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1. The b**utifyer a touch upon The Times. Plate 1. [graphic]

Creator:: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:: published as the act directs Sepr. 1762.
Call Number:: Hogarth 762.09.23.01.2 Impression 2 Box 111
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Satire on Hogarth's plate of 'The Times', attacking him as an apologist for Lord Bute, showing the gatehouse of St. James's Palace
Alternative Title:: Butifyer
Description:: Title etched above image., Attributed to Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue., "With what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged. Matt. Chap. 7.2"--Centered immediately below image., "Mr. Hogarth, In justice to [blank space] the engraver of this plate: declares to the publick, he took the hint of the B**utifyer, from a print of Mr. Pope White washing Lord Burlingtons Gate, at the same time bespatring the rest of the nobility.", "Price 1s"--Lower right edge., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794., Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):: Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The b**utifyer a touch upon The Times. Plate 1. [graphic]

2. The b**utifyer a touch upon The Times. Plate 1. [graphic]

Creator:: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:: published as the act directs Sepr. 1762.
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Satire on Hogarth's plate of 'The Times', attacking him as an apologist for Lord Bute, showing the gatehouse of St. James's Palace
Alternative Title:: Butifyer
Description:: Title etched above image., Attributed to Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue., "With what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged. Matt. Chap. 7.2"--Centered immediately below image., "Mr. Hogarth, In justice to [blank space] the engraver of this plate: declares to the publick, he took the hint of the B**utifyer, from a print of Mr. Pope White washing Lord Burlingtons Gate, at the same time bespatring the rest of the nobility.", "Price 1s"--Lower right edge., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 288 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 25.3 x 19.5 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794., Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):: Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The b**utifyer a touch upon The Times. Plate 1. [graphic]

3. Jove in his chair [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [11 September 1782]
Call Number:: 782.09.11.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Shelburne on the left, is seated in a chariot drawn by 2 boney donkeys with the heads of Dunning and General Conway. Before them runs Col. Barré with Mercury's wings on his hat and shoes, while behind the chair stands Pitt, holding a hornbook
Description:: Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:: Pubd. Septr. 11, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Hornbooks, Chariots, Donkeys, and Snuff
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Jove in his chair [graphic].

4. "Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance" [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 December 1782]
Call Number:: 782.12.12.01 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a woodland setting Shelburne and Pitt sit smiling behind a cloth-covered table on which are coins and bags of money. A glum-looking Fox stands several feet distant with hands in pockets. A reference to Fox's exclusion from office while Pitt was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Shelburne ministry. The title is a quotation from Paradise Lost
Alternative Title:: Aside he turned for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyed them askance
Description:: Title from text etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. Dec. 12th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > "Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance" [graphic]

5. Jove in his chair [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [11 September 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Shelburne on the left, is seated in a chariot drawn by 2 boney donkeys with the heads of Dunning and General Conway. Before them runs Col. Barré with Mercury's wings on his hat and shoes, while behind the chair stands Pitt, holding a hornbook
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.8 x 33.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. Septr. 11, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Hornbooks, Chariots, Donkeys, and Snuff
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jove in his chair [graphic].

6. "Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance" [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 December 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a woodland setting Shelburne and Pitt sit smiling behind a cloth-covered table on which are coins and bags of money. A glum-looking Fox stands several feet distant with hands in pockets. A reference to Fox's exclusion from office while Pitt was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Shelburne ministry. The title is a quotation from Paradise Lost
Alternative Title:: Aside he turned for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyed them askance
Description:: Title from text etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 22.5 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 33.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 49 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. Dec. 12th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance" [graphic]

7. The true state of the junction, or, Men of abilities call'd for [graphic].

Published / Created:: [20 May 1783]
Call Number:: 783.05.20.01 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the right, William Petty, Lord Shelburne, attacks Britannia pulling on her hair and petticoat while pushing her to the ground. She leans on her shield; her broken spear lies next to it. William Pitt, who stands behind her with his arms folded on his chest, looks down at her indifferently. On the left, Charles Fox, taking Lord North's hand in his, points to the distressed Britannia with an entreaty to join their forces in her defense and "Fox and North stand together in consultation (left). Fox, holding the right hand of North who stands on his right, points with his left hand towards Britannia (right), who has been thrown to the ground, and is being maltreated by Shelburne. Her shield and broken spear lie beside her. Shelburne has seized her by the hair and is tearing off her upper garments; he smiles saying, "I smile at the feeble efforts of them single". Britannia looking towards Fox and North cries, "Help! tis only your united strength can save me". Pitt, young and slim, stands beside Britannia, his arms folded, looking down at her and saying "I see her danger, yet, better she should perish than I join the Man I hate". Fox is saying to North, "Forgetting our former disputes Quick! let us join to save her". In the foreground lies a large scroll, inscribed, "BRITANIA rescue'd from the wicked designs of an artfull------", the last word hidden by a curl of the scroll."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Men of abilities call'd for and Men of abilities called for
Description:: Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd May 20th, 1783, by I. Freeman, Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The true state of the junction, or, Men of abilities call'd for [graphic].

8. Hudibrass and his 'squire [graphic].

Published / Created:: Jany. 1st, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.01.01.01 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (left) and Burke (right) sit side by side in the stocks as Hudibras and his 'squire Ralpho. One foot of each is imprisoned; their hands are clasped. Burke looks at Fox, who sits with closed eyes and a dejected expression. Pitt stands (right) holding a halberd and a bunch of three keys labelled 'Treasury'. All are in pseudo-seventeenth-century costume. On the wall behind Fox hangs a scourge with two lashes, one inscribed 'Prerogative', the other 'Vox Populi', indicating the two causes of the fall of the Coalition. Behind Burke's head is a placard: 'This day is pubd------An Essay on ye Tumblime and Beautifull by Ralph B.' (an allusion to Burke's essay on 'The Sublime and the Beautiful'). In front of the stocks lie two papers inscribed 'India Bill' and 'Warrant of... Temple', since Temple had conveyed to the Lords the king's desire for the defeat of the India Bill. A whipping-post attached to the stocks is inscribed 'Otium cum Dignitate'. Beneath the design is etched: 'Sure none that see how here we sit, Will judge us overgrown with wit; For who without a cap & bauble Having subdu'd, a bear & rabble, And might with honor have come off, Would put it to a second proof: A Politic exploit right fit, For Coalition zeal & wit! Hudibrass.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Hudibras and his 'squire
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed variously to Collings and to Gillray., Publisher dates from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 33 x 27 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. by W. Wells No 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Stocks (Punishment) and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibrass and his 'squire [graphic].

