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1.
Political stag hunt, or, The m...l [ministerial] hounds in full cry [graphic]

Creator:
Slapbang, J., printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 January 1780]
Call Number:
780.01.10.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Ministerial hounds in full cry
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Perhaps a reissue of British Museum catalogue no. 5676, with altered imprint.
Publisher:
Publishd as y Act direts for y Proprietor Jany. 10, 1780 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand or No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824. (Henry Bate),, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796., and Adam, William, 1751-1839.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Newspaper vendors
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2.
Political stag hunt, or, The m...l [ministerial] hounds in full cry [graphic]

Creator:
Slapbang, J., printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1780]
Call Number:
780.01.10.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A huntsman (left), mounted on a horse snorting flames which are inscribed "Faction", preceded by the "ministerial hounds", chases a stag, inscribed "Constitution". The huntsman is Bate, afterwards Bate Dudley, representing the Ministerial Press. He is dressed like the body of news vendors with drums and trumpets to advertise the 'Morning Post' seen by Walpole in Nov. 1776 (see BMSat 5550), and is blowing a trumpet. His cap is inscribed "Post", round his shoulders is slung a bundle inscribed "Materials for Post", made up of "Satire", "Malice", "Scandal", "Falsehood". From his pocket hangs a paper, "The Art of Lying made Easy by B." He leaps a fence inscribed "Bounds of Discretion". The hounds are taking a circular course as the stag has doubled back and is advancing towards a ravine, a signpost pointing "To the Vale of Oblivion". The stag says "I shall fall like Lucifer never to Hope again." The two foremost hounds have human faces; the first (North) says "We shall soon be in at the Death - She can go no further N . . . h". The next, inscribed "Twitcher" (Lord Sandwich), says "I have long had her Destruction at Heart & the sooner the better". The third (Lord G. Germain) says, "I run almost as fast now as I did at Minden" (cf. BMSat 5675). Next is a dog with a judge's wig (Mansfield) saying, "She will find no Covert near Caen Wood" (cf. BMSat 4885). A dog inscribed "L. S." says "I am the sort to go Thro Thick & Thin"; perhaps intended for Lord Stormont, Secretary of State, and Mansfield's nephew, or possibly for Lovel Stanhope, who was appointed Comptroller of the Board of Green Cloth in September 1780. A dog with the face of a demon, [Mr Hawkins has written "Jer. Dyson" on this dog, but he died in 1776] probably representing the Devil as in BMSat 5675, says, "I allways was firm to the cause". The next dog is inscribed "Log" and is saying "I stick at Nothing". This is evidently Sir Hugh Palliser, whose log-book was found at his court martial to have been altered, see BMSat 5536, 5537. The last dog says "I am Adam'd Good Dog but ye last Fox Hunt Had like to be Death of me". He is William Adam, whose duel with Fox on 29 Nov. 1779 roused much bitterness against the ministry, see BMSat 5575, 5625. The scene is a wooded hill and the going is rough. Behind Bate on the left is the partly ruined "Templum Libertatis" overgrown with shrubs and shored up by timbers inscribed "Richmond", "Barre", "Camden", "Burke & Fox", "Wilks". Beneath the design is etched: "Hungry Dogs the old Proverbs say Eat dirty Pudding, when in their way So Will these Dogs as oft we are told Catch at any thing which looks like Gold. Or bears the least Aspect of doing Good for themselves tho their Country ruin. Tis little Rogues submit to fate Whilst ye Great enjoy ye World in State.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ministerial hounds in full cry
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed, with upper right corner torn off., and Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824. (Henry Bate),, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796., and Adam, William, 1751-1839.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Newspaper vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Political stag hunt, or, The m...l [ministerial] hounds in full cry [graphic]

3.
The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button [graphic]

Creator:
Simpson, John, fl. 1779, printmaker
Published / Created:
Decr 27th 1779.
Call Number:
779.12.27.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Botching tailor cutting his cloth to cover a button
Description:
Title from item., Artist and publisher probably fictitious. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd by James Tomlinson, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796., Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788., and Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799.
Subject (Topic):
Tailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button [graphic]

4.
[Heads of the Mutiny Bill] [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[the] 9 February 1784.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
On a long table representing the table at the House of Commons, lie the heads of Charles Fox (left) and Lord North (right) brought in according to the mock decision of the House inscribed above the image. There is no background, but the upper part of the design is covered by an inscription: 'Cui bono - ? - publico bono - Die Lunae 9° Februarii 1784. In a Committee on the Sense of the Nation - Moved - That for preventing future Disorders and Dissentions, the Heads of the Mutiny Act be brought in, and suffered to lie on the Table tomorrow - Ordered That all further proceedings upon the Act for dividing the Commons &ca be adjourned sine die - Ordered \ Vox Populi \ Cler. Par'.
Alternative Title:
Cui bono? Publico bono
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Mounted on page 37 with two other prints.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Decapitations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Heads of the Mutiny Bill] [graphic]

