George III, seated in an open car pushed across the clouds by Pitt, Thurlow, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Sydney, aims a "thunder of dissolution" at the Coalition ministers represented by Fox, Lord North, and Burke, who fall backwards into the abyss and flames below the clouds
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs, Feby. 6, 1784 by B. Walwyn No. 9 Pedlars Acre West Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800., and Zeus (Greek deity)
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
"The Prince of Wales, seated in a ramshackle state coach, is drawn (left to right) by eight miserable hacks; the procession is watched by Ministers and others from windows. On the coach door are the Prince's feathers, upside-down. One wheel is broken, the hammer-cloth is ragged; the harness consists partly of rope, partly of chains; the horses are of grotesquely varying sizes and breeds, on one is a saddle. The one dishevelled postilion raises his whip to lash the off-leader, a veritable skeleton, which falls on its knees. The coachman and the two footmen behind the coach are lean and unsuitably dressed. An angry crowd follows the coach ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Picture of English magnificence!!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Rowlandson in British Museum catalogue and Grego., Publisher's advertisment below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of political and other humorous prints. Admttance [sic] one shilling., Sheet trimmed to within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two large sets of monogrammed initials written in pencil in lower right, possibly in contemporary hand., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, La Luzerne, Anne-César, chevalier de, 1741-1791, Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 37.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Above upper left border: "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6.", and A probable earlier state of no. 6007 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
"The Prince of Wales lies on his back, much foreshortened, his head towards the spectator, arms outstretched, his feathers and coronet by his left hand. On his body stand the Duke of Grafton (left) and the Duke of Richmond (right); the former's right foot is on the Prince's left hand, his left foot on his chest, Richmond's left foot is on the Prince's right hand, his right foot on his chest; he stoops to look at the Prince, resting his hands on his knees. Lord Sydney, partly concealed by the legs of the two dukes, sits on the Prince, his head turned in 'profil perdu'. Pitt stands with his right foot on Grafton's shoulder, his left on that of Richmond, reaching up to a shelf on which is the crown on a cushion. In his right hand is a document inscribed 'Jo. Durnford's address'. Between Pitt's legs and above Sydney's head is a baron's coronet. Below this hangs a tailor's goose."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., Six lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Still inimical to their country, see ..., and Folded and mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. by Mr. Bradshaw, Coventry Street, Miss Humphrys, Bond Street, No. 51
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
"The Prince of Wales lies on his back, much foreshortened, his head towards the spectator, arms outstretched, his feathers and coronet by his left hand. On his body stand the Duke of Grafton (left) and the Duke of Richmond (right); the former's right foot is on the Prince's left hand, his left foot on his chest, Richmond's left foot is on the Prince's right hand, his right foot on his chest; he stoops to look at the Prince, resting his hands on his knees. Lord Sydney, partly concealed by the legs of the two dukes, sits on the Prince, his head turned in 'profil perdu'. Pitt stands with his right foot on Grafton's shoulder, his left on that of Richmond, reaching up to a shelf on which is the crown on a cushion. In his right hand is a document inscribed 'Jo. Durnford's address'. Between Pitt's legs and above Sydney's head is a baron's coronet. Below this hangs a tailor's goose."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item, Date of publication from British Museum catalogue: December 29th, 1788., Six lines of verse inscribed below design: 'Still inimical to their Country, see Two Chips of Charles's block supporting me And Sy-y, well sirnam'd [the] Taylor's Goose, As Hot and Heavy as that Thing in use, Shall lend his Weight of Breech & length of Chin The Heir Apparent crush & poke me, in.', and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Mr. Bradshaw, Coventry Street : Miss Humphrys, Bond Street, No. 51
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dornford, Josiah, 1764-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, and Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
Fox, and Richmond on the left with Shelburne standing pensively between them, move away from the armored ghost of Cromwell who stands on a crushed crown and sceptre. Cromwell is saying "To obtain your end your measures are right, you arm the people, like me, you trample on prerogative...." A reference to Shelburne's plan after the Gordon Riots to arm the populace in preference to the use of troops
Alternative Title:
Malagrida and conspirators consulting the ghost of Oliver Cromwell
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue no. 6006, of which this appears to be an earlier state with date and publication line intact., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On left within border: "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 5.", and Mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 10th 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Fox, and Richmond on the left with Shelburne standing pensively between them, move away from the armored ghost of Cromwell who stands on a crushed crown and sceptre. Cromwell is saying "To obtain your end your measures are right, you arm the people, like me, you trample on prerogative...." A reference to Shelburne's plan after the Gordon Riots to arm the populace in preference to the use of troops
Alternative Title:
Malagrida and conspirators, consulting the ghost of Oliver Cromwell
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Imprint statement partly obscured by a line etched across it., Statement in upper left border, "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 5," has the year crossed out., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.2 x 35.3 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 10th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658