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
Half length portrait to the right, in an oval, of a man wearing a long curled wig and a cravat; tentatively identified as Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker attribution and sitter's identity from note in pencil on verso: Lord Townshend, engravd. by Josiah Boydell., Probably a proof state; no lettering present, and lower margin not cleaned., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted to 36 x 28 cm.
John Collier, known as Tim Bobbin, the caricaturist; styled himself as "the Lancashire Hogarth"; half-length, seated in a chair, looking left, in cap. After the portrait by Hogarth
John Collier, known as Tim Bobbin, the caricaturist; styled himself as "the Lancashire Hogarth"; half-length, seated in a chair, looking left, in cap. After the portrait by Hogarth
Portrait of an unidentified woman, three quarter length, left arm resting on a pillow with tassels, curtain behind
Description:
Title from previous owner written in pencil below image., Mounted on leaf numbered 26 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Title devised by curator., Possibly after an oil painting by Wootton that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Date assigned by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 63 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
The street scene in Act V of The tragedy of Jane Shore: A dying Jane Shore, played by Sarah Siddons, is held by Bellmour and Dumont. A towering archway is seen in the background
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from local card catalog record., and Date from contemporary prints depicting Sarah Siddons in the role of Jane Shore.
Subject (Name):
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 and Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Title and publication date assigned by cataloger., Sheet trimmed at the bottom within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: watermen -- London: Thames River -- London: Westminster Bridge -- Boats -- Boat landings -- Uniforms: watermen's uniforms -- Badges: watermen's badges -- Female costume, 1785 -- Fans -- Military uniforms., and Watermark in center of sheet.