"The resigning Ministers issue from the arched gateway of the 'Treasury', led by Pitt (right) who, with an oratorical gesture, holds out a document: 'Justice of Emancipating ye Catholicks'. Behind him is Dundas (Secretary of State for War), holding Pi...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 24th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir, 1765-1811, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, and Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837
"A box-like room is suspended in the sea by ropes on pulleys, a shaft ascending from its roof. There is no front wall, enabling sea-monsters to attack the occupants, who are four terrified little men, naked except for breeches. In each of the three wa...
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Title etched above image.
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Publish'd July 19th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"A caricature of Hamilton, in back view, in the form of a porcelain vase standing on a (chipped) base inscribed: 'D AM.N.Q.V.I.Σ.Σ.Ω.N'. The wig, with black bag, forms the cover of the vase. The shoulders are enormously wide and curved, with large pro...
Alternative Title:
From Sir William Hamilton's collection
Description:
Title etched below image.
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Publishd. May 8th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"A young and very smart officer lunges forward, pointing his tasselled cane at one of a line of soldiers who stand rigidly at attention full face, but with 'Eyes right' (the words inscribed at the end of the cane). He shouts: "Hold up your Head that M...
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Title etched at bottom of image.
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Publishd. Novr. 12th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A lady walks from the spectator holding out a closed parasol in her right hand; with the left she raises the back of her dress, showing a leg but letting her skirt trail on the ground. She wears a poke bonnet projecting horizontally beyond her face, ...
Alternative Title:
Back front of a lady of fashion in the year 1801
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd. July 28, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
