Charles Fox, in an armor with shield and spear and a barber's basin for a helmet, marches towards the "Treasurey" building that has windmill sails on it with Pitt's head at their center. Fox is encouraged in his endeavor by a timid-looking Lord North who pats his posterior
Alternative Title:
Don Quixote and his squire Sancho attacking a windmill
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, March 2d 1784 by S. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., and Quixote, Don (Fictitious character)
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Windmills, Armor, and Clothing & dress
A view of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, looking up towards the armory. On display in an alcove on the left is the armor of Francis I.
Description:
Title etched below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 75 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A view of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, looking up towards the armory. On display in an alcove on the left is the armor of Francis I.
Description:
Title etched below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 58 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 25.8 x 20.9 cm, on sheet 27.1 x 23.1 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Cromwell's ghost wearing armor rises from a cloud evoked by a witch sitting by a cauldron. Cromwell's stern look is fixed on a terrified Charles Fox who stands in a defensive position behind the witch
Description:
Title from item. and Publication information erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
