Genre: Etchings England London 1795 / Subject (Name): Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834

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1. A keen-sighted politician finding out the British conquests [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 June 1795]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A companion print to BMSat 8659. Grenville seated in an ornate armchair peers near-sightedly at a map of 'The Globe' in two hemispheres which he holds up to his face. The eastern hemisphere, at which he is not looking, shows an exaggeratedly large tract of 'French Conquests'. His posteriors and legs, very solid in BMSat 8659, are thin. He sits before a light rectangular table on which are ink-stand and pens and two books, 'Court Calender' and 'Locke on Human Understanding' (as in BMSat 8659). On the wall are two pictures, the subjects merely indicated: 'The Treasury' (left) shows the arched gate and stone wall of many satires; 'Brittania Triumphant': Britannia seated with spear and shield. A patterned carpet completes the design. Grenville fixes his attention on scarcely visible successes in the W. Indies, ignoring the French conquests in Europe. The 'Court Calender' and 'The Treasury' indicate eagerness for the perquisites of office, cf. BMSat 8061 (1792)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Inkstands -- Maps -- Shortsightedness -- Pictures amplifying subject: View of the Treasury building -- Pictures amplifying subject: Britannia's chariot -- Literature: reference to John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 33.2 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 42.1 x 28.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 8th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
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2. A keen-sighted politician finding out the British conquests [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 June 1795]
Call Number:: 795.06.08.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A companion print to BMSat 8659. Grenville seated in an ornate armchair peers near-sightedly at a map of 'The Globe' in two hemispheres which he holds up to his face. The eastern hemisphere, at which he is not looking, shows an exaggeratedly large tract of 'French Conquests'. His posteriors and legs, very solid in BMSat 8659, are thin. He sits before a light rectangular table on which are ink-stand and pens and two books, 'Court Calender' and 'Locke on Human Understanding' (as in BMSat 8659). On the wall are two pictures, the subjects merely indicated: 'The Treasury' (left) shows the arched gate and stone wall of many satires; 'Brittania Triumphant': Britannia seated with spear and shield. A patterned carpet completes the design. Grenville fixes his attention on scarcely visible successes in the W. Indies, ignoring the French conquests in Europe. The 'Court Calender' and 'The Treasury' indicate eagerness for the perquisites of office, cf. BMSat 8061 (1792)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Inkstands -- Maps -- Shortsightedness -- Pictures amplifying subject: View of the Treasury building -- Pictures amplifying subject: Britannia's chariot -- Literature: reference to John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding., and Mounted to 48 x 34 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 8th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
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3. A keen-sighted politician warming his imagination [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [13 June 1795]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A companion print to BMSat 8656. Grenville stands on a hearth-rug, his back to a blazing fire (right), holding up to his face an open book inscribed: 'Fundamental Principles of Government for 1795', at which he looks sideways and near-sightedly. He raises his coat-tails to warm his bulky posteriors, his left hand in his breeches pocket. On the chimney-piece lie two books: 'Court Cookery' and 'Locke on Human Understanding'. Hanging above it is a 'Map of British Victories on the Continent' on which confused scrawls are depicted. On the back wall (left) is a bracket supporting a bowl of gold-fish, above which is a picture of the 'Treasury Bench': three Ministers seated as if in Parliament, in back view with their coats drawn aside to show their bulky posteriors; the wall of the Treasury forms a background. ...."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Nine lines of verse in two columns below title: "Lord-Pogy boasts no common share of head ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Fireplaces -- Furniture: shelves -- Fish bowls -- Shortsightedness -- Wall maps -- Pictures amplifying subject: Treasury bench -- Literature: Reference to John Locke's Essay on human understanding -- Furnishings: carpets., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.3 x 25.0 cm, on sheet 40.5 x 28.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 13th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