9. The infant Hercules [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 February 1784]
Call Number:: 784.02.03.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].

10. Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at football [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 February 1784]
Call Number:: 784.02.07.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the left, William Pitt, his arms and one leg raised, is looking up at the East India House that he has just kicked toward Charles Fox who stands ready to toss it back. Behind Fox is a table with dice and a dice box on it. Playing cards are scattered on the floor. Behind Pitt an open book inscribed, "Blackstone," indicates his barrister's education
Description:: Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at football [graphic]

11. Master Billy's procession to Grocers Hall [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 March] 1784.
Call Number:: 784.03.08.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A large and animated procession approaches the Grocers' Hall on the left, led by musicians and Wilkes who tosses coins to the crowd. In the first of the three coaches, shown as a child's or an invalid's chair, sits Sir Watkin Lewes, alderman and M.P. for the City, in the central one rides Pitt, behind him Sir Barnard Turner, alderman and Sheriff. The windows of the buildings are filled with spectators. On the right, above the vitrine to "Neat Wines" shop, hangs a large portrait of Lord Chatham. A burlesque rendition of the procession that took place on February 28.
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:: Pub. March 8th by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821, Turner, Barnard, 1741 or 1742-1784, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Grocers' Company (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Political elections, Parades & processions, Spectators, and Wheeled chairs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Master Billy's procession to Grocers Hall [graphic].

12. Eastward ho!, or, The young statesman's ramble [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 March 1784]
Call Number:: 784.03.24.06+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The rivalry between Fox and Pitt is shown in a series of seven images beginning with the portraits of each of them. In the third image, Fox and Pitt fight for a Twelfth Cake, with Fox winning. In the fourth, Nobody (i.e., the King), gives Lord Temple, carrying dark lantern, a note supporting Pitt's claim to the Cake. In the fifth image, a grocer complains about Fox's actions against smuggling. In the sixth, on his return from the Grocers' Hall on February 28, Pitt participates in a riot. He is opposed by a diminutive Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett" and Fox's supporter. In the seventh, Pitt and his companions are thrashed by men with sticks
Alternative Title:: Young statesman's ramble
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
Publisher:: Pub. 24th March 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, and Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Devil, Smuggling, Riots, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Eastward ho!, or, The young statesman's ramble [graphic].

13. Plum pudding Billy in all his glory [graphic].

Published / Created:: March 27th, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.03.27.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: William Pitt, seated in front of a gaping audience, receives from a kneeling Sir Watkin Lewes a plum pudding decorated with a leek, emblem of Wales. Behind his chair stands Wilkes holding a chamber pot. Above their heads hang several fox brushes. The print is a reference to the reception for Pitt at the Grocers' Hall on February 28, 1784
Description:: Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd by I. Notice Oxford Road
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):: Plum puddings and Chamber pots
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Plum pudding Billy in all his glory [graphic].

14. The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [31 March 1784]
Call Number:: 784.03.31.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed horse that stands with its front legs on a large sheet signed, "Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, Constitution," and kicks with the hind legs and defecates at the fleeing crowd of the members of Parliament. In return, Pitt praises his steed for its wild behavior. The last of the members pushing toward the door is the Speaker, Cornwall, in a wig and carrying the Speaker's mace. A satire on the dissolution of the Parliament on March 25.
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Abbreviation "No." in imprint statement appears in superscript above the digit "7" in street number "227.", and Text below title: A scene in a new play lately acted in Westminster with distinguished applause. Act 2nd scene last.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Dissolution, Politics and government, Humor, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, Defecation, and Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

15. The fox hunt [graphic].

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.12.05+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from similar print. Cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6387., Original publication statement burnished from the plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1713-1792 -- Personifications: Rumor blowing trumpet -- Brookes's Club, London -- Demon wearing tartan -- Charters -- East India Bill, 1783 -- Gambling: Dice and dice-box -- Crown -- Thistle -- Allusion to Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Satire on Pitt's ministry -- King's Prerogative -- Tax-receipt -- Signs: Sign-post -- 'Secret Influence'., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. 12 Apr. 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, and Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The fox hunt [graphic].

16. The dissolution, or, Young grocer making palatable punch for his company [graphic].

Creator:: Phillips, fl. 1784, printmaker
Published / Created:: April 16, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.04.16.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Young grocer making palatable punch for his company
Description:: Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: punch bowl decorated with burlesque arms -- Furniture: wall bracket -- Furniture: side table with carved guilt legs -- Food: sugar loaf with pictures of interior of House of Commons -- Constitutions: Pitt's Constitution, 1784 -- Livery companies -- Grocers' Company: freedom of, given to William Pitt on February 14, 1784 --Guns: as punch ladle -- Coalitions: defeat of Fox-North Coalition -- Arms: burlesque arms of the Grocers' Company -- Bottles -- Dissolution of House of Commons, 25 March, 1784 -- Allusion to George Temple -- Nugent-Grenville, Marquis of Buckingham, 1753-1813., and Countermark (letter 'V') right side of sheet.
Publisher:: Publish'd by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The dissolution, or, Young grocer making palatable punch for his company [graphic].

17. A word to the wise, or, Billy unmasked [graphic].

Published / Created:: [23 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.23.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Billy unmasked
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark partially cutting off imprint statement., Temporary local subject terms: Navy: ships -- Slaves -- French style fetters -- Fox's policies, 1784 -- Songs: 'Rule Britannia' -- Magna Charta -- Masks -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Dungeons -- Wooden shoes -- Swords -- Chains -- Allusion to George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis with initials G R., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, April 23, 1784, by H. Mc Phail, N [68 High Holborn]
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A word to the wise, or, Billy unmasked [graphic].

