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1. A long pull, strong pull, and pull all together [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [9 January 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.01.09.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- William Petty, Lord Shelburne, braces himself against the door to the Treasury in order to resist the pull of the rope tied around his waist. He is helped by John Dunning dressed in legal wig and cloak. The four men attempting to remove Shelburne from the Treasury are, from left to right, Charles James Fox, intent on forming a new administration; Admiral Augustus Keppel and the 3rd Duke of Richmond, both members of the Shelburne administration but opposing Shelburne; and Edmund Burke, later paymaster-general in the Fox-North administration
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and The figure on the right identified by George as Edmund Burke is identified here as Lord John Cavendish.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jan. 9th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Ropes, Tug of war, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government, 1760-1789
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A long pull, strong pull, and pull all together [graphic].
2. Banditti [graphic]
- Creator:
- Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Dec. 22, 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.12.22.03.2+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on a fox. He leans on the table keeping his right hand on three dice signed, "Madras," "Bombay," and "Bengal," and clutching a dice box in his left. Behind him Admiral Keppel, the date of the battle of Ushant (1778) on his helmet, raises his goblet in a toast. Behind him Sheridan, with ass's ears and "School for Scandal" written across his head cover, watches the Duke of Portland count out money to Lord Carlisle. On Portland's shoulder leans Lord Cavendish in a centurion's armor under his cloak. Between him and North sits Burke in a Jesuit's outfit reading his own "Plan of oeconomy [sic]." Under the table lie the corpses of Lords Shelburne and Ashburton, ousted by the Coalition
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with title etched within bottom part of image instead of below image. See British Museum catalogue., Publication line above image in upper left is mostly burnished from plate; transcription from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 26.6 x 34.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Formerly tipped into an album? Residue on left edge.
- Publisher:
- Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Banditti [graphic]
3. Banditti [graphic]
- Creator:
- Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Dec. 22, 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.12.22.03.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on a fox. He leans on the table keeping his right hand on three dice signed, "Madras," "Bombay," and "Bengal," and clutching a dice box in his left. Behind him Admiral Keppel, the date of the battle of Ushant (1778) on his helmet, raises his goblet in a toast. Behind him Sheridan, with ass's ears and "School for Scandal" written across his head cover, watches the Duke of Portland count out money to Lord Carlisle. On Portland's shoulder leans Lord Cavendish in a centurion's armor under his cloak. Between him and North sits Burke in a Jesuit's outfit reading his own "Plan of oeconomy [sic]." Under the table lie the corpses of Lords Shelburne and Ashburton, ousted by the Coalition
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with title etched within bottom part of image instead of below image. See British Museum catalogue., Publication line above image in upper left is mostly burnished from plate; transcription from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Banditti [graphic]
4. Blessed are the peace makers [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [24 February 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.02.24.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A Spaniard using his sword as a walking stick and capering with satisfaction, leads a procession along a country road to a building inscribed "Inquisition." He is followed by a happy looking Frenchman who pulls George III on a rope tied around the King's neck and through a gate made from two vertical spears with a third one tied horizontally on top. A lion is falling down from it while the unicorn tries to balance itself and the crown. The King is followed by Lord Shelburne (William Petty), mimicking both the royal posture and dress, and holding a rolled document signed 'Preliminaries." Their orderly progress is watched by a lean, simply dressed man holding in his right hand a scourge with many lashes and the word "America" between them. With his left, he pulls the rope tied around the neck of a boorish Dutchman, his hands stuck in his pockets, smoking a pipe
- Alternative Title:
- Blessed are the peacemakers
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by E. Dashery [sic], Feby. 24 1783 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dutch, French, Spanish, Ropes, Whips, Spears, Lions, Unicorns, Crowns, Marching, Clothing & dress, and Foreign relations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Blessed are the peace makers [graphic].
