Thurlow (left) is seated behind a table in his Chancellor's wig and gown. He clutches the bag of the Great Seal, which Pitt (right) standing in front of the table, tries to tear from him. On the wall is a picture that amplifies thes subject; it shows two dogs, one sturdy, the other lean, struggling over a basket of fish; in the background is the gate of the Treasury
Alternative Title:
Compulsive resignation
Description:
Title engraved below image., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., and Illustration to the dialog between Slender (Pitt) and Stout (Thurlow), in the Carlton House magazine, p. 312.
Publisher:
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No. 112 Holborn Hill
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Plate [3] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dedication sheet to 'the Legislature of Great Britain'; allegorical vignette showing Liberty addressing Rule, who drives a chariot drawn by the British lion and points behind to left at Justice, with History laying a scroll open over Britannia's lap and crowds acclaim them to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dedication to the Legislature
Description:
Title from first line of text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [3] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Title from item., Companion print published by Tomkins on the same day: Comedy., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Tragedy -- Swords -- Chalices., and Watermark: lower left side, partially cut off.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 16, 1792, by J. F. Tomkins, New Bond Street
A heraldic fan leaf, a quick ready reference designed to interpret the status of British royalty and nobility with reasonable accuracy. Presumably the fan was intended as an accessory at the theatre, pleasure gardens and and other social events. The outer row contain heraldic charges beneath which are the crowns the Prince of Wales and various lesser crowned nobility; next are 'Distinction of Houses' and examples of 'Knight of the Garter' and 'Commoner & his Lady'; next are 'Points of Escutcheon', 'Metals & Colours', 'Furrs' interspersed with how to distinguish a Bishop from and a Baronet and lastly there is a row of division of the field, very helpfully distinguishing between those men who have had 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 wives and and an heiress and possibly the future number 8.
Description:
Title from dealer's description., "Enter'd at Stationers Hall"--Below imprint statement., Accompanied by a blank sheet of laid paper, cut to same size., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For variant states "Sold by by Wm. Cock, Fan Maker to the Dutchess of York at No. 50 Pall Mall and 55 St. Pauls Church Yard", see nos. 198 and 199 in the British Museum's Shreiber Collection of Fans and Fan-Leaves.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs Feby. 11, 1792, by F. Martin & Co. and Sold by Sarah Ashton, Fan Maker, No. 28 Little Britain
