"A dog with the head of Sheridan is being chased out of the gate of Devonshire House by the Duke of Portland and other leading whigs. He flees 'To Carlton House', a signpost (left) pointing the way. His collar is inscribed 'G.P.', to his tail is tied a large architectural drawing of Drury Lane, showing the new front to Bridges Street added to Garrick's theatre by R. and J. Adam. The foremost of the pursuers is Portland, about to hurl a stone; Fox follows, holding out his hands pleadingly to the fugitive. Burke holds a club inscribed 'Shelaly', and clenches his fist fiercely. Next him is the short Lord Derby (left), and on the right the Duke of Norfolk. Lord Stormont holds up his hat as if to hurl it. Along the (Piccadilly) wall of Devonshire House broadsides and papers are hung up for sale."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bardolph badgered and Portland hunt
Description:
Titles etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Whigs -- London: Devonshire House -- Road signs -- Allusion to Drury Lane Theater -- Allusion to Carlton House.
Publisher:
Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
"A dog with the head of Sheridan is being chased out of the gate of Devonshire House by the Duke of Portland and other leading whigs. He flees 'To Carlton House', a signpost (left) pointing the way. His collar is inscribed 'G.P.', to his tail is tied a large architectural drawing of Drury Lane, showing the new front to Bridges Street added to Garrick's theatre by R. and J. Adam. The foremost of the pursuers is Portland, about to hurl a stone; Fox follows, holding out his hands pleadingly to the fugitive. Burke holds a club inscribed 'Shelaly', and clenches his fist fiercely. Next him is the short Lord Derby (left), and on the right the Duke of Norfolk. Lord Stormont holds up his hat as if to hurl it. Along the (Piccadilly) wall of Devonshire House broadsides and papers are hung up for sale."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bardolph badgered and Portland hunt
Description:
Titles etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Whigs -- London: Devonshire House -- Road signs -- Allusion to Drury Lane Theater -- Allusion to Carlton House., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 29.2 x 42.8 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 44 cm., and Mounted on leaf 31 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796
"Fox as Guy Vaux kneels on one knee beside a pile of three barrels which he is about to fire with a lighted paper inscribed 'Rights of Man', holding up a dark lantern in his left hand. Burke, dressed as a watchman, rushes towards him and seizes Fox's left wrist, turning the rays of the lantern on his face, while he springs the rattle in his outstretched right hand. His long staff rests on his shoulder and he wears a long coat with a triple collar, badged on the left sleeve with a crown. He says, ""Hold Miscreant - I arrest thee in the name of the British Constitution, which thou art undermining - I arrest thee in the name of human nature, which thou hast most cruelly outraged; - I arrest thee in the name of that Monarch whom thou dost wish to deprive of dignity, & of that people whom thou hast most basely deluded! - Nay, no fawning: - thy Tears & thy hypocrisy make no impression on the mind of truth & Loyalty: - therefore, Enemy of all good! yeild to that punishmt which has long waited those "crimes which are left as yet unwhipt of Justice"". Fox, who wears a slouch hat and a long cloak buttoned over his mouth, says, "O Lord! O Lord! that ever my aim should be discover'd when I had taken such pains to disguise myself - for Heavens sake, Watchman, what have I done that I should be apprehended? - what have I done only answer me that! - dare you accuse me only for what you think I intended to do ? - have I ever assassinated the King, or blown up the Lords ? - as to this Gunpowder here, I only intended to set fire to it merely to clear the Nation of Buggs: - for goodness sake do let me go: - or if I must suffer do let it be without holding up my own dark Lanthorn in my Face, for my Eyes are so weak with crying to think I should be charged with such Villainy, that I cannot bear the Light." Large tears fall from his eyes. The barrels are inscribed 'Gunpowder', one 'for the King', another 'for the House of Lords'. Behind, Sheridan escapes up a flight of steps, he follows another conspirator whose leg is visible on the extreme right. He says, I must be off while I can; as to my Friend there, why, if he does go to pot there's the more room for me! - I wish I could squeeze out a Tear or two as well as he, it might impose on the Mob, if they should stop me: - but I've come that humbug so often before, that my Eyes - Da-n my Eyes! there's not one drop left in them." ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in lower right corner of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: NB his associates were all taken afterwards & executed., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Charles Fox as Guy Vaux -- Allusion to George II, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Plot against House of Lords -- Gunpowder Plot, 1604 -- Dark lantern -- Watchman's rattle -- Burke as watchman -- Watchman's staff -- Denounced coalition -- Quarrel: Fox and Burke, 1791 -- Puns: 'Vaux' for Fox -- Burke's spectacles., 1 print : etching, hand-colored, on laid paper ; sheet 356 x 502 mm, mounted to 37 x 56 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Identifications in Thomas Kirgate's hand written at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Fox as Guy Vaux kneels on one knee beside a pile of three barrels which he is about to fire with a lighted paper inscribed 'Rights of Man', holding up a dark lantern in his left hand. Burke, dressed as a watchman, rushes towards him and seizes Fox's left wrist, turning the rays of the lantern on his face, while he springs the rattle in his outstretched right hand. His long staff rests on his shoulder and he wears a long coat with a triple collar, badged on the left sleeve with a crown. He says, ""Hold Miscreant - I arrest thee in the name of the British Constitution, which thou art undermining - I arrest thee in the name of human nature, which thou hast most cruelly outraged; - I arrest thee in the name of that Monarch whom thou dost wish to deprive of dignity, & of that people whom thou hast most basely deluded! - Nay, no fawning: - thy Tears & thy hypocrisy make no impression on the mind of truth & Loyalty: - therefore, Enemy of all good! yeild to that punishmt which has long waited those "crimes which are left as yet unwhipt of Justice"". Fox, who wears a slouch hat and a long cloak buttoned over his mouth, says, "O Lord! O Lord! that ever my aim should be discover'd when I had taken such pains to disguise myself - for Heavens sake, Watchman, what have I done that I should be apprehended? - what have I done only answer me that! - dare you accuse me only for what you think I intended to do ? - have I ever assassinated the King, or blown up the Lords ? - as to this Gunpowder here, I only intended to set fire to it merely to clear the Nation of Buggs: - for goodness sake do let me go: - or if I must suffer do let it be without holding up my own dark Lanthorn in my Face, for my Eyes are so weak with crying to think I should be charged with such Villainy, that I cannot bear the Light." Large tears fall from his eyes. The barrels are inscribed 'Gunpowder', one 'for the King', another 'for the House of Lords'. Behind, Sheridan escapes up a flight of steps, he follows another conspirator whose leg is visible on the extreme right. He says, I must be off while I can; as to my Friend there, why, if he does go to pot there's the more room for me! - I wish I could squeeze out a Tear or two as well as he, it might impose on the Mob, if they should stop me: - but I've come that humbug so often before, that my Eyes - Da-n my Eyes! there's not one drop left in them." ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in lower right corner of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: NB his associates were all taken afterwards & executed., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Charles Fox as Guy Vaux -- Allusion to George II, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Plot against House of Lords -- Gunpowder Plot, 1604 -- Dark lantern -- Watchman's rattle -- Burke as watchman -- Watchman's staff -- Denounced coalition -- Quarrel: Fox and Burke, 1791 -- Puns: 'Vaux' for Fox -- Burke's spectacles., and Watermark: Turkey Mills J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Fox as Guy Vaux kneels on one knee beside a pile of three barrels which he is about to fire with a lighted paper inscribed 'Rights of Man', holding up a dark lantern in his left hand. Burke, dressed as a watchman, rushes towards him and seizes Fox's left wrist, turning the rays of the lantern on his face, while he springs the rattle in his outstretched right hand. His long staff rests on his shoulder and he wears a long coat with a triple collar, badged on the left sleeve with a crown. He says, ""Hold Miscreant - I arrest thee in the name of the British Constitution, which thou art undermining - I arrest thee in the name of human nature, which thou hast most cruelly outraged; - I arrest thee in the name of that Monarch whom thou dost wish to deprive of dignity, & of that people whom thou hast most basely deluded! - Nay, no fawning: - thy Tears & thy hypocrisy make no impression on the mind of truth & Loyalty: - therefore, Enemy of all good! yeild to that punishmt which has long waited those "crimes which are left as yet unwhipt of Justice"". Fox, who wears a slouch hat and a