A monstrous creature representing the new ministry (formed on the day of the publication of this print) is shown in the shape of a fox standing on its right hind leg, with eight heads and no fore legs. The central head on top is that of the Duke of Portland, surrounded by other ministerial candidates. Below the fox's raised tail are the heads of Lord North and Charles Fox; above the former issues a blast of air signed "Coalition." Below the design and on both sides of the title are ten verses beginning, "This many-headed Monster of the Land / At present on one Leg is seen to stand."
Description:
Title from item., Questionable attribution to John Boyne from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. April 2d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, near Temple Bar
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"A young man standing turned slightly to left and with his arms held awkwardly out, wearing a tight white costume including a shirt with short sleeves, a collar worn high enough to cover the ears, a high and wide stock and a frill descending down the chest, also carrying an enormous tricorne hat in his right hand; the text beneath gives a naturalist's description of the 'new discovered animal': 'These trifling insignificant beings generally make their appearance at the theatres about half-price, their aproach is usually made known by a continued opening and shutting of the box doors and an interruption of the performance... It has long been known to the curious, that the cocked hats have been borrowed for the evening... but the high collars, monstrous craws, and clean linen, has, till lately, eluded the vigilance of the box-lobby dissectors; it has, however, recently been proved, that the shirt consist simply of a bib without sleeves, very airy and convenient for an evening's exhibition.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New discovered animal
Description:
Title from letterpress text printed on same sheet., One paragraph of letterpress printed below title: These trifling insignificant beings generally make their appearance at the theatres about half-price; ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: R & E 1801.
Publisher:
Pub'd. March 1st, 1802, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden
"The Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert in the bedroom of a French inn ; a maidservant enters (left) with a tea-tray. The Prince, yawning and stretching with a dissipated air, is seated on the edge of a table; the revelry of the past night is indicated by an overturned decanter, broken wineglass, and a broken candle. Another candlestick and broken wine-glass lie on the ground, together with the Prince's top-boots. He wears slippers and his stockings are ungartered, the 'honi soit qui mal y' [pense] ribbon hanging round his leg. Mrs. Fitzherbert, seated on the bed, draws on a stocking; her garter inscribed 'Fox' lies on the ground (cf. British Museum satire 7306). The bed is heavily draped with fringed curtains. The Prince's feathered hat hangs on the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scene on the Continent
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Probably a reissue; the final digit '8' in '1788' in imprint appears to have been altered from '6,' and the publisher's street address seems to have been burnished and re-etched. See British Museum catalogue., Companion print to: "Wife & no wife, or, A trip to the Continent.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages -- Motto: Honi soit qui mal y pense.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 5th, 1788, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Strt
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Taverns (Inns), Bedrooms, Draperies, Hats, Servants, and Tableware
"A little boy (looking more like a girl) in a frock and cross-gartered shoes, with short, untidy hair, stands agressively, one foot raised to kick, fists clenched. At his feet are a battledore and shuttlecock and a doll; above his head hangs a canary in a cage. He shouts: I dont like Dolls!-I dont like Canary Birds-I hate Battledore and Shuttlecock, I like Drums, and Trumpets-I wont go to school-I will stay at home-I will have my own way in every thing!! The mother, an ugly middle-aged woman (right), in an old-fashioned dress, with a cap and apron, stoops towards him, saying, Bless the Baby-what an aspiring spirit-if he goes on in this way-he will be a second Buonaparte! Behind her (right) stands a pretty nursemaid holding a younger child who screams and waves a rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "44" in upper left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Male child's costume -- Battledor and shuttlecock -- Canaries -- Female costume 1808 -- Domestic service -- Nursemaid.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Rumbold's ankles are chained to two weights signed "Sureties," a reference to restriction on his leaving the country before the case was dropped in 1783. He is supported by his son, Captain Rumbold of 1st Life Guards, dressed in his regimentals and wearing a gorget. Behind them, an Englishman gallops on an elephant saddled with an enormous bag signed "Roupees." An Indian sitting behind him is holding a tall parasol above his head
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Text above upper left border has the date "1782" changed to "1783" in manuscript.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and India.
