"A fox (Fox) climbs up a signpost from which hangs the sign of the Crown. The gibbet-shaped post is wreathed with a vine with large bunches of grapes. Fox seizes a branch and gapes greedily for a bunch just within his reach. His left leg is supported on a pile of papers, one bundle of which is inscribed 'Libels'. The topmost paper is an open book: 'Review of the Charges against Warren Hasting[s] Publishd by Stockdale'. In the doorway of the Crown Inn (right) stands Pitt, grotesquely thin except for his head; he wears an apron over the legs of a skeleton. Alarmed at the fox, he drops a tankard of beer on which is a crown. Behind him appears Thurlow, in Chancellor's wig and gown, with an expression of gloomy apprehension."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to John Stockdale, 1749-1816 -- Alleged libel -- Libellous pamphlets -- Signs -- Signboards -- Inns: Crown -- Gibbet-shaped signpost -- Allusion to trial of Warren Hastings -- Political grapes -- Chequerboards -- Literary allusion to Aesop's fable: The fox and the grapes -- Allusion to John Logan's pamphlet, published by Stockdale: Review of the charges against Warren Hastings -- Allusion to Fox's February 14, 1788 speech -- Chancellor's wig and gown.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 18th, 1788, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: East India House -- Declaratory Act., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 24, 1788 by Josa. Baldrey, No. 19 H. Holborn, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Portraits, Impeachment, Taxation, Tax assessment, Justice, Donkeys, Stores & shops, Shutters, Lawyers, and Britannia (Symbolic character)
"Burke sleeps in a half-reclining position, his arms folded, legs extended, spectacles pushed up on his forehead. On a pedestal above his head (right) is a bust inscribed 'Mahomet', a fierce-looking, mustachioed man. A hanging lamp burns before it. On the right is Burke's reverie or dream: A Turk sits cross-legged on a divan holding out his arms eagerly to a young girl who is being brought to him by his mother, an elderly woman, who says, grinning, "I have procured another Lamb for my Lord"; the girl turns away with a gesture of distress. Above the Turk's head is an open book inscribed 'Koran'. Beside Burke in the foreground (right) is propped an open book inscribed: '... I have observed that the greatest Degree of Respect is paid to Women of Quality in the East and that the strongest Instances of Maternal Affection & filial Duty prevail there. Note Begum ... The Viziers Mother frequently procures one of the most beautiful Virgins whom she adorns with Pearls and precious stones and brings to the Vizier whom she calls her Lion and desires him to take her to his Arms, this he most religiously performs and she is afterwards consig[ned] to the Zenana with 200 others whom he never sees a second Time.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of another version of the same design
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Another version, with slight differences in text and design, of no. 7307 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 26 April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723.
"Burke sleeps in a half-reclining position, his arms folded, legs extended, spectacles pushed up on his forehead. On a pedestal above his head (right) is a bust inscribed 'Mahomet', a fierce-looking, mustachioed man. A hanging lamp burns before it. On the right is Burke's reverie or dream: A Turk sits cross-legged on a divan holding out his arms eagerly to a young girl who is being brought to him by his mother, an elderly woman, who says, grinning, "I have procured another Lamb for my Lord"; the girl turns away with a gesture of distress. Above the Turk's head is an open book inscribed 'Koran'. Beside Burke in the foreground (right) is propped an open book inscribed: 'And I have observed that the greatest Degree of Respect is paid to Women of Quality in the East and that the strongest Instances of Maternal Affection & filial Duty prevail there. Note Begum - The Viziers Mother frequently procures one of the most beautiful Virgins whom she adorns with Pearls and precious stones and brings to the Vizier whom she calls her Lion and desires him to take her to his Arms, this he most religiously performs and she is afterwards consig[ned] to the Zenana with 200 others whom he never sees a second Time.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 18.7 x 16.7 cm, on sheet 20.7 x 18 cm., and Mounted on leaf 44 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 26th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723.
"Burke sleeps in a half-reclining position, his arms folded, legs extended, spectacles pushed up on his forehead. On a pedestal above his head (right) is a bust inscribed 'Mahomet', a fierce-looking, mustachioed man. A hanging lamp burns before it. On the right is Burke's reverie or dream: A Turk sits cross-legged on a divan holding out his arms eagerly to a young girl who is being brought to him by his mother, an elderly woman, who says, grinning, "I have procured another Lamb for my Lord"; the girl turns away with a gesture of distress. Above the Turk's head is an open book inscribed 'Koran'. Beside Burke in the foreground (right) is propped an open book inscribed: 'And I have observed that the greatest Degree of Respect is paid to Women of Quality in the East and that the strongest Instances of Maternal Affection & filial Duty prevail there. Note Begum - The Viziers Mother frequently procures one of the most beautiful Virgins whom she adorns with Pearls and precious stones and brings to the Vizier whom she calls her Lion and desires him to take her to his Arms, this he most religiously performs and she is afterwards consig[ned] to the Zenana with 200 others whom he never sees a second Time.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 60 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Publd. 26th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723.
