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1. A scene at the New Theatre Covent Garden [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [16 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.16.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: tankard inscribed 'House' -- Trades: poll clerks -- Theaters: Covent Garden -- Hustings -- Election favors -- Elections: parochial poll books -- Parishes: St. James's Parish -- St. Martin's Parish., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 25 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Aprill [the] 16, 1784, by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Crutches, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A scene at the New Theatre Covent Garden [graphic].
2. Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into St. Stephen's Chapel [graphic]
- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.18.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The interior of the House of Commons. The Duchess of Devonshire carries Fox on her shoulders; she looks round at the 'rabble' who follow her, headed by a little chimney-sweep, using his brush and shovel to beat a tune. She says, "When I take a thing in hand I always succeed". Her hair is decorated with a fox's brush. Fox in his orator's attitude, right fist clenched and held out, hat held out in his left hand, says, "I could never have got in without your Grace's assistance". Behind the chimneysweep is (?) Sam House in a shirt and breeches which are unfastened at the knee; he holds up on a pole a chemise or shift inscribed 'All sorts of Shifts made by C. J. Fox', saying, "This is the Devonshire method of introducing Members - Carlo for ever". Behind is a man with a lighted torch or link, saying, 'Sir Cecil has got the Devonshire Cholic'. A band of butchers play on marrow-bones and cleavers; one of them says, "She is a devilish fine Carcass - fine Meat!" On a pole is the cap of Liberty together with a fox's brush and a petticoat. In the background (right) the Speaker, in his chair behind the table with the mace, &c, and clerks are freely sketched: a sea of heads behind indicates the members."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Published after May 17, 1784. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, no. 6588., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Princes, Standards (Identifying artifacts), Elephants, Trumpets, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Carlo Khan's triumphal entry into St. Stephen's Chapel [graphic]
3. Catlap for ever, or, The smuggler's downfall [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 July 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.07.09.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Smuggler's downfall
- Description:
- Reissue by Hannah Humphrey with original imprint burnished from plate., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. Cf. No. 6634., Temporary local subject terms: East India House: exterior -- Taxes: reduction of tea tax -- Taxes: beginning of commutation tax -- Leadenhall Street, London -- Allusion to monopoly -- Birds: spurred game-cock -- Tea chests -- Expressions of speech: cat-lap., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 9, 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Catlap for ever, or, The smuggler's downfall [graphic].
4. Election coalition [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.13.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., Second state entitled: Returning from Brooks's., Printmaker identified from description of the 2nd state. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6528., Temporary local subject terms: Coalitions -- Male costume: Hat of Prince of Wales with Fox's favor., Watermark in center of sheet: shield., and Mounted to 36 x 26 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Election coalition [graphic].
5. Hell in an uproar, or, An express from the committee [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.04.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Express from the committee
- Description:
- Title from item., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom. Admittance one shilling., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to City Remonstrance -- Escutcheons: parody of Ashburton's escutcheons -- Allusion to the Battle of Ushant -- Elections: Westminster, 1790 -- Electors -- Clergy: dissenting minister -- Ships: man-of-war -- Monsters -- Headdress: ships as headdress -- Demons -- Hell -- Emblems: gambling -- Allusion to Test Act -- Barrels -- Tankards., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm. and mounted again to 33 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Aprill [sic] 20th by [S.]W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- House, Samuel, -1785, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hell in an uproar, or, An express from the committee [graphic]
6. Lords of the Bedchamber [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 April 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 18. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duchess of Devonshire (right), in morning cap and gown, makes tea for Fox and Sam House who sit side by side on a sofa (left). The duchess leans back in her chair, one hand on the tap of the urn, while she hands a cup to a footman who stands with a tray. Sam (left) has been served first; he sits stirring his tea and gazing adoringly at Fox (right), who playfully pats his bald head. A spaniel stands in front of them, begging. On the wall behind are two freely sketched whole length portraits: behind the duchess is Reynolds's portrait of her husband standing by his horse (as in British Museum Satires No. 6546), the other is over the heads of House and Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6529 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 128-9., and On leaf 18 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 14th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Dogs, Pleading (Begging), Political elections, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lords of the Bedchamber [graphic].
