Charles Fox, as Harlequin, and Lord North, as Pantaloon, perform on stage for the members of their party. Fox, standing on one leg, holds the Harlequin's 'magic' wand above the head of a bust of George III. Above the wand hangs the royal crown suspended from an air balloon. Behind his back, Fox passes to a smiling North a piece of paper inscribed, "Prerogative." The audience, that includes on the left, in the box, the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson, and in the pit, among the others, Keppel and Burke, applauds the performance. The back wall of the stage is decorated with a portrait of Cromwell. On the wall facing the King's bust hangs a map of the United States
Alternative Title:
Harlequin
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark, imprint burnished out., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Title partially in the form of a rebus.
Publisher:
E. Hodges?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pantomimes, Balloons (Aircraft), and Theaters
Edmund Burke, as a Jesuit, and Lord North kneel praying in front of a gallows from which hangs the body of Charles Fox with a label "East India Bill" issuing from his pocket. The comment made by one of the spectators standing in the background and the title of the print refer to the incident in which a bag thought to contain poison was thrown in Fox's face
Alternative Title:
Cromwell ye 2nd. exalted, or, The poison bag outdone by the halter and Poison bag outdone by the halter
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publishd March 1st 1784, as the act directs by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
George III, seated in an open car pushed across the clouds by Pitt, Thurlow, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Sydney, aims a "thunder of dissolution" at the Coalition ministers represented by Fox, Lord North, and Burke, who fall backwards into the abyss and flames below the clouds
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs, Feby. 6, 1784 by B. Walwyn No. 9 Pedlars Acre West Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800., and Zeus (Greek deity)
From Charles Fox's head grows serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel full-face, and the Duke of Portland in profile, alarmed and looking at Burke on the opposite side, also shown in profile and alarmed. Above Burke's head are the heads of Sheridan, as a satyr, Lord John Cavendish, and Lord Derby. The verses below the image refer to the defeat of the Fox-North coalition and the East India Bill
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
From Charles Fox's head grow serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel in profile, and the Duke of Portland in profile, looking at Burke on the opposite side, shown full-face looking to the right. Above Burke's head are the heads of Sheridan, as a satyr, Lord John Cavendish, and Lord Derby. The verse below the image refer to the defeat of the Fox-North coalition and the East India Bill
Description:
Title from item., Figure on the bottom right and second from the bottom on the left facing the viewer [i.e. not in profile]. Variant state of no. 6450 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 28 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
A flock of geese, i.e., Westminster electors, chants Fox's name and pecks at grains thrown them by Lord North from the purse "Treasury grains" he is holding under his arm. Next to him, a smiling Charles Fox, with a "list of voters" in his hand, promises the geese "anything for your votes." Behind them, Edmund Burke holds a flag inscribed, "for the liberty of the flock." Standing behind the geese is William Pitt who declares himself their guardian against the "wolves in sheeps cloathing."
Alternative Title:
Westminster candidate coming north about the geese
Description:
Title from etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 26 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Geese, Bribery, and Corruption
Thomas Powys, sleeping in a chair on the left, and Charles Marsham, with a tankard, two of the country gentlemen urging the union between Fox and Pitt, preside over a maypole dance in front of the "St. Albans" tavern, their meeting place. The maypole is decorated with a sleeping head of George III. Dancers include members of the Coalition cabinet, pictured with devil's horns: Charles Fox, with a fox's body, Burke, dressed as a Jesuit, and the Duke of Portland, and members of the preceding cabinet, pictured with haloes: Lord Thurlow, in a judge's robe, a smiling Lord Shelburne, and the Duke of Richmond. They are watched on the left by the "nurse North," with horns, holding baby Pitt, with a halo, and on the right, by the Prince of Wales, dancing to his own tune he is playing on a pipe and a drum
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800., and Romney, Charles Marsham, Earl of, 1744-1811.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), May poles, Dance, and Clothing & dress
The figure of Britannia entreats the King to look up at the irradiated face of William Pitt floating in front of a large, dark cloud that carries the faces of Charles Fox in the center, Lord North to the left, and Edmund Burke to the right. Fox's dark face is partially obscured by the rays surrounding Pitt
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publication date from British Museum catalogue: 1784., and Mounted to 41 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 26, 1783, by H. Macphail No. 68 High Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Eclipses
The heads of Burke, North, and Fox lie on a long table, in front of which are executioner's block and axe, with the words "pro bono publico" above them. Behind the table sits Thurlow wearing judge's robes, asking the House of Lords to approve the display of the heads at Temple Bar (last done after the defeat of the Jacobite Rebellion in 1746). The title refers to Fox's attempts to postpone the Mutiny Bill
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 20th, 1784, by E. Darchery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Decapitations, and Tables