- Creator:
- S., J., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 15 Feby 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.02.15.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Several scenes combined in one design. The Associations of various counties to present petitions and form committees to demand reforms are represented in the upper right portion of the plate: A procession of men walks (right to left), their leader holding a standard with the arms of the county inscribed "County of York 30 Decr 1779" (the date of the meeting at which it was agreed to present a petition and prepare a plan for an Association to secure reform). He holds a paper inscribed "Petition" and says, "Virtue & Fortitude shall Guide us". Representatives of the other petitioning and associating counties follow, with the appropriate dates on labels issuing from their mouths: ...". The last man carries an ensign flag on which is inscribed "London Newcastle upon Tyne Bristol Westminster &c. &c. &c." Beneath the procession is engraved "Immortal Gods! What Honor waits the men who save their Country from impending Ruin." The leader is probably intended for Sir George Savile. On the left George III is seated in his closet; a young man stands before him addressing, not the king, but an imaginary audience, saying, "The only Patriot His Power is too Confined". This is perhaps intended for Lord George Gordon's private interview with the King on 27 Jan. 1780; ... . Outside the door of the royal closet and facing the petitioners is a monster with wings and three heads, breathing fire. In the lower right, ... Britannia sits on a ruinous stone pedestal which is being further undermined by a female figure with a forked tail and the legs of a satyr; she is applying a lever to its base saying, "And shall not I, Corruption is my name, Undermine the British Constitution". Lord North attacks the pedestal with a pickaxe, saying, "I will assist you Sister in the same Design". Bute, in Highland dress with the Garter ribbon and star, flourishes a broadsword, while he takes from Britannia the staff and cap of Liberty; he says, "Away wi ye to the Deel Where is your Liberty now". Britannia, holding her shield and 'Magna Carta', says to the marching petitioners above her head, "Tis you alone my Friends who can revive my Drooping Hopes & save me from Distraction". Behind Britannia (left) and in a glory of rays stands a man inscribed "Chatham" with outstretched arms, saying "O Cleanse Yon Augean Stable". He points towards the design beneath the king's closet. This represents the House of Commons (left); the Speaker in his chair, members seated on each side of a table. It is seen through two pillars, up one (right) climbs an alligator, round the other is a serpent with a branch of apples in its mouth. Above is inscribed "Ruled by Powerful Influence". A procession of members walks (left to right) from the House up a path leading to the door of the king's closet above. They carry scrolls inscribed "25 000"; "5000"; "£40,000"; "15,000 £10,000, £50 000". One says, "Secure in the Enjoyment of Places Pensions & Emoluments of Office we fear not the Clamour of Yorkshire Clodpoles"; another says, "God help the Rich the Poor can beg". Their leader carries an "Address of Thanks". Beneath this gang of ministerialists a mythological figure leaning against an anchor and a gushing water-conduit (? Neptune) says,"Is there not some Chosen Curses, ... Public Treasure Wasted in Corrupting the Morals of the People". He is saying, "No New Taxes but a Retrenchment of Public Expences.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Danl. Wilson at No. 20 Portugal Street Lincolns Inn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Neptune (Roman deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxation, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Petitions, and Dragons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Association, or, Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [12 October 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.10.12.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- New invented method of punishing state criminals
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and Mounted to 27 x 33 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the Act directs Octr. 12th, 1780 & sold by J. Russell, No. 7 Blewets Buildings Fetter Lane, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Foreign relations, Politics and government, Horses, Whips, and Liberty cap
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > By his majestys royal letter patent the new invented method of punishing state criminals. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Slapbang, J., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 January 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.01.10.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Ministerial hounds in full cry
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Perhaps a reissue of British Museum catalogue no. 5676, with altered imprint.