long cloak buttoned over his mouth, says, "O Lord! O Lord! that ever my aim should be discover'd when I had taken such pains to disguise myself - for Heavens sake, Watchman, what have I done that I should be apprehended? - what have I done only answer me that! - dare you accuse me only for what you think I intended to do ? - have I ever assassinated the King, or blown up the Lords ? - as to this Gunpowder here, I only intended to set fire to it merely to clear the Nation of Buggs: - for goodness sake do let me go: - or if I must suffer do let it be without holding up my own dark Lanthorn in my Face, for my Eyes are so weak with crying to think I should be charged with such Villainy, that I cannot bear the Light." Large tears fall from his eyes. The barrels are inscribed 'Gunpowder', one 'for the King', another 'for the House of Lords'. Behind, Sheridan escapes up a flight of steps, he follows another conspirator whose leg is visible on the extreme right. He says, I must be off while I can; as to my Friend there, why, if he does go to pot there's the more room for me! - I wish I could squeeze out a Tear or two as well as he, it might impose on the Mob, if they should stop me: - but I've come that humbug so often before, that my Eyes - Da-n my Eyes! there's not one drop left in them." ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in lower right corner of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: NB his associates were all taken afterwards & executed., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Charles Fox as Guy Vaux -- Allusion to George II, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Plot against House of Lords -- Gunpowder Plot, 1604 -- Dark lantern -- Watchman's rattle -- Burke as watchman -- Watchman's staff -- Denounced coalition -- Quarrel: Fox and Burke, 1791 -- Puns: 'Vaux' for Fox -- Burke's spectacles., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35.2 x 49.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Burke kneels before a throne, from which the Prince of Wales has risen, eagerly holding out his hands for the head of Charles I which Burke proffers in a round box inscribed 'Treasury Box'; he says, "My Liege I told them in the House no day so proper to settle the Regency as Charles's Martyrdom". Sheridan stands behind Burke, leaning eagerly forward, and saying with a sinister scowl: "I too am for Dispatch such days best suit our Purpose"; from his pocket hangs a paper: 'Horn Tooke's Letter on the Princes Marriage' ('Prince' appears to have been scored through) ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue as Rowlandson imitating James Sayers's signature., Two lines of text below title: "Why not debate it on Friday, I say it is the only day in the year on which it ought to be debated (Charles's martyrdom) and carried up in the black box." Vide Mr. Burk-s speech on Tuesday last., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Treasury boxes -- Allusion to Prince of Wales's letter on Regency restrictions, 30 Dec. 1788 -- Speeches: Burke's in the House of Commons, Jan. 27, 1789 -- Satire on Regency resolutions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Thrones -- Execution of Charles I, Jan. 30, 1649 -- Literature: Tooke, John Horne, A letter to a friend on a reported marriage ... ., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 Janry., 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
"Burke kneels before a throne, from which the Prince of Wales has risen, eagerly holding out his hands for the head of Charles I which Burke proffers in a round box inscribed 'Treasury Box'; he says, "My Liege I told them in the House no day so proper to settle the Regency as Charles's Martyrdom". Sheridan stands behind Burke, leaning eagerly forward, and saying with a sinister scowl: "I too am for Dispatch such days best suit our Purpose"; from his pocket hangs a paper: 'Horn Tooke's Letter on the Princes Marriage' ('Prince' appears to have been scored through) ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue as Rowlandson imitating James Sayers's signature., Two lines of text below title: "Why not debate it on Friday, I say it is the only day in the year on which it ought to be debated (Charles's martyrdom) and carried up in the black box." Vide Mr. Burk-s speech on Tuesday last., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Treasury boxes -- Allusion to Prince of Wales's letter on Regency restrictions, 30 Dec. 1788 -- Speeches: Burke's in the House of Commons, Jan. 27, 1789 -- Satire on Regency resolutions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Thrones -- Execution of Charles I, Jan. 30, 1649 -- Literature: Tooke, John Horne, A letter to a friend on a reported marriage ... ., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.0 cm, on sheet 25.7 x 35.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 Janry., 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
