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19. The holy benidiction [sic] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- June th6 [sic] 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.06.06.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an outdoor setting, Charles Fox, with a fox's head, and Lord North, both kneeling, supplicate Edmund Burke for absolution, in Fox's words, of the "sins not yett committed." Lord North, having confessed that his "sins are manifold and grievious," promises to submit to Burke's "holy injuctions & drink small beer all my life time." Burke, dressed in a monastic garb and biretta, his right hand raised in the act of benediction, points with his left one to the steep hill in front of him, on top of which stands gallows with a body hanging from it, and directs Fox and North to "go & sin no more ..." Behind Burke is another steep hill with a cross on top and a kneeling figure next to it.
- Alternative Title:
- Holy benediction
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. Colley
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Priests, Confessions, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The holy benidiction [sic] [graphic].
20. The loaves and fishes
- Creator:
- H., J., active 1783- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.03.24.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the aftermath of the crisis of early 1783, the past and future ministers are depicted at a table competing for their share in the government. Foremost among them are Fox and North, seated at the top of the table to the left of the King who offers them a loaf signed "Secretary of State." They both hold on to the loaf signed "Treasury," while Lord Shelburne, seated to the King's right, is now empty-handed. In the lower right corner of the image, two dogs identified as "Pay Office Clerks," attempt to sneak away with bags of money, an allusion to Burke's reinstatement of two clerks accused of malversation before his return to the office of paymaster-general and "George III presides at a rectangular table at which sit past and prospective ministers, grasping at the loaves and fishes which lie on the table. On the left side of the table and on the king's right sit Shelburne and his supporters, on the opposite side sit those who have ousted them. The king sits in an ornate chair; on his right sits Shelburne putting his arm on the shoulder of Dunning, who sits on his other side. Shelburne says "I must submit! - may it prove Poison to them say I". Dunning answers "Never mind my Lord - give them rope enough, and they will hang themselves". The king turns to Fox and North, who sit on his left hand, and says, pointing to the table, "pray help your selves Gentlemen". Fox, who has a fox's head, has seized a loaf in each hand, saying "An't please your Maj------ty I'll have these for me & my friends". The loaf under his left hand is inscribed "Treasury"; North, who sits on Fox's left, says, "hold Charley, that's more then comes to your Share". The other two on the right side of the table are Keppel and Burke. Keppel, who is next North, puts his right hand on a loaf; in his left he holds a fish from whose mouth go lines attached to two other fish and another loaf; he is saying "I'm fond of Sea fish". A naval officer opposite him hugs a loaf and grasps the tail of one of the fish on Keppel's line. He is identified in a contemporary hand as Palliser, but is more probably Lord Howe, who was First Lord of the Admiralty from 29 Jan. 1782 (after Keppel's resignation) till 8 April, when he was replaced by Keppel. He is in "profil perdu" but his figure and a black eyebrow suggest Howe. On Keppel's left, and at the right corner of the table, sits Burke grasping a loaf in his right hand, a fish in his left. He is saying "Rhetorick is of no use here! tis catch that catch can". In the foreground (right), at Burke's side, two dogs laden with money-bags are running off to the right. Over them is inscribe "Pay Office Clerks" and (smaller) "Fulham". On the money-bag of one is "£200.000", on that of the other "£100.000". Burke became paymaster-general under Rockingham, resigned office with Fox on Shelburne's appointment, and was again (on 7 April) to become paymaster. On returning to office he reinstated two clerks, Powell and Bembridge, who had recently been dismissed by Barré for malversation, for which he was attacked in parliament on 24 April and 19 May 1783. 'Parl. Hist', xxiii, pp. 900 ff; Wraxall, 'Memoirs', 1884, iii. 77-86. [Possibly the dogs were added in a later issue of the print, as they seem to refer to the scandal over Powell and Bembridge. Powell committed suicide, Bembridge was tried and sentenced.] Opposite Burke, at the near left corner of the table, sits Conway, the Commander-in-Chief, in general's uniform, grasping a fish in one hand, a lobster in the other. He is saying, "I fear they'll not leave me one poor lobster". He had disappointed Fox by not resigning on Shelburne's appointment, he did not however lose office till after the dissolution of Parliament in 1784, when he resigned. In the centre of the table are three unclaimed loaves, the one nearest the king is inscribed "Secretary of State".--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Possiblly by Topham., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Reissue of no. 6195 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, with a verse from Shakespeare's "Othello" added under the title.
