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1.
A scene on Tuesday the 26th of May between a prince and a poltron [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 May 27
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A satirical representation of the duel between the Duke of York and Lennox. The Duke (left), calm and dignified, fires his pistol in the air; Lennox (right), his knees bending in obvious alarm, holds a pistol in each hand, saying, "I hope your H--gh--ss is satisfied now that I am a Man of Honor, by my firing thro' your hair? & that you will retract the opinion of my being a Coward". The Duke, whose hat is on the ground, answers, "Satisfied? yes I am satisfied! that your whole race are a set of dastards! - & you may fire at me till the day of Judgment, e'er I will retract my opinion - or honor a Coward, by putting him out of the World!" The seconds stand behind their principals: 'Lord Raw--n', in profile to the right, a pistol in each hand, says, "Gunpowder is disgrae'd when used upon such reptiles! make them eat their own words, till they are choak'd, thats the way to quiet Charles's-bastard-brood" (cf. BMSat 7507); 'Lord Wine--l--a' (right), looking very frightened, holds an arsenal of pistols under his left arm, a blunderbuss in his right hand, saying, "Would that I had not meddl'd in the business, or, that I could get over to the other side." All wear military uniform; Winchilsea was a Lord of the Bedchamber, Lennox Lt.-Col. in the Coldstream, the Duke's regiment. In the background stands an empty post-chaise."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Prince and a poltron
Description:
"Price 1 s./6 plain.", CtY-LW, Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Duke of York and Lt.-Col. Lennox, 26 May, 1789 -- Guns: pistols -- Blunderbuss -- Military uniforms: lieutenant colonel, 35th Foot -- Military uniforms: Lord of the Bedchamber -- Coaches: post-chaise -- Poltroon: coward --Allusion to Charles II., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Aitken, James, -1802, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Frederick Augustus,--Duke of York and Albany,--1763-1827--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings,--Marquess of,--1754-1826--Caricatures and cartoons., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1764-1819--Caricatures and cartoons., and Winchilsea, George Finch,--Earl of,--1752-1826--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A scene on Tuesday the 26th of May between a prince and a poltron [graphic].

2.
Britannia between death and the doctor's [graphic] : "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / Js

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Sidmouth, Henry Addington,--Viscount,--1757-1844--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)--1800-1810. and Politics & government--Great Britain--1800-1810.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Britannia between death and the doctor's [graphic] : "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / Js. Gillray inv. et fect.

3.
Brunswick triumphant!, or, The battle of the blood's, pure & contaminated [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 May 23
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A pugilistic encounter between the Duke of York (left) and Lt.-Col. Charles Lennox (right), both stripped to the waist. The Duke stands with both fists clenched, saying, "Come on my Lad! don't fall without a Blow! I'll tickle your Mazzard, if you dare to stand up like a Man!" Lennox, on one knee, clutches the arm of his second, the Duke of Richmond, saying, "O save me Nunkle! - O Lord! - O Lord! - O Lord! Your H--h--ss is above my Match! - O Lord - I'm not fit to fight any body above your Footman". Richmond puts out a hand to restrain his nephew, saying with an expression of alarm, "For heavens sake, forbear! we are nothing but a brood of Bastards! Bastards begot - Bastards instructed - Bastards in Mind - Bastards in Valour - in every thing illegitimate - we are neither of Blood, or of Honor, to cope with your Hi-h--ss!!" The Prince of Wales, on the extreme left, is his brother's second; he says, with a contemptuous expression, "Fredrick! cant you tip his bottle holder a sly plump in the Bread-basket?" Behind him is a Union flag; behind Richmond are fortifications flying a French flag, symbolizing his French descent and title ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Battle of the bloods, pure & contaminated and Battle of the bloods, pure and contaminated
Description:
"Price 1 sh.", CtY-LW, Four lines of verse below image, following title: Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur, run back & bark because he was with-held, who being suffer'd in the bears fell paw, hath clap'd his tail between his legs & cry'd., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Duke of York and Lt.-Col. Lennox, May 26, 1789 -- Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to Charles II -- Flags -- Union Jack -- French flag -- Boxing., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Aitken, James, -1802, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Frederick Augustus,--Duke of York and Albany,--1763-1827--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1764-1819--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brunswick triumphant!, or, The battle of the blood's, pure & contaminated [graphic].

