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1. War of posts [graphic]
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1, 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.05.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The new ministry of Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox and Richmond (together with Pitt the Younger) is depicted on the left riding small posts like hobby-horses, their identities indicated by numbers with a corresponding key beneath the design. On the right the members of the old ministry (Sandwich, Amherst, North and Mansfield) are shown entering the jaws of Hell, prodded by the Devil with a pitchfork. In the center is a dome on 5 pillars, the temple of the Constitution
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W Richardson, No. 68 High Holborn London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806. and Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Gallows, Pillories, Hell, Devil, and Cannons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War of posts [graphic]
2. The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 16th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.02.16.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- In the foreground (left) a party of ministers is carousing. Members of the Opposition watch them with indignation. In the distance (left) behind them mounted men with hounds chase a stag. On the right the Temple of Fame is being demolished by the enemies of Britain. Many of the figures have numbers referring to notes engraved beneath the design. The central figure in the ministerial group is (4) Sandwich ("S--h") seated on the ground playing a violin, between two courtesans, each of whom holds a goblet of wine. He turns to one of them, saying, "D--mn the Navy, Give me t'ther Glee"; she holds a torn paper inscribed "How merrily we live". An open book, "Catchs Glees", in front of him, is supported by a wine-bottle. In the left corner of the print is (5) North (“N--h”) seated on a small sack inscribed “Budg[et]”, he is yawning, his arms stretched above his head. Three men stand behind him: a man in Elizabethan dress wearing a tall hat and ruff who is (9) “R--by [Rigby] in the Character of Bobadil”. He says (apparently of Sandwich) “I would he were in the Bottomless Pit.” ... For the time-serving Rigby's attack on Germain and Sandwich, and flattery of Pitt (14 Dec. 1781) see Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 390, and 'Parliamentary Hist.' xxii. 847. Behind him and whispering into his ear, stands 8, Lord Amherst (“A--rst”), very thin, saying, “Dick Rugby [sic] Stand Close”. Behind Amherst stands 7, Lord George Germain (“G--mn”) saying “Jeffry Barebones [i.e. Amherst], this is worse than Minden.” Next on the right stands the group of patriots: (6) Pitt (“W--P--t”) looking towards North, says “Shake off this Indolence”. (3), Fox (“F--x”), pointing towards the Temple of Fame (right) and frowning, says, “Wheres your Navy, wheres your Islands”. (2), Burke (“B--k”) is saying “Wont even Destruction move ye”. (1), The Duke of Richmond (“R--d”) says “Curs'd be those men who owe their Greatness to their Countrys Ruin”. In the foreground (right) Britannia, seated on the ground on her shield, weeps, a handkerchief held to her eyes. Behind her is (10) “The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins”, a building with a fluted dome on which the winged figure of Fame without her trumpet is poised on one foot, the other leg being broken off. ... See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospect of the year 1782
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image. and A companion print to British Museum Satire 5988 also ascribed to a design by Townshend: Anticipatio, or, The contrast to the Royal hunt.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament by R. Owen, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
3. The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 16th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.02.16.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- In the foreground (left) a party of ministers is carousing. Members of the Opposition watch them with indignation. In the distance (left) behind them mounted men with hounds chase a stag. On the right the Temple of Fame is being demolished by the enemies of Britain. Many of the figures have numbers referring to notes engraved beneath the design. The central figure in the ministerial group is (4) Sandwich ("S--h") seated on the ground playing a violin, between two courtesans, each of whom holds a goblet of wine. He turns to one of them, saying, "D--mn the Navy, Give me t'ther Glee"; she holds a torn paper inscribed "How merrily we live". An open book, "Catchs Glees", in front of him, is supported by a wine-bottle. In the left corner of the print is (5) North (“N--h”) seated on a small sack inscribed “Budg[et]”, he is yawning, his arms stretched above his head. Three men stand behind him: a man in Elizabethan dress wearing a tall hat and ruff who is (9) “R--by [Rigby] in the Character of Bobadil”. He says (apparently of Sandwich) “I would he were in the Bottomless Pit.” ... For the time-serving Rigby's attack on Germain and Sandwich, and flattery of Pitt (14 Dec. 1781) see Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 390, and 'Parliamentary Hist.' xxii. 847. Behind him and whispering into his ear, stands 8, Lord Amherst (“A--rst”), very thin, saying, “Dick Rugby [sic] Stand Close”. Behind Amherst stands 7, Lord George Germain (“G--mn”) saying “Jeffry Barebones [i.e. Amherst], this is worse than Minden.” Next on the right stands the group of patriots: (6) Pitt (“W--P--t”) looking towards North, says “Shake off this Indolence”. (3), Fox (“F--x”), pointing towards the Temple of Fame (right) and frowning, says, “Wheres your Navy, wheres your Islands”. (2), Burke (“B--k”) is saying “Wont even Destruction move ye”. (1), The Duke of Richmond (“R--d”) says “Curs'd be those men who owe their Greatness to their Countrys Ruin”. In the foreground (right) Britannia, seated on the ground on her shield, weeps, a handkerchief held to her eyes. Behind her is (10) “The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins”, a building with a fluted dome on which the winged figure of Fame without her trumpet is poised on one foot, the other leg being broken off. ... See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospect of the year 1782
