graphic].