18. Secret influence directing the new P-l-t [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [18 May 1784]
Call Number:: 784.05.18.07+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The king, seated on a throne on a dais of two steps, says, "I trust we have got such a House of Commons as we Wanted". On his right is Thurlow (left) with the body of a bird of prey; he is saying "Damn the Commons, the Lords shall Rule". Behind the throne crouches Bute in Highland dress, saying to Thurlow, "Very Gude, Very Gude Damn the Commons". On the king's left is a head in profile to the left supported on an erect serpent's body; probably intended for Pitt (a poor portrait but resembling Pitt in British Museum Satires No. 6664). In the foreground (right) sits Britannia asleep, resting her elbow on her shield. A man wearing a ribbon, perhaps the Prince of Wales, rushes up from the right with outstretched arms, saying, "Thieves! Thieves! Zounds awake Madam or you'll have your Throat Cut"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Secret influence directing the new Parliament
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Letters "th," perhaps the remnants of a former publication line, are etched above Humphrey's name in imprint., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, London
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Secret influence directing the new P-l-t [graphic].

19. The fetter manufactory by George King & Co. [graphic].

Published / Created:: May 19, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.05.19.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to parliamentary dissolution, March 1784 -- Portico of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Royal prerogative -- Forges -- Shackles -- Demons -- Blacksmiths -- Weather-vanes -- Hairdressing implements: curl papers., Watermark in center of sheet: Taylor., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:: Publishd as the act directs, by G. Bailey
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The fetter manufactory by George King & Co. [graphic].

20. The sad and dark effects of the taxes of 1784 [graphic].

Creator:: Sparrow, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:: [June 1784]
Call Number:: 784.06.00.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A satire on the taxes on windows, coal, soap, &c. In the foreground a small cart laden with coals is drawn (right to left) by an ass harnessed in front of an ox. A carter stands by the ox, wearing a cap inscribed 'No tax upon Caps'; he says: "I hope we shall sheam Measter P------t and meak him to blush for want of more wit." The ass says, "The tax upon Horses is enough to make a Dumb Ass speak." Behind the coal-cart is a woman standing outside a cottage door (right), her hands in a wash-tub. She says: "Is that Mr P------t I wish he was nigh for instead of the Soap he makes me use Lie." A large three-storied house stands at right angles with the cottage, it has a gabled pediment. Out of thirty-two windows all but seven have been blocked up. A visitor stands, one foot on the doorstep, pointing to a man who stands behind him, saying, "The Honble Mr P------t desires to know whether Esqr Blockup is at home...". A servant in livery at the door holds a lighted candle, saying, "I hope His Honour will excuse our darkness it is to save Taxes". Pitt (left) stands holding a tasselled cane and saying, "I must overlook it all for necessity has no Law". A woman looks out of the centre window of the top floor, saying, "We have got seven windows left now so we are not in total darkness.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., State with price burnished., and Temporary local subject terms: Window tax -- Coal tax -- Allusion to hat tax -- Soap tax -- Commutation Tax, 1784 -- Country houses: exterior -- Buildings: outbuildings -- Trades: washerwomen -- Carters -- Coal carts -- Wash-tubs -- Asses -- Mules -- Servants -- Lighting: candlesticks.
Publisher:: Publish'd by S. Sparrow, No. 17 Rosoman's Street, Clerkenwell
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The sad and dark effects of the taxes of 1784 [graphic].

21. [Fox and Pitt as a collier and a fuller] [graphic]

Published / Created:: June 12th, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.06.12.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Colliers -- Fullers -- Coal pits -- Shovels -- Literature: Aesop's fables, no. 88., Watermark: J Whatman., and Mounted to 28 x 36 cm.
Publisher:: Sold at No. 34 King Street, St. Ann's, Soho
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Coal, Devil, Horses, and Strip mining
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Fox and Pitt as a collier and a fuller] [graphic]

22. The triumph of virtue [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: June 14th, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.06.14.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Quotation from John Dryden, 1631-1700, King Arthur or the British worthy -- General elections -- Defeat of Fox -- Allusion to the defeat of the East India Bill, 1783 -- Crowns -- Devil -- Laurel wreaths -- Chains -- Pitchforks -- Angels., Partial watermark: initials L V G under shield., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The triumph of virtue [graphic]

23. [The state of the nation] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1 July 1784]
Call Number:: 784.07.01.02 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue, Temporary local subject terms: Toppling buildings -- Staff of Liberty -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Allusion to many politicians of the day -- Allusion to Gustavus III, King of Sweden., Watermark: fleur-de-lis with initials G R below., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs July 1, by J. Wjsen [sic] Walbrooke
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Columns, Liberty cap, Rats, Emblems, Shields, and Thrones
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The state of the nation] [graphic].

24. Catlap for ever, or, The smuggler's downfall [graphic].

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: [9 July 1784]
Call Number:: 784.07.09.01.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Smuggler's downfall
Description:: Reissue by Hannah Humphrey with original imprint burnished from plate., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. Cf. No. 6634., Temporary local subject terms: East India House: exterior -- Taxes: reduction of tea tax -- Taxes: beginning of commutation tax -- Leadenhall Street, London -- Allusion to monopoly -- Birds: spurred game-cock -- Tea chests -- Expressions of speech: cat-lap., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. July 9, 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Catlap for ever, or, The smuggler's downfall [graphic].

25. [Fox, Pitt and Thurlow] [graphic].

Published / Created:: published as the act directs July 24, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.07.24.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Thurlow as Balaam, riding (right to left) on an ass with the head of Pitt, is confronted by Fox (left) holding a sword with a serpentine blade and the shield of Britannia. The ass says, "Am not I thy Pitt=ifull Ass; upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine". Thurlow, on a larger scale than Fox and the ass, which is much overweighted, wears his Chancellor's wig and gown and holds his mace against his right shoulder; he looks fixedly at Fox. A low and irregular stone wall forms a background. Beneath the design is etched: 'And they came unto Balaam and said unto him, thus saith Balak the Templeite, let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me, for I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore I pray thee, curse me this People. Balaam rose up in the Morning and saddled his Ass, and went with the Lords of the Bed-Chamber, now the Man of the People stood in the way for an adversary against him, and when the Ass saw the Man of the People, he fell down under Balaam and Balaam's anger was kindled; and he smote the Ass with the Mace.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis with initials G R., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):: Donkeys, Stone walls, and Swords & daggers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Fox, Pitt and Thurlow] [graphic].