7. Lords of the Bedchamber [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duchess of Devonshire (right), in morning cap and gown, makes tea for Fox and Sam House who sit side by side on a sofa (left). The duchess leans back in her chair, one hand on the tap of the urn, while she hands a cup to a footman who stands with a tray. Sam (left) has been served first; he sits stirring his tea and gazing adoringly at Fox (right), who playfully pats his bald head. A spaniel stands in front of them, begging. On the wall behind are two freely sketched whole length portraits: behind the duchess is Reynolds's portrait of her husband standing by his horse (as in British Museum Satires No. 6546), the other is over the heads of House and Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 27.3 x 37.5 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 62 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 14th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Dogs, Pleading (Begging), Political elections, and Servants
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lords of the Bedchamber [graphic].
8. Lords of the Bedchamber [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.14.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duchess of Devonshire (right), in morning cap and gown, makes tea for Fox and Sam House who sit side by side on a sofa (left). The duchess leans back in her chair, one hand on the tap of the urn, while she hands a cup to a footman who stands with a tray. Sam (left) has been served first; he sits stirring his tea and gazing adoringly at Fox (right), who playfully pats his bald head. A spaniel stands in front of them, begging. On the wall behind are two freely sketched whole length portraits: behind the duchess is Reynolds's portrait of her husband standing by his horse (as in British Museum Satires No. 6546), the other is over the heads of House and Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Another impression of a print owned by Horace Walpole which is now at NYPL 71., and Mounted to 30 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 14th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Dogs, Pleading (Begging), Political elections, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lords of the Bedchamber [graphic].
9. Pro bono publico the political cluster in terrorem / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- June 25th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.06.25.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A conventional vine-branch ascends the left side of the design, then turns at right angles; from it hangs a symmetrical cluster of heads or masks of Fox and his supporters with closed eyes; the stalk attaching it to the branch is inscribed 'Ripe Fruit for Old Nick'. The central and largest head is that of Fox. On the left and right and slightly lower are the heads of North and Burke; these three are larger than the remaining heads. Between them and beneath Fox's chin are Keppel (left), and (right) perhaps Jack Lee. The apex of the cluster, between the stalk and Fox, is Lord Derby looking downwards. Flanking him, in profile, are Lord Stormont (left) and Lord John Cavendish (right)-Below Stormont and above North is the Duke of Portland, in profile to the left. Below Cavendish and above Burke is an unidentified profile having some resemblance to Carlisle. The lowest point of the cluster is the mask of Sam House. Between this and the heads of North and Burke on each side are two small profiles: below North (left) that of Hall the apothecary, and between Hall and House the hideous profile of the Westminster Justice (? Kelly), see BMSat 6575, &c.; below Burke (right) that of the Earl of Surrey, and between Surrey and House that of Powys. On the ground at the foot of the vine-branch and beneath the cluster is a pile of objects inscribed 'Trophies'. In the foreground (left) is a pair of crutches inscribed 'Patriotic Props'. In the centre of the base of the pile are (left) a fox's brush inscribed 'Euphorbium' (an allusion to the 'sneezing-bag' thrown at Fox, see BMSat 6426, &c.) and (right) a mask of the faces of Fox and North inscribed 'Coalition' imitated from 'The Mask by Sayers', see BMSat 6234. On the extreme left is a document inscribed 'Œconomy (but the word scored through) 24,000l. Pr Annum'; against it lie a pair of spectacles, emblems of Burke and the meagre results of his Bill of Economical Reform (cf. BMSat 5657). On the extreme right is a pestle (inscribed 'Capricum, Capricum') and mortar and another pair of spectacles, emblems of Hall the apothecary. Beside the pestle is a document inscribed 'Receipt Tax', an unpopular measure of the Coalition (see BMSat 6243, &c.) which was dropped by Pitt; a flag inscribed 'July 27th', a gibe at Keppel's conduct at the Battle of Ushant in 1778 (see BMSat 5992, &c); a paper inscribed 'American War', a gibe at North. In the centre, lying against the fox's brush, is a document inscribed 'India Bill' (see BMSat 6271, &c.) and an open book inscribed 'Platonic Love'. The three remaining trophies, at the summit of the pile, are a weaver's shuttle inscribed 'Weavers', to insinuate that Fox had bribed Spitalfields weavers to vote for him, see BMSat 6575, &c.; a laurel branch, emblem of victory in the Westminster Election; and a butcher's cleaver inscribed 'Westminster Election', emblem of the butchers canvassed by the Duchess of Devonshire"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Political cluster in terrorem
- Description:
- Title from caption below image: Political cluster in terrorem, Text at top of image: Pro bono publico., and Temporary local subject terms: Bipartite masks: Fox and North -- Coalitions: Allusion to Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Apothecary's mortar and pestle -- Cleavers -- Allusion to canvassing butchers -- Taxes: Allusion to Receipt tax -- Allusion to 'sneezing bag' thrown at Fox, 12 February, 1784 -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Allusion to Burke's bill on economical reform -- Allusion to American War -- Flags: allusion to the Battle of Ushant, 27 July, 1778 -- Allusion to Spittalfields weavers.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Crutches, Eyeglasses, Gallows, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pro bono publico the political cluster in terrorem / [graphic]
10. Procession to the Hustings after a successful canvass, No. 14 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.30.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An election-procession lead by the Duchess of Devonshire marches towards the hustings, indicated by a corner of the pediment of St. Paul's Church. Other marches include her sister Lady Duncannon and perhaps Mrs. Crewe who wear the emblems of the Prince of Wales -- the ostrich plumes and of Fox. Each holds an election placard, one of which proclaims "No tax on maid-servants."
