"A design divided by a vertical line on one side of which is Burke (right) declaiming with raised arms and downcast head; on the other (left) a scene in India illustrating his speech. An Indian, Cheyt Singh, looks over a high stone wall whose parapet ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781
Pubd. April 24, 1788 by Josa. Baldrey, No. 19 H. Holborn, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Portraits, Impeachment, Taxation, Tax assessment, Justice, Donkeys, Stores & shops, Shutters, Lawyers, and Britannia (Symbolic character)
"Burke sleeps in a half-reclining position, his arms folded, legs extended, spectacles pushed up on his forehead. On a pedestal above his head (right) is a bust inscribed 'Mahomet', a fierce-looking, mustachioed man. A hanging lamp burns before it. On...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 26 April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723.
"A pack of hounds is in full cry after an animal with the head of Hastings which runs through the gate of St. James's Palace (right). He wears a turban; a collar round his neck is inscribed 'Hyana', and a large bag inscribed 'Diamonds & Rupees' is tie...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 27th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and St. James's Palace (London, England)
"An elderly Indian princess, seated on a stool in profile to the left, her hands deprecatingly extended, receives the obeisance of Burke, Fox, and Sheridan. She says, "dear Gentlemen this is too much now you really distress me exceedingly" ... Burke k...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 1st May 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Politicians, Bowing, Wigs, and Daggers & swords
"An elderly Indian princess, seated on a stool in profile to the left, her hands deprecatingly extended, receives the obeisance of Burke, Fox, and Sheridan. She says, "dear Gentlemen this is too much now you really distress me exceedingly" ... Burke k...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 1st May 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
"The cattle-pens (right) of Smithfield Market are filled with cattle with the faces of peers and draped with ermine-trimmed robes. [The ermine is apparent only in the coloured impression] Thurlow, dressed as a farmer, the owner of the cattle, stands o...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 2d, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
India. and England
Subject (Name):
Smithfield Market., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Montfort, Thomas Bromley, Baron, 1733-1799, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Influence, Bribery, Cattle, Ceremonial objects, City & town life, Clock & watch making, Equipment, Taverns (Inns), Usury, Signs (Notices), Stockyards, and Stores & shops
"A parody of BMSat 7309. Warren Hastings, seated on a close-stool containing guineas, his feet resting on a stool, leans forward, a bag of 'Pagodas' in his left hand, of 'Roopees' in his right, which he hands to Thurlow and Pitt respectively, who bow ...
Alternative Title:
Begging bow
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 6th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
