Five pairs of implacable enemies are shown in the act of reconciliation. Britannia and America clasp hands on the left; behind them the Duke of Richmond takes the hand of Parson Bate ; in the center foreground Fox (with a fox's head) brings together Shelburne and Lord Denbigh, the latter having the body of a dog; behind them are Sir Hugh Palliser and Admiral Keppel, and on the far right John Wilkes and George III shake hands
Alternative Title:
Wonders wonders wonders and wonders
Description:
Title from item. and See no. 6162 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 for another print with the same title, on a similar theme.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 9, 1782 by I. Langham print coulerer No. 84 Dorset Street Salisbury Court Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Denbigh, Basil Fielding, Earl of, 1719-1800, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824 (Henry Bate),, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Shaking hands, and Clothing & dress
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 13 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 9 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Admiral Keppell.
Publisher:
Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 15 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Numbered '29' in contemporary hand in the upper right corner.
Publisher:
Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