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., A companion print to British Museum Satire 5988 also ascribed to a design by Townshend: Anticipatio, or, The contrast to the Royal hunt., and Uncolored impression. Trimmed to plate mark 250 x 360 mm.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament by R. Owen, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
4. The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. May, 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.00.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Britannia and America embrace, while France and Spain try to pull America away, Holland watches their efforts, and Fox points out the struggle to Keppel." A reference to attempts by Russia and Fox to mediate the conflict in 1781-82.
- Description:
- Title from item., A probable earlier state of no. 5989 without the Humphrey imprint. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Artist and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 44 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. Colley No. 5 Acorn Court Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane Old England
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, History, Colonies, Liberty cap, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America [graphic].
5. The minister in The minister out. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.22.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two frames, depicting Fox (with a fox's head) on the left and Lord North on the right. Three sycophants attend to Fox as he defecates, one wiping his rear, another offering a chamber pot emblazoned with the royal arms. On the right the same three figures have accosted North and empty the chamber pot on his head
- Alternative Title:
- Minister out
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse under each image: When the ministers in, how subservient his friends ..., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 24 x 33 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Defecation and Chamber pots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The minister in The minister out. [graphic]
6. The late bombardment of government castle [graphic]
- Creator:
- Goodnight, N. C., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The late ministers and the new Ministry spitting cannon-balls at each other, the former from a partly ruined castle ..." (--British Museum catalogue). Several of the ministers are recognizable, including, from the Opposition on the left, Burke, Conway, and Dunning, and in the castle the King, Archibishop Markham, Germain, and Cornwall
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1st, 1782 by J. Barrow, sold by E. Rich at the little Print Shop faceing Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street, and at Mr. Turners frame maker and print seller, No. 40, Snow hill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Markham, William, 1719-1807., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., and Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cannon balls, Bombardment, and Forts & fortifications
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The late bombardment of government castle [graphic]
7. The high and mighty pug answering Fox's proposals of peace [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [25 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.07.25.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fox (representing Charles James Fox) holding a quill pen in the right paw, approaches a platform on the left, upon which is seated a pug dog with a tobacco pipe (representing Holland). Beneath the pug's paw is a document (representing Fox's spurned peace overtures). On the right the head of the King is visible admonishing Fox against such negotiations with the Dutch
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by J. Barrow, July [the] 25, 1782. No. 11 St. Bride Passage Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Netherlands., Netherlands, Great Britain., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The high and mighty pug answering Fox's proposals of peace [graphic].
8. The fox dividing the pack [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.03.17.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The King, in the form of a crowned goose, leans out an upper palace window beneath which hounds pursue a fox (labelled with the radical M.P.'s name), and another large dog labelled Boreas, (i.e. Lord North) which is ridden by the Devil
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 17th 1782 by the Devil
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Fox hunting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox dividing the pack [graphic]
9. Prerogatives defeat, or, liberties triumph [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Bute and North lie on the ground as Dunning steps from North's back to Butes. assisted by Fox. A Scot in highland dress attacks Dunning from behind with a sword while an Irishman and American look on.
- Alternative Title:
- Liberties triumph
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 30 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publised Aprill 20, 1782 by E. Darchery St. Js' Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Prerogatives defeat, or, liberties triumph [graphic].