"Pitt's 'Propositions' for freedom of commerce between England and Ireland are supported on an Irish harp which rests on a rectangular framework above a fire which is being made to blaze by North and Fox. North (left, as Boreas), on hands and knees, his cheeks inflated, blows at the flames; Fox (right), seated on a bulky roll inscribed 'Petition from the Cotton Manufacture[rs]', plies a pair of bellows. The fuel of the fire consists of papers inscribed 'Rumour', 'Evidence at the Bar' (2), 'Pamphlets', 'Pleadings at ye Bar' (2), 'Arguments'. The flames and smoke which extend above their heads are inscribed 'Distrust', 'To Scotland', 'Discontent', 'To the Chamber of Commerce', 'Objections', 'Jealousy', 'To Manchester'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 47 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published 12th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, and Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Resolutions, Politics and government, Bellows, Bonfires, Harps, and Musical instruments
Lord North, with an expression of anxious anticipation, applies white paint to Charles Fox's left cheek while Fox, his face inscrutable, descends the last step to the floor of the House of Commons taking North's left hand. A dog looks up at North. The inscription below the design reads, "--Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro, Translated for the Country Gentlemen, "I have found him a warm Friend a fair though formidable Adversary."
Alternative Title:
Qui color ater erat nunc est contrarius atro
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title etched below image., Printmaker identified as James Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 23 with one other print.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1783 by Edwd. Hedges, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
"Francis, wearing his hat, stands in a theatrical attitude, his head turned in profile to the right, glaring fiercely (as in British Museum Satires No. 7268). His fists are clenched, the left arm across his breast. Beside him is etched: '"I hate Alonzo" Zanga'". Francis, inveterate enemy of Hastings, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7268, is represented as Zanga in Dr. Young's 'The Revenge' (1721)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
"I hate Alonzo" Zanga
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 17 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Publd. by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Name):
Philip, Francis, Sir, 1740-1818 and Young, Edward, 1683-1765.
"Rosenhagen, fashionably dressed, stands in profile to the left, holding his hat and cane. He gazes with a complacent smile at a bust portrait of Lord Lansdowne. Beside him is etched 'In te Domine speravi'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
In te Domine speravi
Description:
"The Rev. Philip Rosenhagen (1737?-1798) was an intimate at Shelburne House and popular in the Prince of Wales's circle until he became a Pittite, perhaps in consequence of his repeated refusal to perform the marriage of Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Prince. 'D.N.B.'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Title, printmaker, and date from British Museum catalogue., This print was not published according to the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 18 with one other print.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rosenhagen, Philip, 1737?-1798 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Full length portrait of Sir Charles Turner of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, in profile to the left. He bends forward, holding his hat in an extended right hand, with his left hand in a muff and a walking stick under his left arm
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Probable later issue of no. 6073, without the number 'XX" in upper left of plate. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted on page 7 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Name):
Turner, Charles, approximately 1726-1783.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
Full length full-face portrait of Sir Francis Molyneux on the left and the much shorter Robert Quarme in profile on the right. Both were ushers in the House of Lords
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Publisher worked in London. See Maxted., Publisher's name is omitted from description in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 11 with three other prints.
"Erskine stands in profile to the left; he bends forward, resting both hands on the table of the House of Commons, part of which is visible on the left. His half-closed eyes give him an almost imbecile expression ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 11 with three other prints.
A stage coach is drawn by two starved horses across rough terrain. An anxious looking Duke of Portland, the nominal head of the government, is being taught how to drive by Charles Fox who is in control of the reins. Their relationship is undescored by the crests on the side panels of the coach with the fox sitting on ducal coronet. Lord North stands in the basket behind, in place of a footman, watching with anger the proceedings on the box. The front left wheel is broken after going over the "Loan" rock; a larger "Reform Bill" boulder is ahead of the horses and The text below image is a paraphrase of the Duke of Chandos's speech criticizing North's coalition with Fox: "Such was the love of Office of the noble Lord, that finding he would not be permitted to mount the Box, | He had been content to get up behind, vide the Duke of C------. . . s's Speech Morning Chronicle 15th April". This was a speech by Chandos on the Irish Judicature Bill, 14 April, violently attacking the Coalition: "he particularly arraigned the conduct of Lord North, and said that not being able to get again upon the state coach-box, he had been content to get up behind." 'Parl. Hist', xxiii. 755
Alternative Title:
Such was the love of office of the noble lord ...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title from text below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 29.
Publisher:
Published 5th May 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
