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1. Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 2. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his right arm round North's shoulder, saying, " ... give me a sup of your soup ..." To the right, a devil squatting on a low stool in front of a fireplace blows bellows at the fire under a large cauldron with more broth in it. A large coalition medal (cf. BMSat 6183) with the likenesses of North and Fox hangs above the mantel
- Alternative Title:
- Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6219 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 47., and On leaf 2 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
2. Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.22.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his right arm round North's shoulder, saying, " ... give me a sup of your soup ..." To the right, a devil squatting on a low stool in front of a fireplace blows bellows at the fire under a large cauldron with more broth in it. A large coalition medal (cf. BMSat 6183) with the likenesses of North and Fox hangs above the mantel
- Alternative Title:
- Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 24 x 33 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
3. Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his right arm round North's shoulder, saying, " ... give me a sup of your soup ..." To the right, a devil squatting on a low stool in front of a fireplace blows bellows at the fire under a large cauldron with more broth in it. A large coalition medal (cf. BMSat 6183) with the likenesses of North and Fox hangs above the mantel
- Alternative Title:
- Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 25.9 x 34.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 1 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