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. 14.", and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Published April 30, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Crewe, Frances Anne Greville Crewe, Lady, 1748-1818, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliamen
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, Political participation, and Political posters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Procession to the Hustings after a successful canvass, No. 14 [graphic].
11. Procession to the hustings after a successful canvass, No. 14 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.30.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An election-procession marches (right to left) towards the hustings which are indicated by a corner of the pediment of St. Paul's Church and a crowd. A band of butchers, with marrow-bones and cleavers, heads the procession. Next walks the Duchess of Devonshire, holding up on a pole a pair of breeches inscribed 'Man of the People', and surmounted by a crowing cock. She is followed by a lady holding up on a pole a placard with 'Fox (a fox) and the Rights of the Commons'. A third lady holds up on a pole a mob-cap and apron inscribed 'No Tax on Maid Servants'. They are followed by sturdy-looking citizens wearing 'Fox' favours, one of whom carries a fourth standard: a key tied in a hoop and inscribed 'Key of the Back Stairs', [This emblem appears to have been first used on 14 Feb., during Fox's procession to Devonshire House (see British Museum Satires No. 6421, &c), when 'at Lord Temple's, a wag held up a flag tied to a stick, hung round with crape, which he called 'the Secret Influence Key in Mourning'. Full and Authentic Account of the Proceedings in Westminster Hall', 1784, pp. 26-7 n.] in allusion to the 'secret influence' which favoured Pitt, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6417. &c, 6557, 6592, 7139, 7325, 7339, 7372, 7634, 8102. House is seen between the first two ladies, waving his hat and wildly cheering the procession; other spectators do the same. See British Museum Satires No. 6475, &c. The Duchess is more characterized than her two companions, who are probably her sister Lady Duncannon and perhaps Mrs. Crewe, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6493, &c. All three wear the ostrich plumes and fox's brush which were worn as emblems of the Prince of Wales and of Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with altered publication line, of a print originally issued with the imprint "London, Published April 30th, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre." Cf. No. 6564 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Election standards -- Election emblems -- Electors' parade to the Hustings, Westminster, 1784 -- Marrowbones -- Cleavers -- Taxes: Proposed tax on maidservants, 1784 -- Key of the Back Stairs -- Election favors -- St. Paul's facade, Covent Garden., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published April 30th, 1784, by G. Humphrey, Printseller, & Dealer in Natural Curiosities, No. 48 Long Acre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Crewe, Frances Anne Greville Crewe, Lady, 1748-1818, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Butchers, and Parades & processions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Procession to the hustings after a successful canvass, No. 14 [graphic].
