Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: Riding habits -- Election favors -- Canvassing -- Allusion to William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, 1748-1811 -- Chains., and Watermark in center of sheet: Taylor.
Publisher:
Pub. April 22, 1784, by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Great Britain. Parliament
The Duchess of Devonshire, with Fox's name inscribed on her hat, canvasses an obese butcher standing in front of his stall in the market. She holds his left hand in hers. He wipes his mouth while another butcher, standing behind the counter, encourages him to kiss the duchess. One of her female companions turns her head back to kiss an artisan standing behind her while she passes him a small purse
Alternative Title:
Devons----e canvas and Devonshire canvas
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 3rd, 1784 by Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Butchers, Markets, and Clothing & dress
The Duchess of Devonshire, with Fox's name inscribed on her hat, canvasses an obese butcher standing in front of his stall in the market. She holds his left hand in hers. He wipes his mouth while another butcher, standing behind the counter, encourages him to kiss the duchess. One of her female companions turns her head back to kiss an artisan standing behind her while she passes him a small purse
Alternative Title:
Devons----e canvas and Devonshire canvas
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue of No. 6493 with the design extended below the original imprint line and the original imprint information scored through. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 3rd, 1784 by Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street : Sold by W. Humphrey, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Butchers, Markets, and Clothing & dress
"Lord Stanhope, stooping in profile to the left, hurries furtively from an open doorway into the street, his right hand raised, his left hand holding his hat behind his back. Rolled documents project from his pocket inscribed 'Toasts'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., Series title and number from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of series title., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. ii, p. 395., and With a literaturea llusion to Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garret and referencing the Revolution Society.
A furious veteran with a wooden leg and bandaged eye and a maid servant attack Sir Cecil Wray with a crutch and a broom, respectively. The maid stands on a piece of paper inscribed,"Tax on servants" and in front of a padlocked door to the "Register Off[ice] for Maid Serv[ants]." On the opposite side of the image, in the background, is the crumbling building of the Chelsea Hospital. A reference to Sir Cecil's proposals to tax the employers of maid servants and to close the Chelsea Hospital that housed disabled veterans
Alternative Title:
Sir Cecil chastised
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Published April 2nd, 1784, by Willm Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Disabled veterans, Servants, Peg legs, Crutches, Brooms & brushes, and Politicians
William Pitt, riding a rocking horse, contemplates the locked gate to the "Treasury" in front of him. In his left hand he holds a whip inscribed, "prerogative," followed by the words, "pro me." Under his right arm is a "Royal primer" and the horse's rockers are inscribed, "despotism" and "aristocracy." A blast of foul air from his buttocks, signed, "my honor," is directed at the face of Charles Fox behind him. Pointing to the Treasury building, Fox proclaims service for the country to be his motivation
Alternative Title:
His triumphal entry into Downing Street
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 26, 1784, by W. Welles, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Hobby horses, and Clothing & dress
At the top of a ladder placed against the House of Commons and inscribed, "back stairs," stands a female figure of Folly in a fool's cap, with a flag signed "aristocracy." Below her, a man attempts to pull down a stone from the frieze with a grappling hook. Behind him, a smiling Pitt with one foot on a rung, "new mi[nister]," encourages his supporters to follow. Next climbs Lord Temple carrying a conspirator's lantern and a flag, "omnipot[ent] anarc[hy]." Under the ladder, others demolish the wall. On the left, Lord North and Charles Fox try to support the loosened "SPQB" frieze with a beam inscribed, "constitutional advice." An indignant-looking female figure of Wisdom advises Pitt and his followers to reconsider their action."
Alternative Title:
Demolition of St. Stephs. Chapel and Demolition of St. Stephen's Chapel
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. March 4, 1784, by W. Wells, N. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Fools' caps, Liberty cap, Ladders, Demolition, and Cobblestone streets
Title from item., Plate from: The Attic miscellany, v. ii, p. 177., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster election, 1790 -- Maces: House of Commons' mace -- Petitions: Westminster petition -- Mythology: Protheus., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm.
A preacher stands behind his pulpit shouting and waving his arms at the crowd who stands before him. Several in the crowd are vendors who care their wares in baskets or pots balanced on their heads. A young, well-dressed man (right) holds a handkerchief to his nose as he recoils from one of the vendors; he holds a game bad in his hand (?).
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker and publication date from: Carlton House magazine., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., Plate from: The Carlton House magazine, v.2?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Crowds, Preachers, Pulpits, Street vendors, and Clothing & dress
"Dr. Price preaches from a ramshackle tub inscribed 'Political Gunpowder', his arms outstretched to the right; from his pocket projects a document inscribed 'Revolution Toasts'. His sermon hangs over the edge of the tub, the upper sheet headed 'Bind the Kings with chains &c.' The tub rests on a large book: 'Calculations' (an allusion to Price's works on population and finance). Beneath the title is engraved : '"Every Man has his Price!" Sir R. Walpole'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. Series title above image., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., and Plate from the Attic miscellany, v. ii, page 118.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
Price, Richard, 1723-1791 and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.