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1. A block for the wigs, or, The new state whirligig [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [5 May 1783]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The new ministry is depicted on a large carousel, erected in front of the "Crown and Royal Bob" Inn. The structure is supported by a center pole held in place by pegs labelled "Treasury," "Navy" and "Army" terminating at the top with the head of the King in the form of a wig block. Fox, with a fox's head and tail, leads the procession, holding a bag of money. Behind him, Lord North on a horse with its legs cut short, loses his wig; Burke in Jesuit's habit and on a similarly lame horse, has partially turned into a skeleton due to his economical reform; Admiral Keppel behind him is desperate to remain seated on his donkey. Lastly a Scotsman labelled "President" signifies Scottish influence over the Crown. Watching from a seat before the Inn, a complacent John Bull mouths slogans of liberty, unaware that his house is being plundered behind him
Alternative Title:: New state whirligig
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text above image in upper left: Poor John Bull's house plunder'd at noon day., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 29.0 x 40.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 5th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), Merry-go-rounds, Wigs, Flags, British, Robberies, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A block for the wigs, or, The new state whirligig [graphic].

2. Banditti [graphic]

Creator:: Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:: [22 December 1783?]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on a fox. He leans on the table keeping his right hand on three dice signed, "Madras," "Bombay," and "Bengal," and clutching a dice box in his left. Behind him Admiral Keppel, the date of the battle of Ushant (1778) on his helmet, raises his goblet in a toast. Behind him Sheridan, with ass's ears and "School for Scandal" written across his head cover, watches the Duke of Portland count out money to Lord Carlisle. On Portland's shoulder leans Lord Cavendish in a centurion's armor under his cloak. Between him and North sits Burke in a Jesuit's outfit reading his own "Plan of oeconomy [sic]." Under the table lie the corpses of Lords Shelburne and Ashburton, ousted by the Coalition
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Early state, with title etched below image instead of within image. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of imprint statement. Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 69 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: E. Hedges?
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Banditti [graphic]

3. Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 May 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. Britain's foreign enemies, America (shownas an Indian), France, Spain and Holland run away with the spoils
Alternative Title:: Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from The art of poetry on a new plan by Oliver Goldsmith, 1761, v. 2, p. 147., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.2 x 35.7 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 45.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):: Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

4. General Blackbeard wounded at the Battle of Leadenhall [graphic]

Creator:: Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 5 January 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a possible burlesque of West's Death of Wolfe, a "wounded" Fox lies supported by his followers. He is held in the arms of Admiral Keppel, as Burke in monk's habit offers him a glass, and Mary (Perdita) Robinson applies smelling salts. North is to the right, swooning with grief and supported by Portland, while Sheridan kneels to the right in front of John Cavendish. Behind Fox at the far left the Prince of Wales kneels to kiss Perdita's unoccupied hand. A satire on the defeat of Fox's India Bill
Description:: Title from item., Print signed I.B. (i.e. John Boyne) in lower right of image., Probably a later state, with imprint removed, of a plate published by E. Hedges. Cf. No. 6367 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Date of publication based on that of probable earlier state. See British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.0 x 34.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 70 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Blackbeard wounded at the Battle of Leadenhall [graphic]

5. Guy Vaux [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 15 June 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
Description:: Title from item., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 37.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Guy Vaux [graphic].

6. Rodney introducing de Grasse [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 June 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "One of four satires by Gillray on Rodney's victory as a blow to the Ministry, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5992, 5996, 6001. Rodney, in profile to the right, kneels before George III (right), seated on a throne, his sceptre in his right hand. Rodney's right hand is held out towards de Grasse, who stands behind him and on his right; in his left hand he holds a sword, its hilt resting on the ground at the king's feet. He is saying, “Sire, I have done my Duty & at your Royal Feet, I lay the Scourge of these Destroyers”. De Grasse, grotesquely thin and tall, stands erect, his hands folded. Fox and Keppel stand one on each side of the king. Fox, on the king's right, both hands thrust into his waistcoat, is saying, “This Fellow must be recalled, he fights too well for us - & I have obligations to Pigot, for he has lost 17000 at my Faro Bank” (see British Museum Satires No. 5972). Keppel looks at a paper held in his right hand saying, “This is the very Ship I ought to have taken on the 27th of July”. The word “Ville” is just legible on the paper, the allusion being to de Grasse's flag-ship the 'Ville de Paris', taken on 12 Apr. 1782. The king is seated on a small square dais, covered by a fringed carpet. On the back of his throne is a crown to which is attached an ostrich feather, the feather which Rodney has added to the Crown by his victory."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 7th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):: Thrones, Scepters, Kneeling, and Daggers & swords
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rodney introducing de Grasse [graphic].

7. Rodney triumphant, or, Admiral lee-shore in the dumps [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [31 May 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
Alternative Title:: Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.0 x 35.4 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, History, Naval, Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rodney triumphant, or, Admiral lee-shore in the dumps [graphic].

8. Rodney triumphant, or, Admiral lee-shore in the dumps [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [23 May 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
Alternative Title:: Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a later version of the plate., Earlier version of a plate published May 31, 1782, by E. D'Archery. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5992., On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 23d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):: Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rodney triumphant, or, Admiral lee-shore in the dumps [graphic].

9. The captive prince, or, Liberty run mad [graphic].

Published / Created:: [23 April 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "George III stands passively in profile to the right while members of the new ministry fix shackles to his wrists and ankles. He is saying, "Oh! my misguided People". Rockingham is walking off (right) holding the crown in his right hand, saying "Dispose of these Jewels for the Publick Use". He wears trunk hose and cross-hilted sword, a long robe trails on the ground behind him. The Duke of Richmond, in profile to the left, is fixing a shackle to the king's left wrist; he says, "I Command the Ordnance". (On 30 Mar. he was appointed Master General of the Ordnance.) In front of him a thin man kneeling on one knee, in profile to the left, is adjusting a fetter on the king's left ankle; he is probably Lord John Cavendish. On the king's left Fox kneels attaching a fetter to his right leg; he has the head of a fox and is saying, "I Command the Mob". Behind him, holding the chain which the king holds in his right hand, is Admiral Keppel in naval uniform, saying, "I Command the Fleet". He had been made a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty on 30 Mar., the Admiralty being put in commission. On his right stands General Conway in military uniform, clasping his hands, and looking to his right; he says "Which way shall I turn? How can I decide?" He had been made Commander-in-Chief on 30 Mar.; in spite of his famous resolution of 22 Feb. (see BMSat 5963) he was not a whole-hearted supporter of the new ministry. On the extreme left stands Burke, looking to the right but taking no part in the proceedings. He holds a paper inscribed "Pay Master", and is saying "The best of Ministers The best of K..." A reference to Burke's eulogy, on 15 April, of the king's message recommending the "effectual Plan of OEconomy", his words being, "It was the best of messages to the best of people from the best of kings". 'Parl. Hist.' xxii. 1269. See also Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 440-1; 'Camb. Mod. Hist.' vi. 460."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Liberty run mad
Description:: Title etched below image., Questionable month of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. 23d [April?] 1782 by Eliz. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of, 1730-1782, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The captive prince, or, Liberty run mad [graphic].