12. Procession to the hustings after a successful canvass, No. 14 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An election-procession marches (right to left) towards the hustings which are indicated by a corner of the pediment of St. Paul's Church and a crowd. A band of butchers, with marrow-bones and cleavers, heads the procession. Next walks the Duchess of Devonshire, holding up on a pole a pair of breeches inscribed 'Man of the People', and surmounted by a crowing cock. She is followed by a lady holding up on a pole a placard with 'Fox (a fox) and the Rights of the Commons'. A third lady holds up on a pole a mob-cap and apron inscribed 'No Tax on Maid Servants'. They are followed by sturdy-looking citizens wearing 'Fox' favours, one of whom carries a fourth standard: a key tied in a hoop and inscribed 'Key of the Back Stairs', [This emblem appears to have been first used on 14 Feb., during Fox's procession to Devonshire House (see British Museum Satires No. 6421, &c), when 'at Lord Temple's, a wag held up a flag tied to a stick, hung round with crape, which he called 'the Secret Influence Key in Mourning'. Full and Authentic Account of the Proceedings in Westminster Hall', 1784, pp. 26-7 n.] in allusion to the 'secret influence' which favoured Pitt, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6417. &c, 6557, 6592, 7139, 7325, 7339, 7372, 7634, 8102. House is seen between the first two ladies, waving his hat and wildly cheering the procession; other spectators do the same. See British Museum Satires No. 6475, &c. The Duchess is more characterized than her two companions, who are probably her sister Lady Duncannon and perhaps Mrs. Crewe, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6493, &c. All three wear the ostrich plumes and fox's brush which were worn as emblems of the Prince of Wales and of Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with altered publication line, of a print originally issued with the imprint "London, Published April 30th, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre." Cf. No. 6564 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Election standards -- Election emblems -- Electors' parade to the Hustings, Westminster, 1784 -- Marrowbones -- Cleavers -- Taxes: Proposed tax on maidservants, 1784 -- Key of the Back Stairs -- Election favors -- St. Paul's facade, Covent Garden., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 35.5 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Formerly mounted on leaf 71 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Published April 30th, 1784, by G. Humphrey, Printseller, & Dealer in Natural Curiosities, No. 48 Long Acre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Crewe, Frances Anne Greville Crewe, Lady, 1748-1818, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Butchers, and Parades & processions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Procession to the hustings after a successful canvass, No. 14 [graphic].
13. Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 16. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Heads of the members of the new ministry stand on wig blocks in a barber's shop. The barber washes his hands in a bowl attached to a double stand with the bewildered looking head of Lord North and the happily smiling one of Charles Fox on it. Behind them stand blocks with the heads of the Duke of Portland, Lords Cavendish, Stormont (David Murray), Carlisle, and Admiral Keppel. Samuel House, a well known Fox supporter, and a plebeian politician, is seated, with his tankard in his hand, in a chair placed next to Keppel's head. The head of Burke behind him wears an unhappy expression, perhaps at the distance between him and the other cabinet members. Behind the barber on the floor lie the discarded heads of former ministers, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Shelburne, and Dundas. Above on the wall are mirror images of Charles I and Cromwell, ready to embrace each other. "A new Map of Great Britain and Ireland" above the fireplace is torn between Ireland and the British Isle on which the name 'England' is conspicously absent below Scotland and Wales
- Alternative Title:
- Heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom and Heads of a new wig administration on a broad bottom
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 40.1 x 27.4 cm, on sheet 42.7 x 28.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 16 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 21st April 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and London
- Subject (Name):
- Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Wigs, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]
14. Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.21.02+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 16. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Heads of the members of the new ministry stand on wig blocks in a barber's shop. The barber washes his hands in a bowl attached to a double stand with the bewildered looking head of Lord North and the happily smiling one of Charles Fox on it. Behind them stand blocks with the heads of the Duke of Portland, Lords Cavendish, Stormont (David Murray), Carlisle, and Admiral Keppel. Samuel House, a well known Fox supporter, and a plebeian politician, is seated, with his tankard in his hand, in a chair placed next to Keppel's head. The head of Burke behind him wears an unhappy expression, perhaps at the distance between him and the other cabinet members. Behind the barber on the floor lie the discarded heads of former ministers, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Shelburne, and Dundas. Above on the wall are mirror images of Charles I and Cromwell, ready to embrace each other. "A new Map of Great Britain and Ireland" above the fireplace is torn between Ireland and the British Isle on which the name 'England' is conspicously absent below Scotland and Wales
- Alternative Title:
- Heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom and Heads of a new wig administration on a broad bottom
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Watermark: countermark I V., and Some subjects identified by DeGrey below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published 21st April 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and London
- Subject (Name):
- Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Wigs, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]
15. Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 16. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Heads of the members of the new ministry stand on wig blocks in a barber's shop. The barber washes his hands in a bowl attached to a double stand with the bewildered looking head of Lord North and the happily smiling one of Charles Fox on it. Behind them stand blocks with the heads of the Duke of Portland, Lords Cavendish, Stormont (David Murray), Carlisle, and Admiral Keppel. Samuel House, a well known Fox supporter, and a plebeian politician, is seated, with his tankard in his hand, in a chair placed next to Keppel's head. The head of Burke behind him wears an unhappy expression, perhaps at the distance between him and the other cabinet members. Behind the barber on the floor lie the discarded heads of former ministers, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Shelburne, and Dundas. Above on the wall are mirror images of Charles I and Cromwell, ready to embrace each other. "A new Map of Great Britain and Ireland" above the fireplace is torn between Ireland and the British Isle on which the name 'England' is conspicously absent below Scotland and Wales
- Alternative Title:
- Heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom and Heads of a new wig administration on a broad bottom
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 27.
