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1. The hopes of the party, prior to July 14th "from such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord, deliver us". [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 July 1791] and [printed 1851]
- Call Number:
- 791.07.19.01.2++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from two projecting lamp-brackets swing the bodies of Queen Charlotte and Pitt. The houses of the Strand recede in perspective and terminate in Temple Bar, with two heads on spikes; clouds of smoke appear to come from burning houses east of Temple Bar. On the clouds a meretricious Liberty sits enthroned and triumphant. The King's neck rests on a narrow block, his shaved head appears bald, his legs are held up by Horne Tooke, who stands on the left, saying: "O, such a day as this, so renown'd so victorious, Such a day as this was never seen Revolutionists so gay; - while Aristocrats notorious, Tremble at the universal glee." From Tooke's pocket projects a paper: 'Petition of Horne Tooke' (against the return of Fox and Hood for Westminster, see BMSat 7690). The King, who supports himself on his hands, says, "What! What! What! - what's the matter now". Fox, enormously stout, straddles behind the King, full face his axe raised in both hands; he wears a mask with large circular eye-holes and fox's ears; he says: "Zounds! what the devil is it that puts me into such a hell of a Funk? - damn it, it is but giving one good blow, & all is settled! - but what if I should miss my aim! - ah! it's the fear of that which makes me stink so! - & yet, damnation! what should I be afraid of? if I should not succeed, why nobody can find me out in this Mask, any more than the Man who chop'd the Calf's-head off, a Hundred & Forty Years ago - and so here goes!" Sheridan kneels in profile to the left holding the King by the ear and nose, he looks up at Fox with a sinister scowl, saying, "Hell & Damnation, dont be afraid give a home stroke, & then throw off the Mask - Zounds, I wish I had hold of the Hatchet." Priestley, behind Sheridan, leans towards the King, saying, "Don't be alarmed at your situation, my dear Brother; we must all dye once; and, therefore what does it signify whether we dye today or tomorrow - in fact, a Man ought to be glad of the opportunity of dying, if by that means he can serve his Country, in bringing about a glorious Revolution: - & as to your Soul, or any thing after death don't trouble yourself about that; depend on it, the Idea of a future state, is all an imposition: & as every thing here is vanity & vexation of spirit, you should therefore rejoice at the moment which will render you easy & quiet". He holds a paper: 'Priestley on a Future State'. Sir Cecil Wray stands with his right hand on Sheridan's shoulder, saying, "Here do give me a little room Joseph that I may be in readiness to catch the droppings of the Small Beer when it is tapp'd; I never can bear to see the Small Beer wasted Joseph!" He holds in his left hand a small cask, 'For Small Beer', and a large pipe; in his pocket is a paper: 'Plan of Chelsea Hospital by Sir Ceci[l] Wray'. The Queen is cruelly caricatured; she swings against Pitt, who is in a death agony with crisped fingers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "57" in upper right corner., Restrike for Bohn's "Supressed plates". Cf. no. 7892 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., On same sheet, verso: Alecto and her train at the gate of Pandaemonium ..., and Printed 1851.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 19th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hopes of the party, prior to July 14th "from such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord, deliver us". [graphic]
2. New morality, or, The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes with the homage of Leviathan and his suite [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.08.01.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The design closely follows George Cannings "New Morality".
- Alternative Title:
- Promis'd installment of the high priest of the Theophilanthropes and Promised installment of the high priest of the Theophilanthropes
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Statement following publisher's name: ... for the Anti-Jacobin magazine & review., Five columns of verse etched under title: "Behold! The directorial lama, sovereign priest Le Paux whom atheists worship ...", Plate from: Anti-Jacobin magazine & review, v. 1, p. 115., and Sheets trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. August 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, No. 169 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., France, Great Britain, England, and London
- Subject (Name):
- Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Canning, George, 1770-1827., Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, La Revellière-Lépeaux, Louis-Marie de, 1753-1824, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804, Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Wakefield, Gilbert, 1756-1801, and Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobites, Theophilanthropism, Leviathan, Newspapers, Philanthropy, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Religious aspects, Politics and government, and Periodical illustrations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > New morality, or, The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes with the homage of Leviathan and his suite [graphic]
3. A philosopher Conduit Street / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 March 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.03.28.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man displays scientific experiments. He stoops forward, in profile to the left, holding a rod horizontally between his fingers, in the left hand is a glass. A small still, phials, &c, and an elaborate appliance (right) are on the long table behind which he stands. On the wall are two medallion profile-portraits, one (left) being that of Priestley. A serpent, a scroll with cabalistic signs, a terrestrial globe on a bracket, are also on the wall, which is lit by a single candle with a curiously shaped reflector."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Philosophers -- Scientific lectures -- Maps: globes -- Cabalistic signs -- Phials.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 28th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Walker, A. 1730 or 1731-1821 (Adam), and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A philosopher Conduit Street / [graphic]
