Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Hell -- Demons -- Pitchforks -- Horses -- Gallows -- Bellows -- Allusion to Samuel Foote's Minor -- Allusion to Fox-North Coalition -- Gambling: Dice-box -- Music sheets: Catches, cannons and glees., Watermark in center of sheet: J. Whatman., and Mounted to 34 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Savile, Christopher, ca. 1739-1819
In a room reminiscent of a magician's study, the King, dressed in a cloak as Friar Bacon (a necromancer of popular fable), evokes visions of the royal power while the brazen head speaks. Each vision is represented by a large medallion inscribed, "Constitution," and shows a different balance of power between the king and both houses of Parliament. On the left, Fox, Burke, and North, peek in through an open door, appearing alarmed. On the right, a number of men walk down the "back stairs." The first of them, carrying a conspirator's lantern and led by the devil, is Lord Temple
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Wizards, Magic, and Devil
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: tankard inscribed 'House' -- Trades: poll clerks -- Theaters: Covent Garden -- Hustings -- Election favors -- Elections: parochial poll books -- Parishes: St. James's Parish -- St. Martin's Parish., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 25 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aprill [the] 16, 1784, by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Crutches, and Political elections
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark partially cutting off imprint statement., Temporary local subject terms: Navy: ships -- Slaves -- French style fetters -- Fox's policies, 1784 -- Songs: 'Rule Britannia' -- Magna Charta -- Masks -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Dungeons -- Wooden shoes -- Swords -- Chains -- Allusion to George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis with initials G R., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 23, 1784, by H. Mc Phail, N [68 High Holborn]
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Charles Fox, dressed as an Asian prince, stands in an arrogant pose looking over his right shoulder. In his left hand is a rolled document, perhaps the India Bill
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and "Plate 1" above design on the right.
On the left, William Pitt, his arms and one leg raised, is looking up at the East India House that he has just kicked toward Charles Fox who stands ready to toss it back. Behind Fox is a table with dice and a dice box on it. Playing cards are scattered on the floor. Behind Pitt an open book inscribed, "Blackstone," indicates his barrister's education
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and East India Company.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Quotation from Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, A midsummer night's dream, iii.i.121 -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Taverns: Exterior of Shakespeare Tavern -- Covent Garden: Piazza -- Portico of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Clergy: Jesuits -- Tinkers -- Political grapes -- Asses' heads
Alternative Title:
Bottom Snout and Quince
Description:
Title from item., Traces of burnished imprint line above the title., Text following title: vide Shakespeare Mid-summer night dream., Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 46 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Published April 15, 1784, by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate St.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of imprint statement., Printmaker and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Three lines of text below the image, followed by four lines of verses., Temporary local subject terms: Hot air balloons -- Bipartite masks: Fox on both sides -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Boats -- Flags -- Burlesqued coats of arms: Devonshire -- Frenchmen: Petit-maitres -- Spy-glasses -- Cuckolds., Partial watermark in center of left side of sheet., and Mounted to 38 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act direts [sic], by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
A giant, half-nude female figure of Britannia swings terror-stricken diminutive figures of Charles Fox and Lord North in the air. Holding Fox by the ankle, she raises him above her head while North dangles by his neck from her other hand. Her shield and the liberty cap are beside her
Alternative Title:
Britannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed and Coalition monsters destroyed
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from Grego., and Mounted to 40 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792