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1. A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1783 April 2
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- George III sleeps on his throne while Fox introduces Lord North to the Devil pulling him by his neck cloth. On the right Sandwich and Germain, members of the previous administration, are being carried off by a demon through a doorway labelled Pandaemonium, as Mansfield and Bute are hurried in the same direction.
- Alternative Title:
- Warm berth for the old administration
- Description:
- Reissue, with altered date in imprint; originally published April 2, 1782, by W. Brown., Text etched below title: Take the wicked from before the king, & his throne shall be establish'd in righteousness., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- W. Humphrey
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bute, John Stuart,--Earl of,--1713-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Sackville, George Germain,--Viscount,--1716-1785--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Devil., Sleeping. , and Thrones.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
2. The monster, 1783 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1783 April 2
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A monstrous creature representing the new ministry (formed on the day of the publication of this print) is shown in the shape of a fox standing on its right hind leg, with eight heads and no fore legs. The central head on top is that of the Duke of Portland, surrounded by other ministerial candidates. Below the fox's raised tail are the heads of Lord North and Charles Fox; above the former issues a blast of air signed "Coalition." Below the design and on both sides of the title are ten verses beginning, "This many-headed Monster of the Land / At present on one Leg is seen to stand."
- Description:
- Questionable attribution to John Boyne from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Auckland, William Eden,--Baron,--1744-1814--Caricatures and cartoons., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Carlisle, Frederick Howard,--Earl of,--1748-1825--Caricatures and cartoons., Cavendish, John,--Lord,--1732-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,--Duke of,--1738-1809--Caricatures and cartoons., and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Monsters.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The monster, 1783 [graphic].