26. The U****'s introduction at St. J*s's with a new suit of Irish manufacture [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: July 26, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.07.26.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Viceroy's introduction at St. James's with a new suit of Irish manufacture
Description:: Title from item., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Torture: tar and feathers -- Carpets -- Thrones -- Cherubs -- Symbols: orb and scepter., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis with initials G R below.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, by I Crookshanks, No. 53 Stanhope Street, Clare Market
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Rutland, Charles Manners, Duke of, 1754-1787
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The U******'s introduction at St. J***s's with a new suit of Irish manufacture [graphic].

27. The state auction [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [26 March] 1784.
Call Number:: 784.03.26.01.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: William Pitt, acting as an auctioneer in the dissoluted Parliament, sells from the rostrum decorated with Royal Arms "useless valuables," such as "Magna Charta." Cornwall, the Speaker sitting below the rostrum, records bids in the "Sundry acts." In front of him stands Thurlow in Chancellor's robes making dismissive comment on "nonsensical bidings of those common fellows," i.e. members of the House of Commons who leave through the door on the left. Last of them, Fox, turns back vowing to bid "with spirit" for lot 1, "rights of the people in 558 vol." held on display by Henry Dundas. A reference to the dissolution of the Parliament by the King on March 25.
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 26th by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Auctions, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The state auction [graphic].

28. The infant Hercules [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 February 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 23 x 33.7 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 43 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].

29. The infant Hercules [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 February 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.8 x 36.6 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 43 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].

30. Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at football [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 February 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the left, William Pitt, his arms and one leg raised, is looking up at the East India House that he has just kicked toward Charles Fox who stands ready to toss it back. Behind Fox is a table with dice and a dice box on it. Playing cards are scattered on the floor. Behind Pitt an open book inscribed, "Blackstone," indicates his barrister's education
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 25 x 34.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Formerly mounted on leaf 45 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at football [graphic]

31. Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at football [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 February 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the left, William Pitt, his arms and one leg raised, is looking up at the East India House that he has just kicked toward Charles Fox who stands ready to toss it back. Behind Fox is a table with dice and a dice box on it. Playing cards are scattered on the floor. Behind Pitt an open book inscribed, "Blackstone," indicates his barrister's education
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.9 x 34.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Formerly mounted on leaf 45 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at football [graphic]

32. Master Billy's procession to Grocers Hall [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 March] 1784.
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A large and animated procession approaches the Grocers' Hall on the left, led by musicians and Wilkes who tosses coins to the crowd. In the first of the three coaches, shown as a child's or an invalid's chair, sits Sir Watkin Lewes, alderman and M.P. for the City, in the central one rides Pitt, behind him Sir Barnard Turner, alderman and Sheriff. The windows of the buildings are filled with spectators. On the right, above the vitrine to "Neat Wines" shop, hangs a large portrait of Lord Chatham. A burlesque rendition of the procession that took place on February 28.
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.3 x 35 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Formerly mounted on leaf 48 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pub. March 8th by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821, Turner, Barnard, 1741 or 1742-1784, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Grocers' Company (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Political elections, Parades & processions, Spectators, and Wheeled chairs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Master Billy's procession to Grocers Hall [graphic].

33. Eastward ho!, or, The young statesman's ramble [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 March 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The rivalry between Fox and Pitt is shown in a series of seven images beginning with the portraits of each of them. In the third image, Fox and Pitt fight for a Twelfth Cake, with Fox winning. In the fourth, Nobody (i.e., the King), gives Lord Temple, carrying dark lantern, a note supporting Pitt's claim to the Cake. In the fifth image, a grocer complains about Fox's actions against smuggling. In the sixth, on his return from the Grocers' Hall on February 28, Pitt participates in a riot. He is opposed by a diminutive Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett" and Fox's supporter. In the seventh, Pitt and his companions are thrashed by men with sticks
Alternative Title:: Young statesman's ramble
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.9 x 35.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Formerly mounted on leaf 50 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pub. 24th March 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, and Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Devil, Smuggling, Riots, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Eastward ho!, or, The young statesman's ramble [graphic].

34. The state auction [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [26 March] 1784.
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: William Pitt, acting as an auctioneer in the dissoluted Parliament, sells from the rostrum decorated with Royal Arms "useless valuables," such as "Magna Charta." Cornwall, the Speaker sitting below the rostrum, records bids in the "Sundry acts." In front of him stands Thurlow in Chancellor's robes making dismissive comment on "nonsensical bidings of those common fellows," i.e. members of the House of Commons who leave through the door on the left. Last of them, Fox, turns back vowing to bid "with spirit" for lot 1, "rights of the people in 558 vol." held on display by Henry Dundas. A reference to the dissolution of the Parliament by the King on March 25.
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.7 x 36.1 cm., Imprint annotated in ink with "/84" below the day of publication., and Formerly mounted on leaf 51 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 26th by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Auctions, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The state auction [graphic].

35. The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [31 March 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed horse that stands with its front legs on a large sheet signed, "Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, Constitution," and kicks with the hind legs and defecates at the fleeing crowd of the members of Parliament. In return, Pitt praises his steed for its wild behavior. The last of the members pushing toward the door is the Speaker, Cornwall, in a wig and carrying the Speaker's mace. A satire on the dissolution of the Parliament on March 25.
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Abbreviation "No." in imprint statement appears in superscript above the digit "7" in street number "227.", Text below title: A scene in a new play lately acted in Westminster with distinguished applause. Act 2nd scene last., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.7 x 36.1 cm., Mounted on wove paper backing., and Formerly mounted on leaf 54 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Dissolution, Politics and government, Humor, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, Defecation, and Crowds
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

36. Secret influence directing the new P-l-t [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [18 May 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The king, seated on a throne on a dais of two steps, says, "I trust we have got such a House of Commons as we Wanted". On his right is Thurlow (left) with the body of a bird of prey; he is saying "Damn the Commons, the Lords shall Rule". Behind the throne crouches Bute in Highland dress, saying to Thurlow, "Very Gude, Very Gude Damn the Commons". On the king's left is a head in profile to the left supported on an erect serpent's body; probably intended for Pitt (a poor portrait but resembling Pitt in British Museum Satires No. 6664). In the foreground (right) sits Britannia asleep, resting her elbow on her shield. A man wearing a ribbon, perhaps the Prince of Wales, rushes up from the right with outstretched arms, saying, "Thieves! Thieves! Zounds awake Madam or you'll have your Throat Cut"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Secret influence directing the new Parliament
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Letters "th," perhaps the remnants of a former publication line, are etched above Humphrey's name in imprint., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 24.8 x 33.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Formerly mounted on leaf 81 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, London
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Secret influence directing the new P-l-t [graphic].

