"Several scenes combined in one design. The Associations of various counties to present petitions and form committees to demand reforms are represented in the upper right portion of the plate: A procession of men walks (right to left), their leader ho...
Alternative Title:
Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Danl. Wilson at No. 20 Portugal Street Lincolns Inn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Petitions, and Dragons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
On the street in front of a tavern under a sign with a picture of a crown, the Chief Justice leans on hitching post as he vomits the words "Sec. of State". The other men play at the game "Bob-Cherry", the cherries, hanging from the sign. Behind them i...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold at the Print Shop in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty cap, Petitions, Daggers & swords, Axes, Shields, and Masks
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
William Pitt,created the Earl of Chatham on 29 July 1766, stands on the prostrate body of Envy alongside the Lord Chancellor Pratt, as they are presented by the figure of Justice to Britannia who receives the peers with pleasure. Minerva overhead hol...
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Williams at No. 36, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778. and Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Minerva (Roman deity), Envy, Justice, Fame, and Seven deadly sins
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and East India Company.
"George III (left), seated in a chair, is being shown by the ghost of Chatham a procession of figures walking towards a pit (right) inscribed "Chaos". Chatham wears pseudo-classical draperies, a tie-wig crowned with a laurel wreath, and is surrounded ...
Alternative Title:
Peep into futurity
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs May 16, 1780, by W. Wells, No. 132 opposite Salisbury Court Fleet Street London
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788., and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.