Three candidates for Westminster election are shown under the portico of St. Paul's, from left, Admiral Rodney, accompanied by the figure of Neptune, sword in his right hand, announcement of victory over the Spanish fleet at Gibraltar in his left; Charles James Fox, holding in his left hand an open book inscribed "Magna Charta" and accompanied by the figure of Britannia petting a fox seated in her lap; Lord Lincoln, who lost the election, with a devil hovering above him. He is holding a scroll inscribed with the number of purchased votes and acknowledgement of bringing the news of the capture of Charleston. Below the portico the poll-clerks sit behind a long table, their books on top. Fox's supporters are gathered to the right and can be distinguished by fox's tails in their hats. A band of butchers plays in the foreground. More tails are offered for sale at the stand to the far right. A man carries a stuffed fox on a pole, placarded "4878 Reynard for ever." Next to him is a barrel of beer
Description:
Title from item. and Variant of no. 5699 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs Sept. 25, 1780, by P. Mitchell, North Audly Stt. Grosr. Sqr. & J. Harris, Sweething Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1752-1795, and Neptune (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Demons, Political elections, Crowds, Foxes, and Butchers
A stout publican (Samuel House) holding a tankard with initials SH in his right hand and a pipe in his left is standing in front of his house. He wears waistcoat with sleeves, without a coat and wig; his breeches are unbuttoned at the knees. Behind him is a large barrel on which is written "Fox for Ever Huzza." A man smoking a pipe is seated below the window in which sit two other men, one with a pipe. Another man is vomiting out the second window
Alternative Title:
Sir Samuel House
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark at the bottom with loss of imprint., First state, with printmaker's name on plate., Date of publication from nos. 5696 and 5697 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 5., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
House, Samuel, -1785. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Drinking vessels, Tobacco pipes, Barrels, Birdcages, Vomiting, and Clothing & dress
An obese man with fox's head, holding a sheet of paper inscribed "On the Freedom of Election," is facing his very thin opponent with a hound's head holding a sheet inscribed "Services done in America." They represent, respectively, Charles James Fox, and Thomas Pelham, Lord Lincoln, the latter supported by the court
Alternative Title:
Fox and Hound and Rival candidates
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1752-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Foxes, Dogs, and Clothing & dress
Title and imprint information from an untrimmed impression in the Library of Congress., Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint., Manuscript title below image: Election dinner-quere. No bribery a tale., and Mounted to 24 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pub'd May 30th, 1780, by Wm. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
Charles Fox, with a fox's head, seated in an ornate chair resting on two poles, is carried by four men with asses' heads. Several others, also with asses' heads, men and women alike, cheer him enthusiastically displaying various items pertaining to the Westminster election which he won unopposed on April 7. The geese, representing the electors, lead the way holding in their beaks strings attached to the poles. The triumphant procession is watched with disbelief by three owls sitting on a tree branch in the upper right corner of the image
Alternative Title:
Westminster electors chairing their favorite candidate
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by Mrs. Darchery April 16, 1783 St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Donkeys, Geese, Owls, and Clothing & dress
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
High Bailif disconcerted and High Bailiff disconcerted
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One line of text below image., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to St. Paul, d. 62 -- Allusion to Felix, fl. 51-58 -- Literature: Bible, Acts: 24.27-25-27 -- St. Ann's Church, Soho: Vestry room, scene of Westminster election scrutiny, 1784 -- High Bailiff of Westminster -- Scrutiny -- Pens: quills -- Lawyers -- Corbett, Thomas H., d. 1792 -- Male costume: Scottish., and Partial watermark bottom center of sheet: fleur-de-lis with initials LVG below a shield.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Great Britain. Parliament
