- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.22.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a probable later state., 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., and Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 22 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.22.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date based on that of earlier state with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.02.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a fox (Charles James Fox) hanging from a gibbet around which dance members of the Conway family, headed by a blindfolded General Conway who is led by the nose by Shelburne. The Conways are all depicted as rats, with the exception of General Conway and his brother Lord Hertford. Shelburne is shown Janus-like with two faces, his own and that of the Devil. Refers to the resignation of Fox after Shelburne's appointment and Conway's support of the latter. A sequel to British Museum satire 5966
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Hon. Edward Conway, Cannon of Christ Church, 1757-1785 -- Ministries: fall of Rockingham's ministry --Literature: allusion to Little Red Riding Hood -- Conway family as rats -- Mottoes: sic transit gloria mund.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. August 2d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Rats, Foxes, Blindfolds, Gallows, Devil, and Dance
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The jubilee [graphic].