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.
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., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22.4 x 31.5 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Formerly mounted on leaf 23 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and East India Company.
Title etched at bottom of plate., Printmaker based on similar plates by Rowlandson, likewise published by Ackermann in 1799. See nos. 9488-9492 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Design consists of three strips arranged horizontally with various scenes, each row with an imprint etched at bottom center. The plate number is etched above the top row, centered., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of top two rows of design and plate numbering. Description based on impression at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.: 59.533.1268., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks., 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 10.3 x 18.5 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with significant loss of text and image. Only the center scene in the middle row of design is present, along with the imprint below. This scene shows a mountebank on a stage addressing a crowd, with the dialogue "The noted Doctor Humbug - cures all disorders incident to the human body!" etched within image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 21, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Title etched below image., "No. 12" etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
"Three strips arranged horizontally, belonging to the same set as BMSat 9488, &c. There are seven groups, five grotesque or 'Lilliputian', with large heads, the others realistic. One strip is covered by 'A Lilliputian Vauxhall' showing the entrance with ticket office, a supper-box, and the orchestra. Other scenes include: a 'Stilish Muddy', a coach hung very low, and with three footmen behind; a military band in which the cymbal-player and drummer are negroes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grotesque borders for rooms and halls and Lillipution Vauxhall!
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 17."--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publis. Oct. 25, 1800, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Three vertical strips in between borders. First image on top left: two Lilliputian figures of sportsmen (jockeys?) riding from left to right, one of them saying, The sports are begun
Alternative Title:
Grotesque borders for rooms and screens
Description:
Title etched vertically in left margin., Number "5" in "Plate 5" etched backwards., "No. 5."--Upper left corner., Imperfect, sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title, statement of responsibility and imprint. Missing text from Woodward Collection of Prints and Drawings, record no. D5459/2/23/2., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1810.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 30th, 1799, at R. Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand, London
Title etched below image., Second plate of 24 from: Rowlandson, T. Hungarian & Highland broad sword. [London] : H. Angelo, 1799., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 1, 1798, by H. Angelo, Curzon Street, May Fair
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 37.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
