publish'd according to act of Parliament, Decr. 21st, 1778.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait seated in profile to left reading book within rectangular frame, wearing dark coat, ruffles and his hair tied with ribbon, tree behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Scratched-letter state; plate was later reworked and republished by W. Dickinson and T. Watson on 21 December 1782, with the text below image reengraved and expanded. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0520.259., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 168 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806,
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Naval, Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
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., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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
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
Five pairs of implacable enemies are shown in the act of reconciliation. Britannia and America clasp hands on the left; behind them the Duke of Richmond takes the hand of Parson Bate ; in the center foreground Fox (with a fox's head) brings together Shelburne and Lord Denbigh, the latter having the body of a dog; behind them are Sir Hugh Palliser and Admiral Keppel, and on the far right John Wilkes and George III shake hands
Alternative Title:
Wonders wonders wonders and wonders
Description:
Title from item. and See no. 6162 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 for another print with the same title, on a similar theme.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 9, 1782 by I. Langham print coulerer No. 84 Dorset Street Salisbury Court Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Denbigh, Basil Fielding, Earl of, 1719-1800, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824 (Henry Bate),, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Shaking hands, and Clothing & dress
"George III stands passively in profile to the right while members of the new ministry fix shackles to his wrists and ankles. He is saying, "Oh! my misguided People". Rockingham is walking off (right) holding the crown in his right hand, saying "Dispose of these Jewels for the Publick Use". He wears trunk hose and cross-hilted sword, a long robe trails on the ground behind him. The Duke of Richmond, in profile to the left, is fixing a shackle to the king's left wrist; he says, "I Command the Ordnance". (On 30 Mar. he was appointed Master General of the Ordnance.) In front of him a thin man kneeling on one knee, in profile to the left, is adjusting a fetter on the king's left ankle; he is probably Lord John Cavendish. On the king's left Fox kneels attaching a fetter to his right leg; he has the head of a fox and is saying, "I Command the Mob". Behind him, holding the chain which the king holds in his right hand, is Admiral Keppel in naval uniform, saying, "I Command the Fleet". He had been made a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty on 30 Mar., the Admiralty being put in commission. On his right stands General Conway in military uniform, clasping his hands, and looking to his right; he says "Which way shall I turn? How can I decide?" He had been made Commander-in-Chief on 30 Mar.; in spite of his famous resolution of 22 Feb. (see BMSat 5963) he was not a whole-hearted supporter of the new ministry. On the extreme left stands Burke, looking to the right but taking no part in the proceedings. He holds a paper inscribed "Pay Master", and is saying "The best of Ministers The best of K..." A reference to Burke's eulogy, on 15 April, of the king's message recommending the "effectual Plan of OEconomy", his words being, "It was the best of messages to the best of people from the best of kings". 'Parl. Hist.' xxii. 1269. See also Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 440-1; 'Camb. Mod. Hist.' vi. 460."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Liberty run mad
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable month of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. 23d [April?] 1782 by Eliz. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of, 1730-1782, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.0 x 35.4 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Naval, Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress