- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment.
- Alternative Title:
- Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
- Description:
- Possible remnants of burnished imprint in lower right, with the publisher name "E. D'Achery" faintly visible., Printmaker and approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholicism., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Devil., and Gambling.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1782 April 12
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Depicts 26 members of the old and new ministries around a card table, North and Fox (the latter with a fox's head) appearing most prominently, together with Thurlow, Grey Cooper, the Duke of Richmond, John Dunning, Wilkes, Barré, and John Cavendish.
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title from item.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, No. 8 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Barré, Isaac,--1726-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Cavendish, John,--Lord,--1732-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., Cooper, Grey,--Sir,--ca. 1726-1801--Caricatures and cartoons., Dunning, John,--Baron Ashburton,--1731-1783--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Richmond, Charles Lennox,--3d Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth,--Marquis of,--1730-1782--Caricatures and cartoons., Sandwich, John Montagu,--Earl of,--1718-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Surrey, Charles Howard,--Earl of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,--Baron,--1731-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Wilkes, John,--1725-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games. , Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., and Gambling.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Banco to the knave [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury.
- Alternative Title:
- Devil addressing the sun
- Description:
- Date based on that of earlier state with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., and Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Foxes. , and Gambling.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1782 July 22
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury.
- Alternative Title:
- Devil addressing the sun
- Description:
- Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a probable later state. and Probably an earlier state of the plate with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6012.
- Publisher:
- E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Foxes. , and Gambling.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- The Bow Street magistrate and campaigner against gambling, Sampson Wright, is shown seated at a table being assailed by a man who has entered the door on the right. On the left another man (probably meant to be John Bond, Wright's clerk) expresses alarm, and on the right a dismayed youth wipes away a tear.
- Description:
- Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bond, John,--active 1782--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Wright, Sampson,--Sir,---1793--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Gambling., Interiors--England--18th century., Judges--England--London--18th century., and Threats.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sampson overcome by a Philistian [graphic] / invented by a theif [sic] ; engrav'd by a pickpocket!
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1783 August 26
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- 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:
- Downfall of the E.O. table and Westminster just-asses a braying
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: NB. The jack-asses are to be indemnified for all the mischief they do, by the bulls & bears of the city., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Addington, William,--Sir,---1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bond, John,--active 1782--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., and Wright, Sampson,--Sir,---1793--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Donkeys, Gambling., Judges--England--London--18th century., and Vandalism.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The W-st-r just-asses a braying, or, The downfall of the E.O. table [graphic].