"A scene in the House of Commons. Pitt stands by the table in back view, right arm held out, his head turned to address Fox. Fox (right) and North are seated on the front Opposition bench; Fox, wearing his hat and holding a stick, bites his fingers and turns his head away from Pitt, looking sulky and abashed. North, his forehead puckered in a frown, conceals his face behind a paper on which he is writing. The Speaker, Cornwall, stands (left) in profile to the right; below him the Clerks of the House, John Hatsell, Clerk (left), and John Ley, Clerk Assistant (right), are seated at the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text following title: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? &c. &c., Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Speakers of the House of Commons -- Literature: Quotation referencing Catilinam, I.i.1., and Mounted to 47 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Published 17th March 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Public speaking, Benches, and Staffs (Sticks)
"The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrinkled top-boots with heavy spurs. He holds a glove in his (gloved) left hand. In his right hand is a small cane. A double chin, heavy, paunchy figure, and wrinkled dress give an impression of physical slackness."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Companion print to: "Mental energy.", 1 print : etching with aquatint and stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.5 x 20 cm., and Offset from another impression on verso.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
"The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrinkled top-boots with heavy spurs. He holds a glove in his (gloved) left hand. In his right hand is a small cane. A double chin, heavy, paunchy figure, and wrinkled dress give an impression of physical slackness."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Companion print to: "Mental energy.", Figure identification in pencil in contemporary hand below plate mark., and Mounted to 39 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
"Portrait of Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing a long wig and ermine cape; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal decorated with coat of arms ... after Godfrey Kneller."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image. and Date and place of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,67.330.
A full length caricature of William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire, walking right, in a top hat and carrying a walking stick in his right gloved hand
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decemr. 2d, 1822 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858
"Portrait of Thomas Pelham-Hollis, 1st Duke of Newcastle, head and shoulders to left, looking to right, wearing long, curly wig, gown with fur collar, and lace cravat; in an oval, within allegorical composition, featuring letters and scroll below, ink stand with quill pens at centre, peacock at right, and two riders among clouds above; illustration to Horace Walpole's 'Lord Orford's Memoires'; after Bentley, portrait after Kneller."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Title from caption above image: Lord Orford's Memoires., and Plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London: J. Murray, 1822.
Publisher:
J. Murray
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768,
"Portrait, half-length, in front of a curtain; directed to front, facing towards right; wearing a dark double-breasted coat, light waistcoat and neckerchief; landscape in background on right; in an oval within rectangular frame; after T. Phillips; state after letters of title shaded."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Whitman., Dedication beneath title: To His Grace the Duke of Northumberland K.G. &c. &c. &c. this print is respectfully inscribed by His Grace's most obedient humble servant, Samuel William Reynolds., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 619 (leaf numbered '56' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1st, 1806, by S.W. Reynolds, 47, Poland Street
"Half-length portrait aged 74, sitting in armchair, directed to the right, looking towards the viewer, in wig and private dress, curtain behind on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and In paper frame: 365 x 274 mm.
Publisher:
Published May 11, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1841]
Call Number:
841.00.00.37+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left, poor emaciated laborers are chained to the ground while above them dangle bread, meat and beer just out of their reach. Behind them a building inscribed 'Poor Law Union'. The ground is inscribed 'Land of the free'. A crowd of people enter a tunnel that above has a sign that reads, 'County Gaol.' In contrast, on the right fat Members of Parliament sit and listen to a speech against Poor Law Reform made by possibly Melborne (William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne) who has a paper inscribed with '£70 000 Per Annum'.
Description:
Title from text below image., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left portion of design., Part of a new series of The political drama that was begun in 1841. See pages 12-13 in: C.J. Grant's political drama: a radical satirist rediscovered. London : University College, c1998., "Price 1d. plain."--Upper right corner., and Wood engraving with letterpress text.
Publisher:
Printed and published by B.D. Cousins, 18, Duke-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848
Subject (Topic):
Poor persons, Laborers, Chains, Bread, Meat, Beer, Tunnels, Jails, Politicians, and Public speaking
Portrait of Henry Seymour Conway, half length, turned slightly left, in an oval
Alternative Title:
Field Marshall Conway
Description:
Title from text below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 277 (leaf numbered '95' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs May 1st, 1798, by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
