- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment.
- Alternative Title:
- Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
- Description:
- Possible remnants of burnished imprint in lower right, with the publisher name "E. D'Achery" faintly visible., Printmaker and approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholicism., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Devil., and Gambling.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic].
You Searched For
1 - 3 of 3
Search Results
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1783 April 2
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- George III sleeps on his throne while Fox introduces Lord North to the Devil pulling him by his neck cloth. On the right Sandwich and Germain, members of the previous administration, are being carried off by a demon through a doorway labelled Pandaemonium, as Mansfield and Bute are hurried in the same direction.
- Alternative Title:
- Warm berth for the old administration
- Description:
- Reissue, with altered date in imprint; originally published April 2, 1782, by W. Brown., Text etched below title: Take the wicked from before the king, & his throne shall be establish'd in righteousness., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- W. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Sackville, George Germain,--Viscount,--1716-1785--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Devil., Sleeping. , and Thrones.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1782 August 2
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Depicts a fox (Charles James Fox) hanging from a gibbet around which dance members of the Conway family, headed by a blindfolded General Conway who is led by the nose by Shelburne. The Conways are all depicted as rats, with the exception of General Conway and his brother Lord Hertford. Shelburne is shown Janus-like with two faces, his own and that of the Devil. Refers to the resignation of Fox after Shelburne's appointment and Conway's support of the latter. A sequel to British Museum satire 5966.
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Conway, Henry Seymour,--1721-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway,--1st Marquis of,--1718-1794--Caricatures and cartoons., and Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blindfolds., Dance., Devil., Foxes. , Gallows., and Rats.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The jubilee [graphic].