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4. A keen-sighted politician warming his imagination [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [13 June 1795]
Call Number:: 795.06.13.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A companion print to BMSat 8656. Grenville stands on a hearth-rug, his back to a blazing fire (right), holding up to his face an open book inscribed: 'Fundamental Principles of Government for 1795', at which he looks sideways and near-sightedly. He raises his coat-tails to warm his bulky posteriors, his left hand in his breeches pocket. On the chimney-piece lie two books: 'Court Cookery' and 'Locke on Human Understanding'. Hanging above it is a 'Map of British Victories on the Continent' on which confused scrawls are depicted. On the back wall (left) is a bracket supporting a bowl of gold-fish, above which is a picture of the 'Treasury Bench': three Ministers seated as if in Parliament, in back view with their coats drawn aside to show their bulky posteriors; the wall of the Treasury forms a background. ...."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Nine lines of verse in two columns below title: "Lord-Pogy boasts no common share of head ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Fireplaces -- Furniture: shelves -- Fish bowls -- Shortsightedness -- Wall maps -- Pictures amplifying subject: Treasury bench -- Literature: Reference to John Locke's Essay on human understanding -- Furnishings: carpets.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 13th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
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5. Substitutes for bread, or, Right Honorables saving the loaves & dividing the fishes [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 December 1795]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Ministers sit at a round dinner-table guzzling guineas, while through the window is seen a hungry mob. Pitt, in profile to the left, sits on the right, a large fish made of guineas on a dish before him, of which he shovels huge lumps into his gaping mouth; he sits on a 'Treasury' chest which is closed by a padlock inscribed 'WP'. Opposite him on the extreme left, seated on the woolsack, is Loughborough, indicated by an elongated Chancellor's wig in back view (cf. BMSat 6796); he clutches a large bowl of 'Royal Turtle Soup', holding a large ladle-full of guineas to his mouth. The others sit on the farther side of the table: Grenville next Loughborough, Dundas in the middle, Pepper Arden next Pitt. Grenville stoops, putting his mouth on the level of his dishful of guineas. Dundas, wearing a plaid, gnaws a fish which he holds in both hands. Arden, between Pitt and Dundas, holds a lump of coins on his fork. Between him and Dundas are three bottles labelled 'Bur[gundy]', 'Champaign', 'Port'. On the table are sauce-boats and small dishes full of guineas. Before Dundas are two glasses of wine. At the near side of the table, between Loughborough and Pitt, is a group of three sacks on each side of which is a large wine-cooler filled with bottles. The central sack is: 'Product of New Taxes upon John Bulls Property'. On its mouth rests a small basket of potatoes inscribed 'Potatoe Bread to be given in Charity'. The other sacks are labelled 'Secret Service Money'. Behind (right), three steaming dishes are being brought in, held high by footmen (their heads obscured): a haunch of venison, a sirloin, and a large bird. They wear, not livery, but the Windsor uniform, and the symmetrical pair immediately behind Pitt are probably the two Treasury Secretaries, Rose and Long; this is supported by Gillray's 'Lilliputian Substitutes' (1801). On the wall are two placards: 'Proclamation for a General Fast, in order to avert the impending Famine and Substitutes for Bread Venison, Roast Beef, Poultry, Turtle Soup, Fish, boild in Wine, Ragouts, Jellies &c. Burgundy, Champaign, Tokay, &c, &c.' The heads of men wearing bonnets-rouges are seen through the window; they hold up a loaf on a pole with a scroll inscribed '14 Pence pr Quartern' and two placards: 'Petition from the Starving Swine' (see BMSat 8500, &c.) and 'Grant us the Crumbs which drop from your Table'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Right Honorables saving the loaves & dividing the fishes
