Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his right arm round North's shoulder, saying, " ... give me a sup of your soup ..." To the right, a devil squatting on a low stool in front of a fireplace blows bellows at the fire under a large cauldron with more broth in it. A large coalition medal (cf. BMSat 6183) with the likenesses of North and Fox hangs above the mantel
Alternative Title:
Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 24 x 33 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
Leaf 2. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his right arm round North's shoulder, saying, " ... give me a sup of your soup ..." To the right, a devil squatting on a low stool in front of a fireplace blows bellows at the fire under a large cauldron with more broth in it. A large coalition medal (cf. BMSat 6183) with the likenesses of North and Fox hangs above the mantel
Alternative Title:
Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6219 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 47., and On leaf 2 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
Title etched above image., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: I Perkin young and bold, my father me has sent here ..., Temporary local subject terms: Military -- Weapons: espontoons -- Military uniforms -- Cardinal -- Playing cards: Nine of Diamonds (Curse of Scotland)., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Tweed River (Scotland and England),
Subject (Name):
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758, and Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Neptune, Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, Bulls, Devil, and Clergy
A badger [Lord North] and a fox [Charles Fox] sit in an open hole dug in a side of a hill, facing each other and holding their right paws. The badger, with the Garter ribbon and in a bag wig, says, "The grapes which round this cavern grow in plenty / My new Friend Fox will prove to each a dainty." To which the fox responds, "Tho once I stunk you from your Hole / you now are welcome in upon my soul." A devil peeking from behind the grape vines points to both of them saying, "He he he -- he / They both are for me." A comment on the North-Fox coalition
Alternative Title:
Fox & badger both in a hole and Fox and badger both in a hole
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub W Richardson March 27, 1783 near Surry Street Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Badgers, Foxes, Devil, Grapevines, Caverns, and Politics and government
Manuscript fragment on paper of the Consolatio peccatorum of Jacobus de Theramo, here in Czech translation. The Consolatio describes a lawsuit between the Devil (Beilal) and Jesus Christ, with Solomon presiding, in which the Devil sues Christ for having trespassed by descending into Hell to redeem lost souls. Leaf was formerly used as a pastedown
Alternative Title:
Consolatio peccatorum. Czech, Processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum, and Processus Belial
Description:
In Czech., Layout: 2 columns of 44 lines, with unknown number of lines trimmed from top of leaf., Script: gothic cursiva., and Decoration: one 3-line initial in blue wash, one 3-line initial in red wash.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Theramo, 1349-1417. and Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Mock trials, Redemption, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[1 October 1834]
Call Number:
834.10.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four rows of designs with one to three designs in each, individually titled. In the upper left and reading across, "Daddy Longlegs" shows a very think, long-legged man poised to smash the insect on his wall. To the right, on top "The itinerant chanceller" is a scene with a cricketer about to bat a large ball and below a scene with men wearing Dutch-style hats watch as one of the group takes a small ball and readies to bowl down a stand of large, egg-shaped objects. On the far right of the first row, a portly man greets a thin, frail man with wings as ears that extend above his hat, wearing glasses and leaning on a cane. The larger man says "Bless my soul Mr. Pidgeonwidgen! How do ye do. Well now, you look uncommon well considering your Ears." On the second row left, “Follow my leader”, the top image shows a thin man laboring up a hill as he pulls a very large man seated and reading at ease in the a four-wheeled chair. Below three men carrying guns stand up to their necks in a river having followed a taller man in a top hat calmly walking ahead. The speech balloon above their heads reads, “Didn't I tell ye it was only up to the middle.” The first smaller man replies, “The middle indeed. Why we are up to our necks d'ye think our legs are stilts like yours.” In the middle of the second row, A very thin man in Scotish costume (Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux?) striding vigorously using a broom as a walking stick and burdened with boxes and bags on his back and waist, labelled “Freedoms of Scotch Towns”, “Broken Vituals the remnants of the Edinburgh Gorge.”, and “Proceeds of the Penny Mag.” The caption below reads, “I flatter myself I've made a tolerable good job by my “Starring it” with Old Grey in the North. Sold all my numbers of the Penny Mag. and well puff'd it thro' applause with the ex-premier. Received some score of Burgesses, Freedoms, and Invitations to as many dinners where I blew my own trumpet & obtain'd plenty of orders from our 'Usefull Knowledge Society', now “woe” to the unstamn'd when I get home.” The last image in row