- Publisher:
- Published 21st April 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and London
- Subject (Name):
- Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Wigs, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]
16. Returning from Brooks's [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales, drunk, staggers along supported on his right by Fox, on his left by Sam House. He wears a 'Fox' favour and a Prince of Wales plume in his hat. Fox, whose left arm is linked in the Prince's right, points at him with his right forefinger. House (right) stands in back-view, turning his head to look at Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Gillray from British Museum catalogue., Originally issued without imprint and with the title: Election coalition. See Lewis Walpole Library 784.04.13.01.1., Etched below title in lower right: No. 12., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Coalitions -- Male costume: Hat of Prince of Wales with Fox's favor., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; oval image 20.0 x 15.4 cm, on sheet 23.4 x 16.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 71a (i.e. verso of leaf 70) of volume 1 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Published April 13, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Returning from Brooks's [graphic].
17. Returning from Brooks's [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.13.01.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales, drunk, staggers along supported on his right by Fox, on his left by Sam House. He wears a 'Fox' favour and a Prince of Wales plume in his hat. Fox, whose left arm is linked in the Prince's right, points at him with his right forefinger. House (right) stands in back-view, turning his head to look at Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Gillray from British Museum catalogue., Originally issued without imprint and with the title: Election coalition. See Lewis Walpole Library 784.04.13.01.1., Etched below title in lower right: No. 12., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Coalitions -- Male costume: Hat of Prince of Wales with Fox's favor., and Oval image slightly trimmed at the top.
- Publisher:
- Published April 13, 1784, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Returning from Brooks's [graphic].
18. Sir Samuel House [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 July 1781]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait (whole-length) of Sam House seated in an arm-chair, a wineglass in his right hand, his left hand on his hip. At his right side, on a small rectangular table, is a punch-bowl inscribed "Fox for eve[r]". He is in his well-known dress, see BMSat 5696, &c, and wears ungartered stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue. Also attributed to Charles Knight; see British Museum online catalogue., Text below title: Libertas et natule [sic] solum., and Mounted on leaf 9a (i.e. verso of leaf 8) of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Published July 12, 1781, by C. Knight, Berwick Street
- Subject (Name):
- House, Samuel, -1785
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir Samuel House [graphic].
19. Supplys for the year 1784 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.17.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Supplies for the year 1784
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., The number '4' etched over the number '3' in the imprint line., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Crowns: ducal coronet -- Sam House -- Dishes: foaming tankard -- Masks -- Election favors -- Coins -- Fountains -- Allusion to Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington, 1739-1807., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs April 17, 1784, by H. MacPhail, No. 68 H'h. Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Cancassing, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Supplys for the year 1784 [graphic].
20. The Brentford race for the Middlesex septennial plate [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 22d, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.04.22.08+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The candidates for Middlesex and their supporters race (right to left) to Brentford. The foremost rider is Wilkes on a horse wearing a royal crown (indicating George III); he holds up the cap of 'Liberty' on its staff. Half a length behind, and nearer the spectator, is Mainwaring, holding up a sword whose blade is inscribed 'Justice'. His horse's human head is blindfolded, in its mouth is a pair of scales; in one balance is 'Byng Dunston', in the other and heavier, 'Wilkes Manwaring'. The horse probably represents Justice, its rider was a well-known Middlesex Justice and chairman of the Middlesex Sessions. Behind Wilkes, his horse's head hidden, is a rider not identified, he has lost his stirrups and clutches his saddle with both hands. Behind these three and in the centre of the design is George Byng, the friend of Fox and the Prince of Wales, M.P. for Middlesex since 1780. He rides a pair of horses (representing the Coalition), standing with one foot on the saddle of each; the near horse has the head of Fox, the other that of North; the tail of the near horse is a fox's brush inscribed 'Grace'. The fore legs of the pair touch a paper inscribed 'Test'. Byng's whip is inscribed 'Coalition' and he is saying, "Spur them up behind Doctor, or I shall lose the race", addressing Hall, the Westminster apothecary, who rides like a hobby horse a pair of crutches tied with a ribbon; in place of a hat he wears a mortar inscribed 'All [sic] Blue and Buff'; he holds up his pestle as if it were a whip. Behind Byng, Jeffery Dunstan rides an ass with long ears and the head of Sam House; he looks round to address the Duchess of Devonshire who is the last of the cavalcade. The Duchess (right) rides astride, her bunched-up skirt showing spurred half-boots. Her horse has the head of the Earl of Surrey; she says, "Byng for ever - and may the Hearty Cock ever stand stout in our sarvice". Dunstan says, "Well said my Dutchess - Charly's Whipper-in for ever. Huzza". The Duchess wears a heavily trimmed hat in which is a large election favour and four fox's tails, each inscribed 'Byng'. On the extreme left is a sign-post pointing 'To Brentford'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 27 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Middlesex (England), and England.