One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning.
Description:
Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., and Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street.
Publisher:
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Dunning, John,--Baron Ashburton,--1731-1783--Caricatures and cartoons., Fawkes, Guy,--1570-1606--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Wilkes, John,--1725-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Donkeys., Fools' caps. , and Thrones.
"North (left) in the guise of a badger, runs off leaving a little cave under a rock. Charles Fox as a fox (right) snarls at him, while he excretes a stream inscribed "Eloquence". The badger is identified as North by a ribbon tied round his body, and by the four points of the compass in a circle on his head, his snout being inscribed "North". The fox stands over a bag inscribed "Faro Bank" from which guineas are pouring, playing-cards are strewn on the ground at his feet. In the foreground is a small bundle inscribed "Budget" within which are bars inscribed "Soap" and a small barrel inscribed "Small Beer" in allusion to the taxes proposed by North in his budget speech of 11 Mar. Behind the badger is a sign-post, the two arms of which terminate in well-drawn hands. The hand of the arm pointing left, in the direction to which North is running, holds the head of a halberd, the arm is inscribed "To Tower Hill". The other arm points downwards at the cave which the badger has left, and is inscribed "To the Treasury". Behind Fox is a terminal statue inscribed "Janus", one head being that of a bearded old man, the other that of a fox, it is crowned by a cylindrical headdress (?a dice-box) on which are two dice. The scene is a wooded landscape with hills. In the distance a hunt is in progress, a stag pursued by dogs; the foremost rider is the king, a minute figure who is falling from his horse after having leapt a gate. His crown falls from his head, his saddle, with the stirrups flying, is falling to the ground."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Fox stinking the badger out of his nest
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., and North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Depicts 26 members of the old and new ministries around a card table, North and Fox (the latter with a fox's head) appearing most prominently, together with Thurlow, Grey Cooper, the Duke of Richmond, John Dunning, Wilkes, Barré, and John Cavendish.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title from item.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 8 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Barré, Isaac,--1726-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Cavendish, John,--Lord,--1732-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., Cooper, Grey,--Sir,--ca. 1726-1801--Caricatures and cartoons., Dunning, John,--Baron Ashburton,--1731-1783--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Richmond, Charles Lennox,--3d Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth,--Marquis of,--1730-1782--Caricatures and cartoons., Sandwich, John Montagu,--Earl of,--1718-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Surrey, Charles Howard,--Earl of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,--Baron,--1731-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Wilkes, John,--1725-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Card games. , Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., and Gambling.
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:
Four lines of verse under each image: When the ministers in, how subservient his friends ..., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title from item.
Publisher:
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Within an oval design, Rockingham is shown seated on a close stool labelled "Publick Reservoir". He vomits into a hat held by Burke, while behind him stand Cavendish, Fox, and Thomas Powys, M.P. for Northamptonshire. A satire on Burke's Bill of economical reform.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Cavendish, John,--Lord,--1732-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Lilford, Thomas Powys,--Baron,--1743-1800--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth,--Marquis of,--1730-1782--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Defecation., and Vomiting.