William Pitt,created the Earl of Chatham on 29 July 1766, stands on the prostrate body of Envy alongside the Lord Chancellor Pratt, as they are presented by the figure of Justice to Britannia who receives the peers with pleasure. Minerva overhead holds two laurel wreaths over the heads of the statesmen. In the upper left Fame proclaims the event on her trumpet. On the right, in the background, the half-naked figure of the "scribler" (i.e. political opponent of the peers) is tied to the back of a cart and whipped by a hangman
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Below the image is "The Explanation" over three columns of text., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Williams at No. 36, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778. and Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Minerva (Roman deity), Envy, Justice, Fame, and Seven deadly sins
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on ministerialists, 1785 -- Barber's blocks -- Allusion to Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Allusion to Edward, Baron Hawke, 1705-1781 -- Earl of Mulgrave, 1755-1831 -- 3rd Duke of Montrose, 1755-1836., Watermark (partial): initials LVG below shield., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by Moore, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Galloway, John Stewart, Earl of, 1736-1806, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Rose, George, 1744-1818, and Carrington, Robert Smith, Baron, 1752-1838
"A bull, chained, muzzled, and blindfolded, his horns tipped, but snorting fire, is baited by dogs urged on by Pitt who runs forward (right), holding heavy chains labelled 'New Excise Fetters for John Bull'. Pitt points at the bull, shouting, "At him! at him! Tally-ho, ho, ho." From his pocket hangs a paper inscribed 'New Excises intended upon Cyder, Flour, Hardware, Linnens, Woolens, Coals, Butchers Bakers Cheese-mo[ngers] Fish, Water'. Pitt and his dogs are hurrying from the Treasury, over the gate of which the word Treasury has been scored through by Rose, who stands on a ladder on the extreme right, painting the word 'Excise-Office' in large letters. A rose takes the place of his head; in his left hand is his paint-pot inscribed 'Kings' Yellow'. The bull's legs are chained to a post inscribed 'Excise'; he is snorting "Liberty! Liberty! and no Excise! Huzza!" The dogs have human heads and inscribed collars. The two foremost are 'Billy Grenv[ille]', with a pen behind his ear, and 'Dundas'. The Duke of Richmond ('Ordnance') is on the bull's back, biting his ear. Behind are 'Jenky' (Lord Hawkesbury), 'Sir Pepper' (Arden), 'Sydney, Cam' (Camden), and a dog perhaps intended for Carmarthen. In the foreground, lying on a heap of Tobacco which has fallen from a cask so inscribed (which he befouls), is Thurlow, a dog with the head and wig of Thurlow, his collar inscribed 'Snap Dragon', fiercely gnawing a large bone inscribed 'Opposition' at one end and 'Ministry' at the other, while he glares up at Pitt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Bull baiting -- Chains -- Muzzles -- Blindfolds -- Treasury building -- Dogs -- Bones -- Barrels -- Ladders -- Allusion to excises -- John Bull (Symboiic character).
Publisher:
Pubd. April 9th, 1790, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and Rose, George, 1744-1818
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1475); whole-length, standing turned to right, eyes to front, wearing robes, with his right arm leaning on back of the chair to left, and his left hand upon a book resting on table to right with tapestry cover and inkstand; column, drapery and clouds behind; state without publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's name and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2444., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Note in ms. at lower right corner: 63. Mounted on sheet: 44.3 x 31.7 cm.
