Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.

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37. The state auction [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1784 March 26
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title:: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:: Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-51
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: Prints & Photographs
Abstract:: William Pitt, acting as an auctioneer in the dissoluted Parliament, sells from the rostrum decorated with Royal Arms "useless valuables," such as "Magna Charta." Cornwall, the Speaker sitting below the rostrum, records bids in the "Sundry acts." In front of him stands Thurlow in Chancellor's robes making dismissive comment on "nonsensical bidings of those common fellows," i.e. members of the House of Commons who leave through the door on the left. Last of them, Fox, turns back vowing to bid "with spirit" for lot 1, "rights of the people in 558 vol." held on display by Henry Dundas. A reference to the dissolution of the Parliament by the King on March 25.
Description:: CtY-LW, Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:: W. Humphry, no. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cornwall, Charles Wolfran,--1735-1789--Caricatures and cartoons., Dundas, Henry,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Riviere & Son Binding., and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,--Baron,--1731-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):: Auctions., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Great Britain.--Parliament, 1783-1784., and Political elections--England--Westminster--1784.
Collection Created:: London
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The state auction [graphic].

38. The times, or, A view of the old house in Little Brittain [graphic] : with nobody going to Hannover.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1784 January 23
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title:: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:: Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-40
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: Prints & Photographs
Abstract:: "On the right is 'The old Building', an inn of old-fashioned construction with a projecting upper story and attic, representing Great Britain or the Constitution. On the left is the king, apparently asleep, driving off to Hanover in a coach with a crown on its roof. Two men and a barefooted woman who holds up two naked infants kneel beside the coach in attitudes of despairing entreaty. In the upper left corner of the print, above the coach, an eye looks towards the 'Old House' labelled, 'Turn out those Robbers and repair the House'. The robbers in possession are members of the Coalition. The lowest story, stone-built and solid but sinking beneath the weight of the upper floors, is inscribed 'Public Credit', a large padlocked gate being inscribed 'Funds'. Outside it sits Fox, in the form of a fox, on a stone inscribed 'Protector'; he points towards the padlock. A chain attached to his waist is attached to a curving pillar, inscribed 'Coalition', which is the bending support of a balcony. Beside him, seated on a turnstile, is North saying, "Give me my Ease And do as you Please". On the other side of the gateway the crown stands on a block inscribed 'To be Sold'. The first floor is supported by two massive beams or props, one, 'The Lords', being intact (indicating the part taken by the Lords in rejecting the India Bill), the other, 'Prerogative of the Crown', is almost chopped through by one of two lawyers in a first-floor window inscribed 'ye two Lawyers'; he sits with one leg over the sill wielding an axe. Beside him projects from a beam the sign of the house, 'Magna Charta', a torn document with a pendant seal; the signboard is dropping down. He is Lee the Attorney-General, pilloried for his speech on the East India Company's Charter, see British Museum Satires No. 6364, &c. Next him is another lawyer, who shakes his clenched fist towards 'Magna Charta'. He is perhaps James Mansfield (1733-1821) who succeeded Lee as Solicitor-General (Nov. 19) on the death of Wallace. The first-floor balcony, an excrescence on the original structure supported by the pillar Coalition, extends round the corner of the house above Fox and North. It is filled with revellers: a harlequin leans over it, next him is Burke, who blows a long trumpet from which issue the words 'Sheridan Sheridan Sheridan dan Sheridan', pointing towards a group on his left which includes a man (Sheridan?) flourishing a bottle and dressed as a clown or zany (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7273), and two women, one of whom resembles the Duchess of Devonshire. Beside her a large flag projects from the balcony, 'Man of the People'; on it is a fox's brush. On the rails of the balcony is a placard 'Here's the Whore of Babylon the Devil and the Pope'. The wall behind is inscribed 'The old Building'. The projecting windowless attic or cornice is divided, in front of the house into partitions numbered from 1 to 10. Round the corner (right) the wall is inscribed 'The accursed 10 years American War fomented by opposition and misconducted by a timid Minister'. The roof is composed of stones or large irregular slates, on each of which is the word 'Tax', showing that the security of the house is endangered by the weight of taxes. On it sits a bird, probably a raven of ill omen."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:: View of the old house in Little Britain and View of the old house in Little Brittain
Description:: CtY-LW, Letter "S" in "Strand" in imprint is etched backwards., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:: W. Humphry, no. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer,--Duchess of Devonshire,--1757-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., Lee, John,--1733-1793--Caricatures and cartoons., Mansfield, James,--Sir,--1733-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Riviere & Son Binding., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):: Carriages & coaches--England--18th century., Clowns., Foxes. , and Taverns (Inns)
Collection Created:: London
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The times, or, A view of the old house in Little Brittain [graphic] : with nobody going to Hannover.

