"George III guides (left to right) a plough which is drawn by a snorting bull; he is blindfolded and wears a crown and the garter ribbon; from his pocket hangs a fragment of "Magna Charta". Lord North rides on the bull, urging him forward with a whip, attached to his shoulders is a knapsack or bundle inscribed "Ways & Means". Another man goads the bull with a spear. A Scot in highland dress, probably Gordon, tugs violently at the bull's harness, trying to pull it back; two other men who have been tugging at the bull have fallen to the ground and the wig of one has fallen off. The bull is advancing towards the "River Tweed" (right), on the farther side of which are a large thistle and some fir trees on a hill. This shows that Scotland has not as yet been ploughed up for the emissaries of the Pope, see BMSat 5534. In the foreground (left) lies a sleeping bishop, his head on his hand, holding a crozier, and leaning on a book and a "Map of Bishoprick". Behind him and the king a Jesuit, a Catholic priest, and a monk are sowing in the ground which has been already ploughed. Above their heads the Pope is seated on clouds which are supported by a swarm of demons and imps. He wears his triple crown, a royal crown is suspended over his head; in his right hand is a crozier to which are attached keys, in his left hand is a sheaf of thunderbolts. At his side is an inverted cornucopia, pouring out documents inscribed "Absolutions", "Persecutions", "Releases from Purgatory", "Pardons for Money", "Excommunications", "Curses on Heriticks", "Indulgences", "Bulls", "Confessions". Truth, an almost nude female figure, stands upon clouds (right) surrounded by a glory of rays; on her breast is a face surrounded by rays. She holds up a large scroll inscribed "40000 English Protestants massacred in Ireland 1641 Protestants burnt at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary. Gunpowder Plot or an attempt to blow up the Parliament House Protestants massacred at Paris, in the Vallies of Piedmont. Tortures of the Inquisition." Beneath the design are the dedication and explanation: "To the Respectable Association of Protestants & to every Worthy supporter of both Church & State this Plate is Dedicated by their Humble Servt the Publisher. Explanation. The State Husbandmen Plowing up the glebe of the Constitution, whilst the Popish Emissaries take the Advantage of the supineness of the Established Church who is fast asleep in the Vineyard where its grand Adversary the Pope, and all his host of Devils, are permitted to Sow the Seeds of their Pernicious Doctrine: Opposition attempts to stop their Progress, but the band of Unanimity is broke, & they have fallen off. Truth descends, showing a Scroll of Melancholy proofs of popish cruelty, Soliciting the Aid of her Friends, to vanquish the Inveterate Enemy, who threatens the Ruin of thair Religion, thair Posterity & thair much injured Country."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Attributed to Gillray in British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name and address burnished from plate. Publisher identified in British Museum catalogue as W. Humphrey, Printseller, Strand, London.
Publisher:
Published June 2 1780 by W [... ] Printseller [...]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Papacy, Gordon Riots, 1780, Clergy, Demons, Plows, and Bulls
Depicts Burke wearing spectacles and wig, but in monastic habit as an Irish Jesuit. He is seated on a stool peeling a potato, at a table on which is a chamber pot full of steaming potatoes, and at the other end a keg of whisky supporting a broken crucifix. Beneath the table dance 3 demons. A reference to Burke's resignation after the death of Rockingham, and to his support of the Catholic Relief Act
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Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 23d, 1782, by Eh. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Monks, Demons, Chamber pots, Potatoes, Tableware, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Anti-Catholicism
Manuscript, on paper, containing Tuḥfat al-labīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb, or a text containing Polemics against Christianity, preceded by the author's autobiography
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Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá Ahl al-Ṣalīb 880-01, Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb, تحفة الأريب في الردّ على أهل الصليب 240-01/r, and تحفة الأريب في الردّ على أهل الصليب
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Copied in A.H. 1244 (A.D. 1828)., In Arabic., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad, wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. Yaqūlu al-ʻabd al-faqīr ilá Allāh, al-rājī karīm al-ṣafḥ ʻan dhanbihi al-ʻaẓīm, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Tarjumān, laṭafa Allāh bi-hi wa-bi-jamīʻ al-Muslimīn, Āmīn, bi-mannihi wa-faḍlihi wa-karamihi, Āmīn: Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm, wa-bi-hi nastaʻīn ʻalá al-qawm al-kāfirīn. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī khaṣṣanā bi-khayr al-adyān, wa-jaʻalanā min ummat Sayyidinā Muḥammad al-ʻAdnān, wa-akramanā bi-tilāwat al-Qurʼān, wa-ṣawm shahr Ramaḍān ...", The author was a Christian convert from Majorce., Script: Fair naskhī, in red and black., Binding: In paper covered cardboard, Type II (with flap); light brown leather on the spine of the cover and the flap., Decoration: Rubricated., Foliation in modern pencil., and Colophon: "Wa-wāfaqa al-farāgh min taswīd hādhā al-kitāb waqt adhān al-ẓuhr, yawm al-Sabt, laylat al-Aḥad, 8, li-thamān layālin maḍat min shahr Allāh al-ḥarām, iftitāḥ ʻām 1244 [21 July 1828], ʻalá yad al-ʻabd al-faqīr ʻAlī al-Saqqā, khādim al-fuqarāʼ, laṭafa Allāh bi-hi." To the right of the colophon: An ownership statement: "Mimmā manna Allāh taʻālá al-ʻAlī ʻalá ʻabdihi al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr ʻAlī." To the left of the colophon: "In raʼayta ʻayban fa-sudda al-khalalā // tabqá ʻinda al-nāsi fī ʻayn al-malā. Wa-lā tuʻāyir man fīhi ʻaybun // jalla man lā fīhi ʻaybun wa-ʻalā."