Description:: Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To the charitable committee, for reducing the high price of corn by providing substitutes for bread in their own families ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Bible, reference to loaves and fishes -- Food: bread -- Fish -- Turtle soup -- Wine: champagne -- Burgundy -- Tokay -- Port -- Dishes -- Sauce boat -- Furnishings: wine coolers -- Taxes, 1795 -- Allusion to John Bull -- Money: guineas as food -- Treasury bench -- Crowds: hungry mob -- Secret Service money -- General fast, 1795, satirized -- Ministerialists -- Poverty vs. abundance ., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 28.3 x 39.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 71 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. Decr. 24th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, and Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
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6. Substitutes for bread, or, Right Honorables saving the loaves & dividing the fishes [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 December 1795]
Call Number:: 795.12.24.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Ministers sit at a round dinner-table guzzling guineas, while through the window is seen a hungry mob. Pitt, in profile to the left, sits on the right, a large fish made of guineas on a dish before him, of which he shovels huge lumps into his gaping mouth; he sits on a 'Treasury' chest which is closed by a padlock inscribed 'WP'. Opposite him on the extreme left, seated on the woolsack, is Loughborough, indicated by an elongated Chancellor's wig in back view (cf. BMSat 6796); he clutches a large bowl of 'Royal Turtle Soup', holding a large ladle-full of guineas to his mouth. The others sit on the farther side of the table: Grenville next Loughborough, Dundas in the middle, Pepper Arden next Pitt. Grenville stoops, putting his mouth on the level of his dishful of guineas. Dundas, wearing a plaid, gnaws a fish which he holds in both hands. Arden, between Pitt and Dundas, holds a lump of coins on his fork. Between him and Dundas are three bottles labelled 'Bur[gundy]', 'Champaign', 'Port'. On the table are sauce-boats and small dishes full of guineas. Before Dundas are two glasses of wine. At the near side of the table, between Loughborough and Pitt, is a group of three sacks on each side of which is a large wine-cooler filled with bottles. The central sack is: 'Product of New Taxes upon John Bulls Property'. On its mouth rests a small basket of potatoes inscribed 'Potatoe Bread to be given in Charity'. The other sacks are labelled 'Secret Service Money'. Behind (right), three steaming dishes are being brought in, held high by footmen (their heads obscured): a haunch of venison, a sirloin, and a large bird. They wear, not livery, but the Windsor uniform, and the symmetrical pair immediately behind Pitt are probably the two Treasury Secretaries, Rose and Long; this is supported by Gillray's 'Lilliputian Substitutes' (1801). On the wall are two placards: 'Proclamation for a General Fast, in order to avert the impending Famine and Substitutes for Bread Venison, Roast Beef, Poultry, Turtle Soup, Fish, boild in Wine, Ragouts, Jellies &c. Burgundy, Champaign, Tokay, &c, &c.' The heads of men wearing bonnets-rouges are seen through the window; they hold up a loaf on a pole with a scroll inscribed '14 Pence pr Quartern' and two placards: 'Petition from the Starving Swine' (see BMSat 8500, &c.) and 'Grant us the Crumbs which drop from your Table'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Right Honorables saving the loaves & dividing the fishes
Description:: Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To the charitable committee, for reducing the high price of corn by providing substitutes for bread in their own families ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Bible, reference to loaves and fishes -- Food: bread -- Fish -- Turtle soup -- Wine: champagne -- Burgundy -- Tokay -- Port -- Dishes -- Sauce boat -- Furnishings: wine coolers -- Taxes, 1795 -- Allusion to John Bull -- Money: guineas as food -- Treasury bench -- Crowds: hungry mob -- Secret Service money -- General fast, 1795, satirized -- Ministerialists -- Poverty vs. abundance ., and Mounted to 31 x 47 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. Decr. 24th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, and Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