High bailif disconcerted and High Bailiff disconcerted
Description:
Title etched above units., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to St. Paul, d. 62 -- Allusion to Felix, fl. 51-58 -- Literature: Bible, Acts: 24.27-25-27 -- St. Ann's Church, Soho: Vestry room, scene of Westminster election scrutiny, 1784 -- High Bailiff of Westminster -- Scrutiny -- Pens: quills -- Lawyers -- Corbett, Thomas H., d. 1792 -- Male costume: Scottish., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Great Britain. Parliament
Title etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to St. Paul, d. 62 -- Allusion to Felix, fl. 51-58 -- Literature: Bible, Acts: 24.27-25-27 -- St. Ann's Church, Soho: Vestry room, scene of Westminster election scrutiny, 1784 -- High Bailiff of Westminster -- Scrutiny -- Pens: quills -- Lawyers -- Corbett, Thomas H., d. 1792.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Great Britain. Parliament
"A conventional vine-branch ascends the left side of the design, then turns at right angles; from it hangs a symmetrical cluster of heads or masks of Fox and his supporters with closed eyes; the stalk attaching it to the branch is inscribed 'Ripe Fruit for Old Nick'. The central and largest head is that of Fox. On the left and right and slightly lower are the heads of North and Burke; these three are larger than the remaining heads. Between them and beneath Fox's chin are Keppel (left), and (right) perhaps Jack Lee. The apex of the cluster, between the stalk and Fox, is Lord Derby looking downwards. Flanking him, in profile, are Lord Stormont (left) and Lord John Cavendish (right)-Below Stormont and above North is the Duke of Portland, in profile to the left. Below Cavendish and above Burke is an unidentified profile having some resemblance to Carlisle. The lowest point of the cluster is the mask of Sam House. Between this and the heads of North and Burke on each side are two small profiles: below North (left) that of Hall the apothecary, and between Hall and House the hideous profile of the Westminster Justice (? Kelly), see BMSat 6575, &c.; below Burke (right) that of the Earl of Surrey, and between Surrey and House that of Powys. On the ground at the foot of the vine-branch and beneath the cluster is a pile of objects inscribed 'Trophies'. In the foreground (left) is a pair of crutches inscribed 'Patriotic Props'. In the centre of the base of the pile are (left) a fox's brush inscribed 'Euphorbium' (an allusion to the 'sneezing-bag' thrown at Fox, see BMSat 6426, &c.) and (right) a mask of the faces of Fox and North inscribed 'Coalition' imitated from 'The Mask by Sayers', see BMSat 6234. On the extreme left is a document inscribed 'Œconomy (but the word scored through) 24,000l. Pr Annum'; against it lie a pair of spectacles, emblems of Burke and the meagre results of his Bill of Economical Reform (cf. BMSat 5657). On the extreme right is a pestle (inscribed 'Capricum, Capricum') and mortar and another pair of spectacles, emblems of Hall the apothecary. Beside the pestle is a document inscribed 'Receipt Tax', an unpopular measure of the Coalition (see BMSat 6243, &c.) which was dropped by Pitt; a flag inscribed 'July 27th', a gibe at Keppel's conduct at the Battle of Ushant in 1778 (see BMSat 5992, &c); a paper inscribed 'American War', a gibe at North. In the centre, lying against the fox's brush, is a document inscribed 'India Bill' (see BMSat 6271, &c.) and an open book inscribed 'Platonic Love'. The three remaining trophies, at the summit of the pile, are a weaver's shuttle inscribed 'Weavers', to insinuate that Fox had bribed Spitalfields weavers to vote for him, see BMSat 6575, &c.; a laurel branch, emblem of victory in the Westminster Election; and a butcher's cleaver inscribed 'Westminster Election', emblem of the butchers canvassed by the Duchess of Devonshire"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Political cluster in terrorem
Description:
Title from caption below image: Political cluster in terrorem, Text at top of image: Pro bono publico., and Temporary local subject terms: Bipartite masks: Fox and North -- Coalitions: Allusion to Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Apothecary's mortar and pestle -- Cleavers -- Allusion to canvassing butchers -- Taxes: Allusion to Receipt tax -- Allusion to 'sneezing bag' thrown at Fox, 12 February, 1784 -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Allusion to Burke's bill on economical reform -- Allusion to American War -- Flags: allusion to the Battle of Ushant, 27 July, 1778 -- Allusion to Spittalfields weavers.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Crutches, Eyeglasses, Gallows, and Political elections
