- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.03.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A giant, half-nude female figure of Britannia swings terror-stricken diminutive figures of Charles Fox and Lord North in the air. Holding Fox by the ankle, she raises him above her head while North dangles by his neck from her other hand. Her shield and the liberty cap are beside her
- Alternative Title:
- Britannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed and Coalition monsters destroyed
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from Grego., and Mounted to 40 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Liberty cap
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brittannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed [graphic].
You Searched For
1 - 4 of 4
Search Results
- Published / Created:
- [between 1770 and 1800?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 770.00.00.191 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler (looking left) mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy, and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the rightt, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the left a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras frontispiece and explanation
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title: "The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butler's genious in a car lashing around Mount Parnassus in the persons of Hudibras & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance the reigning vices of his time.", Copy in reverse of no. 504 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 82.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Parnassus, Mount (Greece), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece and its explanation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.25.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Design in an oval. Used as a frontispiece to second edition (1785) of 'The Westminster Election' and probably designed for it. Britannia seated on a throne (right) raised on three steps holds out a laurel wreath towards the Duchess of Devonshire who is led towards her by the draped figures of Liberty (left) holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and Fame (right) with her trumpet. The British lion lies at Britannia's feet (right) looking over its shoulder at the Duchess."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britannia
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Two lines of quoted text below title: "She smiles - infused with a fortitude from Heaven"! Vide Shakespears Tempest., Frontispiece to: Hartley, J. History of the Westminster election. London : Printed for the editors, and sold by J. Debrett ..., 1785., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Personifications -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Musical instruments -- Laurel wreaths -- Ships., and Mounted to 28 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty, Fame, Lions, Thrones, Wreaths, Liberty cap, and Trumpets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britania [sic] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [16 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.16.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the foreground, Charles Fox puts a chain around the British Lion's neck while Lord North ties a blindfold around the animal's head. Standing next to North is Burke who holds the ends of the chain attached to a large padlock. In the background, a female figure of Britannia holds William Pitt by the hand in an attempt to lead him forward
- Description:
- Title, statement of responsibility and publication date supplied by cataloger based on entry in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within the plate mark resulting in loss of imprint.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Lions, Blindfolds, and Chains
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Beauties and deformities of Fox, North, and Burke] [graphic]