On the right, William Petty, Lord Shelburne, attacks Britannia pulling on her hair and petticoat while pushing her to the ground. She leans on her shield; her broken spear lies next to it. William Pitt, who stands behind her with his arms folded on his chest, looks down at her indifferently. On the left, Charles Fox, taking Lord North's hand in his, points to the distressed Britannia with an entreaty to join their forces in her defense and "Fox and North stand together in consultation (left). Fox, holding the right hand of North who stands on his right, points with his left hand towards Britannia (right), who has been thrown to the ground, and is being maltreated by Shelburne. Her shield and broken spear lie beside her. Shelburne has seized her by the hair and is tearing off her upper garments; he smiles saying, "I smile at the feeble efforts of them single". Britannia looking towards Fox and North cries, "Help! tis only your united strength can save me". Pitt, young and slim, stands beside Britannia, his arms folded, looking down at her and saying "I see her danger, yet, better she should perish than I join the Man I hate". Fox is saying to North, "Forgetting our former disputes Quick! let us join to save her". In the foreground lies a large scroll, inscribed, "BRITANIA rescue'd from the wicked designs of an artfull------", the last word hidden by a curl of the scroll."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Men of abilities call'd for and Men of abilities called for
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 20th, 1783, by I. Freeman, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[7 April 1806]
Call Number:
Print10008
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The vast Daniel Lambert (left), not caricatured, sits full face in a bergere which he completely fills. His hat is on a table beside him. He looks slightly to the right., not directly at Fox who stands in profile, regarding him with an interested smile, and holding his hat behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox's head and features are larger than those of Lambert, his girth less, but his paunch at least equally projecting. Below the title: 'Danl Lambert, who at the Age of 36 weighed above 50 Stone, 14 Pounds to the Stone - measured 3 Yards 4 Inches round the Body, and 1 Yard 1 Inch round the Leg, 5 feet 11 Inches high."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Danl. Lambert, who at the age of 36 weighed above 50 stone, 14 pounds to the stone, measured 3 yards 4 inches round the body ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, Great Britain., and 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 265 x 198 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 7th, 1806, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[7 April 1806]
Call Number:
806.04.07.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The vast Daniel Lambert (left), not caricatured, sits full face in a bergere which he completely fills. His hat is on a table beside him. He looks slightly to the right., not directly at Fox who stands in profile, regarding him with an interested smile, and holding his hat behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox's head and features are larger than those of Lambert, his girth less, but his paunch at least equally projecting. Below the title: 'Danl Lambert, who at the Age of 36 weighed above 50 Stone, 14 Pounds to the Stone - measured 3 Yards 4 Inches round the Body, and 1 Yard 1 Inch round the Leg, 5 feet 11 Inches high."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Danl. Lambert, who at the age of 36 weighed above 50 stone, 14 pounds to the stone, measured 3 yards 4 inches round the body ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, Great Britain., Mounted to 37 x 56 cm with advertisement: Exhibition. Mr. Lambert, of Leicester, the heaviest man that ever lived ..., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 7th, 1806, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
George III and Charles Fox tug at the ropes attached to the nose of a donkey representing "the people" and heavily loaded with sacks inscribed, "taxes," as it approaches the fork in a road. The King pulls it toward the "Road to Absolute Monarchy" as written on a sign post while Fox counters by pulling toward the "Road to Republicanism" (also on a sign post). In the distance behind the donkey is a third sign, "road to aristocracy," a reference to William Pitt
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] Act directs March 11, 1784 by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Traffic signs & signals, and Tug of war
Bewildered Lord North is about to join his left hand which holds a ring, with the right paw of an obese fox facing him. Between them on the ground lies a book open to the pages inscribed "Marriage Ceremony." The ceremony is presided over by a happily grinning and winking devil standing behind the book and pushing North and Fox toward each other
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of a line of text beneath title., Attributed to Edward Topham by George., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pub by Mrs. D.Achery St James Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
A large dredger-like wheel with four scoops stands in front of a building, possibly the Treasury, guarded by two mounted sentries. The Devil standing on the King's bent back, turns the crank. On the right, Lord Shelburne sits on the ground after being tossed out of the wheel together with his companions, most likely Dunning and Barré, saying, "Look what a crush a Pretty decent Tumble." On the left, two new Secretaries of State, Fox, with a fox's head, and North, lead on reins attached to his nose the Duke of Portland, the new prime minister. Fox, with broken leg, his hand on North's arm for support, complains that the "... late tumble hath Crippled me quite ..." North pledges help on condition that "you shall hold me fast in my Place." Behind them, Burke, with one arm in a sling, runs after them voicing his own need to join the coalition. His and Fox's "injuries" were suffered in the previous 'tumble' when Shelburne formed his administration
Alternative Title:
Up and down and Wheel of administration
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. by E. Dachery, April 17, 1783, St. James' Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: East India Company: Board of Control -- Declaratory Bill -- Scots pills -- Chartered rights -- Leaden Hall as an Indian lady -- Secret influence -- Patronage -- Allusion to 7th system -- Military: soldiers -- Emblems -- Asses.
Publisher:
Pubd. for the proprietor by Mr. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, East India Company., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Depicts Charles James Fox, rising out of his chair to reach with outstretched arms for a crown which descends on a cloud from the left. On the floor is a dice box, and in Fox's pocket may be seen a roll of papers marked A Bill for ref[orming the] East India [Company]. A quotation from Macbeth is present beneath the image, which is a commentary on Fox's ambition as evinced by his proposed India Bill
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Crowns, and Clothing & dress
William Pitt, in a dramatic pose, reaches up with his right hand for a sword presented to him by three cherubs encouraging him to defend King and country. With his other hand he indicates a volume inscribed, "Locke on the human understanding" on the table behind him. Above the table hangs a portrait of Lord Chatham. Members and supporters of the North-Fox coalition look on through an open window, gathered under a flag labeled "The Harmonic Society."
Description:
Title from item., Under title: "Third sketch"., and Mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 18, 1784, as the act directs by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Tables, Daggers & swords, and Clothing & dress
A scale is depicted in which Lord North, dressed as a washerwoman, is weighed down with the assistance of Fox (a fox on the cross beam). Or the right, Lord Shelburne, depicted as a Jesuit in monastic garb wearing the ribbon of a Knight of the Garter and holding a money bag signed "Blessings of Peace" in his right hand, sits in the upper pan of the balance, with his tombstone below. The attacks of the North-Fox coalition eventually led to Shelburne's stepping down in February 1783
Alternative Title:
Up with the Jesuit
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1783 by A. Killingbeck, Dover Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Scales, Laundresses, Monks, Foxes, Obesity, and Clothing & dress