"Burke kneels before a throne, from which the Prince of Wales has risen, eagerly holding out his hands for the head of Charles I which Burke proffers in a round box inscribed 'Treasury Box'; he says, "My Liege I told them in the House no day so proper to settle the Regency as Charles's Martyrdom". Sheridan stands behind Burke, leaning eagerly forward, and saying with a sinister scowl: "I too am for Dispatch such days best suit our Purpose"; from his pocket hangs a paper: 'Horn Tooke's Letter on the Princes Marriage' ('Prince' appears to have been scored through) ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue as Rowlandson imitating James Sayers's signature., Two lines of text below title: "Why not debate it on Friday, I say it is the only day in the year on which it ought to be debated (Charles's martyrdom) and carried up in the black box." Vide Mr. Burk-s speech on Tuesday last., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Treasury boxes -- Allusion to Prince of Wales's letter on Regency restrictions, 30 Dec. 1788 -- Speeches: Burke's in the House of Commons, Jan. 27, 1789 -- Satire on Regency resolutions -- Regency crisis, 1788 -- Thrones -- Execution of Charles I, Jan. 30, 1649 -- Literature: Tooke, John Horne, A letter to a friend on a reported marriage ... ., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 35.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 Janry., 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
"A stage-coach drives (right to left) through water; the four horses have human heads. A signpost on the extreme right points 'To the Slough of Despond'. The driver is Burke; he lashes the horses furiously. On the box under his legs are the (broken) scales and sword of Justice and a laurel wreath. Fox sits on the roof as the guard, holding a blunderbuss. He and Burke watch with alarm the horses who are advancing into deeper water. The heads of the horses are in profile; Derby is the off leader, Sheridan the near wheeler. The near leader may be Windham. The heads of four passengers (members of the Opposition), with anxious or despairing expressions, are visible through the window. The middle of the three facing the horses resembles Portland, the man on his right Stormont. The man on his left is Francis (as in BMSat 7330). Their 'vis-à-vis' may be Lord Carlisle. On the side of the coach, which is 'Licens'd by Act of Parliament', is a crest: a bull (for John Bull) with the motto 'Pro Bono Publico'. The basket at the back is filled with documents inscribed 'Bill of Rights', 'Magna Charta', 'Impeachment of W. Hastings'. Beneath the design is etched: 'O Liberty! O Virtue! O my Country!' Two bats and an owl fly above the horses, showing that night is coming on. Dark clouds obscure the horizon on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image in lower right., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Caption below image: O liberty! O virtue! O my country!, Companion print to "--coaches," also by Gillray and published by Fores on the same day. See no. 7324 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
"A stage-coach drives (right to left) through water; the four horses have human heads. A signpost on the extreme right points 'To the Slough of Despond'. The driver is Burke; he lashes the horses furiously. On the box under his legs are the (broken) scales and sword of Justice and a laurel wreath. Fox sits on the roof as the guard, holding a blunderbuss. He and Burke watch with alarm the horses who are advancing into deeper water. The heads of the horses are in profile; Derby is the off leader, Sheridan the near wheeler. The near leader may be Windham. The heads of four passengers (members of the Opposition), with anxious or despairing expressions, are visible through the window. The middle of the three facing the horses resembles Portland, the man on his right Stormont. The man on his left is Francis (as in BMSat 7330). Their 'vis-à-vis' may be Lord Carlisle. On the side of the coach, which is 'Licens'd by Act of Parliament', is a crest: a bull (for John Bull) with the motto 'Pro Bono Publico'. The basket at the back is filled with documents inscribed 'Bill of Rights', 'Magna Charta', 'Impeachment of W. Hastings'. Beneath the design is etched: 'O Liberty! O Virtue! O my Country!' Two bats and an owl fly above the horses, showing that night is coming on. Dark clouds obscure the horizon on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image in lower right., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Caption below image: O liberty! O virtue! O my country!, Companion print to "--coaches," also by Gillray and published by Fores on the same day. See no. 7324 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36.0 x 43.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