4.
Cooling the brain, or, The little major shaving the shaver [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 May 8
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Burke, as a lunatic, is seated on straw dressed only in breeches, but wearing a rosary and crucifix round his neck; Major Scott stands behind him, shaving his head. His right wrist and left ankle are chained to a staple in the floor, the chains being inscribed 'The Censure of the Commons' and 'The Contempt of the Lords'. He clenches his fists and turns his head in profile to the right, towards a vision of Hastings, saying, "Ha! Miscreant! Plunderer! Murderer of Nundocomar! where wilt thou hide thy head now ?" Hastings walks in profile to the right, carrying a sack over his shoulder inscribed '£4000000'; he is about to enter the gate of 'St James's' from which two hands emerge to receive him labelled (in reversed characters) 'Welcome'. Clouds surround Hastings and the Palace, showing that this is a vision. In the background (left) is a gibbet from which hangs a figure rudely drawn, as if chalked on awall, representing 'Nundocomar'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Little major shaving the shaver
Description:
"Pr. 1 sh. plain, 1 s. / 6 cold.", Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement above image: Aitken's exhibition room in Castle Street, Leicester Fields, is now open'd for the inspection of the nobility, & the public in general, containing the only compleat assortment of satiric, humourous & caricature productions now extant. Admittance gratis., Three columns of verse below image, following title: Madness, thou chaos of the brain; what art, that pleasure, giv'st & pain? ..., and Title etched below image, in lower left.
Publisher:
J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Aitken, James, -1802, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818--Caricatures and cartoons., Nandakumara,--Mahārāja,--d. 1775--Caricatures and cartoons., and Scott,--Major--(John),--1747-1819--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cooling the brain, or, The little major shaving the shaver [graphic].

5.
France, freedom [graphic] ; Britain, slavery.

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 July 28
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A design in two compartments. On the left the triumph of Necker in a land of 'Freedom', in the other that of Pitt in a land of 'Slavery'. Necker (full face), seated in an armchair is carried on the shoulders of distinguished personages, who wave their hats. He holds in his right hand the staff and cap of 'Liberty', in his left a royal crown. He is stout and benevolent. Above his head floats a laurel wreath, irradiated, inscribed 'Necker', and adding a touch of absurdity. Under his feet are a chain and an instrument of torture resembling a harrow. The naval officer (left) wearing a star, -who holds one pole of the chair, is labelled 'Orleans'; his companion, in regimentals, is probably Lafayette; both wave their hats. In the background is a cheering crowd and the massive but broken stone wall of the 'Bastile'. On the right Pitt, lean and arrogant, stands in profile to the left on a royal crown which bends under his weight (as in BMSat 7478). In his right hand is a banner on which are instruments of torture: a narrow, shackles, and scourges; in his left hand, which rests on his hip, are a headsman's axe and chains, the other ends of which are attached to persons who kneel humbly behind him, the most prominent of whom is the King. Other chains are attached to artisans, &c, who kneel abjectly before him. In the background are (left) a gallows from which hang seven nooses, and (right) a high scaffold on which stands a headsman with an axe. From Pitt's pocket projects a large tobacco-pipe inscribed 'Excise'.."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
France, Britain, freedom, slavery and Freedom, slavery
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title from text in and below image.
Publisher:
J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Aitken, James, -1802, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier,--marquis de,--1757-1834--Caricatures and cartoons., Louis--XVI,--King of France,--1754-1793--Caricatures and cartoons., Necker, Jacques,--1732-1804--Caricatures and cartoons., Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph,--duc d',--1747-1793--Caricatures and cartoons., and Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
France--Politics and government--1789--Humor.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > France, freedom [graphic] ; Britain, slavery.

