Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed horse that stands with its front legs on a large sheet signed, "Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, Constitution," and kicks with the hind legs and defecates at the fleeing crowd of the members of Parliament. In return, Pitt praises his steed for its wild behavior. The last of the members pushing toward the door is the Speaker, Cornwall, in a wig and carrying the Speaker's mace. A satire on the dissolution of the Parliament on March 25.
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Abbreviation "No." in imprint statement appears in superscript above the digit "7" in street number "227.", and Text below title: A scene in a new play lately acted in Westminster with distinguished applause. Act 2nd scene last.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Dissolution, Politics and government, Humor, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, Defecation, and Crowds
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Artist attribution to Bunbury from description of later state in the British Museum catalogue., and Early state. For later state with altered imprint statement, see no. 5878 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
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Publish'd April 12th, 1781, by W. Richardson, York House No. 31 Strand
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of the name "JBaldrey" in signature and imprint form a monogram., Artist attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., Later state with altered imprint statement. For earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 781.04.12.01.1., and Mounted to 31 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 12th, 1781, by JBaldrey, No. 37 Green St. Grosr. Sqr., & E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
William Pitt, dressed in a tunic tied with "Cestus of virtue" and a helmet inscribed, "Wisdom," and decorated with feathers and laurel wreath, stands between two lion-like beasts with the faces of Lord North and Charles Fox. North rears up as Pitt pulls on his tongue with forceps. On the opposite side, Fox lies on the ground bleeding from his mouth while Pitt holds a heart inscribed, "Indostan," above his body. A crown labeled, "Asia," fallen from Fox's head, lies at Pitt's feet. The title refers to freedom of the City given Pitt by the Grocers' Guild
Alternative Title:
Force of virtue and London prentice
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Original issue of no. 6447 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 28 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
William Pitt, dressed in a tunic tied with "Cestus of virtue" and a helmet inscribed, "Wisdom," and decorated with feathers and laurel wreath, stands between two lion-like beasts with the faces of Lord North and Charles Fox. North rears up as Pitt pulls on his tongue with forceps. On the opposite side, Fox lies on the ground bleeding from his mouth while Pitt holds a heart inscribed, "Indostan," above his body. A crown labeled, "Asia," fallen from Fox's head, lies at Pitt's feet. The title refers to freedom of the City given Pitt by the Grocers' Guild
Alternative Title:
Force of virtue and London prentice
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Reprint of no. 6447 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires,v. 65; the original publisher's statement burnished from the plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. 11 March 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Title from item., Phillips identified as printmaker in British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Processions -- Chairing: of Fox, May 17, 1784 -- Covent Garden: Piazza -- Spectators -- Demons -- Musical instruments: trumpets -- Horns -- Flags -- Butchers -- Cleavers -- Coffins -- Mottos: 'Memento mori' -- Asses -- Allusion to scrutiny -- Allusions to High Bailiffs -- Tree of Good and Evil -- Cheering crowds -- Musicians., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Published by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Publisher's advertisement below title: In Holland's Caricature Exhibition Rooms No. 50, Oxford St. may be seen the largest collection of humorous prints and drawings in Europe. Admittance, one shilling ..., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Baron Munchauson from literature -- Raspe, Rudolph Erich, 1737-1794, allusion to Baron Munchauson -- Allusion to Newmarket races -- Male costume: riding habit, 1788 -- Paddy Whack -- Medical quacks., Mounted to 33 x 48 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
Title from item., Printmaker and artist from descriptions of the second state. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 6602., Second state, with 'Scola' inside speech bubble corrected to 'Scotia,' is entitled 'Petitioning candidate for Westminster'., Temporary local subject terms: Foxes -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Elections: Orkney, Scotland, 1784 -- Signs: sign-posts -- Highland dress: tartan -- Sailboats -- Allusion to Kirkwall Borough., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
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Pubd. May 28th, 1784, by T. Corneille, Bruton Street
Lying on his stomach, a giant Lord North appraises the ship Britannia which is heeling over by the shore, as he encourages the members of his cabinet to pillage it. Diminutive figures of Fox, Portland, possibly Stormont, and Burke, stand on his back holding large sacks of loot. To the right on the ground stands "Sir" Jeffery Dunstan, the popular "Mayor of Garratt," and used wig seller, saying, "Old Whigs and Sham Whigs."
Alternative Title:
Ministry upon a broad bottom
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., From The Rambler's magazine. See British Museum catalogue., and Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796., and Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Ships, Robberies, Peddlers, and Clothing & dress