5. Over with him [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [28 February1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.02.28.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, with a fox's head in a wig, tilts to one side a wheelbarrow in which Lord Shelburne (William Petty) lies on his back, his arms and legs uncomfortably outstretched. Above them, Lord North as Boreas among the clouds, directs a strong blast on Shelburne's face. The text below the title, "The Devil can't Stand against A Double force. Vide the Votes of H: C: on ye. 18. [i.e., 17th] of Feby 1783," refers to the first of the two votes that, following the new coalition between Fox and North, led to Shelburne's resignation on February 24, 1783
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet mounted to 43 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by E. D. Achery [sic]. Feb. 28. 1783 St. James Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Wheelbarrows, Winds, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Over with him [graphic].
6. Patent saddles invented solely for the ease of Boreas & Reynard [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [29 May 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.05.29.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox and Lord North follow the post sign to "St. James 5 Miles." The surface of their saddles is covered with large projecting spikes. Lord North, holding a roll signed, "Taxation" under his arm, has lost his stirrup and holds on to the saddle of his fast trotting horse with an expression of anguish. Fox behind him holds a roll signed, "Coalition." In an attempt to relieve his awkward position, he has dropped the reins and tries to support his weight by leaning on the horse's withers and rump
- Alternative Title:
- True Englishmans toast, a hard trotting horse, a porcupine saddle, a cobweb pair of breeches, for the enemies of Great Britt-an
- Description:
- Title from item., Possibly a reissue of no. 6236 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Possibly by Gillray.
- Publisher:
- Pubd by H Humphery, May 29, 1783 N 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Horseback riding, and Horses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Patent saddles invented solely for the ease of Boreas & Reynard [graphic].
7. Raising the royal George [graphic]
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 January 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.01.21.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III, submerged in water, his head and hands raised in supplication above the waves, is being pulled out by four men standing in "Victory's Boat." They are, from left to right, Admiral Keppel, Lord Shelburne, John Dunning, and the Duke of Richmond. A "Diving Bell" with a head of a judge, possibly Thurlow, is attached to the boat by another rope. Watching from the shore are Charles James Fox, with a fox's head, and Edmund Burke. Fox comments that "As maligrida [Shelburne] now does reign / all their labour is in vain," to which Burke adds, "if boreas was here he would much swell / and prevent the efects of the Diving Bell." 'Boreas,' the fictitious designer of this print is Lord North. The printmaker Twitcher is Lord Sandwich. The title alludes to the loss of the warship "Royal George" during repairs in Portsmouth in 1782
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to John Nixon. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 32 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 21st. Jan. 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., England, and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., and Royal George (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Diving bells, Shipwrecks, Boats, Ropes, Drowning, Crowns, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Raising the royal George [graphic]
8. The Portland sharks, or, The ministry upon a broad bottom [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.06.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lying on his stomach, a giant Lord North appraises the ship Britannia which is heeling over by the shore, as he encourages the members of his cabinet to pillage it. Diminutive figures of Fox, Portland, possibly Stormont, and Burke, stand on his back holding large sacks of loot. To the right on the ground stands "Sir" Jeffery Dunstan, the popular "Mayor of Garratt," and used wig seller, saying, "Old Whigs and Sham Whigs."
- Alternative Title:
- Ministry upon a broad bottom
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., From The Rambler's magazine. See British Museum catalogue., and Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796., and Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Ships, Robberies, Peddlers, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Portland sharks, or, The ministry upon a broad bottom [graphic].
9. The Treasury ladders, or, Political gapers [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [5 July 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.07.05.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Two ladders placed against a tall brick wall signed, "Treasury," reach an open window at the top. In it stands a man, perhaps the Duke of Portland, with a yoke on his shoulders and bunches of grapes hanging from each end. At the top of the ladders are, from left, Fox and North, both reaching for the grapes while at the same time emptying their bowels. Their excrement falls into the mouths of those climbing immediately after them; on Fox's ladder it is Sheridan. This process is repeated down to the last climbers. Each ladder is supported by a group of men gaping toward its top with their mouths open in expectation of the spoils
- Alternative Title:
- Political gapers
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by E. Rich, July 5 1783, No. 55 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Ladders, Windows, Climbing, Grapes, Defecation, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Treasury ladders, or, Political gapers [graphic].