37. The golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up [graphic]

Creator:: Collings, Samuel, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: March 11th, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.03.11.05+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A sequel to British Museum satires no. 6438. George III, seated on a balloon, points downwards with his sceptre to an image of Pitt (right) as a naked child, on a column which is inscribed 'Family Presumption'. The king looks down at North, Fox, and Burke, saying, "I command you O Shadrach Mesech & Abednego!" The three stand (left) in attitudes expressing intense self-righteousness; they say: "Know O King we will not worship [the] Golden Image"; on each head rests a tongue of flame. They stand outside a dilapidated building on the extreme left inscribed 'St Stephens', shored up by a beam, whose base is at their feet, inscribed 'Resolutions Unrescinded'. From its coping-stone flies an ensign flag inscribed 'Firm S.P.Q.B.' The king's balloon is inscribed 'Prerogative'; its lower axis emits a blast inscribed 'Gracious Answer'. Behind the balloon and Pitt are clouds inscribed 'Breath of Popularity'. Pitt stands sucking his finger (cf. British Museum satires no. 6417); on his head is a sugar-loaf surmounted by a flag inscribed 'Feby 28', an emblem of the Grocers' Company which had entertained him on that day, see British Museum satires no. 6442. Kneeling figures do obeisance before the image of Pitt, those in the foreground representing the least reputable trades: a lamplighter (left), with his ladder and oil-can, kneels in profile to the right; a butcher prostrates himself; a chimney-sweep kneels with clasped hands; a ragged scavenger, his shovel and basket beside him, kneels in profile to the left, the basket stands on a paper inscribed '[Worshipfu]ll Company of Scavenger[s]'. In the foreground lie papers inscribed 'Garret Address' (an allusion to the mock elections of Garratt), 'Address', and 'The worshipfull Company of Chimney Sweepers'. A crowd of kneeling figures (left) is worshipping the idol; they hold standards, three of which are inscribed 'Bristol', 'Westminster', and 'London', representing the addresses to the king which had been compared by Fox to those made to Charles II, see British Museum Satires no. 6438, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., "Annibal Scratch" is the pseudonym of Samuel Collings., Only tentative attribution to Samuel Collings in the British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image, one column on either side of title: A gilded image & before it, a mob on marrow-bones adore it ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Traces of former blue mounting on verso., and British Museum duplicate (indicated by stamp on verso with initials JKR). With original 1[s] price in ink, with figures identified in ink in Hawkin's hand according to Andrew Edmunds.
Publisher:: Pub. by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Surrey.
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Grocers' Company (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Local elections, Adoration, Balloons (Aircraft), Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Idols, Occuptations, and Scavenging
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up [graphic]

38. Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].

Published / Created:: [24 March 1784]
Call Number:: 784.03.24.01.1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the left, Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, lies on the ground having fallen off an elephant who has the face of Lord North; Fox's dice and dice box are scattered on the pavement. In the speech bubble above his head: "Perdition, take thee for the chanse is thing." To his right, William Pitt sits astride the elephant who stands at the entrance to the East India House, his face turned toward the viewer. Pitt offers in his left hand a "New India Bill" and holds three others under his arm and in his pocket: "Stamp [...] act", "Sup ... lies", and "Military Act ...". The building on the left has been extended to as far as Pitt's back
Alternative Title:: Billy's triumph and Carlo Khan dethroned
Description:: Title etched below image; the letter "e" inserted with a caret in the word "Dethron'd", Early state, with the elephant's (i.e. Lord North's) face turned toward the viewer. For a later state with Lord North's face shown in profile, the beginning of the word "Dethron'd" in title re-etched to bring the letter "e" down from above the line, and other changes to the design, see no. 6462 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs March 24th, 1784, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: East India Company, Politics and government, Costumes, Indian, and Elephants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan dethron'd, or, Billy's triumph [graphic].

39. Argument against feeling [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1785?]
Call Number:: 785.00.00.15
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Pitt lies prone on a whipping-block; Fox (left) holds up his coat-tails in his left hand, while he raises a birch-rod in his right, Pitt's bare posteriors being much scarred. Pitt says, "This is a question of feeling not Argumt"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Successful opposition -- Scrutiny begun on April 23, 1784 -- Allusion to Irish propositions -- Birch rods -- Whipping blocks., Watermark in center of sheet: Portal & Bridges., and Mounted to 27 x 33 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd by E. Jackson, Mary le bone Street
Subject (Geographic):: England) and London.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784 and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Argument against feeling [graphic].

40. The fall of Achilles [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 January 1785]
Call Number:: 785.01.07.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Pitt puts the Coalition to flight. He stands on the left, having just discharged an arrow from his bow, which pierces Fox (right) in the Achilles tendon. He says: "Thus do I strive with heart and hand To drive Sedition from the Land." Fox, prostrate and massive, supports himself on his hands to look at Pitt, saying: "There is nought but a place or a pension that will ease The Strain that I've got in my tendon Achilles." Burke, behind Fox, rushes away from Pitt, his arms outstretched in terror, saying: "Before thy Arrows Pitt, I fly O D--n that word prolexity." North, between Burke and Pitt, also in flight but holding a sword and shield, says: "This curs'd eternal Coalition Has brought us to a rare Condition." Pitt has a quiver with arrows slung across his shoulder; he, North, and Burke wear contemporary dress; Fox wears a tunic, greaves, and sandals."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Coalitions: Fox, North, Burke -- Mythology: Paris -- Sedition: in reference to Coalition of 1785 -- Burke's prolixity reproved by Pitt, July 30, 1784 -- Male costume: Achilles -- Weapons -- Quivers.
Publisher:: Pubd. Jany 7, 1785 by G. Wallis, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):: Achilles (Mythological character), Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Daggers & swords, Shields, Bows (Weapons), Arrows, and Wounds & injuries
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The fall of Achilles [graphic].