4. Copenhagen House [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.16.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A large and plebeian crowd is being addressed from three roughly made platforms, one being in the middle distance, another in the background. In the foreground (right) a man, supposed to be Thelwall, leans from his rostrum in profile to the left, shouting, with clenched fists, and raised right arm. Behind him stands a ragged barber, a comb in his lank hair, holding out a paper: 'Resolutions of the London Corresponding Society'. Next him, a man with the high-crowned hat and bands of a dissenting minister holds a tattered umbrella over the orator. A man on the steps leading to the platform, wearing a bonnet-rouge (the only one in the crowd) has a vague resemblance to Fox. From the next platform (left) a butcher, supposed to be Gale Jones, bawls at the crowd with raised right arm. Beside him stand a man holding a scroll inscribed 'Rights of Citizens'. The third orator is a tiny figure (Hodgson) with both arms raised. All the platforms are surrounded by crowds, and hats and arms are being waved by those addressed by the butcher. In the foreground (left) a man sits holding out for signature a document which is supported on a barrel of 'Real Democratic Gin by Thelwal & Co.' Three little chimney-sweepers stand round it, one of whom, holding a pen, has just made his mark on the 'Remonstrance', below the signatures of 'Jack Cade', 'Wat Tyler', 'Jack Straw'. All wear caps with the name of their master on a brass plate (according to the Chimney-Sweepers' Act of 1788); this is 'Thelwall'. A fat woman sells a dram to one of the crowd. Another presides over a portable roulette or E.O. table, a 'teetotum', inscribed 'Equality & no Sedition Bill'; three barefooted urchins are staking their pence. The heads in general do not appear to be portraits, but in the centre of the design, with his back to the woman selling drams, is Priestley, caricatured, standing with folded arms facing Thelwall. There is a landscape background with trees up which spectators have climbed. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text, running on both sides of title: "I tell you, citizens, we mean to new-dress the Constitution and turn it, and set a new nap upon it." Shakspeare., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Jones, John Gale, 1769-1838, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Hodgson, Richard, 1760-1816, and London Corresponding Society.
- Subject (Topic):
- Freedom of the press, Meetings, Petition, Right of., Sedition, Political crimes and offenses, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Podiums, Political parades & rallies, and Working class
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Copenhagen House [graphic]
5. John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 64. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 32.9 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 35.7 x 27.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 64 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, France, and England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Janus (Roman deity), Politics and government, Foreign relations, Altars, Guillotines (Punishment), Skeletons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
6. John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 64. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 83 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, France, and England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Janus (Roman deity), Politics and government, Foreign relations, Altars, Guillotines (Punishment), Skeletons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
7. The Reverend philosopher [graphic].
- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel , printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [November 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.11.01.13
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from state published by Bentley & Co., 1 July 1791, for The Attic miscellany, with the title: Doctor Philogiston, the Priestley politician or the political priest!, Plate from: Carlton House magazine, November 1794., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., Cf. No. 7887 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Sermons -- Opposition: members of the opposition.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identifies
- Subject (Name):
- Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Reverend philosopher [graphic].
8. John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.03.17.07+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 64. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bull in the guillotine awaits the fall of the blade. The executioner is depicted as a skeleton with Lord Stanhope's face. The sacrifice is supervised by Lord Lansdowne (as Janus) in a throne behind an altar on which rests the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The Duke of Grafton on the right sets fire to these documents while Dr. Priestley looks on.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 46 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, France, and England
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Janus (Roman deity), Politics and government, Foreign relations, Altars, Guillotines (Punishment), Skeletons, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull's sacrifice to Janus a design for a peace offering to the Convention / [graphic]
9. Presentation of the Mahometan credentials, or, The final resource of French atheists [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 December 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.12.26.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King and Queen, seated on the throne (left), receive with astonished horror a deputation from Turkey. An arrogant Turk stands proffering a large rolled document with pendent seals on which are crescents: 'Powers for a new Connexion between the Port, England & France'. Beside him (left) another Turk grovels on the ground. Fox and Sheridan, kneeling with crouching humility, hold up the long cloak of the Turkish emissary; their bonnets-rouges are decorated with crescents. Behind them Priestley bows low (right). Turks with spears and banners stand behind him. To a spear topped with a crescent is attached a tricolour flag inscribed 'Vive la Republique'. Pitt, a naked mannikin, one foot on the royal dais, clutches the King's knee in terror: a chain from his wrist is attached to a royal crown lying on the ground. Behind him, and beside the throne, stands Dundas in Highland dress, tall and impassive, holding a pike. The King and Queen are much caricatured: the King stares, biting his fingers and clutching the Queen; she puts her fan before her face but looks through its sticks (as in BMSat 9528) at the Turks. The three elder princesses (not caricatured) peep from behind the throne on the extreme left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Final resource of French atheists
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Turkish ambassador -- Crowns -- Thrones -- Male costume: bonnet rouge -- Female costume: fans -- Pets: Pitt as a monkey -- Turks -- Royal princesses., and Incomplete images of two prints on verso: The Monster Broke Loose, or, A Peep into the Shakespeare Gallery and The Vulture of the Constitution.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 26th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Presentation of the Mahometan credentials, or, The final resource of French atheists [graphic]
