The Devil, flying above the scene, has cast a fishing net over a table in the foreground of a large assemblage. A judge (?) outside the net on the left points to the individuals within. These are, from left to right, a man with spectacles holding a pen and writing in a book, his place card reading "The High Bailiff's conscience", followed by a central figure at whom the assemblage is looking, a young man in a fools cap, another man standing wearing clerical bands, and an old woman seated wearing a cap. At the right of the table stands a man who lifts the tablecloth to reveal the personification of Justice decapitated below, her scales lying next to her. In the foreground on the left a dog labelled "Prerogative" urinates on a round object. His collar is inscribed "W.P. Downing Street" (a reference to Pitt?). The man wearing spectacles is almost certainly Edmund Burke, the central seated figure perhaps the King, and the man lifting the tablecloth resembles Fox. Possibly relating to the 1783 Westminster election
"A sequel to British Museum satires no. 6438. George III, seated on a balloon, points downwards with his sceptre to an image of Pitt (right) as a naked child, on a column which is inscribed 'Family Presumption'. The king looks down at North, Fox, and Burke, saying, "I command you O Shadrach Mesech & Abednego!" The three stand (left) in attitudes expressing intense self-righteousness; they say: "Know O King we will not worship [the] Golden Image"; on each head rests a tongue of flame. They stand outside a dilapidated building on the extreme left inscribed 'St Stephens', shored up by a beam, whose base is at their feet, inscribed 'Resolutions Unrescinded'. From its coping-stone flies an ensign flag inscribed 'Firm S.P.Q.B.' The king's balloon is inscribed 'Prerogative'; its lower axis emits a blast inscribed 'Gracious Answer'. Behind the balloon and Pitt are clouds inscribed 'Breath of Popularity'. Pitt stands sucking his finger (cf. British Museum satires no. 6417); on his head is a sugar-loaf surmounted by a flag inscribed 'Feby 28', an emblem of the Grocers' Company which had entertained him on that day, see British Museum satires no. 6442. Kneeling figures do obeisance before the image of Pitt, those in the foreground representing the least reputable trades: a lamplighter (left), with his ladder and oil-can, kneels in profile to the right; a butcher prostrates himself; a chimney-sweep kneels with clasped hands; a ragged scavenger, his shovel and basket beside him, kneels in profile to the left, the basket stands on a paper inscribed '[Worshipfu]ll Company of Scavenger[s]'. In the foreground lie papers inscribed 'Garret Address' (an allusion to the mock elections of Garratt), 'Address', and 'The worshipfull Company of Chimney Sweepers'. A crowd of kneeling figures (left) is worshipping the idol; they hold standards, three of which are inscribed 'Bristol', 'Westminster', and 'London', representing the addresses to the king which had been compared by Fox to those made to Charles II, see British Museum Satires no. 6438, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Annibal Scratch" is the pseudonym of Samuel Collings., Only tentative attribution to Samuel Collings in the British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image, one column on either side of title: A gilded image & before it, a mob on marrow-bones adore it ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Traces of former blue mounting on verso., and British Museum duplicate (indicated by stamp on verso with initials JKR). With original 1[s] price in ink, with figures identified in ink in Hawkin's hand according to Andrew Edmunds.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Surrey.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Grocers' Company (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Local elections, Adoration, Balloons (Aircraft), Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Idols, Occuptations, and Scavenging
Title from item., Printmaker tentatively identified in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Song -- Debts -- Fiddle -- Jesuit -- Captain Morris., Watermark in center of sheet., Mounted on 34 x 48 cm., and Pencilled on recto mount is a names of the subjects depicted in the print as well as a quote: In July 1786 the Prince of Wales was financially embarrassed & applied in vain to his father for aid. He then decided to break up his establishment, set apart a portion of his allowance for his debts & live on the remainder as a private gentleman. Cf. Russell's Memorials of Fox, v. ii, p. 285.
