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55. The tipling dutchess returning from canvassing [graphic].

Published / Created:: [29 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.29.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Duchess of Devonshire, intoxicated, walks arm-in-arm between two supporters, the one on her right being Fox, the other one of his more prominent adherents. Sam House (right) walks before them, acting as a link-boy with a lighted torch, his hat, decorated with a fox's brush, in his right hand. Fox says, "Hold up Georgiana another Qn [? quartern] an we shall soon be at Piccadilly". The Duchess says, "My Eyes & Limbs I shall Spew on the Duke to night". Her other supporter says, pointing to Sam House, "make hast Sam her Grace is taking short in the poop". Sam answers, "I will my lord Heaven bless her Grace". The Duchess wears no hat, but her hair is decorated with a plume ot three large ostrich feathers (cf. BMSat 6530); her breast is bare." -- British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Tipling duchess returning from canvassing
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Canvassing: Duchess of Devonshire -- Lighting: torches -- Trades: link-boy -- Intoxication., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Publisher:: Publish'd Aprill [the] 29, 1784, by A. Aitken, No. 2 Orange Court, Drury Lane
Subject (Name):: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The tipling dutchess returning from canvassing [graphic].

56. Vaux-hall [graphic]

Creator:: Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838, printmaker
Published / Created:: [28 June 1785]
Call Number:: 785.06.28.01 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 1.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An evening scene in Vauxhall Gardens. On the extreme left is the orchestra with the organ behind and performers on the kettledrums, string and wind instruments. The vocalist, Mrs. Weichsel, sings, in profile to the right, from the adjacent (and slightly lower) balcony, just above the heads of the crowd. A violinist and another musician are seated behind her. In the supper box beneath the orchestra is Dr. Johnson seated full-face, between Boswell and Goldsmith (d. 1774), who face each other in profile, both caricatured; of two stout women one is reputed to be Mrs. Thrale. Many groups fill the foreground and middle distance. The two centre figures are the Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Duncannon arm in arm. A naval officer with a wooden leg and a patch over one eye is reputed to be Admiral Paisley (Admiral Pasley, 1734-1808?). Major Topham, an excellent portrait, stands (left) in profile to the right staring through an eyeglass. Between Topham and the supper-box are two men, one of whom is identified as Lord Camelford. [In the reproduction in Angelo's 'Reminiscences'; to whom the name refers is not clear.] An elderly parson, [he closely resembles the parson of BMSat 7059 who is probably William Jackson of the 'Morning Post'] reputed to be Bate Dudley but not resembling him, gazes at the Duchess from behind a tree. Next him a man dressed as an officer in a Highland regiment with kilt and broadsword is supposed to be James Perry, editor of the 'Morning Chronicle'. On the right the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his star, whispers to Mrs. Robinson (Perdita), though their liaison was ended. Her right arm is linked with an ugly and elderly little man, probably Robinson. On the extreme left an elderly couple advance arm in arm in profile. Behind the Prince is a group standing on a small platform (or tables), showing half length above the crowd. In the foreground (right) is a supper-table under trees where two cits entertain two courtesans. Lamp-lit trees and the covered way form a background on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Vauxhall
Description:: Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Publish'd June 28th 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):: Vauxhall Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):: Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Pasley, Thomas, Sir, 1734-1808, Perry, James, 1756-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, and Topham, Edward, 1751-1820
Subject (Topic):: Social life and customs, Parks, Audiences, Concerts, Couples, Crowds, Musicians, Orchestras, Peg legs, and Singers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Vaux-hall [graphic]

57. Vox populi, vox Dei dedicated to the ladies who so conspicuously exerted themselves in the cause of freedom. [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [23 May 1784]
Call Number:: 784.05.23.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Duchess of Devonshire as Britannia -- Shield of virtue -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Trumpets -- Laurel wreaths -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:: Pubd. 23d May, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):: Musical instruments and Putti
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Vox populi, vox Dei dedicated to the ladies who so conspicuously exerted themselves in the cause of freedom. [graphic]

58. Westminster races a political heat run in Covent Garden between old veteran a famous horse the property of his M-----y, Duchess a filly the property of the Duke of D--------e, and Judas an Obstinate Ass who was clearly distanced / [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [19 May 1784]
Call Number:: 784.05.19.01.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Alternative Title:: Political heat run in Covent Garden between old veteran a famous horse ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Reissue for: The history of the Westminster election, with folds in the plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Signs: Sign-posts -- Allusion to George III.
Publisher:: Pub. 19 May, 1784, by WH, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784, Donkeys, Horses, and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Westminster races a political heat run in Covent Garden between old veteran a famous horse the property of his M-----y, Duchess a filly the property of the Duke of D--------e, and Judas an Obstinate Ass who was clearly distanced / [graphic]

59. Wit's last stake, or, The cobling voters and abject canvassers [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [22 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.22.03+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A canvassing scene in a poor and disreputable district of Westminster, indicated by 'Peter Street' on the corner of the house. The Duchess of Devonshire canvasses a cobbler; she sits supported on Fox's knee, putting one foot on a cobbler's stall that he may do some imaginary repairs, for which she lavishly pays the man's wife, who leans forward, both hands held together to receive coins. The cobbler and his wife are behind a stall protected by a pent-house roof. On this is a notice, 'Shoes made and mended by Bob. Stichitt Cobler to her Grace the Tramping Dutchess NB Dogs Wormd Cats Gelded'. From an open casement window above it a man leans out waving a fox's brush; he holds a tankard and a long clay pipe in his left hand. Beside him a woman holds her head to vomit from the window, her elbows supported on the sill. A dog lies under the cobbler's stall. Fox, his right knee on his hat on the ground, the other supporting the duchess, turns round to give his right hand to a ragged man to whose mouth Sam House holds a tankard, his other hand pressed on the elector's head, who is shown by his long shovel to be a scavenger. Behind, a chimneysweeper with his brushes and his boy with brush and shovel are amused spectators. These figures fill the space to the left of Fox and the duchess. Behind are the irregular gabled roofs and casement windows of old Westminster."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Cobling voters and abject canvassers
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate reissued for The history of the Westminster election. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: London: Peter Street -- Old Westminster -- Gabled roofs -- Casement windows -- Coblers' stalls -- Dishes: Tankards -- Clay pipes -- Shovels.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784 and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Wit's last stake, or, The cobling voters and abject canvassers [graphic].