39. The word eater [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1788 December 30
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Fox stands in the House of Commons, making a speech; in his right hand he holds out a paper: 'Speech on the 'Rights of the P------'; in his left is an 'Explanation of that Speech'. He faces the table on which are piled large folios: 'Statutes at Large', 'Magna Charta', 'Principles of the Constitution', 'Rights of the People'. He says, "all these I'll devour next". Behind him on the ground are two open books: 'Jus Divinum of Kings' and 'Principles of Toryism &c.' The benches behind him are packed with intent listeners, some dismayed, some admiring. North, a bandage over his eyes, sits on the extreme right, next him is Burke. The end of the gallery (left) is visible; listeners hang over to watch Fox."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:: Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Five lines of text below title: Advertisment extraordinary. This is to inform the public ..., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:: S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fores, S. W., publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Great Britain.--Parliament.--House of commons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The word eater [graphic].

40. Two new sliders for the state magic lanthern [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1783 December 29
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title:: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:: Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-24
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: Prints & Photographs
Abstract:: A series of ten images showing the rise and fall of the Fox-North Coalition. In the first image, Charles Fox, shown as a fox, speaks to the crowd in front of the Covent Garden Church. In the second one, Lord North, the 'country gentleman' leading sheep on strings, makes an agreement with Fox, who leads the 'Wes[tminste]r geese' on strings. The third image shows Fox speaking to a crowd in a rotunda, while in the fourth one he is stoking a fire around a pole topped with the liberty cap and the India charter suspended from it. In the fifth image, North and Fox, sharing one coat, stand on a plinth signed, "Power." The sixth image shows Fox ascending in an air balloon while the next one shows him falling head-down into a "pitt." In the eighth image, the two politicians are being rejected by the figure of Britannia, who refuses to look at them, instead pointing to the gallows in the background. This condemnation results in their execution, together with Burke, in the ninth image. In the tenth image, all three are shown as well-known mythological sinners in Hades; Burke submerged up to his neck as Tantalus, Fox stretched on a wheel as Iion, and North as Sisyphus pushing a large boulder.
Alternative Title:: Two new sliders for the state magic lantern
Description:: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:: W. Humphry, 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Riviere & Son Binding.
Subject (Topic):: Balloons (Aircraft)--1780-1800., Britannia (Symbolic character), Foxes. , Gallows., Hell., and Public speaking.
Collection Created:: London
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Two new sliders for the state magic lanthern [graphic].

41. War [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1783 March 9
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: In the lower left corner stands Lord North, his right arm raised, delivering a speech while Cornwall, the Speaker, is looking at him from his chair in the upper left corner of the image. On the right, rising from a cloud, are Fox and Burke, both violently gesticulating in their attack on North. Below the figures of North and Fox are excerpts from the speech they made attacking each other before the formation of their coalition. A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6188.
Description:: Companion print to: Neithe [sic] war nor peace! : the astonishing coalition., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:: H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Cornwall, Charles Wolfran,--1735-1789--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790. and Public speaking.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > War [graphic].

42. [Fox and North as Herod and Pilate] [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1783 March 20
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: On the top of a hill, Lord Shelburne (William Petty) stands leaning against a gallows, his hands crossed at the wrists and eyes downcast. In front of him are Charles Fox and Lord North, their left hands joined. North's right hand reposes reassuringly on Fox's left shoulder. Fox points to Shelburne behind him with his right thumb. All three have beards characterizing them as Jews. The text below the design reads, "And Herod and Pilate were made Friends together that same Day; for before they were Enemies one to another. Luke. Cap 23, Ver 12."
Alternative Title:: And Herod and Pilate were made friends together that same day
Description:: Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:: H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., and North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790. and Gallows.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Fox and North as Herod and Pilate] [graphic].

43. [The incurable] [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1784 April 4
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title:: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:: Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-56
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: Prints & Photographs
Abstract:: Charles Fox, in strait jacket, with unruly hair and a wild look on his face, is examined by Dr. Monro, the physician to Bedlam, who looks at him through a quizzing glass. Fox confesses that his troubles come from loosing his place, i.e., the fall of the Fox-North Coalition, while Dr. Monro pronounces him an incurable.
Alternative Title:: Dazzled with hope he could not see the cheat ...
Description:: CtY-LW, Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse in two columns below image: Dazzled with hope he could not see the cheat, of aiming with impatience to be great. With wild ambition in his heart we find, farewell content and quiet of his mind. For glittering clouds he left the solid shore, and wonted happiness returns no more., and Title from Grego.
Publisher:: W. Humphry, no. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., Monro, John,--1715-1791--Caricatures and cartoons., and Riviere & Son Binding.
Subject (Topic):: Mentally ill persons. , Physical restraints., Physicians. , and Quizzing glasses.
Collection Created:: London
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [The incurable] [graphic].