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1. A Canterbury tale [graphic].

Published / Created:: [5 November 1788]
Call Number:: 788.11.05.01.2 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Archbishop -- Anticipation of effects of insanity of King George III -- Mitres -- Allusion to Regency crisis.
Publisher:: Pub, Nov'r 5th 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Clergy, and England
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Canterbury tale [graphic].

2. A dish of mutton-chop's [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [28 March 1788]
Call Number:: 788.03.28.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow sit at a circular dinner-table on which is the King's head in a large dish. The dish is ornamented with a crown and the words 'Mal. y . Pense'. Pitt (left) sits in profile to the right cutting off a piece of the tongue with a knife and fork. Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, faces him, using two large spoons greedily (cf. BMSat 7166), he is taking brains from a hole in the King's forehead. Hastings, in oriental dress, sits between them gouging out an eye with a spoon and fork. Besides Pitt is a sauce-boat inscribed 'Sauce', beside Thurlow a bottle inscribed 'Vinegar'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Oriental costume -- Royal motto: Honi soit qui mal y pense., and Inscribed in ink below signature in an unidentified hand: Gillray's early feigned signature.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 28th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Tableware, and Cannibalism
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A dish of mutton-chop's [graphic]

3. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789]
Call Number:: 789.01.12.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Misfire at the Constitution
Description:: Title etched below image., Above on the same sheet is printed the etching of bonnet rouge, the symbol of the revolutionary spirit of the sans-culottes of 1793., and Mounted to 49 x 34 cm.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany, 1789, by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Sansculottes, Regency, and Firearms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

4. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789]
Call Number:: 789.01.12.01.1+ Impression 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Misfire at the Constitution
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Watermark: (partial) crown on top of shield with fleur-de-lis., and On verso in contemporary hand: A horse being the arms of Hanover, the horse stands for the P[rince] of W[ales], 1789. Fox, Sheridan make the P[rince] of W[ales] their stalking horse to fire at the rights of the Crown & the people.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

5. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Misfire at the Constitution
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 23.9 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 27.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

6. A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his shooting-pony (his stalking-horse), whose head is held by Sheridan. The headband, inscribed 'Ich Dien', and holding the Prince's feathers, indicates the Prince of Wales. His eyes are covered by blinkers. Under his fore-feet are two papers: 'Addresses from Edinburgh Glasgow Borough of Southwark' and 'City of London Vote of Thanks to Mr Pitt . . . 267'. Papers issue from Sheridan's coat-pocket and flutter to the ground: 'Paragraph against the Minister, Puffs direct for the P------e, Puffs oblique for the P------e of W(an allusion to the passage on 'the Puff direct', &c, in 'The Critic', 1. ii), Abuse of the Minister'. Under his foot is the 'Oath of Allegiance'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Misfire at the Constitution
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 65 with one other print.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

7. A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14 Jany. 1789.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 19.3 x 17 cm, on sheet 21.1 x 18.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]

8. A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14 Jany. 1789.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 68.
Publisher:: Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]

9. A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 14 Jany. 1789.
Call Number:: 789.01.14.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:: Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Note on verso in contemporary hand: Sheridan accus'd of having stopped the performance of God Save the King, in the King's illness - 1788.
Publisher:: Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]