60. [Fox and Burke as Hudibras and Ralpho] [graphic].

Published / Created:: April 17, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.04.17.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox and Burke (half length) seen through the barred window of a brick building in which they are imprisoned. They are Hudibras and his squire as in British Museum Satires No. 6361, but in a prison instead of in the stocks. Above the barred aperture is inscribed 'Bailiffs for Middlesex' showing that it is a sponging-house for debtors (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6483, &c). Outside stands the Duchess of Devonshire looking at them over her right shoulder. She wears a hat with a 'Fox' favour, trimmed with feathers and fox's tails as in the canvassing caricatures, but wears a plain riding-dress of masculine cut [Cf. 'Her Grace sometimes rides about in a black riding habit, which is very convenient in case she should be obliged to enter into contact with a Chimneysweeper'. A newspaper paragraph quoted in 'Westminster Election', p. 246.] instead of the usual voluminous petticoats. Her left hand rests on a tasselled cane. She is Hudibras's Lady who visited the pair in prison and released them; her words are etched beneath the design: 'O heavens! quoth she, can this be true? I do begin to fear 'tis you: Not by your individual whiskers, But by your dialect and discourse. That never spoke to man or beast In notions vulgarly exprest: But what malignant star alas! Has brought you both to this sad pass? Hudibras, canto I mo.' [i.e. Part II, canto 1]. On the brick wall of the prison bills are posted: 'Several Pouting lips to be hired by the day by Deven'; [ One of the advertisements for Hood and Wray ran: 'To be hired for the day, several pair of ruby pouting lips, of the first quality, [etc. etc.].' 'Westminster Election', p. 99.] Hood Ray Fox; 'Hood and Wray for ever; Leakes justly famous pills for curing the veneral . . . [cf. British Museum Satires No. 6530]; No Coalition No Bribery'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Sir Cecil Wray, 1734-1805 -- Allusion to Samuel Hood, 1724-1816 -- Allusion to Walter Leake, fl. 1772- -- Literature: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680, Hudibras, part II, canto 1 -- Medicine: Leake's pills for curing venereal disease -- Signs: 'Bailiffs for Middlesex' above prison window -- Placards on prison walls -- Coalitions: Allusion to Fox-North coalition, 1783 -- Female costume -- Election favors -- Debtors' prisons -- Sponging houses -- Walking staves -- Quackery: Leake, Walter, fl. 1772-., and Partial watermark in lower right corner.
Publisher:: Publish'd by I. Notice, Oxford Road
Subject (Geographic):: England) and London.
Subject (Name):: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784, Political elections, Prisons, and Riding habits
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Fox and Burke as Hudibras and Ralpho] [graphic].

61. [The chairing of Fox] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [18 May 1784]
Call Number:: 784.05.18.04
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox is being chaired (left to right) in a high-backed chair wreathed with laurel, according to the custom in Westminster at the close of an election. The three supporters of the chair (three quarter length figures in the foreground) are three ladies, all young and pretty, one of course the Duchess of Devonshire. On the third (left) is inscribed 'Portland Place', probably the Duchess of Portland, possibly Lady Archer, called 'the Portland Place Archer'. The other is probably Lady Duncannon. All three wear hats trimmed with a fox's brush. The foremost lady (right) holds a paper inscribed 'British Constitution'. Beside Fox in his chair is the cap of Liberty on its staff; he holds up a torn paper inscribed 'Rights of England'; in his left hand is a paper inscribed 'Privileges of the People'. A cluster of cherubs' heads beside him, emerging from clouds, is inscribed 'Voice of the People'; the principal cherub blows a trumpet from which issue the words 'Fox & Liberty'. In the background behind the chair (left) is a sea of heads; on the right is Sam House wearing his hat. Beneath the design is etched:'Friends freemen Britons all your strength be tried To quell oppression stem corruptions tide Let shouting plaudits fill resounding air And Fox & virtue set in freedom's chair.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title trimmed from this impression? Title from earlier state published by W. Wall on April 12, 1784. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6524., Sheet trimmed on the bottom within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Countermark in center of sheet: T.W. [monogram].
Publisher:: Pubd. May 18, 1784 by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):: England) and London.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784, Musical instruments, Parades & processions, and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The chairing of Fox] [graphic].

62. [The chairing of Fox] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [12 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.12.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Phillips" identified as printmaker in British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trumpet blown by cherub -- Furniture: Chair wreathed with laurel -- Cap of Liberty -- Cherubs' heads -- Election litters., and Mounted to 29 x 23 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 12, 1784 by W. Wall, No. 31 Charles St. opposite Middlesex Hospittal [sic]
Subject (Geographic):: England) and London.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784, Angels, Musical instruments, Canvassing, and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The chairing of Fox] [graphic].