- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III sleeps on his throne while Fox introduces the Devil to Lord North. 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:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd April 2, 1782 by W. Brown
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Thrones, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 July 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.07.11.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North balances smugly on his left foot atop the beam of a pair of scales tipping the balance in favor of a very obese Charles Fox. Fox laughs at Lord Shelburne who remains suspended on the other scale, unable to bring it down despite stamping his feet. He is being enveloped by a cloud of gas labelled "anathema" being excreted by North. Above to the left, George III, blindfolded with a tartan handkerchief, with the crown suspended above his head, reaches out from a cloud to place an enourmous wig on North's head
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 41 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 11th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Scales, Obesity, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack a' both sides [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 9 March 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.03.09.02.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the lower left corner stands Lord North, his right arm raised, delivering a speech while Cornwall, the Speaker, is looking at him from his chair in the upper left corner of the image. On the right, rising from a cloud, are Fox and Burke, both violently gesticulating in their attack on North. Below the figures of North and Fox are excerpts from their speeches attacking each other before forming coalition
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Companion print to British Museum catalogue 6188.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Public speaking, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War [graphic].