Publication Place: London / Repository: Lewis Walpole Library / Subject (Topic): Eclipses

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Published / Created:: [October 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "George IV stands full-face on a cloud above the Pavilion; his legs wide apart; under his right foot is the word 'Decency'; by the left, 'Decorum'. An irradiated crescent moon inscribed 'Carolina' covers his face between mouth and forehead, its horns ...
Alternative Title:: Moon passing the Sun's disc!!
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Published October 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):: Clouds, Bags, Libel & slander, Moon, Eclipses, Bottles, Sailing ships, and Official residences
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A total eclipse, or, The Moon passing the Sun's disc!! [graphic].

Creator:: Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:: 1829.
Call Number:: 829.06.00.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The irradiated head of George IV in profile to the left, is almost covered by the darkly shaded head of Wellington, which is almost full-face, but glaring to the right with fierce yet apprehensive melancholy. From this darkened mask slants down and t...
Alternative Title:: Eclipse lately discovered in the Georgium Sidus, and quite unexpected by any of the astronomers
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Ireland.
Subject (Name):: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):: Catholic emancipation, Catholics, and Eclipses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An eclipse lately discoverd in the Georgium Sidus, and quite unexpected by any of the astronomers / [graphic]

Published / Created:: [26 March 1783]
Call Number:: 784.03.26.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The figure of Britannia entreats the King to look up at the irradiated face of William Pitt floating in front of a large, dark cloud that carries the faces of Charles Fox in the center, Lord North to the left, and Edmund Burke to the right. Fox's dark...
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: Publish'd March 26, 1783, by H. Macphail No. 68 High Holborn
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Eclipses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The eclipse [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [23 December 1791]
Call Number:: 791.12.23.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, and the three gaze with reflective and a...
Alternative Title:: Wierd sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon and Weird sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. Decr. 23d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):: Adaptations, parodies, etc, Regency, Politics and government, Eclipses, Moon, Politicians, Sun, and Witches
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Wierd-sisters [sic], minister's of darkness, minions of the moon [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1849?]
Call Number:: 791.12.23.01.2+
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, and the three gaze with reflective and a...
Alternative Title:: Wierd sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon and Weird sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. Decr. 23d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):: Adaptations, parodies, etc, Regency, Politics and government, Eclipses, Moon, Politicians, Sun, and Witches
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Wierd-sisters [sic], minister's of darkness, minions of the moon [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [23 December 1791]
Call Number:: 791.12.23.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, and the three gaze with reflective and a...
Alternative Title:: Wierd sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon and Weird sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. Decr. 23d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):: Adaptations, parodies, etc, Regency, Politics and government, Eclipses, Moon, Politicians, Sun, and Witches
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Wierd-sisters [sic], minister's of darkness, minions of the moon [graphic].