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Mainwaring, William, 1735-1821, Byng, George, ca. 1735-1789, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, House, Samuel, -1785, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Elections, Crutches, Donkeys, Hobby horses, Horse racing, Horses, Justice, Liberty cap, Pharmacists, Political elections, Scales, Symbols, and Traffic signs & signals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Brentford race for the Middlesex septennial plate [graphic]
21. The May garland, or, Triumph without victory [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- May 26, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.05.26.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Triumph without victory
- Description:
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The May garland, or, Triumph without victory [graphic]
22. The Westminster deserter drum'd out of the regiment [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 20. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir Cecil Wray (left) is being drummed away from the hustings; Sam House, the central figure, beats a drum, looking at Wray. On the right, ignoring Wray, stands Fox addressing the populace, a cheering crowd behind him; he holds a flag on which is the figure of Britannia seated, holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and the words 'Champion of the People'. He says, "Friends & Fellow Citizens I cannot find words to express my feelings to you upon this Victory". Wray walks beside a procession which marches to Sam House's drum. It is headed by Chelsea pensioners with wooden legs, who scowl at him; one carries a crutch over his shoulder. They have two flags, inscribed respectively 'May all public Deserters feel public Resentment' (Wray had deserted the cause of Fox who nominated him for Westminster in 1782, see British Museum Satires No. 5998), and 'Chealsea Hospital'. They are followed by a detachment of maidservants, with a flag inscribed 'Tax on Maid Servants'; they carry over their shoulders a broom, a brush, a mop, a shovel. A crowd cheers frantically, hats are waved at the procession and at Fox. Behind Fox is part of the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, the scene of his triumph at the hustings, see British Museum Satires No. 6590, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Westminster deserter drummed out of the regiment
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6586 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate originally published 18 May 1784; see Grego., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 138-40., and On leaf 20 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Drums (Musical instruments), and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster deserter drum'd out of the regiment [graphic].
23. The Westminster deserter drum'd out of the regiment [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [18 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir Cecil Wray (left) is being drummed away from the hustings; Sam House, the central figure, beats a drum, looking at Wray. On the right, ignoring Wray, stands Fox addressing the populace, a cheering crowd behind him; he holds a flag on which is the figure of Britannia seated, holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and the words 'Champion of the People'. He says, "Friends & Fellow Citizens I cannot find words to express my feelings to you upon this Victory". Wray walks beside a procession which marches to Sam House's drum. It is headed by Chelsea pensioners with wooden legs, who scowl at him; one carries a crutch over his shoulder. They have two flags, inscribed respectively 'May all public Deserters feel public Resentment' (Wray had deserted the cause of Fox who nominated him for Westminster in 1782, see British Museum Satires No. 5998), and 'Chealsea Hospital'. They are followed by a detachment of maidservants, with a flag inscribed 'Tax on Maid Servants'; they carry over their shoulders a broom, a brush, a mop, a shovel. A crowd cheers frantically, hats are waved at the procession and at Fox. Behind Fox is part of the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, the scene of his triumph at the hustings, see British Museum Satires No. 6590, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Westminster deserter drummed out of the regiment
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Plate from: The history of the Westminster election., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Churches: St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Proposed tax on maidservants -- Chelsea Hospital pensioners -- Hustings -- Drumming for the hustings -- Slogans: 'Champion of the people' -- Veterans., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 36.4 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 79 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Drums (Musical instruments), Brooms, Cheering, Crowds, Crutches, and Servants
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Westminster deserter drum'd out of the regiment [graphic].
