- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.30.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on the resignation of Charles James Fox, here depicted with a fox's head and riding on a donkey, about to go under a gallows which straddles the road in a country setting
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 30th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Donkeys, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ahithophel in the dumps [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.06.15.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Above upper left border: "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6.", and A probable earlier state of no. 6007 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guy Vaux [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 15 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.06.15.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
- Description:
- Title from item., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guy Vaux [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 September 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.09.11.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Shelburne on the left, is seated in a chariot drawn by 2 boney donkeys with the heads of Dunning and General Conway. Before them runs Col. Barré with Mercury's wings on his hat and shoes, while behind the chair stands Pitt, holding a hornbook
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Septr. 11, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Hornbooks, Chariots, Donkeys, and Snuff
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jove in his chair [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.26.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An E.O. or roulette table lies broken in the street as four men attack it with mallets and other tools. Two attackers, the Bow Street magistrates Addington and Wright, are depicted with donkey's heads. Three constables are also shown, one attempting to stop the violence, the other two joining in the attack. A commentary on the enforcement of anti-gaming laws
- Alternative Title:
- Westminster just-asses a braying and Downfall of the E.O. table
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Text below title: NB. The jack-asses are to be indemnified for all the mischief they do, by the bulls & bears of the city.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 26th, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Addington, William, Sir, -1811, Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793, and Bond, John, active 1782
- Subject (Topic):
- Vandalism, Donkeys, Judges, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The W-st-r just-asses a braying, or, The downfall of the E.O. table [graphic].