Manuscript, on paper, containing Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá Ahl al-Ṣalīb, Polemics against Christianity, preceded by the author's autobiography. A short version
Alternative Title:
Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá Ahl al-Ṣalīb 880-01, Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá Ahl al-Ṣalīb, تحفة الأريب في الردّ على أهل الصليب 240-01/r, and تحفة الأريب في الردّ على أهل الصليب
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In Arabic., Copied in A.H. 1269 (A.D. 1853)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Hādhā Kitāb Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá Ahl al-Ṣalīb. Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm, wa-bi-hi nastaʻīn. al-Ḥamdu lillāh al-munazzah ʻan al-ḥulūl wa-al-ittiḥād, al-muqaddas ʻan al-tathlīth wa-al-mawlūd wa-al-awlād, wa-al-munqidh lil-ḥaqq baʻda al-ḍalālah, wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá Nabīyihi Muḥammad al-khātim lil-risālah, wa-ʻalá ālihi al-rāshidīn fī kull ḥālah, mā ḥaqqa al-ḥaqq wa-zuhiqa al-bāṭil, wa-mā anṣafa ʻinda samāʻ al-ḥaqq kull ʻāqil. Wa-baʻd, fa-yaqūlu rājī ʻafwa Rabbihi al-Karīm, al-faqīr ilayhi ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm: Qad aṭlaʻanī Allāh ʻalá hādhihi al-risālah, wa-hiya tusammá 'Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá Ahl al-Ṣalīb' ...", The author was a Christian convert from Majorce., Script: Fair naskhī, in red and black., Binding: Modern library binding., Decoration: Rubricated., Foliated in modern pencil., and Colophon: "Tamma al-kitāb al-musammá bi-'Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá Ahl al-Ṣalīb'. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh waḥdahu. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá man lā nabī baʻdahu. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. Āmīn. Wa-qad tamma al-risālah ʻalá yad afqar al-ʻibād, wa-aḥwajihim ilá Allāh taʻālá, al-Sayyid Aḥmad ibn Sayyid Ṣāliḥ ibn Sayyid al-Ḥājj Muḥammad ibn Sayyid al-Ḥājj Bākīr ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Afandī, ghafara Allāh lahum wa-jamīʻ al-Muslimīn, wa-li-man daʻá la-hu bi-al-maghfirah. Āmīn. Wa-kāna al-farāgh min nuskhah al-mubārakah yawm al-Arbiʻāʼ, waqt al-ḍaḥwah al-ṣughrá, fī shahr Jumādá al-Awwal, alladhī huwa min shuhūr sanat alf wa-miʼatayn wa-tisʻah wa-sittīn min baʻd al-Hijrah al-Muḥammadīyah [February/March 1853], ʻalayhi afḍal al-ṣalāh wa-atamm al-taslīm. Sanat 1269. Sanat 1269."
BEIN Zc72 +930rk 11: From the William and Lucille Riker Papers in the Paul Kagan Utopian Communities Collection., Cover title., and "(Signed) The Founder"--P. 66.
BEIN Zc72 +930rk 5: From the William and Lucille Riker Papers in the Paul Kagan Utopian Communities Collection. San Francisco address (p. [2]) crossed out and "Holy City" is written following the word "Headquarters." , Signed: Mother Lucille., Also contains poem: The queen. Signed: Lucille Riker, M.L.R.Q., and Printed in red and brown.
