"A half length portrait of Fox, looking to the left, in his accustomed attitude when speaking: legs bent, hat in his right hand with his right arm raised as if to make a downward thrust. His hair is unkempt, his stockings ungartered, his shoes unlatch...
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconc...
Alternative Title:
Oddity wags have at ye
Description:
Title etched above image. Above title: Attic miscellany.
"The interior of the House of Commons. The Duchess of Devonshire carries Fox on her shoulders; she looks round at the 'rabble' who follow her, headed by a little chimney-sweep, using his brush and shovel to beat a tune. She says, "When I take a thing ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
Print shows Priestley walking right to left, diagonally away from the spectator; his face, turned in profile to the left, has a sinister smile. He holds out, as firebrands, two burning papers: 'Political Sermon' and 'Essay on Government'. From his poc...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by W. Locke
Subject (Name):
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
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, encourage...
Alternative Title:
Devons----e canvas and Devonshire canvas
Description:
Title from item.
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, encourage...
Alternative Title:
Devons----e canvas and Devonshire canvas
Description:
Title from item.
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 Museu...
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 O...
Alternative Title:
Sir Cecil chastised
Description:
Title from item.
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 r...
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...
Alternative Title:
Demolition of St. Stephs. Chapel and Demolition of St. Stephen's Chapel
Description:
Title from item.
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
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 handkerch...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
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 t...
Description:
Title from text below image. Series title above image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
Price, Richard, 1723-1791 and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
Lord Temple, in a robe tied with a belt labeled "secret [influence]" and a dark lantern in his hand, introduces William Pitt to the King who is seated on a long latrine bench, signed, "Treasury." Behind him on the wall hangs a portrait print with the ...
Alternative Title:
Master Billy Pit-i-full's introduction
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. for the Jon. Cook, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Privies, and Clothing & dress
On the left, Charles James Fox sits on a chair, his gouty left foot resting on a stool, his right hand holding a crutch. Behind him is a paper which reads "Plan to discharge the Nation[al] Debt". His right arm reaches out to a group of angry citizen...
Alternative Title:
Meeting of creditors
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
As the act directs published March 28, 1785 by W. Humphrey, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Public, History, Butchers, People, and Clergy
A fox is being hunted by three dogs encouraged in their attack by two men with whips and a crowd of spectators. A burning sheet signed, "India Bill" is tied to the tail of the fox who turns back to snarl at a hound wearing a collar signed, "Pitt," whi...
Alternative Title:
View holla! from Leadenhall Street
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 27th, 1784, by W. Wells, No. 132, opposite Salisbury Court, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Fox hunting, Spectators, and Clothing & dress
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconc...
Sitting in the open door to a shabby-looking room, John Robinson, former Secretary to the Treasury, watches rats with human bodies crawl on their hands and knees toward traps that offer political or personal advancement. His identity is revealed by a ...
Alternative Title:
Jack Renegado's new patent traps
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 27, 1784, by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Robinson, John, 1727-1802.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Humor, Rats, and Animal traps
"A young man in profile to the right, with a knotted bludgeon under his arm, holds a fierce mastiff by the collar. This collar, being inscribed 'Hamil[ton]', shows that the duke is Douglas, 8th Duke (1756-95), Duke of Brandon in the English peerage. H...