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7. The death of the great wolf [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 December 1795]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A close parody of West's picture, 'The Death of Wolfe' (1771). The three officers supporting the mortally wounded Pitt are (left to right) Burke, Pepper Arden (Master of the Rolls), and Dundas. From Burke's pocket projects a paper 'Reflections upon £3700 Pr Ann.' (The policy indicated by his famous book, see BMSat 7675, &c, had been rewarded by two pensions, see BMSat 8654.) Dundas, wearing a kilt, offers Pitt a glass of wine (in place of stanching his wound); a bottle of 'Port' projects from his coat-pocket. The officer behind holding the British flag is identified by Lord Holland as Chatham and the man who supports him as Powys, noted for his propensity to tears (see BMSat 6642). The White Horse of Hanover (cf. BMSat 8691, &c.) on the flag is more conspicuous than in West's picture, and a scroll inscribed 'Magna Chart[a]' has been added. In the group facing Pitt the place of the Mohawk Indian seated on the ground is taken by Loughborough, half-naked, the purse of the Great Seal replacing the Indian's beaded bag, the mace that of his musket, a bloodstained headsman's axe that of his tomahawk. In place of the beaded headdress is the Chancellor's wig surmounted by a monster with the head of a cock, whose limbs are snakes. The two men who lean forward to Wolfe, pointing back to the messenger with the news of victory, are dressed as running-footmen in livery and hold the long sticks with the head enclosing an egg carried by these men. Ink-pots are slung across their shoulders by bands inscribed 'Ist Treasury Runner' and '2d Tre . . .', showing that they are the two Secretaries to the Treasury, George Rose and Charles Long. Grenville, in peer's robes, stands between Lord Mansfield and Windham, who supports him. In place of West's handsome young officer who runs up with the French flag is a man with the face of a demon holding a tattered tricolour flag inscribed 'Libertas', its shaft broken. A large bonnet-rouge lies on the ground. The couple who stand on the extreme right watching Pitt with clasped hands are Richmond and a man with a wooden leg. Richmond, in general's uniform, his bald head contrasting with the luxuriant hair of West's corresponding figure, has a cannon slung to his back to indicate his Mastership of the Ordnance (cf. BMSat 6921, &c.) in which, however, he had been succeeded by Cornwallis (Feb. 1795), see BMSat 8341. His weeping companion has been identified as Wilberforce, though his wooden leg might indicate Brook Watson, Commissary-General (see vol. vi). The background differs from West's picture. In place of the confused fighting and the smoke which surrounds the Heights of Abraham, the Ministerial cavalry advance in even line, rank upon rank, and put to flight a small body of sansculottes with bonnets-rouges (left). They have a standard on which is a crown. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: "We have overcome all opposition!, exclaimed the messengers. "I'm satisfied," said the dying hero, & expired in the moment of victory., Text at botton of plate: To Benjn. West Esqr., President of the Royal Academy, this attempt to emulate the beauties of his unequal'd picture ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: White Horse of Hanover -- Purse of the Seal -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Treasury -- Bills: Sedition Bill., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 33.9 x 44.6 cm, on sheet 37.8 x 48.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 70 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. Decr. 17th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Long, Charles, 1760-1838, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Watson, Brook, 1735-1807, Wolfe, James, 1727-1759., and West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.
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8. The death of the great wolf [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 December 1795]
Call Number:: 795.12.17.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A close parody of West's picture, 'The Death of Wolfe' (1771). The three officers supporting the mortally wounded Pitt are (left to right) Burke, Pepper Arden (Master of the Rolls), and Dundas. From Burke's pocket projects a paper 'Reflections upon £3700 Pr Ann.' (The policy indicated by his famous book, see BMSat 7675, &c, had been rewarded by two pensions, see BMSat 8654.) Dundas, wearing a kilt, offers Pitt a glass of wine (in place of stanching his wound); a bottle of 'Port' projects from his coat-pocket. The officer behind holding the British flag is identified by Lord Holland as Chatham and the man who supports him as Powys, noted for his propensity to tears (see BMSat 6642). The White Horse of Hanover (cf. BMSat 8691, &c.) on the flag is more conspicuous than in West's picture, and a scroll inscribed 'Magna Chart[a]' has been added. In the group facing Pitt the place of the Mohawk Indian seated on the ground is taken by Loughborough, half-naked, the purse of the Great Seal replacing the Indian's beaded bag, the mace that of his musket, a bloodstained headsman's