Subject (Name):
Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
"Michael Angelo Taylor, wearing the Speaker's gown, about to step up to the empty Speaker's Chair, staggers back in alarm, the long wig falling from his head. From nozzles at the ends of twisting tubes directed against him from both sides issue jets inscribed 'Hiss'. A phalanx of hawks on the Government benches threatens him from the left, while on right and nearer bench three buzzards do the same from the Opposition side. The nearest bird has the bloated and inflamed features of Sheridan."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One line of text below title: Poor little Michee! Just mounting! & then funk'd & frighten'd out of all his hopes., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: House of Commons -- Speaker's chair -- Furniture: cushioned benches -- Coats of arms: Royal Arms -- Opposition.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 15th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
Subject (Name):
Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Heading to printed verses: 'A Ballad, Occasioned by a Certain Earl's styling himself a Sans Culotte Citizen in the House of Lords.' Stanhope, wearing a bonnet-rouge inscribed 'Liberty', tramples on a scroll inscribed 'A Deo et Rege', beside which lies his (overturned) earl's coronet. He capers bare-legged, his breeches flutter to the ground from his left hand. In his right is a tricolour flag inscribed 'Vive l Egalite'; the flagstaff is surmounted by an ass's head, which looks down at Stanhope, who looks ecstatically up at it, his head turned in profile to the left. Above the design: "---off, off, ye lendings." Stanhope, his coronet, breeches, and flag, are in full light, the rest of the design is in shadow, clouds forming a background. On the left three members of the House of Lords flee, their backs towards him: the Lord Chancellor (Loughborough), in hat, wig, and robes, as the Speaker of the Lords, carrying a document: 'Vote of the House of Lords One Dissentient Stan[hope]'. Next him is a judge carrying 'Magna Charta'; the third is a bishop with a 'Bible' under his arm. On the right four ladies, one elderly, the others young (presumably his wife and daughters), hasten in alarm away from Stanhope. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Noble sansculotte
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On sheet with letterpress broadside with caption title: A ballad occasioned by a certain Earl's styling himself a sans culotte citizen in the House of Lords., One line of text etched above image: "-off, off, [the] lendings.", At bottom of sheet, in letterpress: (Entered at Stationers Hall)., and Temporary local subject terms: Cap of Liberty -- Insignia: earl's coronet -- Judges -- Clergy: bishops -- Allusion to sansculottes -- Toys: hobby horses -- Male costume: sansculottes -- Bonnet rouge.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 3d, 1794, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
"Pitt, grotesquely thin and much caricatured, leads Eleanor Eden, a conventionally pretty woman, towards a bower (right) covered with a vine bearing many bunches of grapes interspersed with coronets. Within it are three large sacks inscribed '£'. His left hand is on her back, his right points to the bower. She advances demurely, a fan inscribed 'Treasury' held before her face. A Cupid with a torch flies before them. The Devil, a fat nude creature with webbed wings and the face of Fox, crouches behind the bower (right), impotently gnashing his teeth and clenching his fists. Ribbons with the jewels and star of an order are twined in the bower; more coronets and a star emerge from the ground. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., One line of quoted text to left of title: "To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Money: sacks of money -- Coronets -- Demons -- Cupids -- Female dress: fans -- William Pitt the Younger's debts -- Reference to Lord Auckland., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 13th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Buckinghamshire, Eleanor Hobart, Countess of, 1777-1851
"Britannia, massive, but childlike, sleeps in a large wicker cradle, rocked by Addington, dressed as an elderly woman, who is seated on a low stool (right). Hawkesbury, a thin and spinsterish nursemaid, (left) approaches the foot of the cradle holding out an ornate child's commode, inscribed 'French C . . k . . g Chair'. Behind the cradle appear the head and shoulders of Fox, looking furtively towards Britannia and Addington, while he hangs out napkins to dry on a cord stretched across the fireplace; one is 'French Cambrick'. Britannia sleeps with her thumb in her mouth, her right arm across the coverlet, holding her shield and spear; her uncovered shoulder shows that she is wearing a Roman corslet. The head of the cradle is inscribed: 'Requiescat in Pace'. Addington sings: "o, By - my Baby, my Baby, - o, By - in Peace! my dearee! - For such a sweet Nap as This, You never had, far nor nearee! - so. By - my Baby, my dearee!' On the ground is a casserole of 'French Pap'; on the plain chimney-piece are a bottle labelled 'Composing Draught' and a box of 'Opiate Pills'. Above it is a print of 'Buonaparte' playing a fiddle and capering ecstatically. On the wall (left) are a broadside: 'Rule Britannia . . . Britons never will be - ['slaves' torn off] and (right) a birch-rod tied with tricolour ribbon. Addington, Hawkesbury, and Fox all wear their hair in their accustomed manner with the addition of tricolour ribbons. The first two look anxious, Fox registers calculating satisfaction."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Nursery -- Cradle -- Casserole -- Child's Commode -- Bonnet Rouge., and Mounted to 30 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 4th, 1802, by Js. Gillray, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