"Trial scene; Court of Peers in Westminster Hall, galleries packed with spectators."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The lady's magazine, or, Entertaining companion for the fair sex ..., v. 19 (April 1788)., A key to the image, labeled A-Q, is etched on either side of title., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of periodical name from upper margin. Missing text supplied from a more perfect impression., "Ladys magazine"--Above image., Mounted to 27.1 x 17.9 cm., and Mounted after page 182 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1788, according to act of Parliament by G. Robinson & Co., Pater Noster Row
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 and Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Government officials, Judicial proceedings, and Spectators
"Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, wades waist-deep in the sea, advancing towards the spectator. On his shoulders sits Hastings, in oriental dress, holding in each arm a large money-bag inscribed '£4.000.000'. Thurlow scowls; Hastings has a serene and contented expression. In the water (a sea of blood) are the mutilated corpses of Indians: three heads tied together by the hair float in the water; a man floats with a rope round his neck; there are also a scourge and birch-rod."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Gillray in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and A later state with the number '30' in the upper right corner. Cf. No. 7278. in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Publisher:
Pub'd March 1st, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
"Hastings (right) shrinks in terror at the apparition of Chait Singh (left) who emerges from clouds, a rope round his neck, his left hand raised threateningly. His turban is inscribed 'Cheyt Sing.' They stand on opposite sides of a rectangular table covered with a fringed cloth, behind which sits a lady reading a book which lies on the table: 'The State of India'. Her dress and large feathered hat are heavily decked with jewels. Hastings, who wears oriental dress with a jewelled turban, has overturned his chair; on its back are the initials 'W H.' Two Indian servants (right) stand behind Hastings. In the centre of the wall, behind the lady, are shelves on which are money-bags, some inscribed 'Rupees' and 'Pagod[as]', jewels, and a large turban inscribed 'Cheyt Syng.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Chait Singh
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state of no. 7315 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires v. 6. The 'y' in May is partly visible under 'r' engraved over it., and Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
Publisher:
Pub'd Mar. 9 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
India and India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Chait, Singh, rajah of Benares, fl. 1775-1781, and Nandakumara, Mahārāja, -1775
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Politics and government, Ghosts, Gems, Jewelry, Servants, Tablecloths, Turbans, Men, and Clothing & dress
A collection of four engraved admission tickets to the trial of Warren Hastings for the 75th, 116th, 136th, and 141st days in Westminster Hall, each signed by (presumably) the chamberlain for the day -- Chedworth, Somerset, Darlington, Dorchester. Two are printed in black ink, another in blue, and the fourth in green ink; they all carry seals. Three contain comments in a contemporary hand about the day's proceedings praising Sir Robert Dallas's defense, commenting on the fact of Mr. Pitt's reply, and evaluating Edmund Burke's remarks on his second day of speeches. The ticket for the 116th day contains extensive notes on the verso. The ticket of 136th mentions Mr. Fox's reply to Hasting's counsel. Three of the tickets have been torn in the corner, possibly when the bearer entered the hall?
Description:
Warren Hastings (1732-1818) was the first governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1785. He joined the British East India Company in 1750 as a clerk. In 1757 he was made the British Resident of Murshidabad; appointed to the Calcutta council in 1761; a member of the Madras council in 1769; made governor of Bengal in 1772; and appointed the first Governor-General of India in 1773. However, Hastings resigned in 1784, and, returning to England, was charged with high crimes and misdemeanors by Edmund Burke. He was impeached for corruption in 1787 but was acquitted in 1795., In English., Engraved admission tickets with mss. notations., With Hasting's coat of arms in the center with text around image: For the trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Peter Burrell Dy. Great Chamberlain., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Chedworth, John Howe, Baron, 1754-1804., Dallas, Robert, Sir, 1756-1824., Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Somerset, Charles Henry, Lord, 1767-1831.
"A design in two compartments, each based on one of the familiar 'Cries of London': In 'Le--Gagne--Petit' (left) Fox is a knife-grinder busily sharpening a headsman's axe. Arranged along his barrow are four knives of various shapes inscribed respectively 'Enquiry', 'inversion', 'sarcasm' (with a notched blade), 'incrementum'. A horn attached to the barrow is inscribed 'Fluidity', a box 'Collective Ideas'. In the background (left) is the gateway of St. James's Palace with two sentries. Behind Fox (right) is the house at the SW. corner of 'St James's St'. He wears a cap and a waistcoat showing a ragged shirtsleeve. Beneath the design is engraved: 'To be Sirs Ingenious I'll tell you my Mind 'tis for What I can get Makes me Willing to Grind.' [2] 'Poisson-Salé'. Burke walks (left to right) along Pall Mall carrying bundles of stock-fish on a pole across his shoulder; he bends forward supporting himself with a stout stick. His only garment, except hat and short wig showing his own hair, is a coat worn back to front, his legs being bare. On a wall behind him (left) are two play-bills: 'Much-Ado about Nothing Principle Performer Mr B------e with The Fathless Irishman', and 'Impeachment of Warren Hastings a Farce, as performed by the Tools of Faction St Stephens Chaple'. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Salt Fish ho 'tis I Who late Amused you all by Crying Hastings.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gagne petit and Poisson salé
Description:
Title from text between the two designs; subtitles from text above each design., Later reissue of no. 6994 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.6., Temporary local subject terms: Knife grinder -- Barrow -- Gateway of St. James Palace -- Travesty of Cries of London -- Pall Mall., and Mounted to 29 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Boyne & Walker, Great Turnstile
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Fishmongers, Knives, Occupations, Puns (Visual works), and Signs (Notices)
