"A stage-coach is driven (left to right) uphill at a gallop, the horses having human heads as in BMSat 7323. The arm of a signpost on the extreme left points 'To the Temple of Honor'. Thurlow drives, lashing furiously. George III, in profile to the right, is seated in the boot at the back of the coach holding a musket with a fixed bayonet. The Queen sits on the roof as an outside passenger, dressed as an old market-woman ; she holds a basket of 'Golden Eggs' on her knee, and another basket at her side in which is a goose which hisses at the King. Within the coach Hastings (left) and Mrs. Hastings (right) sit facing each other; he is in oriental dress; she wears a jewelled turban with a crown, and her neck is covered with jewels. The coach is 'Licens'd by Royal Authority'; on its panel are the royal arms. On the box under Thurlow's legs are a star and ribbon, a coronet, and feathers. The leaders have the faces of Pitt1 and Sydney, the wheelers are Dundas and Pepper Arden. The horses are galloping uphill and the sky is clear, contrasting with the scene in BMSat 7323."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image in lower left., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Three lines of verse below image: "The very stones look up to see, such very gorgeous harlotry, shaming an honest nation.", Companion print to "Opposition," also by Gillray and published by Fores on the same day. See no. 7323 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Hastings, Anna Maria Apollonia von Chapuset, 1747-1837, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
George III drinks from a stream pouring from a pump labelled Cheltenham. The queen stands near him pulling on his coat to stop his drinking as two of the princesses stand behind her, one saying "My Papa will leave none for us."
Description:
Title from item. and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. July 28, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and Cheltenham.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
A reduced copy probably from a book and resembling the folding plates to the 'Hibernian Magazine'. The groups are arranged from left to right as in British Museum satire no. 7301, but each figure is reversed and the groups are in two rows, one above the other
Alternative Title:
Picture of the times
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication based earlier state. See British Museum catalogue., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, Smith Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, and Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Title etched below image on 2nd plate., Two plates with additional imprint statements. Imprint on left-most plate: Pub. by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, April 3, 1788. Imprint on 3rd plate: Pub. by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, April 13, 1788., British Museum catalogue tentative identification of printmaker: "After F.G. Byron?", and Sheets trimmed to plate mark on sides, joined and stored rolled in a box.
Publisher:
Published by William Holland, Printseller, at Garrick's Richard, No. 50 Oxford Street, near Berner's Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, Smith Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, and Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
Title etched below image., Day in imprint may have been re-etched from 10 to 29., Fourteen persons or groups forming discrete images arranged in two rows, each with caption in English and French., Temporary local subject terms: Lady Sarah Archer -- Captain Barclay., Ms. identifications on mounting sheet by W.S. Lewis., Mounted to 43 x 106 cm., and Attributed to Cruikshank on mat in an unknown hand.
Publisher:
Pub. July 29 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, Pigot, Hugh, 1721? -1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Townshend, John, Lord, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Title etched below image., Day in imprint may have been re-etched from 10 to 29., Fourteen persons or groups forming discrete images arranged in two rows, each with caption in English and French., Temporary local subject terms: Lady Sarah Archer -- Captain Barclay., Watermark: J Whatman., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 34.3 x 48.5 cm., on sheet 36 x 55 cm., Incomplete: right plate with French title only., Some subjects identified in margins in an unknown hand., and Attributed to Cruikshank on mat in an unknown hand; attributed to Gillray on print, recto, in an unknown hand.