41. The meeting of Parliament [graphic].

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: Jany. 22d, 1785.
Call Number:: 785.01.22.02.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Acts: Commutation Act, 1784 -- Pugilists -- Attorneys., and Partial watermark in center top of sheet: fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Name):: Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The meeting of Parliament [graphic].

42. Country revenge, or, A warning piece to political boys [graphic].

Creator:: Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1785]
Call Number:: 785.02.00.04
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Warning piece to political boys
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker, place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Commutation Tax, 1785 -- Soap tax -- Tax on lights -- Tax on windows -- Signs: sign-posts -- Trades: washerwomen -- Vehicles: tumbrels -- Windows -- Pitt's speech -- Gallow ropes., and Partial watermark in upper right of plate: fleur-de-lis on shield with initials L V G.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Taxes, Traffic signs & signals, Gallows, Foxes, Horses, Farmers, and Pitchforks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Country revenge, or, A warning piece to political boys [graphic].

43. Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 February 1785]
Call Number:: 785.02.04.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
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:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted verse below title: "Illustrious burns, might merit more regard ...", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted to 41 x 29 cm., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 4th, 1785, by J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Robinson, John, 1727-1802, Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Sculpture, Justice, Scales, Buttocks, Chamber pots, and Spanking
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].

44. Honest Billy [graphic].

Published / Created:: [18 February 1785]
Call Number:: 785.02.18.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Design in an oval. half length portrait of Pitt in the House of Commons, standing at the table on which are books and two documents inscribed 'Parliamentary Reform' and 'Commutation Act'. Three shadowy seated figures watch him: Fox (left) says, "Oh that I had him at Brooks's! I'd Reform him". Next, a man wearing a hat says, "If I had him at Deal I'd soon Smuggle him - Oh that poor Charley had continued in, He'd never suppress our trade". The third says, "He has made a Bankrupt of me. Oh that I could Adulterate". (The smuggled tea had been much adulterated.) Above the design is etched, 'Save, oh Save my Country!!! My Fathers' dying words I never can forget.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Tax: Commutation Tax, 1785 -- Parliamentary reform, 1785 -- Allusion to Pitt's suppression of smuggling -- Allusion to Pitt's suppression of tea adulteration -- Literature: quotation from William Pitt, 1708-1778., and Mounted to 26 x 19 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 18, 1785, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Honest Billy [graphic].

45. The old hen and chicken of the law see the debate on the Westminster scrutiny in the papers of Thursday the 10th of Feby 1785. [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: Feby. 18th, 1785.
Call Number:: 785.02.18.02.1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from caption below image., Printmaker from another issue. See British Museum catalogue., Cf. Another state without imprint statement, no. 6777 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Money: guineas as grain -- Door of Treasury -- Signs: "Cockpit Barn Door" on Treasury -- Nicknames: "Chick of the Law."
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Lee, John, 1733-1793, Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784 and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The old hen and chicken of the law see the debate on the Westminster scrutiny in the papers of Thursday the 10th of Feby 1785. [graphic]

46. The state of the scrutiny's end [graphic].

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: March 5, 1785.
Call Number:: 785.03.05.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Justice (Symbolic character) -- Royal Arms -- Scrutiny -- High Bailiff -- Crowns -- Allusion to House of Commons -- Allusion to royal prerogative -- Allusion to Grenville's Act -- Quills.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784 and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The state of the scrutiny's end [graphic].

47. The defeat of the high & mighty Bailissimo Corbettino and his famed Cecilian forces on the plains of St. Martin ... [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: 7th March 1785.
Call Number:: 785.03.07.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the Vestry Room of St. Martin's, Westminster, symbolizing the defeat of the Government on the Scrutiny on 3 Mar., when Sawbridge carried by 38 his motion that the High Bailiff be forthwith ordered to make his return. Fox (left) and Wray (right) are fighting; Wray's sword is broken and he shrinks back from Fox, who threatens him with the sword of Justice. Fox's shield is inscribed 'Majority 38', Wray's is inscribed 'Ingratitude'. A flying cherub holds over Fox's head a laurel wreath, and a scroll inscribed, 'It is Ordered that Thomas Corbett. Esqr do immediately Return - '. From his mouth issues the word "Victory". Fox says, "The Wrath of my Indignation is kindled and I will pursue them with a mighty hand and outstretched Arm until Justice is done to those who have so nobly supported me". Wray says, "My Knees wax feeble and I sink beneath the weight of my own Apostacy -". He steps back across the prostrate body of Corbett, the High Bailiff, who says, "my Conscience is now at peace". Wray's counsel in the Scrutiny are fleeing to the right in confusion. Three of them say, respectively: "Nor Law nor Conscience nor the aid of Potent Ministers can 'ere support this Contest 'gainst such a Chief"; "Help! Help! Our Chief is fallen! O Conscience support me -", and, "Our support is gone and we are fallen into a Pitt, yea even into a Deep Pitt, -". Fox's counsel advance behind him from the left in triumph. The foremost raises a book inscribed 'Truth'; three others hold rolled documents inscribed respectively, 'Law', 'Eloquence', and 'Perseverance'. On the walls of the room are notices: 'At a Vestry holden in and for the Parish of St Martin in the Fields------It is ordered that the Parish Officers be Vigilant in apprehending all Vagabonds in this Parish'. A placard purporting to be a transcript of the creed begins, 'I believe in Murphy the Assessor Almighty maker of good and bad V-----[votes] visible & invisible and. . . . from thence shall come to Judge the quick & the [dea]d------' Next to this is a 'List of bad votes Jn° Hale Esqr J. Matthias Senr J. Matthias J. . . .' After the title is etched: 'and his famed Cecilian Forces on the Plains of St Martin on Thursday the 3rd day of February 1785 by the Champion of the People and his chosen Band, after a smart Skirmish which lasted a considerable time, in which many Men were lost on both sides. But their great Ally at length losing ground, Desertions took place and notwithstanding their vast superiority in Numbers and weight of Metal at the first onset, they decreased apace, altho' often rallied by the ablest Men in Command, till at length the Forces gave way in all quarters & they were totally overthrown. This Print is dedicated to the Electors of the City & Liberty of Westminster who have so nobly stood forth and supported their Champion upon this trying occasion by------An Independent Elector.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Defeat of the high and mighty Bailissimo Corbettino and his famed Cecilian forces ...
Description:: Title from first line of text below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 31 x 41 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. by W. Humphrey near Temple Bar, Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Garrow, William, Sir, 1760-1840, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784 and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The defeat of the high & mighty Bailissimo Corbettino and his famed Cecilian forces on the plains of St. Martin ... [graphic].