24. The Westminster deserter drum'd out of the regiment [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [18 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.18.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir Cecil Wray (left) is being drummed away from the hustings; Sam House, the central figure, beats a drum, looking at Wray. On the right, ignoring Wray, stands Fox addressing the populace, a cheering crowd behind him; he holds a flag on which is the figure of Britannia seated, holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and the words 'Champion of the People'. He says, "Friends & Fellow Citizens I cannot find words to express my feelings to you upon this Victory". Wray walks beside a procession which marches to Sam House's drum. It is headed by Chelsea pensioners with wooden legs, who scowl at him; one carries a crutch over his shoulder. They have two flags, inscribed respectively 'May all public Deserters feel public Resentment' (Wray had deserted the cause of Fox who nominated him for Westminster in 1782, see British Museum Satires No. 5998), and 'Chealsea Hospital'. They are followed by a detachment of maidservants, with a flag inscribed 'Tax on Maid Servants'; they carry over their shoulders a broom, a brush, a mop, a shovel. A crowd cheers frantically, hats are waved at the procession and at Fox. Behind Fox is part of the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, the scene of his triumph at the hustings, see British Museum Satires No. 6590, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Westminster deserter drummed out of the regiment
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Plate from: The history of the Westminster election., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Churches: St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Proposed tax on maidservants -- Chelsea Hospital pensioners -- Hustings -- Drumming for the hustings -- Slogans: 'Champion of the people' -- Veterans., and Mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Drums (Musical instruments), Brooms, Cheering, Crowds, Crutches, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster deserter drum'd out of the regiment [graphic].
25. The Westminster return [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 10th, 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.03.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker 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., Temporary local subject terms: Proposed abolition of Chelsea Hospital -- Allusion to Chelsea pensioners -- Westminster electors as geese -- Allusion to the House of Commons -- Signs: sign-posts -- Asses -- Election scrutiny -- Taxes: small beer tax., and Partial watermark top center of sheet: Fleur-de-lis on shield, with initials L V G below.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, Chelsea Hospital for Women (London, England), and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Butchers, Weavers, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster return [graphic].
26. The aerostatick stage balloon Setts out from Swan with two Necks Lad Lane every Monday Morg. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, attributed name
- Published / Created:
- [23 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.12.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A balloon about to rise from the ground encircled by three tiers of galleries or narrow platforms, protected by railings. Behind the railings sit the passengers. In the highest tier are three ladies notorious at that time for their amours ...: Grace Elliott or Eliot, née Dalrymple, known as 'Dally the tall', she holds a fan, turning her head in profile to the left, towards Perdita (Mary Robinson), who clasps her hands ecstatically; Lady Worsley sits on the right. In the centre gallery sit ex-ministers: North (left) and Fox (right) in the centre, North's arm on Fox's shoulder; Fox turns his head to North with an expression of satisfaction. Each rests his right hand on the railing in front of him, and these hands hold an inconspicuous thread which is attached to the nose of the Duke of Portland (left), who turns in profile to the right. On the right, a little apart, sits Burke dressed as a Jesuit (see British Museum Satires No. 6205) looking in profile to the right towards the Pope, who stands on the gallery, emerging from behind the curve of the balloon. He wears furred robes and his triple crown; as a pendant to him on the extreme left is the Devil looking towards the ministers with a pleased expression; over his arm he holds a net. In the lowest gallery sit celebrated quacks and other London characters. These are (left to right) "Vestina', the goddess of Health who advertised the virtues of the celestial bed (incorrectly said to have been Lady Hamilton), sits next her employer, Dr. Graham; they look at each other; she holds a sceptre wreathed with a garland. Jeffery Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat, stands, knock-kneed, with his sack over his shoulder in his accustomed attitude when calling 'old wigs'. Sam House sits resting a foaming tankard of porter on the railing in front of him, the tankard inscribed "House Ward[our] Stre[eet]". Katerfelto, turned in profile to the right, gazes up at the moon through his telescope; in his left hand is a paper, "Wonders, Wonders Most Wonderfull Wonders", the usual heading of his advertisements, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6162. His black cat sits on the railing facing him, saying, "are there Mice in the Moon Master". In the upper right corner of the design is the moon, a crescent-shaped profile inset in a circle, looking down at the balloon. The balloon is encircled longitudinally by eight ropes which meet in a knot beneath it and are there attached to four stouter ropes attached to the four corners of a platform which rests on the ground, from which the balloon appears about to ascend. On this platform is a tub inscribed "Vanity", bubbling over with soapsuds inscribed "Froth". Beside the platform (right) stands a Frenchman capering on one leg and flourishing a knife. He says, "Oh Begar dis be von fine Cargo." ... In the background are the roofs and spires of London, St. Paul's being prominent on the left, the Monument on the right. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Hanibal Scratch" might be a pseudonym of John Nixon; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, page 842., Text beneath title: Setts out from Swan with two Necks Lad Lane every Monday morg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Twenty lines of verse in four columns below image, etched above and on either side of title: Who choose a journey to the Moon, may take it in our Stage Balloon ...
