"Pitt as Death on the pale Horse rides naked on the White Horse of Hanover, galloping over the prostrate bodies of pigs; other pigs, a multitude extending to the horizon, flee before him. On the horse's fringed saddle-cloth is a crown. Pitt is very emaciated, his flaming hair streams behind him encircled by a fillet inscribed 'Destruction'. In his right hand is a large flaming sword; in his left he holds the thread-like body of a scaly monster with gaping jaws, webbed wings, and serpent's tail. Behind him on the horse's hind quarters sits a naked imp wearing the feathered coronet of the Prince of Wales, with the motto 'Ich di[en]'. He grasps Pitt, and kisses his posterior; in his left hand he holds out a paper: 'Provision for the Millenium £125,000 pr An'. The horse's tail streams out, expanding into clouds, and merging with the flames of Hell which rise from the extreme right. In the tail and flames imps are flying, headed by Dundas holding a pitchfork; he wears a wig and plaid with horns and webbed wings. Behind are three imps: Loughborough, indicated as usual by an elongated judge's wig in back view (cf. BMSat 6796); Burke with webbed wings and serpent's tail; Pepper Arden [Identified by Wright and Evans as Lord Kenyon. The identification in the text is confirmed by Lord Holland.] wearing a large wig. In the foreground (right) Pitt's opponents are being kicked towards Hell by the horse's hind legs. Fox has just been violently struck in the face, and staggers backwards, clutching a paper inscribed 'Peace'. Sheridan lies prone, face downwards, hands raised, as if for mercy. Wilberforce sits on the ground clasping his 'Motion for a Peace' (see BMSat 8637). Behind Fox Lansdowne looks up from the ground, clenching his fists. On the extreme right the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Stanhope, and the Duke of Grafton are about to plunge into the flames: Fox in falling is pushing them over. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: And e'er the last days began, I looked, & behold, a white horse, & his name who sat upon it was Death ..., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 32.5 x 37.5 cm, on sheet 36.7 x 42.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Brothers, Richard, 1757-1824, and Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830.
"An elderly woman (left) clasps her head in despair and looks up, away from the body of a tiny dog (King Charles spaniel) which a [black] liveried footman holds on a cushion. Both are three-quarter length. Beneath the design: 'This Passion is represented by an Old Maid, who is rendered completely miserable by the death of her favorite Lap-dog.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered 'No. 12' in upper right corner., Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Two lines of text below image: This passion is represented by an old maid who is rendered completely miserable by the death of her favorite lap-dog., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.6 x 21.7 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 22.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Death, Dogs, Older people, Servants, and Single women
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 October 1777]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Slumped in an oversized armchair, wearing nightcap and muffler, the wan libertine Earl listens to a robed, bewigged and bespectacled but nearly toothless old clergyman who reads from the 19th chapter of Genesis. At the head of the bed to the right is displayed a coat of arms, on which the coronet of an earl is visible
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker questionably identified as William Humphrey; design has been attributed to Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with roulette on laid paper ; sheet 24.7 x 35.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 2a (i.e. verso of leaf 1) of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30th Octr. 1777 by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Clergy, Clothing & dress, Furniture, Coats of arms, and Death
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Medical Fees -- Unsuccessful treatment, Imprint statement crossed out in ink and new statement added below in a contemporary hand: London, Pub. by W. Holland, Oxford Street., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 1st, 1786, by H. Brookes, Coventry Street
Subject (Topic):
Death, Sick persons, Physicians, Wages, Military uniforms, and British
Title etched below image., Nine lines of text in upper right corner of design., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
