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10. The Battle of Bow-Street [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.07.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An election riot. In the foreground Sheridan (left) stands over Sir Sampson Wright who kneels on the ground in abject alarm. Sheridan holds him by the collar and shakes his fist in his face; from his pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Drury Lane'. On the right is a party of Guards, one pierces with his bayonet Fox's posterior, drawing blood. Fox, the central figure, prances in pain and alarm, his hat falling off. Behind, Townshend (?) and Burke hold up their hands in shocked surprise. One of the Guards deliberately pierces with his bayonet the posterior of his own officer, a lean foppish man resembling the officer in BMSat 7174. The other Guards (right) carrying muskets against their shoulders watch both outrages with amusement. Behind Sheridan and on the extreme left is a man holding up a banner, inscribed 'Valiant Townsend', on which are a wine-bottle and glass and a dice-box and dice. In the background is a dense crowd represented by heads and by hats, two of which are being waved in the air. Beneath the design is etched: 'When Sampson as Justice - by Soldiers defended, Went to quell wicked Whigs who've mild peace oft offended, Bold Brindsley seiz'd on him, & swore he'd well shake him, Crying, Justice ne'er did, nor e'er should overtake him. Bow, wow, wow. Sampson down on his knees like a Saint at devotion, Drops his Jaw-Bone, - while F-x seconds Brindleys mad motion, The Guards do their duty - prick Charles - he beseeches, And alarm'd, then let's fly - thro' his sad sattin Breeches, Bow wow wow.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Guns: bayoneted muskets -- Allusion to Drury Lane -- Bible: Allusion to Judges: 15.15-17 -- Elections: Westminster by-election -- Battles: Bow-Street -- Election riots: July 22, 1788 -- Flags: Banner -- Military uniforms: Guards.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July, 1788, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Wright, Sampson, Sir, d. 1793, and Townshend, John, Lord
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Battle of Bow-Street [graphic].
11. Galante show redeunt spectacula mane Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.05.06.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant chained to a stake inscribed 'A Benares Flea'. [2] Three mountains piled one upon the other, inscribed respectively, 'Ossa', 'Pelion', 'Olympus'; the whole is 'A Begum Wart'. [3] Four large eyes dripping tears float half-submerged in the water they have produced, inscribed, 'Begums Tears'. [4] A whale spouting is 'An Ouzle'. From the right side of the magic lantern the end of a slide (or slider, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6287) emerges; on it is an oriental seated cross-legged and smoking. Next the lantern (right) are the heads and shoulders of two spectators in back view who are applauding; one says "finely imagined"; the other, "poor Ladies they have cried their Eyes out". The 'profil perdu' of Lord Derby appears on the extreme right, saying, "very like an Ouzle [weasel]. Polonius" ['Hamlet', III. ii.]."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another version of the same design
- Description:
- Title etched in bottom part of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and "Another (almost identical) version of the design [British Museum Satiries No. 7313], with the same signature and inscriptions except that the quotation marks in the title and enclosing 'Polonius' are omitted."--British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oudh (Princely State)
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment and Projectors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Galante show redeunt spectacula mane Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / [graphic]
12. The shadow of opposition "stat nominis umbra" / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 March 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.03.31.04.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A design divided into two portions by a vertical line and a slanting line which diverges to the right from the vertical line forming with it an obtuse angle. On the left of this division are the Speaker and three members of the House of Commons; on the right the Chancellor and three peers. Only a small part of the Speaker and his chair are visible on the extreme left. Fox stands facing him, his right hand extended, his left on his hip, a scroll inscribed 'Consuetudo et Lex Parliamenti' issues from his mouth. Burke stands with his back to Fox, scowling with folded arms; his scroll is inscribed 'Tropes Figures and a long Speech'. Sheridan stands in back view, facing Burke and bending forward, his scroll is 'Speech all Point'. The figures on the right have similar attitudes to those on the left, only the extreme left of the Chancellor and Woolsack being visible. Loughborough, in back view, wearing a judge's wig and gown, says "Lex Parliamenti"; Stormont says "Long Speech". Lord Derby, turning to the right in a mincing attitude, says, "Point de tout"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another version of the same design
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Each patriots speech another speech affords, the C----ns have their echo in the L---ds; thus Opposition proves the assertion true, that even shadows have their shadows too., Another version, with identical text and only slight differences in image, of no. 7289 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 38 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 31st March 1788 by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Politicians, and Shadows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The shadow of opposition "stat nominis umbra" / [graphic]
13. Dun-Shaw [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 March 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.03.07.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dundas as a colossus (a shah or bashaw of the Indies) straddles across the ocean, one foot on the roof of the India House (left), the other on a piece of land on the extreme right representing Bengal. In the sea below his outstretched legs are several ships in full sail making for Bengal; the nearest is inscribed 'troops'. Dundas wears a turban and crown, a cloak and oriental tunic with a kilt, bare knees and tartan stockings. His turban is inscribed 'Charged Mr F------with a design to shift the Crown from the Monarch's to his own head. Mr D speech'. His arms are extended above his head pointing to, and nearly grasping, a sun in the upper left corner of the design and to a crescent moon in the upper right corner. Both have faces which look down with dismayed surprise at Dundas, who looks towards the sun. Beneath the title is inscribed: '"One Foot in Leadenhall Street, & the other in the Province of Bengal." Vide Mr D------s Speech.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Dundas's quarrel with East India Company -- Face on the sun -- Man in the moon -- Ships carrying troops to India -- Indian patronage -- Dundas's attack on the East India Bill -- Dundas as a Bashaw -- Hats -- Bengal -- East India House.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 7th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Ships and Turbans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dun-Shaw [graphic]
14. Misery [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [2 February 1788]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 788.02.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A mother selling her daughters to two men at the door of their cottage, pushing one distraught girl out of the door and extending her hand for the payment, at left the father turns away from the transaction with shame, as the sister kneels on the floor with hands clasped, desperately pleading with him to reconsider, at the right of the basic room a young man sits solemnly, a little girl leaning against his leg and a baby in a crib in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Two lines of verse below image, one on either side of title: To barter virtue, see the parent led, and with a child's dishonour, purchase bread., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Cottages -- Baby in cradle -- Pottery jugs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Feby. 2d 1788, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, Portland Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Cradles, Disgrace, Distress, Dwellings, Dogs, Domestic life, Hunters, Interiors, and Pitchers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Misery [graphic]
