"Cromwell with a band of soldiers interrupting parliament, standing to the right, looking and pointing to left as he orders a soldier to remove the mace from the table, while members of parliament, including Sir Henry Vane in the left foreground, leap up from the benches to stop him and the speaker William Lenthall gestures aghast as he is lifted bodily from his seat by Colonel Thomas Harrison; after West (Staley 83); final published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Text below title: From the original picture in the possession of the Right Honourable the Earl Grosvenor., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, April 5th 1789, by B. West, I. Hall, & E. Woollett
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actor Joseph Holman and Miss Hughes
Alternative Title:
Tancred
Description:
Title from text below images., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, page 404; T. (Thomas) Walker, publisher of the Hibernian magazine, was located at Dame Street Dublin from 1770-1786., Probably from the Hibernian Magazine, 1778. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, no. 5504, originally published in Town and country magazine., Reissue by a different publisher of print originally intended for the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and Country Magazine, 1788, page 535., and Variant issue of no. 7566 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
"Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow, the State Jugglers, are on a platform outside the gate of St. James's Palace. Above the gate projects the sign of the Crown inn, across which rests a plank forming a see-saw; on this the King (right) as Punch sits facing Queen Charlotte, dressed as Judy or Mother Shipton; she takes a pinch of snuff, the King holds out his hands as if in disapproval. A crowd of suppliants surrounds the platform. Pitt, bending towards them, pulls ribbons from his mouth; three men on the extreme left hold out their arms eagerly: one is a naval officer, a 'Log Book' under his arm shows that he is Sir Alexander Hood, see BMSat 5536, K.B. elect, see BMSat 7318. The second is Wilkes; the third cannot be identified. Hastings kneels between Pitt and Thurlow, his hands crossed humbly on his breast, a copious stream of coins issues from his mouth. Dundas, Lansdowne, Sydney, a bishop, and a fifth suppliant hold out their hats eagerly to catch the coins. Thurlow stands erect, his hands on his hips, flames and smoke issuing from his mouth inscribed "Hell-Fire, my Soul, Dam, Blast, Eyes, Heaven, Curse, Limbs, Blood". A little chimney-sweep [The sweep is said to represent Frederick Montagu, one of the Commissioners in Fox's India Bill. Wright and Evans.] and a ragged fishwife, a basket of fish on her head, stand gazing at him with wonder and admiration. On the extreme right, at the side of the platform, Fox, supported on the shoulders of Burke, slyly holds out his hat behind Thurlow; Sheridan (?) [Identified by Wright and Evans as the Duke of Norfolk] supports them. Beneath the title is etched : '"Who wrought such wonders as might make "Egyptian sorcerers forsake "Their baffled mockeries, & own ''The palm of magick our's alone.'' Churchll'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identifiedin British Museum catalogue as Gillray who disguised his identity by signing the work with Sayers's initials., Sheet trimmed on one side within plate mark, with loss of design., Cf. No. 7320 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Numbered '39' in upper right corner of plate., and Quotations from Charles Churchill, 1731-1764.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16th 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Bridport, Alexander Hood, Viscount, 1726-1814
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Fishmongers, Jugglers, and Seesaws
"A man rides out of the gateway (left) which leads to the courtyard of an inn, three dogs barking at the heels of his horse. The horse is kicking, the rider has lost his stirrups and clutches the animal's mane. Part of the courtyard is visible showing the body of a high perch phaeton. Above it is the first-floor balcony with a balustrade. Outside the inn (right) are grass and trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Header above the image: Hints to bad Horsemen., Companion print to: Strong symptoms of starting. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6 no. 7610., and Two lines of verse below title: Alas what troubles of betide ...
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Possibly earlier version of nos. 7808 and 7809 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Sports: bird shooting -- Hunting dogs -- Guns -- View of St. Paul's Cathedral -- Rural scenes.
"Portrait; half-length almost in profile to left, head turned and glancing towards the viewer, wearing a plain high-collared coat, one button fastened at the chest, a frilled cravat and stock and a powdered queue wig; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable William Pitt
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd April 9th, 1789, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, & No. 8, Broad Street
Full length figure of a man in profile facing left, with a fierce look in his face
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication based on printmaker's known address., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A man sits in a chair at a table reading about the French Revolution in The Gazetteer (newspaper). The candle in his right hand smokes heavily and is burnt down to a low stub. His tricorne hat is on the table and his walking stick is visibly leaning on the table
Description:
Title from item., Cf. William Hogarth's A politician, no. 1., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Newspapers, Reading, History, and Foreign public opinion