Publisher:
Published for the proprietor, as the act directs, by E. Macklew, opposite the Opera House, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Leaf 14. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"On the right is 'The old Building', an inn of old-fashioned construction with a projecting upper story and attic, representing Great Britain or the Constitution. On the left is the king, apparently asleep, driving off to Hanover in a coach with a crown on its roof. Two men and a barefooted woman who holds up two naked infants kneel beside the coach in attitudes of despairing entreaty. In the upper left corner of the print, above the coach, an eye looks towards the 'Old House' labelled, 'Turn out those Robbers and repair the House'. The robbers in possession are members of the Coalition. The lowest story, stone-built and solid but sinking beneath the weight of the upper floors, is inscribed 'Public Credit', a large padlocked gate being inscribed 'Funds'. Outside it sits Fox, in the form of a fox, on a stone inscribed 'Protector'; he points towards the padlock. A chain attached to his waist is attached to a curving pillar, inscribed 'Coalition', which is the bending support of a balcony. Beside him, seated on a turnstile, is North saying, "Give me my Ease And do as you Please". On the other side of the gateway the crown stands on a block inscribed 'To be Sold'. The first floor is supported by two massive beams or props, one, 'The Lords', being intact (indicating the part taken by the Lords in rejecting the India Bill), the other, 'Prerogative of the Crown', is almost chopped through by one of two lawyers in a first-floor window inscribed 'ye two Lawyers'; he sits with one leg over the sill wielding an axe. Beside him projects from a beam the sign of the house, 'Magna Charta', a torn document with a pendant seal; the signboard is dropping down. He is Lee the Attorney-General, pilloried for his speech on the East India Company's Charter, see British Museum Satires No. 6364, &c. Next him is another lawyer, who shakes his clenched fist towards 'Magna Charta'. He is perhaps James Mansfield (1733-1821) who succeeded Lee as Solicitor-General (Nov. 19) on the death of Wallace. The first-floor balcony, an excrescence on the original structure supported by the pillar Coalition, extends round the corner of the house above Fox and North. It is filled with revellers: a harlequin leans over it, next him is Burke, who blows a long trumpet from which issue the words 'Sheridan Sheridan Sheridan dan Sheridan', pointing towards a group on his left which includes a man (Sheridan?) flourishing a bottle and dressed as a clown or zany (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7273), and two women, one of whom resembles the Duchess of Devonshire. Beside her a large flag projects from the balcony, 'Man of the People'; on it is a fox's brush. On the rails of the balcony is a placard 'Here's the Whore of Babylon the Devil and the Pope'. The wall behind is inscribed 'The old Building'. The projecting windowless attic or cornice is divided, in front of the house into partitions numbered from 1 to 10. Round the corner (right) the wall is inscribed 'The accursed 10 years American War fomented by opposition and misconducted by a timid Minister'. The roof is composed of stones or large irregular slates, on each of which is the word 'Tax', showing that the security of the house is endangered by the weight of taxes. On it sits a bird, probably a raven of ill omen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the old house in Little Brittain and View of the old house in Little Britain
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6384 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Letter "S" in "Strand" in imprint is etched backwards., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 114-5., and On leaf 14 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. Ian. 23, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Lee, John, 1733-1793, Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), Foxes, Clowns, and Carriages & coaches
"On the right is 'The old Building', an inn of old-fashioned construction with a projecting upper story and attic, representing Great Britain or the Constitution. On the left is the king, apparently asleep, driving off to Hanover in a coach with a crown on its roof. Two men and a barefooted woman who holds up two naked infants kneel beside the coach in attitudes of despairing entreaty. In the upper left corner of the print, above the coach, an eye looks towards the 'Old House' labelled, 'Turn out those Robbers and repair the House'. The robbers in possession are members of the Coalition. The lowest story, stone-built and solid but sinking beneath the weight of the upper floors, is inscribed 'Public Credit', a large padlocked gate being inscribed 'Funds'. Outside it sits Fox, in the form of a fox, on a stone inscribed 'Protector'; he points towards the padlock. A chain attached to his waist is attached to a curving pillar, inscribed 'Coalition', which is the bending support of a balcony. Beside him, seated on a turnstile, is North saying, "Give me my Ease And do as you Please". On the other side of the gateway the crown stands on a block inscribed 'To be Sold'. The first floor is supported by two massive beams or props, one, 'The Lords', being intact (indicating the part taken by the Lords in rejecting the India Bill), the other, 'Prerogative of the Crown', is almost chopped through by one of two lawyers in a first-floor window inscribed 'ye two Lawyers'; he sits with one leg over the sill wielding an axe. Beside him projects from a beam the sign of the house, 'Magna Charta', a torn document with a pendant seal; the signboard is dropping down. He is Lee the Attorney-General, pilloried for his speech on the East India Company's Charter, see British Museum Satires No. 6364, &c. Next him is another lawyer, who shakes his clenched fist towards 'Magna Charta'. He is perhaps James Mansfield (1733-1821) who succeeded Lee as Solicitor-General (Nov. 19) on the death of Wallace. The first-floor balcony, an excrescence on the original structure supported by the pillar Coalition, extends round the corner of the house above Fox and North. It is filled with revellers: a harlequin leans over it, next him is Burke, who blows a long trumpet from which issue the words 'Sheridan Sheridan Sheridan dan Sheridan', pointing towards a group on his left which includes a man (Sheridan?) flourishing a bottle and dressed as a clown or zany (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7273), and two women, one of whom resembles the Duchess of Devonshire. Beside her a large flag projects from the balcony, 'Man of the People'; on it is a fox's brush. On the rails of the balcony is a placard 'Here's the Whore of Babylon the Devil and the Pope'. The wall behind is inscribed 'The old Building'. The projecting windowless attic or cornice is divided, in front of the house into partitions numbered from 1 to 10. Round the corner (right) the wall is inscribed 'The accursed 10 years American War fomented by opposition and misconducted by a timid Minister'. The roof is composed of stones or large irregular slates, on each of which is the word 'Tax', showing that the security of the house is endangered by the weight of taxes. On it sits a bird, probably a raven of ill omen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the old house in Little Brittain and View of the old house in Little Britain
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Letter "S" in "Strand" in imprint is etched backwards., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Ian. 23, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Lee, John, 1733-1793, Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), Foxes, Clowns, and Carriages & coaches
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark ., Temporary local subject terms: Animals: Badger -- Fox -- Laurel wreaths -- Clergy -- Bishop's mitres -- Tottering coalition -- Coronet of Prince of Wales -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Hinchcliffe, John, 1731-1794 -- Shipley, Jonathan, 1714-1788 -- Watson, Richard, 1737-1816., Partial watermark left side of sheet., and Mounted to 35 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd April [the] 11, 1784, by G. Humphrey print seller, No. 48 Long Acre, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
"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