Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1784 / Subject (Topic): Dissolution / Access: Public

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Published / Created:: [1 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.01.04+
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: George III is held high in the air by Thurlow, on the left, and Pitt and Temple, on the right, who are all floating above the ground with the help of air balloons. The King, frowning and clenching his right fist, is emitting a strong blast of foul air...
Alternative Title:: Solomon in the clouds
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: Pub'd 1st April, 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Dissolution, Politics and government, Flatulence, Balloons (Aircraft), Clothing & dress, and Lions
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Solomon in the clouds!! [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [ca. 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 16. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer]
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Dissolution, Politics and government, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, and Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [31 March 1784]
Call Number:: 784.03.31.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Dissolution, Politics and government, Humor, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, Defecation, and Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [31 March 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Dissolution, Politics and government, Humor, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, Defecation, and Crowds
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].