- Published / Created:
- [28 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.28.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the Colossus of Rhodes -- Thunderbolts -- Allusion to gambling: crown decorated with playing cards -- Crowns -- Rising sun -- William Pitt, 1759-1806, as rising sun -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Covent Garden: Hustings -- Canvassing: Duchess of Devonshire -- Butchers -- Election flags -- Asians., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, May 28th, 1784, by F. Clarkson, 73 St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The modern colossus [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.08.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A short and obese Demosthenes (Charles Fox) with a worried expression on his face, appears to be delivering a pledge. He stands between tall and thin figures of Themistocles (Admiral Hood) on the left and Judas Iscariot (Sir Cecil Wray) on the right, who watch him with a condescending smile
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name and address at end of imprint statement are stipple engraved and fainter than the text at the beginning of imprint, which is etched.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 8th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Political elections, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival candidates [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- April 24, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.04.24.02 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Five men stand round six chamber-pots, arranged in two piles of three, each inscribed 'Poll Book 1784' and supported on a rectangular block or table on which the title is engraved. Each man holds his nose. One (left) in profile to the right, who holds a spoon, is vomiting; he says: "I already am sick Of this poisonous trick The busines so thick T'would weary old Nick With spoon or stick Right from wrong to pick." His vis-à-vis (right), who stirs the contents of a pot with a spoon, says: "The cause I may gain, Though with labour and pain I can hardly refrain From puking amain Thro such fillth for to tag Is wares [sic] than euphorbium bag" (an allusion to the bag thrown at Fox in Westminster Hall, see BMSat 6426, &c). The other three stand together behind the table; the central one says, "A hogo here is. Worse than Cats pis Than Devils Spew. Or Asafoetida." Two demons hold out a net which stretches behind the scrutineers. One (left) says: "Ay Brother and by my tail, The Sheriffs shall admit no bail." The other (right) says: "Spread the net and you shall see Many a false oath will come to me."
- Alternative Title:
- Examination of the filth
- Description:
- Title etched in image., Attributed to printmaker only identified as 'Phillips' in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Plinths -- Nets -- Demons -- Scrutiny: Westminster election, 1784, begun on April 23, 1784 -- Allusion to the euphorbium bag thrown at Fox in Westminster Hall on February 14, 1784 -- Poll books as chamber pots -- Cutlery: Spoons.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by S. Fores, No. 3, Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The scrutiny, or, Examination of the filth [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 March] 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.26.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, acting as an auctioneer in the dissoluted Parliament, sells from the rostrum decorated with Royal Arms "useless valuables," such as "Magna Charta." Cornwall, the Speaker sitting below the rostrum, records bids in the "Sundry acts." In front of him stands Thurlow in Chancellor's robes making dismissive comment on "nonsensical bidings of those common fellows," i.e. members of the House of Commons who leave through the door on the left. Last of them, Fox, turns back vowing to bid "with spirit" for lot 1, "rights of the people in 558 vol." held on display by Henry Dundas. A reference to the dissolution of the Parliament by the King on March 25.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 26th by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Auctions, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state auction [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.19.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Political heat run in Covent Garden between old veteran a famous horse ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Reissue for: The history of the Westminster election, with folds in the plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Signs: Sign-posts -- Allusion to George III.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 19 May, 1784, by WH, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Donkeys, Horses, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Westminster races a political heat run in Covent Garden between old veteran a famous horse the property of his M-----y, Duchess a filly the property of the Duke of D--------e, and Judas an Obstinate Ass who was clearly distanced / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.22.03+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A canvassing scene in a poor and disreputable district of Westminster, indicated by 'Peter Street' on the corner of the house. The Duchess of Devonshire canvasses a cobbler; she sits supported on Fox's knee, putting one foot on a cobbler's stall that he may do some imaginary repairs, for which she lavishly pays the man's wife, who leans forward, both hands held together to receive coins. The cobbler and his wife are behind a stall protected by a pent-house roof. On this is a notice, 'Shoes made and mended by Bob. Stichitt Cobler to her Grace the Tramping Dutchess NB Dogs Wormd Cats Gelded'. From an open casement window above it a man leans out waving a fox's brush; he holds a tankard and a long clay pipe in his left hand. Beside him a woman holds her head to vomit from the window, her elbows supported on the sill. A dog lies under the cobbler's stall. Fox, his right knee on his hat on the ground, the other supporting the duchess, turns round to give his right hand to a ragged man to whose mouth Sam House holds a tankard, his other hand pressed on the elector's head, who is shown by his long shovel to be a scavenger. Behind, a chimneysweeper with his brushes and his boy with brush and shovel are amused spectators. These figures fill the space to the left of Fox and the duchess. Behind are the irregular gabled roofs and casement windows of old Westminster."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Cobling voters and abject canvassers