- Publisher:
- Pub by E. Achery March 24, 1783, St James Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bread, Dogs, Wigs, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The loaves and fishes
21. The state goose-catcher, or, A St. James's market-man [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [11 September 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.09.11.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, shown in profile, with a fox's head, rides his horse towards the left holding a goose by the neck over his shoulder. Two bags stuffed with geese are suspended from his saddle. He says, "I have Burgoyn'd the geese at last by coming North about" [i.e., surrendered them to the enemy as Gen. Burgoyne did at Saratoga, by forming a coalition with Lord North].
- Alternative Title:
- State goose catcher and St. James's market-man
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and Mounted to 36 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by J. Barrow Septr. 11, 1783. White Lion, Bull Stairs, Surry Side Black Friars Bridge
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Horseback riding, Foxes, Geese, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state goose-catcher, or, A St. James's market-man [graphic].
22. The state windmill [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [10 June 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.06.10.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Perched atop the uppermost windmill sail are Charles Fox and Lord North, the latter prevented from falling down by Fox's helping hand. Holding on to their legs in front of the sail hangs Burke. To the left, Lord Thurlow, in judge's robes, is about to loose his grip on the descending sail and thus follow Lord Shelburne who is about to hit the ground with his head. The rising sail on the right is occupied by several pro-coalition politicians. Others are trying to climb the sail currently at the ground level. Dundas, Sheridan and Pitt inspect the condition of the beams supporting the windmill. Pitt concludes that it "is rotten & half the corn is devoured by lurking vermin."
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published 10 June 1783 by J. Wallis No. 16 Ludgate Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Windmills, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state windmill [graphic].
23. Vox populi in private ; Vox populi in publick [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. April 9, 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.09.02.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two separate images illustrate Charles Fox's contrasting political pronouncements. On the left, "in private," Fox, with fox's head, is sitting in front of a fireplace in which "An Essay on Politic Sperit [sic]" is being consumed by flames while Fox points to a large document, his political creed, spread on the table to his right. From his coat's pocket sticks out "A Panegyric on Lord North." In the foreground, a monkey plays with a pamphlet "The tru[e] principle of the Constitut[ion]," next to a bundle of books comprising MacCauley's, Locke's and Sydney's works, marked "To Be Sold." On the right, "in publick," Fox, standing on a platform and cheered by a large crowd, including 'Sir' Jeffrey Dunstan, advocates views opposed to those in his creed on the left
- Alternative Title:
- Vox populi in publick and Vox populi in public
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., A re-issue of the plate first published by T. Cornell. Cf. No. 6207 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted to 29 x 33 cm.
- Publisher:
- Sold by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Crowds, Books, Fireplaces, Monkeys, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vox populi in private ; Vox populi in publick [graphic].
24. War [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 9 March 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.03.09.02.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the lower left corner stands Lord North, his right arm raised, delivering a speech while Cornwall, the Speaker, is looking at him from his chair in the upper left corner of the image. On the right, rising from a cloud, are Fox and Burke, both violently gesticulating in their attack on North. Below the figures of North and Fox are excerpts from their speeches attacking each other before forming coalition
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Companion print to British Museum catalogue 6188.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Public speaking, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War [graphic].
25. War establishment [graphic]
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.07.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an outdoor setting, a bare-chested Lord Thurlow, his judge's wig at his feet, faces a bare-chested Charles Fox in a boxing match over the proposed regulation of the fees of the Exchequer Officers. Rigby's, proposition to exempt him from this new regulation was opposed in Parliament by Fox. The contenders'seconds are Rigby for Thurlow and Sheridan for Fox
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by D. Archery, July th [sic] 1783, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Boxing, Wigs, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War establishment [graphic]