axe that of his tomahawk. In place of the beaded headdress is the Chancellor's wig surmounted by a monster with the head of a cock, whose limbs are snakes. The two men who lean forward to Wolfe, pointing back to the messenger with the news of victory, are dressed as running-footmen in livery and hold the long sticks with the head enclosing an egg carried by these men. Ink-pots are slung across their shoulders by bands inscribed 'Ist Treasury Runner' and '2d Tre . . .', showing that they are the two Secretaries to the Treasury, George Rose and Charles Long. Grenville, in peer's robes, stands between Lord Mansfield and Windham, who supports him. In place of West's handsome young officer who runs up with the French flag is a man with the face of a demon holding a tattered tricolour flag inscribed 'Libertas', its shaft broken. A large bonnet-rouge lies on the ground. The couple who stand on the extreme right watching Pitt with clasped hands are Richmond and a man with a wooden leg. Richmond, in general's uniform, his bald head contrasting with the luxuriant hair of West's corresponding figure, has a cannon slung to his back to indicate his Mastership of the Ordnance (cf. BMSat 6921, &c.) in which, however, he had been succeeded by Cornwallis (Feb. 1795), see BMSat 8341. His weeping companion has been identified as Wilberforce, though his wooden leg might indicate Brook Watson, Commissary-General (see vol. vi). The background differs from West's picture. In place of the confused fighting and the smoke which surrounds the Heights of Abraham, the Ministerial cavalry advance in even line, rank upon rank, and put to flight a small body of sansculottes with bonnets-rouges (left). They have a standard on which is a crown. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: "We have overcome all opposition!, exclaimed the messengers. "I'm satisfied," said the dying hero, & expired in the moment of victory., Text at botton of plate: To Benjn. West Esqr., President of the Royal Academy, this attempt to emulate the beauties of his unequal'd picture ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: White Horse of Hanover -- Purse of the Seal -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Treasury -- Bills: Sedition Bill.
Publisher:: Pubd. Decr. 17th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Long, Charles, 1760-1838, Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Watson, Brook, 1735-1807, Wolfe, James, 1727-1759., and West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.
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9. The republican-attack [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 November 1795]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The King sits impassively in his badly damaged state coach, which is being assailed by a mob; facing him sit two courtiers in abject terror. Pitt (right), dressed as the coachman, drives furiously, lashing the horses, the hind legs only of the wheelers being visible on the extreme right. These are trampling on Britannia who lies prostrate, her shield and broken spear beneath her. Four footmen in striped liveries stand behind, one holding the straps; the others hold each other's waists: Loughborough, the Lord Chancellor, wearing his wig, stands next the coach; behind him is Grenville, then Dundas, wearing a plaid and with a bottle projecting from his coat-pocket. Last is Pepper Arden wearing a judge's wig. All, like Pitt, wear jockey-caps. Lord Lansdowne (right), a sansculotte, composedly fires a blunderbuss point-blank through the coach window, aiming at the King. Fox and Sheridan, facing Lansdowne, run beside the coach, holding on to it. Both are tattered ruffians brandishing clubs, but wear breeches. The other three assailants cling to the spokes of the back wheel to stop the coach: (left to right) the Duke of Grafton, neatly dressed and wearing a cocked hat with tricolour cockade, Lord Stanhope, and little Lord Lauderdale, both wearing bonnets-rouges. Behind, a sea of heads indicates the mob; they carry a tricolour flag inscribed 'Peace and Bread' and a loaf draped with black and spiked on a pitchfork. A cat, stones, and eggs shower on the coach, the crown on the top of which is broken."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Mob -- Attack on George III's coach on October 29, 1795 -- Coaches: royal state coach -- Crowns: broken crown -- Guns: blunderbass -- Domestic service: footmen -- Hats: jockey caps -- Bonnets rouges., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 40.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804
Subject (Topic):: Assassination attempts, Britannia (Symbolic character), Carriages & coaches, Cats, Coach drivers, Crowds, Riots, Sansculottes, and Servants
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