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1. Out of the frying pan into the fire [graphic].
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 May 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.05.30.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On a wooden platform a crowned goose, representing George III, lays its head on the executioner's block. To the left standing over the goose is a fox with a raised axe. On the far left Lord North and on the right a young man (the Prince of Wales?) dance with joy at each end of the scaffold. A satire on the Prince's dislike of the King and his association with Charles Fox
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 27 x 35 cm., and Characters are identified in pencil above each figure, from left to right: Ld North, Fox, Burke.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Darchery May 30, 1783, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Geese, Foxes, Executions, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Out of the frying pan into the fire [graphic].
2. The Westminster electors charing their favorite candidate [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [16 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.16.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, with a fox's head, seated in an ornate chair resting on two poles, is carried by four men with asses' heads. Several others, also with asses' heads, men and women alike, cheer him enthusiastically displaying various items pertaining to the Westminster election which he won unopposed on April 7. The geese, representing the electors, lead the way holding in their beaks strings attached to the poles. The triumphant procession is watched with disbelief by three owls sitting on a tree branch in the upper right corner of the image
- Alternative Title:
- Westminster electors chairing their favorite candidate
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by Mrs. Darchery April 16, 1783 St. James Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Political elections, Donkeys, Geese, Owls, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster electors charing their favorite candidate [graphic].
3. The state goose-catcher, or, A St. James's market-man [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [11 September 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.09.11.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, shown in profile, with a fox's head, rides his horse towards the left holding a goose by the neck over his shoulder. Two bags stuffed with geese are suspended from his saddle. He says, "I have Burgoyn'd the geese at last by coming North about" [i.e., surrendered them to the enemy as Gen. Burgoyne did at Saratoga, by forming a coalition with Lord North].
- Alternative Title:
- State goose catcher and St. James's market-man
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and Mounted to 36 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by J. Barrow Septr. 11, 1783. White Lion, Bull Stairs, Surry Side Black Friars Bridge
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Horseback riding, Foxes, Geese, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state goose-catcher, or, A St. James's market-man [graphic].