6.
Hyde-Park, Sunday, or, Both hemispheres of the world in a sweat [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 June 1
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A cavalcade of ladies and gentlemen on horseback riding close together, the legs of the horses being cut off by the lower margin of the print. Beneath the title is etched: 'The World - and all the great "which it inherit" - was there - Equestrian motion, universal - we saw all - mark'd all! - the Duelist with one Curl, & the Fraternal, one degree higher, down to the intelligencers of the Low-Pnnts (who cast their eyes around, that witness'd huge affliction & dismay); all was splendid - who (& what dignity but contained in that monosyllable?) not present? - Becky - was there!! - attraction spontaneous! - Old Quiz, cast a single glance! - "O the days when I was young! - one pang arose! - we view'd the field - captivating - beautiful - most beautiful! - but - Bunbury - where was Harry Bunbury? - we return'd - as (craving appetites of Cheapside satisfied) cent. pr cent. Citz: - Mans-mercers & Womens-mercers, were arriving, to inhale the clouded Air - Heat - Dust - Ibid - Ibidem. -" Topham rides (left to right) in the foreground, enormously fat, looking through a quizzing-glass. Next him is a stout lady probably intended for 'Becky' (Mrs. Wells) though resembling Mrs. Fitzherbert; she wears a hat with a floating veil. Queensberry (left) rides behind her, holding up a bunch of reins in his right hand. The other persons mentioned, the Duke of York (the duellist, see BMSat7531, &c.) and the Prince, are not depicted, unless a very stiff and erect officer (right) is intended for the Duke. The shoulders of the ultra-fashionable Topham are sprinkled with powder, cf. BMSat 8190."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Both hemispheres of the world in a sweat
Description:
"Price 1 sh./6.", CtY-LW, Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on newspapers -- Newspapers: World, or Fashionable Intelligencer -- Horsemanship -- Cavalcades -- 'Cits' -- Hyde Park -- Costume: riding habits -- Allusion to the Prince of Wales -- Allusion to the Duke of York -- Allusion to Henry William Bunbury, 1750-1811 -- Wells?, Mary (Davies), fl. 1781-1812., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Aitken, James, -1802, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,--1756-1837--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Queensberry, William Douglas,--Duke of,--1725-1810--Caricatures and cartoons., and Topham, Edward,--1751-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hyde-Park, Sunday, or, Both hemispheres of the world in a sweat [graphic].

7.
Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital, or, A peep into the last century [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 January 19
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A three quarter length portrait of Dr. Messenger Monsey walking towards the spectator; his right arm rests on the shoulder of a Chelsea pensioner; both men walk with sticks. Monsey wears a hat and wig, the pensioner holds his hat in his right hand. The background is the north front of Chelsea Hospital showing its pediment and eastern portion. This is very freely sketched, as are two pensioners with crutches by the doorway. Beneath the title is etched: 'Epitaph on the late Dr Monsey, supposed to have been written by himself. Here lie my old limbs - my vexation now ends, For I've liv'd much too long for myself & my Friends As to church-yards & grounds which the Parsons call holy, Tis a rank piece of priestcraft, & founded on folly; In short, I despise them; and as for my Soul, Which may mount the last day with my bones from this hole I think that it really hath nothing to fear From the God of mankind, whom I truly revere. What the next world may be, little troubles my pate If not better than this, I beseech thee, Oh! Fate, When the bodies of millions fly up in a riot, To let the old carcase of Monsey lie quiet. Peter Pindar.'"--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Epitaph on the late Dr. Monsey, supposed to be written by himself and Peep into the last century
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Chelsea Hospital: exterior, north front -- Dr. Messenger Monsey's epitaph -- Chelsea pensioners' uniforms -- Medical: crutches -- Physicians -- Clocks: on pediment of Chelsea Hospital -- Monsey, Messenger, 1693-1788., and Title etched above image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Monsey, Messenger,--1693-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital, or, A peep into the last century [graphic].