Publisher:
Pub. July 29 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, Pigot, Hugh, 1721? -1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Townshend, John, Lord, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
"Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow, the State Jugglers, are on a platform outside the gate of St. James's Palace. Above the gate projects the sign of the Crown inn, across which rests a plank forming a see-saw; on this the King (right) as Punch sits facing Queen Charlotte, dressed as Judy or Mother Shipton; she takes a pinch of snuff, the King holds out his hands as if in disapproval. A crowd of suppliants surrounds the platform. Pitt, bending towards them, pulls ribbons from his mouth; three men on the extreme left hold out their arms eagerly: one is a naval officer, a 'Log Book' under his arm shows that he is Sir Alexander Hood, see BMSat 5536, K.B. elect, see BMSat 7318. The second is Wilkes; the third cannot be identified. Hastings kneels between Pitt and Thurlow, his hands crossed humbly on his breast, a copious stream of coins issues from his mouth. Dundas, Lansdowne, Sydney, a bishop, and a fifth suppliant hold out their hats eagerly to catch the coins. Thurlow stands erect, his hands on his hips, flames and smoke issuing from his mouth inscribed "Hell-Fire, my Soul, Dam, Blast, Eyes, Heaven, Curse, Limbs, Blood". A little chimney-sweep [The sweep is said to represent Frederick Montagu, one of the Commissioners in Fox's India Bill. Wright and Evans.] and a ragged fishwife, a basket of fish on her head, stand gazing at him with wonder and admiration. On the extreme right, at the side of the platform, Fox, supported on the shoulders of Burke, slyly holds out his hat behind Thurlow; Sheridan (?) [Identified by Wright and Evans as the Duke of Norfolk] supports them. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below title: "Who wrought such wonders as might make, Egyptian sorcerers forsake ..." Churchll., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotations: Charles Churchill, 1731-1764 -- Jugglers -- See-saws -- Naval logs -- Allusion to Mother Shipton -- Gate of St. James's Palace -- Fishwives -- Punch -- Coins -- Chimney sweeps -- Trials: Warren Hastings's trial -- Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport, 1727-1814., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 34.8 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 40.5 x 27.3 cm., and Mounted to 43 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
"A parody of BMSat 7309. Warren Hastings, seated on a close-stool containing guineas, his feet resting on a stool, leans forward, a bag of 'Pagodas' in his left hand, of 'Roopees' in his right, which he hands to Thurlow and Pitt respectively, who bow before him with hands outstretched to take the money-bags. He says, "Dear Gentlemen this is too little your modesty really distresses me". He wears oriental dress with a crown on his turban. On his seat is a reversed crown. Queen Charlotte (in place of Burke) grovels on the floor, kissing Hastings's toe; she clasps a large money-bag inscribed '£200000'; under her left arm is a box inscribed 'Bu[ls]e' (see BMSat 6966, &c). George III (in place of Francis) emerges from the ground behind Hastings, clutching a great heap of guineas which is piled on the floor; his left arm is in the close-stool, taking out guineas; he says, "I am at the Bottom of it". In place of the wigs and swords of BMSat 7309 are hats held out to be filled with gifts: a pair of hands (in the Windsor uniform) holds out a hunting-cap (probably intended for one of the King's equerries); a hand holds out a three-cornered hat, a hand in a lawn sleeve holds out a mitre, a hand in a similar sleeve holds out a mortar-board cap. These are inscribed 'Turbæ cætera'. The insignia of the Garter are similarly inscribed. On the wall behind Hastings is a picture (left) of a vast human body emerging from the summit of a mountain scattering coins to a crowd of kneeling suppliants. The frame is inscribed: '"Out it came - "Not a little tiny Mouse, but a Mountain of delight.' After the title is etched: 'Mew mew mew, fal lal &c &c'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Begging bow
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in British Museum catalogue., Text in lower right, below title: Mew mew mew, fal lal &c. &c., and Temporary local subject terms: Mottoes: 'Turbae caetera' -- Order of the Garter -- Bags of money -- Uniforms: Windsor -- Pictures that amplify subect -- Hats: Mortar boards -- Reversed crown on Close-stools.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 6th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
George III, plainly dressed and wearing a broad-brimmed hat, stands in profile to the right, addressing a pretty young woman (Hannah Lightfoot?) seated on a stile, a bucker at her feet. They are under a large tree on whose trunk is fixed a sign pointing 'To Cheltenham Spa'. A path from the stile leads to the village of Cheltenham in the background. Behind the tree Queen Charlotte watches the conversation, her hand pointing near her cheek. On a hill (left) is a pavilion on wheels
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse inscribed in two columns on either side of title: Did you know the Lad that Courts you He not long need sue in Vain Prince of Songs of Dance of Sports: You Scarce will meet his like again. Midas., and Watermark: J Whatman.