"Satire on the election for County Durham, 14 April 1784: Sir Thomas Clavering and Sir John Upton, one headless, holding a caption labelled 'The Irish Faction for ever' and carrying the other, who has no feet, on his back, who says 'I serv'd you as lo...
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Northern ass
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publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Clavering, Thomas, Sir, 1719-1794, Eden, John, Sir, 1740-1812, and Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Donkeys, Defecation, Traffic signs & signals, Miters, Crosiers, Daggers & swords, and Playing cards
Charles Fox, sitting in a 'pass-cart' reserved for paupers forced to return to the place of their origin, is transported to Malmsbury, the borough he represented until his election for Westminster in 1780. Lord North, standing under a tree, expresses ...
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Pubd. March 02 [i.e. 20], 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Carts & wagons, and Clothing & dress
"A slim man, standing, 'chapeau-bras', in profile to the right. He is fashionably dressed in a high-collared coat cut back to form tails, and shirt frill; his shoes have very large buckles. His hair is in a queue resembling that worn by the Macaronies...
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Pub. as the act directs, 12th May, 1784, by a Lover of Natural History
In a room reminiscent of a magician's study, the King, dressed in a cloak as Friar Bacon (a necromancer of popular fable), evokes visions of the royal power while the brazen head speaks. Each vision is represented by a large medallion inscribed, "Cons...
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Pubd. March 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Wizards, Magic, and Devil
"A brothel scene. The fat bawd (left) leans back in an arm-chair in a drunken sleep; the contents of a glass in her right hand pour over a dog; a bottle on the ground at her feet spills its contents. There are three couples of revellers, the three wom...
On the left, William Pitt, his arms and one leg raised, is looking up at the East India House that he has just kicked toward Charles Fox who stands ready to toss it back. Behind Fox is a table with dice and a dice box on it. Playing cards are scattere...
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Pubd. Feby. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and East India Company.
On the left, William Pitt, his arms and one leg raised, is looking up at the East India House that he has just kicked toward Charles Fox who stands ready to toss it back. Behind Fox is a table with dice and a dice box on it. Playing cards are scattere...
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Pubd. Feby. 7th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and East India Company.
A giant, half-nude female figure of Britannia swings terror-stricken diminutive figures of Charles Fox and Lord North in the air. Holding Fox by the ankle, she raises him above her head while North dangles by his neck from her other hand. Her shield a...
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Britannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed and Coalition monsters destroyed
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
A night scene under the Piazza of Covent Garden, the center of which is seen through the arch of the arcade. A couple hurry arm-in-arm through a doorway (right) over which is Haddocks (a bagnio). The woman is the Duchess of Devonshire, shown with a ba...
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Dark lantern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend and Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend
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Pub. April 24th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Lanterns, Lighting, People with disabilities, Political elections, and Prostitutes
"A satirical coat of arms for Sir James Lowther, created Earl of Lonsdale on 11 May 1784. The two supporters are ragged militiamen realistically drawn, one (dexter) being without shoes, with ragged stockings, through which his toes protrude, the other...