5.
[Heads of the Mutiny Bill] [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[the] 9 February 1784.
Call Number:
784.02.09.02 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
On a long table representing the table at the House of Commons, lie the heads of Charles Fox (left) and Lord North (right) brought in according to the mock decision of the House inscribed above the image. There is no background, but the upper part of the design is covered by an inscription: 'Cui bono - ? - publico bono - Die Lunae 9° Februarii 1784. In a Committee on the Sense of the Nation - Moved - That for preventing future Disorders and Dissentions, the Heads of the Mutiny Act be brought in, and suffered to lie on the Table tomorrow - Ordered That all further proceedings upon the Act for dividing the Commons &ca be adjourned sine die - Ordered \ Vox Populi \ Cler. Par'.
Alternative Title:
Cui bono? Publico bono
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Decapitations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Heads of the Mutiny Bill] [graphic]

6.
[Lord North] [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 May 1782]
Call Number:
782.05.14.05.1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Full length portrait of North facing right, with a paper in his right hand
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Plate numbered "12" in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Published 14th May 1782 by C Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress
Found in:
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7.
Association, or, Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view [graphic]

Creator:
S., J., printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs 15 Feby 1780.
Call Number:
780.02.15.02+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Several scenes combined in one design. The Associations of various counties to present petitions and form committees to demand reforms are represented in the upper right portion of the plate: A procession of men walks (right to left), their leader holding a standard with the arms of the county inscribed "County of York 30 Decr 1779" (the date of the meeting at which it was agreed to present a petition and prepare a plan for an Association to secure reform). He holds a paper inscribed "Petition" and says, "Virtue & Fortitude shall Guide us". Representatives of the other petitioning and associating counties follow, with the appropriate dates on labels issuing from their mouths: ...". The last man carries an ensign flag on which is inscribed "London Newcastle upon Tyne Bristol Westminster &c. &c. &c." Beneath the procession is engraved "Immortal Gods! What Honor waits the men who save their Country from impending Ruin." The leader is probably intended for Sir George Savile. On the left George III is seated in his closet; a young man stands before him addressing, not the king, but an imaginary audience, saying, "The only Patriot His Power is too Confined". This is perhaps intended for Lord George Gordon's private interview with the King on 27 Jan. 1780; ... . Outside the door of the royal closet and facing the petitioners is a monster with wings and three heads, breathing fire. In the lower right, ... Britannia sits on a ruinous stone pedestal which is being further undermined by a female figure with a forked tail and the legs of a satyr; she is applying a lever to its base saying, "And shall not I, Corruption is my name, Undermine the British Constitution". Lord North attacks the pedestal with a pickaxe, saying, "I will assist you Sister in the same Design". Bute, in Highland dress with the Garter ribbon and star, flourishes a broadsword, while he takes from Britannia the staff and cap of Liberty; he says, "Away wi ye to the Deel Where is your Liberty now". Britannia, holding her shield and 'Magna Carta', says to the marching petitioners above her head, "Tis you alone my Friends who can revive my Drooping Hopes & save me from Distraction". Behind Britannia (left) and in a glory of rays stands a man inscribed "Chatham" with outstretched arms, saying "O Cleanse Yon Augean Stable". He points towards the design beneath the king's closet. This represents the House of Commons (left); the Speaker in his chair, members seated on each side of a table. It is seen through two pillars, up one (right) climbs an alligator, round the other is a serpent with a branch of apples in its mouth. Above is inscribed "Ruled by Powerful Influence". A procession of members walks (left to right) from the House up a path leading to the door of the king's closet above. They carry scrolls inscribed "25 000"; "5000"; "£40,000"; "15,000 £10,000, £50 000". One says, "Secure in the Enjoyment of Places Pensions & Emoluments of Office we fear not the Clamour of Yorkshire Clodpoles"; another says, "God help the Rich the Poor can beg". Their leader carries an "Address of Thanks". Beneath this gang of ministerialists a mythological figure leaning against an anchor and a gushing water-conduit (? Neptune) says,"Is there not some Chosen Curses, ... Public Treasure Wasted in Corrupting the Morals of the People". He is saying, "No New Taxes but a Retrenchment of Public Expences.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Danl. Wilson at No. 20 Portugal Street Lincolns Inn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Petitions, and Dragons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Association, or, Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view [graphic]

8.
The pit of Acheron, or, The birth of the plagues of England [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[January 1784]
Call Number:
784.01.00.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In a cave with Westminster Bridge visible in the background at left, three witches stand around their cauldron, from which flames ascend, together with the heads of Fox, North, and Burke. The witches add other ingredients to the cauldron, including a paper marked rebellion, while one hag opens a sack from which emerge Thomas Erskine, and John Lee in the shape of a snake. An attack on the Coalition and the India Bill. Initials FN in lower right of image probably refer to Fox-North coalition
Alternative Title:
Birth of the plagues of England
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823., and Lee, John, 1733-1793.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Witches, and Cauldrons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The pit of Acheron, or, The birth of the plagues of England [graphic]

9.
The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
10 Dec. 1781. and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 12. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from text below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike, with erroneous signature "J. Gillray fecit" added below image in lower right. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5856 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 105., and On leaf 12 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic]

10.
The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
10 Dec. 1781.
Call Number:
781.12.10.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Place of publication from British Museum catalogue, which identifies the publisher as J. Jones of 103 Wardour Street, Soho., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by I. Jones
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., United States, and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic].

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