"Fox (half length) stands full-face, right arm bent and right fist clenched, looking up and to the left with an accusing frown. He says: "Ruin'd! - undone! - our Commerce destroy'd, our Armies beaten.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits issued as a set on one sheet., Two lines of text below image: Ruin'd! Undone! Our commerce destroy'd, our armies beaten., and On same sheet: Ministerial eloquence; Naval eloquence; Military eloquence; Fools eloquence; Billingsgate eloquence; Pulpit eloquence; Bar eloquence.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
"A fat and placid-looking preacher stands in his pulpit in profile to the left, reading his sermon. He says: "I shall divide my Discourse into Seven Heads namely ------" He resembles the parson of British Museum satires no. 8428, and is probably Moore, the Archbishop; this is supported by the engraving (1792) after Romney."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits issued as a set on one sheet with identical imprint statements., Two lines of text below image: I shall divide my discourse into seven heads ..., and On same sheet: Ministerial eloquence; Opposition eloquence; Naval eloquence; Military eloquence; Fools eloquence; Billingsgate eloquence; Bar eloquence.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
"A barrister (three-quarter length) in wig and gown stands directed to the left, his right arm raised, his brief in his right hand, his left hand extended. He says: "Did your Lordships ever hear of such an infamous Scoundrel?" He has a certain resemblance to Erskine, cf. British Museum satire no. 8502."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits issued as a set on one sheet., Two lines of text below image: Did your lordship ever hear of such an infamous scoundrel?, and On same sheet: Ministerial eloquence; Opposition eloquence; Naval eloquence; Military eloquence; Fools eloquence; Billingsgate eloquence; Pulpit eloquence.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
"A group of men crowd around a large punch-bowl, peering through telescopes at an owl perched on the inn-sign of a sun."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Date from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at the bottom., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Astronomical observations -- Parsons -- Glass: wine bottles -- Smoking -- Dishes: punch bowls., Watermark: Cansell 1824., and Evidence of erasure of text below title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Monkeys, Owls, Signs (Notices), Smoking, and Telescopes
Title from item., Reduced copy of a print by Isaac Cruikshank under the same title, published by S. W. Fores in 1795., Publication information extrapolated from the place and date of publication of the periodical for which the plate was etched., Plate from: London und Paris. Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1800, v. 5., p. 346., Numbered 'No. XI' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Debates: budget debate, 23 February 1795 -- Artisans -- Money., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Windham, William, 1750-1810
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Fireplaces, Kettles, Wigs, and Medical procedures & techniques
Title from text in image., Place of publication Neale's known place of business. ., Date of publication supplied by cataloger based on date Neele went into partnership with his son, 1815?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
[26 February 1795] and [printed approximately 1822]
Call Number:
795.02.26.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below images., Restrike. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement in lower right margin: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design divided into eight compartments arranged in two rows, each containing a pair of figures with etched lines of dialogue., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 1, pl. 10., Temporary local subject terms: Ghosts., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
Publisher:
Published February 26, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
