- Published / Created:
- pubd. as the act directs Jany. 12th 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.01.12.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III is shown with two faces in profile, standing in front of 2 doors, his right arm extended through a screen on the left and his hand being kissed by a kneeling Duke of Dorset. On the right, Charles James Fox, holding his East India Bill, also kneels to kiss the King's left hand, with North standing behind. On the wall hangs a picture of Bute as a cat. A reference to supposed secret influence at court
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate line., and Mounted to 31 x 38.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Janus (Roman deity) and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le double cabinet [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Fox, as Belial, seated in a depression in the centre of a large mass resembling a balloon in process of deflation, which is inscribed Publica Fides. Four vertical posts marked with figures seem intended to measure the (rapidly decreasing) degree of Publica Fides on which Fox can still count.... Fox is a fat, almost-naked creature, with horns and talons.... An attack on the Coalition ... An illustration of the lines: 'Belial,...the fleshiest Incubus', Paradise Regained..."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image. and Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The incubus. 1784 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.00.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In a cave with Westminster Bridge visible in the background at left, three witches stand around their cauldron, from which flames ascend, together with the heads of Fox, North, and Burke. The witches add other ingredients to the cauldron, including a paper marked rebellion, while one hag opens a sack from which emerge Thomas Erskine, and John Lee in the shape of a snake. An attack on the Coalition and the India Bill. Initials FN in lower right of image probably refer to Fox-North coalition
- Alternative Title:
- Birth of the plagues of England
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823., and Lee, John, 1733-1793.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Witches, and Cauldrons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The pit of Acheron, or, The birth of the plagues of England [graphic]