The agitated George III, a trowel in his hand, watches Charles Fox, as a fox, with the "liberty" ribbon draped accross his back, leap over the "vanity pit" (William Pitt) in pursuit of a pack of hounds. In Fox's mouth is the judge's cloak that he pull...
Alternative Title:
Fox chacing the hounds
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Shovels, Foxes, Dogs, and Lanterns
The figures are identified as John Campbell and Alexander Campell, with the Edinburgh character Baillie Duff, a blind Irish piper, Meek, and a fish-horn blower. This print was produced in response to Alexander Campbell's publication of a print that sa...
Alternative Title:
Let puppy's bark and asses bray, each dog and cur will have his day
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Campbell, John, -1795. and Campbell, Alexander, 1764-1824.
"An open carriage or landau, crowded with ladies, is drawn (left to right) by six men; a servant seated on the shoulders of the foremost acts as postilion. In front walks a man holding a quaigh or covered cup by one of its small legs; against his shou...
Alternative Title:
Visit to the Mud Bridge
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Boyd, George, active 1786., Duff, James, -1788., Hutton, Sibilla, active 1786-1808., and Yetts, William, 1796-1863.
"Four oval bust portraits arranged in two pairs on a shaded background. Above (left) is Eiston, a young man in profile on the right wearing a cocked hat, a leading macaroni among students at Edinburgh University, afterwards an army surgeon. Facing him...