- Publisher:
- Publishd as y Act direts for y Proprietor Jany. 10, 1780 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand or No. 18 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824. (Henry Bate),, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796., and Adam, William, 1751-1839.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Newspaper vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Political stag hunt, or, The m...l [ministerial] hounds in full cry [graphic]
- Creator:
- Slapbang, J., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.01.10.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A huntsman (left), mounted on a horse snorting flames which are inscribed "Faction", preceded by the "ministerial hounds", chases a stag, inscribed "Constitution". The huntsman is Bate, afterwards Bate Dudley, representing the Ministerial Press. He is dressed like the body of news vendors with drums and trumpets to advertise the 'Morning Post' seen by Walpole in Nov. 1776 (see BMSat 5550), and is blowing a trumpet. His cap is inscribed "Post", round his shoulders is slung a bundle inscribed "Materials for Post", made up of "Satire", "Malice", "Scandal", "Falsehood". From his pocket hangs a paper, "The Art of Lying made Easy by B." He leaps a fence inscribed "Bounds of Discretion". The hounds are taking a circular course as the stag has doubled back and is advancing towards a ravine, a signpost pointing "To the Vale of Oblivion". The stag says "I shall fall like Lucifer never to Hope again." The two foremost hounds have human faces; the first (North) says "We shall soon be in at the Death - She can go no further N . . . h". The next, inscribed "Twitcher" (Lord Sandwich), says "I have long had her Destruction at Heart & the sooner the better". The third (Lord G. Germain) says, "I run almost as fast now as I did at Minden" (cf. BMSat 5675). Next is a dog with a judge's wig (Mansfield) saying, "She will find no Covert near Caen Wood" (cf. BMSat 4885). A dog inscribed "L. S." says "I am the sort to go Thro Thick & Thin"; perhaps intended for Lord Stormont, Secretary of State, and Mansfield's nephew, or possibly for Lovel Stanhope, who was appointed Comptroller of the Board of Green Cloth in September 1780. A dog with the face of a demon, [Mr Hawkins has written "Jer. Dyson" on this dog, but he died in 1776] probably representing the Devil as in BMSat 5675, says, "I allways was firm to the cause". The next dog is inscribed "Log" and is saying "I stick at Nothing". This is evidently Sir Hugh Palliser, whose log-book was found at his court martial to have been altered, see BMSat 5536, 5537. The last dog says "I am Adam'd Good Dog but ye last Fox Hunt Had like to be Death of me". He is William Adam, whose duel with Fox on 29 Nov. 1779 roused much bitterness against the ministry, see BMSat 5575, 5625. The scene is a wooded hill and the going is rough. Behind Bate on the left is the partly ruined "Templum Libertatis" overgrown with shrubs and shored up by timbers inscribed "Richmond", "Barre", "Camden", "Burke & Fox", "Wilks". Beneath the design is etched: "Hungry Dogs the old Proverbs say Eat dirty Pudding, when in their way So Will these Dogs as oft we are told Catch at any thing which looks like Gold. Or bears the least Aspect of doing Good for themselves tho their Country ruin. Tis little Rogues submit to fate Whilst ye Great enjoy ye World in State.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ministerial hounds in full cry
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed, with upper right corner torn off., and Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824. (Henry Bate),, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796., and Adam, William, 1751-1839.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Newspaper vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Political stag hunt, or, The m...l [ministerial] hounds in full cry [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- March 12th, 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.03.12.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lord North (left), with a sack over his shoulder inscribed "Budget", drags by a chain a large lion. The lion's right fore-paw, inscribed "America", has been cut off, and his leg is bleeding. With the lion walk America, France, and Spain. America, a Red Indian with a head-dress and kilt of feathers, holds out a tomahawk in his left hand; in his other hand is the staff supporting the cap of liberty; he says, "This Limb belongs to me in Spite of Fate". France holds out a sword in his left hand, his right is on the lion's head; he says, "Either by Policy or Force I must Obtain some limb or Other". Spain, standing by France, says "I am afraid I shall lose all my Dollers & get Nothing". Behind the lion (r.) three men advance with a flag inscribed "Associations", two of them with drawn swords; they point towards North; one says, "Let our Associations Stop that lump of Iniquity from Ruining our Country"; the next says, "One limb is lost Already by his Infernal tricks". The third says, "Give us an Account how you Spend our money". North is saying, "D------n these Associations they will put a Stop to my Proceedings at last." He is walking over documents inscribed "York; Middlesex; Petitions, and Protestant Petition" (the monster petition for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Act to which Lord George Gordon was then collecting signatures). In the foreground a large thistle is growing, emblematic of the evil influence of Scotland; near it appears part of some striped material, perhaps the American flag, but with many more than thirteen stripes."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Voice of the public for an enquiry into the public expenditure
- Description:
- Title from item., Trimmed within plate line with partial loss of imprint., Publication day and year from British Museum catalogue., and Possibly engraved by T. Colley. See British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by E. Hedges No. 2, under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and United States
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Foreign relations, and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The English lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the public expenditure [graphic].