48. The Westminster return [graphic].

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: March 10th, 1785.
Call Number:: 785.03.10.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Proposed abolition of Chelsea Hospital -- Allusion to Chelsea pensioners -- Westminster electors as geese -- Allusion to the House of Commons -- Signs: sign-posts -- Asses -- Election scrutiny -- Taxes: small beer tax., and Partial watermark top center of sheet: Fleur-de-lis on shield, with initials L V G below.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, Chelsea Hospital for Women (London, England), and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784, Butchers, Weavers, and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster return [graphic].

49. Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1785]
Call Number:: 785.03.17.01+ Impression 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 26. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., and Mounted to 47 x 34 cm.
Publisher:: Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

50. The house that Jack built 1785 [graphic]

Published / Created:: published according to act April 26, 1785.
Call Number:: 785.04.26.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from words etched in the frame of the doorway in the left of the design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Beneath the design are etched the subjects and the characters illustrated., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Treasury -- Taxes: Window Tax, 1784 -- American Indians -- Ireland -- Irish harp -- Milk pails -- Literature: "The House that Jack Built" -- Literature: quotation from John Milton's Samson Agonistes.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The house that Jack built 1785 [graphic]

51. Paddy O Pitts triumphal exit [graphic].

Published / Created:: [20 June 1785]
Call Number:: 785.06.20.02.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Paddy O Pitt's triumphal exit
Description:: Title from item., Variant state of No. 6799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Second state, with alterations to design., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: allusion to tax on maidservants -- Allusion to tax on shops -- Allusion to window tax -- Petitions: trampled London petition -- Trampled Manchester petition -- Trampled Westminster petition -- Westminster riots -- Signs: sign-posts -- Propaganda -- Butchers' cleavers -- Dogs -- Cats -- Shops to let -- Irish Propositions -- Staff of Liberty -- Allusion to the custom of riding the black ram --Expressions of speech: "I'll darken his daylights.", Watermark: Fleur-de-lis, partially obscured by image., and Mounted to 23 x 43 cm.
Publisher:: Published as the Act directs, June 20, 1785, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character) and Liberty cap
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Paddy O Pitts triumphal exit [graphic].

52. Fox in the block-shop, or, The heads of the propositions rejected [graphic].

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: Augt. 30th, 1785.
Call Number:: 785.08.30.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Heads of the propositions rejected
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on ministerialists, 1785 -- Barber's blocks -- Allusion to Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Allusion to Edward, Baron Hawke, 1705-1781 -- Earl of Mulgrave, 1755-1831 -- 3rd Duke of Montrose, 1755-1836., Watermark (partial): initials LVG below shield., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, by Moore, Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Galloway, John Stewart, Earl of, 1736-1806, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Rose, George, 1744-1818, and Carrington, Robert Smith, Baron, 1752-1838
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Fox in the block-shop, or, The heads of the propositions rejected [graphic].

53. The defeat of the high & mighty Bailissimo Corbettino and his famed Cecilian forces on the plains of St. Martin ... [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: 7th March 1785.
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the Vestry Room of St. Martin's, Westminster, symbolizing the defeat of the Government on the Scrutiny on 3 Mar., when Sawbridge carried by 38 his motion that the High Bailiff be forthwith ordered to make his return. Fox (left) and Wray (right) are fighting; Wray's sword is broken and he shrinks back from Fox, who threatens him with the sword of Justice. Fox's shield is inscribed 'Majority 38', Wray's is inscribed 'Ingratitude'. A flying cherub holds over Fox's head a laurel wreath, and a scroll inscribed, 'It is Ordered that Thomas Corbett. Esqr do immediately Return - '. From his mouth issues the word "Victory". Fox says, "The Wrath of my Indignation is kindled and I will pursue them with a mighty hand and outstretched Arm until Justice is done to those who have so nobly supported me". Wray says, "My Knees wax feeble and I sink beneath the weight of my own Apostacy -". He steps back across the prostrate body of Corbett, the High Bailiff, who says, "my Conscience is now at peace". Wray's counsel in the Scrutiny are fleeing to the right in confusion. Three of them say, respectively: "Nor Law nor Conscience nor the aid of Potent Ministers can 'ere support this Contest 'gainst such a Chief"; "Help! Help! Our Chief is fallen! O Conscience support me -", and, "Our support is gone and we are fallen into a Pitt, yea even into a Deep Pitt, -". Fox's counsel advance behind him from the left in triumph. The foremost raises a book inscribed 'Truth'; three others hold rolled documents inscribed respectively, 'Law', 'Eloquence', and 'Perseverance'. On the walls of the room are notices: 'At a Vestry holden in and for the Parish of St Martin in the Fields------It is ordered that the Parish Officers be Vigilant in apprehending all Vagabonds in this Parish'. A placard purporting to be a transcript of the creed begins, 'I believe in Murphy the Assessor Almighty maker of good and bad V-----[votes] visible & invisible and. . . . from thence shall come to Judge the quick & the [dea]d------' Next to this is a 'List of bad votes Jn° Hale Esqr J. Matthias Senr J. Matthias J. . . .' After the title is etched: 'and his famed Cecilian Forces on the Plains of St Martin on Thursday the 3rd day of February 1785 by the Champion of the People and his chosen Band, after a smart Skirmish which lasted a considerable time, in which many Men were lost on both sides. But their great Ally at length losing ground, Desertions took place and notwithstanding their vast superiority in Numbers and weight of Metal at the first onset, they decreased apace, altho' often rallied by the ablest Men in Command, till at length the Forces gave way in all quarters & they were totally overthrown. This Print is dedicated to the Electors of the City & Liberty of Westminster who have so nobly stood forth and supported their Champion upon this trying occasion by------An Independent Elector.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Defeat of the high and mighty Bailissimo Corbettino and his famed Cecilian forces ...
Description:: Title from first line of text below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 34.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. by W. Humphrey near Temple Bar, Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Garrow, William, Sir, 1760-1840, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784 and Political elections
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The defeat of the high & mighty Bailissimo Corbettino and his famed Cecilian forces on the plains of St. Martin ... [graphic].