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 23, 1783, by Wm. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Elliott, Grace Dalrymple, -1823, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799, Graham, James, 1745-1794, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Katterfelto, Gustavus, -1799, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Monument, The (London, England), Beer, Balloons (Aircraft), Cats, Devil, Drinking vessels, Mistresses, Politicians, Quacks, Ropes, Scepters, Telescopes, Wash tubs, and Knives
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The aerostatick stage balloon Setts out from Swan with two Necks Lad Lane every Monday Morg. / [graphic]
27. The babes in the wood, or, Coalition rondeau [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [28 June 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.06.28.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox and North stand in the pillory on a small platform supported on a post above the heads of a circle of spectators. Their heads only are confined; North is in back-view, Fox stands full-face looking to the left, his hands clasped. The spectators are three quarter length; Sam House is conspicuous (left) holding a foaming tankard and saying, "Come Charly here's to the Electors of Westminster one Good Turn deserves another". A woman in back-view holds a basket of eggs on her hip; she says, "Come Who'll buy my Plumpers Two a Penny Plumpers". A man next her (right) is about to throw an egg, saying, "Here goes a Plumper for Charly".--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Coalition rondeau
- Description:
- Title etched below image., A satire on the Fox-North coalition, and on the Westminster Election., Coalitions: Fox-North, 1783., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 28, 1784, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, 1760-1789, Crowds, Pillories, Spectators, and Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The babes in the wood, or, Coalition rondeau [graphic].
28. The celebrated Sam House of Wardour Street, Soho, London [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of text below title: Famous for his disinterested patriotism & wonderful attachment to Fox in the late Westminster elections., Plate from: The new wonderful magazine, v. 2, p. 267., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: jugs -- Reference to Charles James Fox., and Mounted to 37 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by C. Johnson
- Subject (Name):
- House, Samuel, -1785
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The celebrated Sam House of Wardour Street, Soho, London [graphic].
29. The disappointed candidate solus [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir Cecil Wray in the foreground, standing on the edge of a circular platform, looks down over his left shoulder at the procession which is chairing Fox round Covent Garden. He holds his right hand to his mouth, in his left he clutches a paper, 'Instruction to make A Speech'. The heads and shoulders of the procession appear over the edge of the platform: in front (left) are men on horse-back, some playing musical instruments, their hats decorated with favours and leaves. (They appear to represent the 'squadron of gentlemen on horseback in the blue and buff uniform', who were followed by trumpeters. 'London Chronicle', 18 May.) Their flag is inscribed 'The Whig Cause'. Next come men on foot immediately in front of Fox, with a flag inscribed 'Man of the People'. Fox, smiling, is seated above the heads of his supporters, his chair wreathed with laurel branches. The striped jacket of one of his bearers shows that he is a butcher; next comes Sam House. Behind walk men, some wearing their hats, which are decorated with favours and foxes' brushes. Their flag is inscribed 'Sacred to Female Patriotism'. Behind (right) is the façade of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, the pediment inscribed 'House of Call for Candidates'. The windows of the houses on the south of the Piazza (left) are crowded with spectators; others stand on the roofs waving their hats. Beneath the title are the words spoken by Wray: "I am Bit D------n the Fox, the D------ss, Chelsea Hospital, Maid Servants, Small Beer, the back Stairs & all together, to be Sure I'm no Speaker Ive no Head I shall not be brought in but the Scrutiny His M-----y will have that and that Bald Pated Son of a B------h Sam H-----se [House] not content with giving my Opponent [sic] Plumpers Threatned to give me A Plumper in each Eye if I did not Cock my Hat t'other Way.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman., and Mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, May 20, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England) and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The disappointed candidate solus [graphic].
30. The fox and the geese triumphant [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 21st, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.05.21.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Kelly, Justice of the Peace, fl. 1784 -- Medal of the Justices of the Peace in Westminster -- Chairing: Fox on goose -- Prince of Wales as a goose -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Mottos: 'Ich Dien' -- Apothecary's mortar and pestles -- Election flags -- Allusion to butchers -- Allusion to Spittalfields weavers -- Musical instruments., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published, as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Foxes, Geese, Political elections, and Trumpets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox and the geese triumphant [graphic]