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate reissued for The history of the Westminster election. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: London: Peter Street -- Old Westminster -- Gabled roofs -- Casement windows -- Coblers' stalls -- Dishes: Tankards -- Clay pipes -- Shovels.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wit's last stake, or, The cobling voters and abject canvassers [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- April 17, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.04.17.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox and Burke (half length) seen through the barred window of a brick building in which they are imprisoned. They are Hudibras and his squire as in British Museum Satires No. 6361, but in a prison instead of in the stocks. Above the barred aperture is inscribed 'Bailiffs for Middlesex' showing that it is a sponging-house for debtors (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6483, &c). Outside stands the Duchess of Devonshire looking at them over her right shoulder. She wears a hat with a 'Fox' favour, trimmed with feathers and fox's tails as in the canvassing caricatures, but wears a plain riding-dress of masculine cut [Cf. 'Her Grace sometimes rides about in a black riding habit, which is very convenient in case she should be obliged to enter into contact with a Chimneysweeper'. A newspaper paragraph quoted in 'Westminster Election', p. 246.] instead of the usual voluminous petticoats. Her left hand rests on a tasselled cane. She is Hudibras's Lady who visited the pair in prison and released them; her words are etched beneath the design: 'O heavens! quoth she, can this be true? I do begin to fear 'tis you: Not by your individual whiskers, But by your dialect and discourse. That never spoke to man or beast In notions vulgarly exprest: But what malignant star alas! Has brought you both to this sad pass? Hudibras, canto I mo.' [i.e. Part II, canto 1]. On the brick wall of the prison bills are posted: 'Several Pouting lips to be hired by the day by Deven'; [ One of the advertisements for Hood and Wray ran: 'To be hired for the day, several pair of ruby pouting lips, of the first quality, [etc. etc.].' 'Westminster Election', p. 99.] Hood Ray Fox; 'Hood and Wray for ever; Leakes justly famous pills for curing the veneral . . . [cf. British Museum Satires No. 6530]; No Coalition No Bribery'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Sir Cecil Wray, 1734-1805 -- Allusion to Samuel Hood, 1724-1816 -- Allusion to Walter Leake, fl. 1772- -- Literature: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680, Hudibras, part II, canto 1 -- Medicine: Leake's pills for curing venereal disease -- Signs: 'Bailiffs for Middlesex' above prison window -- Placards on prison walls -- Coalitions: Allusion to Fox-North coalition, 1783 -- Female costume -- Election favors -- Debtors' prisons -- Sponging houses -- Walking staves -- Quackery: Leake, Walter, fl. 1772-., and Partial watermark in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by I. Notice, Oxford Road
- Subject (Geographic):
- England) and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Political elections, Prisons, and Riding habits
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fox and Burke as Hudibras and Ralpho] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 7 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.06.26.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two men stand in the pillory on a small platform (left); over their heads is a cask, inscribed 'Small Beer', erected on a pole. Over the head of one left is Judas, indicating Sir Cecil Wray, over the other 'J.. k-s..n' indicating John Jackson, steward of the Duke of Newcastle and a prominent supporter of Wray, see British Museum Satires No. 6492. A large key hangs from the corner of the pillory, the emblem of the back-stairs by which Pitt and his supporters were supposed to have obtained office, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6564. Behind (right) walks a procession of maidservants who look scornfully at the victims; one carries a flag inscribed 'Tax on Maid Servants'; others, a broom, a mop, and a shovel. Immediately behind the platform the heads of a crowd, a row of staves marking the constables who stand in front, are suggested. Fox (right) stands in the foreground haranguing the crowd; he holds a Union flag inscribed 'The Rights of the Commons'. Behind him is a mob of men waving their hats, among whom Sam House is conspicuous. The scene is by the hustings in Covent Garden, the portico of the church (right) being lighdy sketched behind Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Rights of the commons
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Text on flag within image: The rights of the commons., Reissue, with new imprint statement that is antedated. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.144., Date of publication based on earlier state with the imprint "Publish'd as the act directs, May 7, 1784." See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Hustings -- Taxes: Tax on maidservants -- Brooms -- Mops -- Shovels -- Hats -- Election flags -- Election slogans: 'The rights of the Commons' -- Covent Garden: Piazza -- Portico of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Pillories -- 'Small beer' -- Key of the Back Stairs -- Allusion to secret influence -- John Jackson, Duke of Newcastle's steward., and Watermark in center of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, June 26th, 1783, by H. Humphreys, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Servants, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Cecil Wray in the pillory] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [18 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.18.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox is being chaired (left to right) in a high-backed chair wreathed with laurel, according to the custom in Westminster at the close of an election. The three supporters of the chair (three quarter length figures in the foreground) are three ladies, all young and pretty, one of course the Duchess of Devonshire. On the third (left) is inscribed 'Portland Place', probably the Duchess of Portland, possibly Lady Archer, called 'the Portland Place Archer'. The other is probably Lady Duncannon. All three wear hats trimmed with a fox's brush. The foremost lady (right) holds a paper inscribed 'British Constitution'. Beside Fox in his chair is the cap of Liberty on its staff; he holds up a torn paper inscribed 'Rights of England'; in his left hand is a paper inscribed 'Privileges of the People'. A cluster of cherubs' heads beside him, emerging from clouds, is inscribed 'Voice of the People'; the principal cherub blows a trumpet from which issue the words 'Fox & Liberty'. In the background behind the chair (left) is a sea of heads; on the right is Sam House wearing his hat. Beneath the design is etched:'Friends freemen Britons all your strength be tried To quell oppression stem corruptions tide Let shouting plaudits fill resounding air And Fox & virtue set in freedom's chair.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title trimmed from this impression? Title from earlier state published by W. Wall on April 12, 1784. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6524., Sheet trimmed on the bottom within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Countermark in center of sheet: T.W. [monogram].
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 18, 1784 by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
- Subject (Geographic):
- England) and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Musical instruments, Parades & processions, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The chairing of Fox] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.12.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Phillips" identified as printmaker in British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trumpet blown by cherub -- Furniture: Chair wreathed with laurel -- Cap of Liberty -- Cherubs' heads -- Election litters., and Mounted to 29 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 12, 1784 by W. Wall, No. 31 Charles St. opposite Middlesex Hospittal [sic]
- Subject (Geographic):
- England) and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Angels, Musical instruments, Canvassing, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The chairing of Fox] [graphic].