- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1785 April 25
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to BMSat 6790. Fox in the foreground (right) leans back disconsolately in a low chair; in his right hand is an empty purse, in the left 'Pitts Speech'. Beside him in his upturned hat are a dice-box and dice. On the left Burke, stripped to the waist, kneels before his three-legged stool on which is propped an open book inscribed 'Reform'; he is flagellating himself with a birch-rod held in his right hand, and a rosary attached to a cross in his left. Behind, as if seen in a camera obscura or through a window, North is embracing a young woman wearing tattered garments; above their heads is the view of an avenue inscribed 'St James's Park'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., and North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Evening consolation [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1785 February 25
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to BMSat 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, (right), very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror (right) which reflects his anxious and gloomy expression. Above his head a dark lantern, emblem of a conspirator, hangs on the wall (cf. BMSat 6784, &c)."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date of 25 April 1785 supplied by the British Museum catalogue for an impression lacking the imprint statement; this date apparently based on that of the companion print entitled: Evening consolation., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., and North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Morning preparation [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1785 February 4
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Fox as Dr. Busby birches Pitt and his supporters in a lofty hall with stone walls. Fox (left) sits under a statue of Justice which is in an alcove above his head, a birch-rod in her right hand, in the left, her scales evenly balanced. Pitt lies across Fox's knee, his posteriors scarred; he says, "O pardon me & I'll promise you on my honor that I will Honestly & boldly endeavour a reform!" Fox, his birch-rod raised to smite, says, "That's all Twaddle! - so here's for your India Task! there! there! there! & there's for blocking up the old Womens Windows & making them drink Tea in the dark! - there! there! & there's for------O I've a a a hundred accounts to settle - there! there! there! there! there! there." Those who have been already chastised are borne off (right), a sea of heads, on the backs of the Foxite party ..."--British Museum online catalogue,
- Alternative Title:
- Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Title etched below image., and Two lines of verse below title: "Illustrious burns, might merit more regard ..."
- Publisher:
- J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hill, Richard,--Sir,--1733-1808--Caricatures and cartoons., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Robinson, John,--1727-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chamber pots. and Spanking.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].