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
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
Through the window in the upper left corner of the image, William Petty, Lord Shelburne, watches the candidates for the new ministry vomiting on the articles of the peace treaty with the United States as they lean on "posts" they hope to be awarded. Above them hovers a bat-like devil saying, "These posts my dears are temporal / I have posts below which you shall have eternal."
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd by E. Hedges No 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Vomiting, Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
Heads of the members of the new ministry stand on wig blocks in a barber's shop. The barber washes his hands in a bowl attached to a double stand with the bewildered looking head of Lord North and the happily smiling one of Charles Fox on it. Behind them stand blocks with the heads of the Duke of Portland, Lords Cavendish, Stormont (David Murray), Carlisle, and Admiral Keppel. Samuel House, a well known Fox supporter, and a plebeian politician, is seated, with his tankard in his hand, in a chair placed next to Keppel's head. The head of Burke behind him wears an unhappy expression, perhaps at the distance between him and the other cabinet members. Behind the barber on the floor lie the discarded heads of former ministers, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Shelburne, and Dundas. Above on the wall are mirror images of Charles I and Cromwell, ready to embrace each other. "A new Map of Great Britain and Ireland" above the fireplace is torn between Ireland and the British Isle on which the name 'England' is conspicously absent below Scotland and Wales
Alternative Title:
Heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom and Heads of a new wig administration on a broad bottom
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Watermark: countermark I V., and Some subjects identified by DeGrey below plate mark.
Publisher:
Published 21st April 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and London
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Wigs, and Maps
Heads of the members of the new ministry stand on wig blocks in a barber's shop. The barber washes his hands in a bowl attached to a double stand with the bewildered looking head of Lord North and the happily smiling one of Charles Fox on it. Behind them stand blocks with the heads of the Duke of Portland, Lords Cavendish, Stormont (David Murray), Carlisle, and Admiral Keppel. Samuel House, a well known Fox supporter, and a plebeian politician, is seated, with his tankard in his hand, in a chair placed next to Keppel's head. The head of Burke behind him wears an unhappy expression, perhaps at the distance between him and the other cabinet members. Behind the barber on the floor lie the discarded heads of former ministers, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Shelburne, and Dundas. Above on the wall are mirror images of Charles I and Cromwell, ready to embrace each other. "A new Map of Great Britain and Ireland" above the fireplace is torn between Ireland and the British Isle on which the name 'England' is conspicously absent below Scotland and Wales
Alternative Title:
Heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom and Heads of a new wig administration on a broad bottom
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 27.
Publisher:
Published 21st April 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and London
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Wigs, and Maps
Heads of the members of the new ministry stand on wig blocks in a barber's shop. The barber washes his hands in a bowl attached to a double stand with the bewildered looking head of Lord North and the happily smiling one of Charles Fox on it. Behind them stand blocks with the heads of the Duke of Portland, Lords Cavendish, Stormont (David Murray), Carlisle, and Admiral Keppel. Samuel House, a well known Fox supporter, and a plebeian politician, is seated, with his tankard in his hand, in a chair placed next to Keppel's head. The head of Burke behind him wears an unhappy expression, perhaps at the distance between him and the other cabinet members. Behind the barber on the floor lie the discarded heads of former ministers, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Shelburne, and Dundas. Above on the wall are mirror images of Charles I and Cromwell, ready to embrace each other. "A new Map of Great Britain and Ireland" above the fireplace is torn between Ireland and the British Isle on which the name 'England' is conspicously absent below Scotland and Wales
Alternative Title:
Heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom and Heads of a new wig administration on a broad bottom
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 40.1 x 27.4 cm, on sheet 42.7 x 28.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 16 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 21st April 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and London
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Wigs, and Maps