George III is shown with two faces in profile, standing in front of 2 doors, his right arm extended through a screen on the left and his hand being kissed by a kneeling Duke of Dorset. On the right, Charles James Fox, holding his East India Bill, also kneels to kiss the King's left hand, with North standing behind. On the wall hangs a picture of Bute as a cat. A reference to supposed secret influence at court
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Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate line., and Mounted to 31 x 38.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Depicts Charles James Fox in 3 pairs of caricatures which satirize his contradictory pronouncements on several matters of policy. In the top image of left pair he speaks to a crowd, expressing his opposition to new taxes, while beneath he is shown seated at a table with Cavendish and saying "Tax away Ld. C---h, let the plebians pay the piper I say." Other images reflect similar inconsistencies with regard to making peace and Lord North
Alternative Title:
Proteus the 2d in several among his many public characters and Proteus the second in several among his many public characters
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Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered in lower left of plate: No. 5., and A later state of no. 6265 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5.
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Pubd. as the Act directs, 12 Jan., 1784 by G. Humphrey No. 48 Long Acre
Fox and North stand on the left side of a broken bridge, while on the other side the King is bent over displaying his posterior in their direction, holding his crown out between his legs. The road that Fox and North stand on is labelled "Road to Preferment" and the broken timbers of the bridge are inscribed "War Office", "Treasury", "Admiralty", etc. St. James's Palace is partly visible on the right
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Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
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Pubd. as the act directs, Jany. 17 1784, by J. Smith & sold at No. 2 Pedlars Acre Westr. Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
"Fox, as Belial, seated in a depression in the centre of a large mass resembling a balloon in process of deflation, which is inscribed Publica Fides. Four vertical posts marked with figures seem intended to measure the (rapidly decreasing) degree of Publica Fides on which Fox can still count.... Fox is a fat, almost-naked creature, with horns and talons.... An attack on the Coalition ... An illustration of the lines: 'Belial,...the fleshiest Incubus', Paradise Regained..."--British Museum catalogue
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Title etched above image. and Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
In a cave with Westminster Bridge visible in the background at left, three witches stand around their cauldron, from which flames ascend, together with the heads of Fox, North, and Burke. The witches add other ingredients to the cauldron, including a paper marked rebellion, while one hag opens a sack from which emerge Thomas Erskine, and John Lee in the shape of a snake. An attack on the Coalition and the India Bill. Initials FN in lower right of image probably refer to Fox-North coalition
Alternative Title:
Birth of the plagues of England
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823., and Lee, John, 1733-1793.
George III, his back to the viewer, supports one side of a scale containing the East India House with his left hand, while with a sword in the other, he severs the cords supporting the right hand scale, thus ejecting North and Fox. A reference to the King's action against the India Bill and to the fall of the Fox-North coalition
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Title from item., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as [the] act directs
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and East India Company.
George III is shown in two images in profile: the one facing left (not a good likeness), is directed toward North and Fox, the other a portrait of the King turned towards Shelburne and another figure, possibly Pitt, Lord Gower or the Duke of Richmond
Alternative Title:
Two faces under a hood
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Title from item. and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
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Pubd. as [the] act directs Jany 4, 1784 by E.D. Achery, St James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., and Janus (Roman deity),
Depicts Charles James Fox, rising out of his chair to reach with outstretched arms for a crown which descends on a cloud from the left. On the floor is a dice box, and in Fox's pocket may be seen a roll of papers marked A Bill for ref[orming the] East India [Company]. A quotation from Macbeth is present beneath the image, which is a commentary on Fox's ambition as evinced by his proposed India Bill
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Crowns, and Clothing & dress