- Published / Created:
- March 31, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.31.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A flock of geese, i.e., Westminster electors, chants Fox's name and pecks at grains thrown them by Lord North from the purse "Treasury grains" he is holding under his arm. Next to him, a smiling Charles Fox, with a "list of voters" in his hand, promises the geese "anything for your votes." Behind them, Edmund Burke holds a flag inscribed, "for the liberty of the flock." Standing behind the geese is William Pitt who declares himself their guardian against the "wolves in sheeps cloathing."
- Alternative Title:
- Westminster candidate coming north about the geese
- Description:
- Title from etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 26 x 33 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the Act directs by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Political elections, Geese, Bribery, and Corruption
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The West-tr candidate coming north about the geese [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [approximately March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III, shown as a lion holding a sceptre and seated under a canopy, receives a deputation of ganders led by a fox (Charles Fox) and a muzzled bear (Lord North). The first of the ganders reads a petition requesting the dismissal of the elephant (William Pitt) who stands to the lion's left. On the right side of the throne, a bull (John Bull) with its head lowered, appears ready to attack the deputation. The text of "The ganders address" is etched below the image, together with the text of "The lion's answer" in which the King rejects the petition
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., The text of "The ganders address" has the same manuscript corrections as listed in George., and Mounted to 45 x 32 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Petitions, Bears, Elephants, Foxes, Geese, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The ganders addressing the lion to have the elephant remov'd [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 24th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.02.24.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, with a fox's body, speaks to his supporters, shown as geese with human heads who crowd the windows of the King's Arms Tavern and the street below. At the top of the building, Fox's arms are supported by Burke and Lord North, each with a fox's body. Among the geese are the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson in the upper right window, Sam House, shouting, "Huzza," in the bottom central window, and Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett,' standing on the roof of a coach driven by the Earl of Surrey who stands on its box. The coach and its procession converge with a procession led by a goose carrying a standard with Cromwell's portrait signed, "Fox for ever," and the Cap of Liberty on its pole
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376, Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., House, Samuel, -1785., Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, Political campaigns, Public speaking, Liberty cap, Foxes, and Geese
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.24.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, with a fox's body, speaks to his supporters, shown as geese with human heads who crowd the windows of the King's Arms Tavern and the street below. At the top of the building, Fox's arms are supported by Burke and Lord North, each with a fox's body. Among the geese are the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson in the upper right window, Sam House, shouting, "Huzza," in the bottom central window, and Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett,' standing on the roof of a coach driven by the Earl of Surrey who stands on its box. The coach and its procession converge with a procession led by a goose carrying a standard with Cromwell's portrait signed, "Fox for ever," and the Cap of Liberty on its pole
- Description:
- Title from item. and Reissue by Hannah Humphrey of no. 6422 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 24 Feby. 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., House, Samuel, -1785., Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, Political campaigns, Public speaking, Liberty cap, Foxes, and Geese
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]