"Pitt as the modern Egbert (king of the West Saxons, d. 839) is rowed by four kings, and tows behind him a small boat in which the Prince of Wales is seated, his wrists and ankles chained. Pitt, who steers, is seated high in the stern of the 'Treasury...
Alternative Title:
King of kings
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Charles Bronwn [sic], Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
"Six heads, full-face, of Fox, arranged in a row, all with eyes closed or looking down. [1] 'Out of Place In Character', with tousled hair and ill-shaved face. [2] 'In Place Out of Character', with powdered hair and well-shaved face. Cf. Wraxall, 'Mem...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 26, 1788, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A strip design in imitation of British Museum Satires No. 7230. The names of the characters are etched beneath them, the words spoken above their heads. 'R------e' (Rose) rushes forward, in alarm, exclaiming "The People refuse to address to T--l--w" ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 12, 1789, by Holland, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Watson, Brook, 1735 -1807, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, and Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835
"Mrs. Schwellenberg, followed by the Queen, who is held in leading-strings by Pitt, advances towards the House of Lords (left) from the 'Treasury' whose barred gate is on the extreme right. Mrs. Schwellenberg, very gross and ugly, holds the bag of the...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 20, 1788 (according to act of Parliament) by Tom Brown, Spa Fields, Chelsea
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"A strip design on five plates of seventeen women of varying ages commenting upon a recent elopement, the words spoken engraved above their heads."--British Museum catalogue
"Fox stands in the House of Commons, making a speech; in his right hand he holds out a paper: 'Speech on the 'Rights of the P------'; in his left is an 'Explanation of that Speech'. He faces the table on which are piled large folios: 'Statutes at Lar...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Dec. 30th 1788, by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"Coastal scene; a man sitting with one elbow on a fishing basket, opposite another who is mending a sail and who looks up at a woman who stands, carrying a basket on her back; with a sailing boat moored at the shore behind to left."--British Museum on...