two, on the right, is un-captioned and shows a devil riding behind a horseman bolting across an evening sky. Below two men peak through tall grass and observe an otter and The third row contains a single image captioned “Something like a chase” which shows horsemen following their hounds across a field and over a fence, many of whom have fallen their horses or encountered other types of accidents and falls. In the distance is a small sign indicating that they rode from Wombell's. In the last row, on the left, two men, one with a gun with a barrel turned at 90 degrees, peak out from around the corner of a building, looking at a rooster and some chickens. The caption reads, “Paddy's gun, warranted to shoot around the corner.” The first man says, “Put ye spalpeen, wat are you after, if you let it off, by my soul it'll blow ye to de Divil.” To which the man with the gun replies, “Ock, come out now and hav'nt I made it into a 'Patent Cylindrical Twisted Barrel Gun' and dont day shoot de best, ye Murphy digger.” In the middle of the bottom row, is an image of a constable apprehending a frightened chimney sweep, with the caption “Reforming the Clergy”. The constable says, “Come along, you've hacted contrary to the Hact of Parlyment in crying out “Sweep”. There's 40 bob for ye or else a month in Quad." To which the sweep replies, “Oh criky, don't grab me this here vunce and I'll no not never cry Sweep agin. Vot's us poor flue-sakers to do if as how ve don't cry summut all for to let the people know or how ve are in the streets.” Two other laborers, another sweep and a swag man, in the distance on the right and left, observe “Does any lady or Gemmen's flue pipe vont expurgating.” The other says, “The law have mercy on us.” The third and final image at the end of the fourth row has the caption “A Crack Shot” with an image of a man with a caricatured face and a top hat, holding a gun in his hands and an umbrella between his legs as he stands before a door, the top half of which is open; a bird in a cage hangs to the side of the door. The speech balloon above his head reads, “There's one at last, the only chance of a shy I've had to day. There's nobody here, he, he, Now if I don't flummox ye my pink, say my mother has'nt sold her mangle
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from captions below each design, starting in the upper left corner., Series title and number at top of sheet., "6d, plain. 1s/ cold."--Upper right above design., and Dated below series title at top of sheet: October 1st, 1834. Continued every fortnight.
Publisher:
Published by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square, and sold by T. Dewhurst, T. Drake, R. Thorley, Wiseheart, Ross & Nightingale, and Printed by Dean & Munday, 40 Threadneedle St.
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
The rivalry between Fox and Pitt is shown in a series of seven images beginning with the portraits of each of them. In the third image, Fox and Pitt fight for a Twelfth Cake, with Fox winning. In the fourth, Nobody (i.e., the King), gives Lord Temple, carrying dark lantern, a note supporting Pitt's claim to the Cake. In the fifth image, a grocer complains about Fox's actions against smuggling. In the sixth, on his return from the Grocers' Hall on February 28, Pitt participates in a riot. He is opposed by a diminutive Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett" and Fox's supporter. In the seventh, Pitt and his companions are thrashed by men with sticks
Alternative Title:
Young statesman's ramble
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 24th March 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, and Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Devil, Smuggling, Riots, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, dressed only in breeches, tries to flee from the Devil who caught him by the leg and is shearing off the hair from his chest. On the left, in front of the "India House" a group of elated men dance around a burning stake to which is tied a fox. A reference to the rejection of the India Bill in the House of Lords and the demise of the Coalition government
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards., and Mounted to 37 x 57 cm.
Publisher:
Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and East India Company.
Charles Fox, dressed only in breeches, tries to flee from the Devil who caught him by the leg and is shearing off the hair from his chest. On the left, in front of the "India House" a group of elated men dance around a burning stake to which is tied a fox. A reference to the rejection of the India Bill in the House of Lords and the demise of the Coalition government
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards., and 1 print on wove paper : etching ; plate mark 22.5 x 31.2 cm., on sheet 24 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and East India Company.
Leaf 13. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox, dressed only in breeches, tries to flee from the Devil who caught him by the leg and is shearing off the hair from his chest. On the left, in front of the "India House" a group of elated men dance around a burning stake to which is tied a fox. A reference to the rejection of the India Bill in the House of Lords and the demise of the Coalition government
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6283 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 109-10., Temporary local subject terms: Bills: Defeat of India Bill -- India House., and On leaf 13 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Foxes, Burning at the stake, and Scissors & shears
