- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 12. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 27.2 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 29.6 x 24.8 cm., Mounted on leaf 12 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
- Publisher:
- Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Paradise lost [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.17.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 12. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A mournful Fox and Burke stand arm in arm outside the gates of Paradise holding their handkerchiefs. Above the gate a stone arch is decorated with satyrs' heads and those of Barré, Shelburne, and Dunning. A reference to the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury in July 1782
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Nine lines from John Milton's Paradise lost etched in two columns below image, on either side of title: ... to the eastern side of Paradise so late their happy seat ..., DeGrey's note below plate mark., and Matted to 49 x 62 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published 17th July 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Pensions, Stone walls, and Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Paradise lost [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Bute and North lie on the ground as Dunning steps from North's back to Butes. assisted by Fox. A Scot in highland dress attacks Dunning from behind with a sword while an Irishman and American look on.
- Alternative Title:
- Liberties triumph
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 30 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publised Aprill 20, 1782 by E. Darchery St. Js' Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Prerogatives defeat, or, liberties triumph [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.31.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
- Alternative Title:
- Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, History, Naval, Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Rodney triumphant, or, Admiral lee-shore in the dumps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, carrying a large sack labelled "budget, small beer, soap, tobacco, insurance, carriages, tea", references to his proposed taxes of 1782. The Devil stands behind helping support the sack, as North approaches an open window at which a fox (Charles James Fox) is standing
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Colley in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1782 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Economic conditions, Lifting & carrying, Devil, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sailing to the house, wind full north [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.03.17.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The King, in the form of a crowned goose, leans out an upper palace window beneath which hounds pursue a fox (labelled with the radical M.P.'s name), and another large dog labelled Boreas, (i.e. Lord North) which is ridden by the Devil
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 17th 1782 by the Devil
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Fox hunting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox dividing the pack [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A winged female figure flying among clouds shines her "Mirror of Truth" on members of the old ministry (including Sandwich, Rigby, North, Mansfield, and Germain) who fall into a pit occupied by demons, observed from above by Bute who rides on the back of a witch. To the left the members of the new ministry (Thurlow, Conway, Camden, Barré, Burke, the Duke of Richmond, Rockingham, and Fox) look on, as does Britannia seated in the lower left corner
- Alternative Title:
- Exhibition of ministers for April 1782
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Witches, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political mirror, or, an exhibition of ministers for April 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A winged female figure flying among clouds shines her "Mirror of Truth" on members of the old ministry (including Sandwich, Rigby, North, Mansfield, and Germain) who fall into a pit on the left occupied by demons, observed from above by Bute who rides on the back of a witch. To the right the members of the new ministry (Thurlow, Conway, Camden, Barré, Burke, the Duke of Richmond, Rockingham, and Fox) look on, as does Britannia seated in the lower right corner
- Alternative Title:
- Exhibition of the ministers for May 1782
- Description:
- Title from item., A reversed version of George 5982, without artists names., and Mounted to to 32 x 44 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Witches, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political mirror, or, an exhibition of the ministers for May 1782 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1, 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.05.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The new ministry of Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox and Richmond (together with Pitt the Younger) is depicted on the left riding small posts like hobby-horses, their identities indicated by numbers with a corresponding key beneath the design. On the right the members of the old ministry (Sandwich, Amherst, North and Mansfield) are shown entering the jaws of Hell, prodded by the Devil with a pitchfork. In the center is a dome on 5 pillars, the temple of the Constitution
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W Richardson, No. 68 High Holborn London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806. and Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Gallows, Pillories, Hell, Devil, and Cannons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War of posts [graphic]