54. Westminster school, or, Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 February 1785]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
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:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted verse below title: "Illustrious burns, might merit more regard ...", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.8 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 39.9 x 27.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 72 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. Feby. 4th, 1785, by J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Robinson, John, 1727-1802, Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Sculpture, Justice, Scales, Buttocks, 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].

55. Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1785]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 26. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., and Mounted on page 41.
Publisher:: Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

56. Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 March 1785]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 26. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., 1 print : etching with drypoint and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 34.3 x 28.5 cm, on sheet 36.7 x 29.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 26 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cicero in Catilinam [graphic]

57. Unkle Toby and Corporal Trim raising fortifications for the good of the nation / [graphic]

Creator:: J. B., engraver
Published / Created:: [8 March 1786]
Call Number:: 786.03.08.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Tristam Shandy by Laurence Sterne -- Military uniforms -- Grenedier's cap -- Military fortifications -- Navy -- Man of war -- Plans for fortification of Portsmouth -- Charles Wolfran Cornwall -- Ship: Artois -- Overturned wheel barrel with motto: Useless to be disposed of -- Cannons -- Pick axe -- Shovel., and Watermark in center of sheet: J. Whatman.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, March 8th 1786, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Unkle Toby and Corporal Trim raising fortifications for the good of the nation / [graphic]

58. The caricaturers stock in trade [graphic]

Creator:: Mansell, William, 1750-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:: [26 March 1786]
Call Number:: 786.03.26.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Design in an oval. Thirteen heads arranged in four rows, the first, second, and fourth having three heads, the third four. In the uppermost row the Prince of Wales (left) and the King (right) face each other in profile; the likeness between them is stressed. Between and slightly above them is Queen Charlotte, in profile to the left, her hair inscribed 'Queen of hearts', cf. British Museum Satires No. 6978. In the next row Fox, full-face, is the central head of the design; Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) (unrecognizable) wears a low crown inscribed 'Queen would be', and the feathers of the Prince of Wales; George Hanger, in profile to the left, wears the large cocked hat made familiar by British Museum Satires No. 6924, &c. The next four heads are (left to right): Mrs. Siddons, wearing a low crown inscribed 'Queen Rant', looking wildly over her shoulder to the right; Burke, wearing spectacles and a cap or turban, his back turned to Pitt who is in profile to the right; on the left in profile to the right is the Duchess of Devonshire, wearing a low crown and a collar which are inscribed 'Queen of Fox'. In the lowest row the central figure is the broad back of North wearing his ribbon; on the left is Mrs. Abington, a ribbon in her much-curled hair inscribed 'Queen Scrub' (see British Museum Satires No. 7053); on the right, in profile to the left, is the Duke of Richmond."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Initials "W.M." identified in British Museum catalogue as those of William Mansell., and Characters identified in pencil.
Publisher:: Pub. 26 March 1786 by W. Humphrey, Lancaster Court
Subject (Name):: Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Abington, Mrs., 1737-1815 (Frances Barton),, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The caricaturers stock in trade [graphic]

59. The state-cobbler

Published / Created:: [31 March 1786]
Call Number:: 786.03.31.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sign about doorway of cobbler's shop: Cobbling for exportation by Harry Dundas., and Temporary local subject terms: Shops -- Taxes -- Shop tax -- Allusion to St. Crispin, d. ca 286 -- Major's uniform -- East India Bill.
Publisher:: Publish'd for the proprietor, 31 Mar 1786 No. 5 Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Scott, Major 1747-1819 (John),, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Subject (Topic):: Military uniforms, British, and Shoemakers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The state-cobbler

60. A new way to pay the national-debt dedicated to Monsr. Necker / [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 April 1786]
Call Number:: 786.04.21.02++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "George III and Queen Charlotte stand before the open gate of the Treasury, from which Pitt has just wheeled a barrow laden with money-bags. Pitt, the straps of the barrow round his shoulders, his coat-pocket bulging with guineas, obsequiously hands the king a money-bag. George III stands full-face, legs astride, a money-bag inscribed '£100000' under his right arm, another in his right hand and all his pockets overflowing with guineas. Queen Charlotte (left) stands on his right taking a pinch of snuff, and looking up at him with a smile of greedy and satisfied cunning; in her apron is a heap of guineas. Military officers wearing high cocked hats with feather trimmings (in a French fashion), and long pigtail queues, stand round the King and Queen, in a semicircle, in front of the spiked gates of the Treasury, playing musical instruments: fifes, bassoons, a horn, &c. The pockets of the two in the foreground (left and right) are crammed with guineas, those of the others, presumably equally full, are concealed. They represent the placemen and Ministerialists of the Treasury Bench. The most prominent (right) is probably Lord Sydney. In the foreground (left) an old sailor, armless and with two wooden legs, sits on the ground, his empty hat before him. On the right the Prince of Wales, in rags, hesitates to take a paper inscribed 'Accept £200000 from your Friend Orleans', which a slim and foppish Frenchman, in bag-wig and 'chapeau-bras', standing on the extreme right, offers him, taking his hand. He is very different from the heavily built Due d'Orléans (who succeeded his father in Nov. 1785) who had recently presented his portrait by Reynolds (now at Hampton Court) to the Prince of Wales. He had adopted the English manner of dress and made it fashionable in France ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Treasury building entrance -- Civil list -- National debt -- Miserliness -- Wooden legs -- Amputees -- Sailors -- Allusion to prodigal son.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 21, 1786, by Willm. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, and Necker, Jacues, 1732-1804
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A new way to pay the national-debt dedicated to Monsr. Necker / [graphic]