The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on a fox. He leans on the table keeping his right hand on three dice signed, "Madras," "Bombay," and "Bengal," and clutching a dice box in his left. Behind him Admiral Keppel, the date of the battle of Ushant (1778) on his helmet, raises his goblet in a toast. Behind him Sheridan, with ass's ears and "School for Scandal" written across his head cover, watches the Duke of Portland count out money to Lord Carlisle. On Portland's shoulder leans Lord Cavendish in a centurion's armor under his cloak. Between him and North sits Burke in a Jesuit's outfit reading his own "Plan of oeconomy [sic]." Under the table lie the corpses of Lords Shelburne and Ashburton, ousted by the Coalition
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with title etched within bottom part of image instead of below image. See British Museum catalogue., Publication line above image in upper left is mostly burnished from plate; transcription from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
A Spaniard using his sword as a walking stick and capering with satisfaction, leads a procession along a country road to a building inscribed "Inquisition." He is followed by a happy looking Frenchman who pulls George III on a rope tied around the King's neck and through a gate made from two vertical spears with a third one tied horizontally on top. A lion is falling down from it while the unicorn tries to balance itself and the crown. The King is followed by Lord Shelburne (William Petty), mimicking both the royal posture and dress, and holding a rolled document signed 'Preliminaries." Their orderly progress is watched by a lean, simply dressed man holding in his right hand a scourge with many lashes and the word "America" between them. With his left, he pulls the rope tied around the neck of a boorish Dutchman, his hands stuck in his pockets, smoking a pipe
Alternative Title:
Blessed are the peacemakers
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by E. Dashery [sic], Feby. 24 1783 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
"A lady stands at her dressing-table (right), her hair in an enormous pyramid decorated with feathers torn from a peacock, an ostrich and a cock. A young girl wearing a hat holds the peacock by a wing; another wearing a cap tugs hard at one of its tail feathers (which are very unlike peacock's feathers). An ostrich (left), which has lost most of its tail feathers, is about to pluck out those which ornament the lady's hair. A cock stands in the foreground (right), having lost almost all its tail feathers, many of which lie on the floor. A black servant wearing a turban stands on his mistress's right, handing feathers from a number which he holds in his left hand. The lady, who faces three-quarter to the right, is elaborately dressed in the fashion of the day. Her pyramid of hair is decorated with lappets of lace and festoons of jewels as well as with feathers. She wears large earrings, a necklace with a cross, her bodice is cut very low, and her elbow sleeves have lace ruffles. A pannelled wall forms the background."--British Museum online catalog
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Printmaker identified as Philip Dawe by Dorothy George. See British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d., and Mounted on page 33 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 30.1 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 32.1 x 24.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, rides on top of an elephant depicted with Lord North's anxious-looking face. On his side to the left is a banner with "king of kings" written in Greek and "The man of the people" in English but crossed out to make it illegible. The elephant is led by Burke dressed in the Oriental fashion and blowing a trumpet. From the trumpet is suspended a fringed map of Bengal
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Text following printmaker's signature: Plate 2d.
Publisher:
Published 5th Decr. 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
"North and Fox as supporters of the Coalition Arms (cf. BMSat 6369 (5)), which rest on the prostrate body of the king, on whom North rests his left foot and Fox his right. North stands (left) dexter, holding in his right hand a flag on which are two demons and the word 'Coalition'; the staff is surmounted with a skull; in his left is a small flag with thirteen oblique stripes, an allusion to the loss of the Colonies, which forms part of the first quarter of the arms. Fox holds a ragged cap of Liberty on its staff; his right hand, resting on the escutcheon, holds a small axe which forms part of the second quarter of the arms. The crest is formed of the heads of North and Fox back to back, in profile, right; from their mouths comes a ribbon with the word 'Faction'. The motto which supports the figures of Fox, North, and I the king, is 'Neck or Nothing'. Beneath the plate is a printed explanation of the Coalition Arms: 'Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two Illustrious Persons for their numerous and distinguished Virtus "Go and do thou likewise". They are thus emblazoned: First Quarter. A Standard with the Thirteen Stripes of the American States; Base, Edmund St Omer's [Burke], like a skilful Dentist, drawing the Teeth of a Lion. Second. Quarterly, First and Fourth, Implements of Gambling; Sinister Chief, a declining Axe; Dexter base, the head of Charles, Martyr; Fesse Point Arms of H--ll--d [Holland, the arms of Fox, cf. BMSat 6423]. Third. A Gallows, Two Halters charged Proper. Fourth. Britannia Renversed. Crest. Janus, with the motto Faction. Supporters. Dexter, the Promoter of Independence with the Flag of Coalition. Sinister; the Man of the People, with a Liberty Cap worn Threadbare; both Supporters trampling on an injured------[King] who is extricating Himself from their Oppression.' The arms are as described: Burke (half length) applies a pair of forceps to the teeth of a lion, seated passively. Above them is a paper inscribed 'Reform Bill' (cf. BMSat 5645, &c). The implements of gambling are dice-box, dice, and cards. From the gallows hang a fox (left) and North (right). Britannia, seated head downwards, holds out an olive-branch, emblematical of the peace and the loss of America."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Original issue of no. 6441 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; with the printmaker's initials and date intact., The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Key to the coalition arms," and ends with: "These arms were given from the Herald's Office to the two men, for their many and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'", and Mounted to 38 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
The shield of the Coalition Arms rests on the prostrate figure of the King who tries to free himself from his burden. His efforts are resisted by two supporters of the shield, Lord North (dexter) and Charles Fox (sinister) who each press him down with a foot. North holds a flag with two dancing devils and sign "Coalition," and a small flag with thirteen stripes. Fox holds a stick with a tattered liberty cap on its top. The shield is divided into four quarters. In the first one, Burke, standing under the sign, "Reform bill," pulls a lion's teeth. In the second, the "implements of gambling" are combined with an axe and the head of "Charles Martyr" [i.e., Charles I]. In the third, Fox, shown as a fox, and North, hang from a gallows. In the fourth, a seated figure of Britannia with an olive branch is drawn upside down. The whole is supported by a motto, "Neck or nothing."
Description:
The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two illustrious persons for their numerous and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'" and "Price one shilling."
Publisher:
Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
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