- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 9. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment
- Alternative Title:
- Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue published ca. August 1782, see no. 6027 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 41., and On leaf 9 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil, Gambling, Catholicism, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment
- Alternative Title:
- Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possible remnants of burnished imprint in lower right, with the publisher name "E. D'Achery" faintly visible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil, Gambling, Catholicism, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.12.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Twenty-six members of the old and new ministries sit around a card table; North and Fox (the latter with a fox's head) appearing most prominently, together with Thurlow, Grey Cooper, the Duke of Richmond, John Dunning, Wilkes, Barré, and John Cavendish
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Extensively annotated on verso in an unknown hand with descriptions of persons potrayed in the image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 12th, 1782 by H. Humphrey, No. 118 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons, Politics and government, Card games, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Banco to the knave [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1849?]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.22.01.3+
- 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 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 "11" 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. 6012 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Printed on verso, an uncolored impression of: The V- Committee framing a report. [London] : Pubd. according to act of Parliament, Augt. 12th, 1782 by C. Atkinson, and sold in Mark Lane!!! Numbered in upper right corner of image: 10.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
- 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].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.22.01.1+ 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 description in the British Museum catalogue of a probable later state., Probably an earlier state of the plate with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6012., and Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- 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].
- 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].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1 October 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.10.01.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Bow Street magistrate and campaigner against gambling, Sampson Wright, is shown seated at a table being assailed by a man who has entered the door on the right. On the left another man (probably meant to be John Bond, Wright's clerk) expresses alarm, and on the right a dismayed youth wipes away a tear
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 44 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by Bonde at the Thieftakers Office, Bow Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793 and Bond, John, active 1782
- Subject (Topic):
- Threats, Judges, Gambling, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sampson overcome by a Philistian [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].