8.
Shakespeare-sacrificed, or, The offering to avarice [graphic] / James Gillray design et fecit.

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 June 20
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Alderman Boydell stands within a magic circle, directing a sacrifice of Shakespeare's plays; these are burning at his feet; the dense smoke which rises from the fire obscures a monument to Shakespeare, concealing the head and shoulders of a figure of Shakespeare in bas-relief pointing to the inscription on the monument (as in Kent's monument in Westminster Abbey)" ... Beside the fire (right) stands on end a huge volume inscribed 'List of Subscribers to the Sacrifice'. On it sits an aged gnome-like creature with a large head, symbolizing Avarice; under each skinny arm he clutches a large money-bag inscribed '£'. On his shoulders stands an infant blowing from a tobacco-pipe the bubble of 'Immortality'; he wears a head-dress of peacock's feathers, symbolizing Vanity. Boydell, who wears a furred alderman's robe, looks fixedly at Avarice, who returns his cunning smile; with his left hand he points to the fire. He is less caricatured than savagely depicted, the realism of his figure contrasting with the fantasy of the design. An evil-looking creature wearing a fool's cap crouches by the fire (right) blowing it with bellows. He is a caricature of the fool in West's picture of Lear (iii. 2). The smoke as it rises expands into heavy clouds which support various figures, more or less travestied, from the pictures commissioned by Boydell for his Shakespeare Gallery. ... In the upper part of the design is an infant at a woman's breast attended by two other figures. This does not appear to be from the Shakespeare Gallery. ... On the ground and just within the magic circle kneels a ragged boy with palette and brushes who is pushing another boy, holding an engraver's tool, outside the circle, which is inscribed in large letters: 'ΟΥΔΕΙΣ ΑΜΟΥΣΟΣ ΕΙΣΙΤΩ' ... Behind the boys and in the background is the temple of Fame on a mountain-top. Fame, poised on the apex of the temple, blows upwards from her trumpet a blast of bubbles ...--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Offering to avarice
Description:
"Price 5 sh.", Advertisement etched below title: Soon as possible will be publishd., price one guinea, N. 1 of Shakespeare Illustrated, with the text, annotations, &c. complete; the engravings to be carried on in imitation of the aldermans liberal plan, further particulars will shortly be given in all the public papers., CtY-LW, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Boydell, John,--1719-1804--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shakespeare-sacrificed, or, The offering to avarice [graphic] / James Gillray design et fecit.

9.
The accommodating spouse [graphic] : Tyr--nn-es delight! Coming York over her, or what you like.

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 May 15
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A lady (left) lies in bed, baring her breast and looking amorously at the Duke of York, who takes her hand and is climbing into the bed. Her husband (in back view) leaves the room by a door on the right, saying, "A good night to your R . . . l High . . . s!!! Bon Soir, my lady; I'll be back to Breakfast! so let the butter'd bun be ready for Jerry". The Duke's breeches an military coat, with its star, are on a chair by the door. The bed is draped with a heavy curtain; the floor is covered with a patterned carpet. See British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Tyrconnel's delight! Coming over her, or what you like and Tyrconnel's delight! Coming York over her, or what you like
Description:
"Pr. 1 s. 6 d.", Later state, with changes to Tyrconnel's words in speech bubble. Cf. No. 7530 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image; 'York' in title is scored through with etched lines but conspicuously legible.
Publisher:
J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Aitken, James, -1802, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Frederick Augustus,--Duke of York and Albany,--1763-1827--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Tyrconnel, George Carpenter,--Earl of,--1750-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., and Tyrconnel, Sarah Hussey--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The accommodating spouse [graphic] : Tyr--nn-es delight! Coming York over her, or what you like.

10.
The accommodating spouse [graphic] : the kind cuckold sent to Coventry; coming York over her, or

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1789 May 15
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A lady (left) lies in bed, baring her breast and looking amorously at the Duke of York, who takes her hand and is climbing into the bed. Her husband (in back view) leaves the room by a door on the right, saying, "A good night to your R . . . l High . . . s!!! Bon Soir, my lady; I'm no peeping Tom of Coventry". The Duke's breeches an military coat, with its star, are on a chair by the door. The bed is drape with a heavy curtain; the floor is covered with a patterned carpet."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition.
Alternative Title:
Kind cuckold sent to Coventry; coming over her, or what you like and Kind cuckold sent to Coventry; coming York over her, or what you like
Description:
"Pr. 1 s. 6 d.", Early state, before alterations to title and text in speech bubble. Cf. Nos. 7530 and 7530A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image; 'York' in title is scored through with etched lines but conspicuously legible.
Publisher:
J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Aitken, James, -1802, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Frederick Augustus,--Duke of York and Albany,--1763-1827--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Tyrconnel, George Carpenter,--Earl of,--1750-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., and Tyrconnel, Sarah Hussey--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The accommodating spouse [graphic] : the kind cuckold sent to Coventry; coming York over her, or what you like.

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