Title from item., Two columns of verse below image: Hitherto .... I have perform'd. Not without wonder ... Samson Agonistes., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 1 (1767), p. 201., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Westminster Hall -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Personifications: Liberty -- Emblems: cap of liberty -- Emblems: anchor -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the Glorious Revolution -- Reference to the accession of the House of Brunswick -- Musical instruments: lyre -- Emblems: thunderbolts -- Bible: Samson destroying a temple -- Literature: quotation from Samson Agonistes by John Milton, 1608-1674, lines 1640-1659., and Mounted to 37 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768
Title from item., Publication place and date from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Westminster Magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v. 2 (1774) , p. 168., and Temporary local subject terms: Bills: five intolerable acts -- Allusion to Boston tea party -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- America as a red Indian -- Water pumps.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794
"Satire on Lord Camden alleging that he had abandonned his liberal principles on becoming Lord Chancellor. Camden, on the left, in his Chancellor's robes is aghast at the appearance of the ghost of his former self when Lord Chief Justice. He holds out a book lettered, "Lex Temporis" and papers lie beside him referring to supposed corrupt practices, "Grants / Reversion / Irish Pensions / Patent of Peerage / Non obstante [licence from the Crown]", and a scroll falls in front of him lettered, "is but 40 days Slavery at outside", a reference to his support of an embargo on corn export for forty days; his mace and purse (lettered "Latent Power") lie on a bench draped with tartan together with a letter reading "... your A--s] & your mace in ye Kennel within a fortnight by G[od] / yours Tom Tilbury [Lord Northington, Camden's predecessor as Lord Chancellor]". Behind the Lord Chancellor is a chair with arms and legs made of boots, upholstered in tartan and with thistles around its back; an oval lportrait showing Lords Bute and Chatham is on the back with the motto "Arcades Ambo"(two of a kind); a boot and Pitt's crutch are tied together and resting ont he back of the chair; burning papers on the cair are lettered "Negabimus / Magna Farta" and "vendemus Justitiam". The ghost holds out a book lettered "Lex Terra"; a scroll falling in front of him reads "The liberty of an English Dw[e]l[ling] cannot be estimated" (a paraphrase of his statement against General Warrants in the John Wilkes case). William Beckford, Camden's former ally, is shown creeping under the bench saying "Hide me ye Sugar Casks", a reference to his wealth from sugar plantations in Jamaica. A row of portraits on the wall show from the left: Lord Northington, Judge Jeffreys, Beckford, Sec[re]t[ary Astley, Chatham, L[or]d S[-]d and William Scrogg[s]; in front of the portraits is a book shelf containing, "Filmer's Patriarcha / Argu[men]t for Ship Money / Judg[ment] ag[ain]s[t] Hamden / Froit Le Roy / Prerogatives Regli / Grotius English Law"."--British Museum online catalogue and Pictures amplifying subject: portraits of various officials
Alternative Title:
Apparition of a late patriot Chief Justice to a modern prerogative Cane
Description:
Title from caption below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate line with loss of last word in title. Title from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772
Title from caption above image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Two lines of quote below image: His wit all seesaw between that & this; and he himself one vile antithesis. Pope., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), page 257., and Temporary local subject terms: Debts: national debt -- Hell -- Riots: reference to St. George's Fields, May 10, 1768 -- Reference to John Wilkes, 1725-1797 -- Personfications: Folly -- Zanies -- Devil -- Seesaws -- Whips -- Literature: quotation from Alexander Pope.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788, Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
"A satire on Wilkes's release from custody in April 1763 and the successful actions for damages by the printers of the North Briton, No. 45. A copy without any background, and lacking the figure of Beckford, of British Museum satire no. 4065: The devils triumphant or The messengers in the suds."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Blessing of a London jury
Description:
Title etched above image., After Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale according to the British Museum catalogue., Publication date inferred from that of the original print: The devils triumphant, or, The messengers in the suds., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Altered copy of No. 4065 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Glynn, John, 1722-1779, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Blackmore, Robert, -1763., Carrington, Nathan, -1777., Money, John, active 1763., and Watson, John, active 1763.
Subject (Topic):
Crowds, Demons, Fighting, and Judicial proceedings
"Satire on Wilkes's release from custody in April 1763 and the successful actions for damages by printers of the North Briton, No. 45. A scene in Guildhall with the legs of Gog and Magog visible at top left and the lower parts of two portraits at right: on the left, a prancing devil grasps the collar of Nathan Carrington, King's Messenger (his position identified by his greyhound badge) who complains that he had acted on "Orders from Above" in arresting the printers; two angry men reproach Carrington for having seized their papers, one demanding the return of "my Memoirs", the other, Arthur Beardmore, asking for his journal, the Monitor. In the foreground, two devils attack three other Messengers (Money, Watson and Blackmore) lying on the ground; a devil with type arrayed on his head belabours them with a printer's mallet. Behind this group are Sir Fletcher Norton, by then Attorney-General, and Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, covering their faces with their hands and lamenting their failure; they are sent on their way by a man who alludes to the General Warrant and damns them to make "good Fuel" in Hell. Wilkes takes the hand of Pratt, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who had released him from the Tower; Wilkes's advocate John Glynn stands behind and all three are celebrating the triumph of Liberty and English justice; William Beckford (shown with a black face in allusion to his Caribbean wealth) rushes towards them enthusiastically. To the right, a group of printers delight in their good fortune in the substantial sums they have been awarded, one man holding out both hands full of coins."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Messengers in the suds
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three columns of verse below image: [The] sons of the type view this scene in Guildhall, the devils triumphant and messengers fall ..., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Arms: City of London -- Slang: 'coney catchers' -- Trials: John Wilkes's trial, 1763 -- Nathan Carrington, d. 1777 -- John Money, fl. 1763 -- Arthur Beardmore, d. 1765., and Mounted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Glynn, John, 1722-1779, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Guildhall (London, England),
