On the right a grotesque figure representing the French Republic sits on a pile of gin barrels, serpents writhing in her hair as flames -- labelled Rapine, Murder, Famine, Atheism -- spit from their mouths. At her feet lies the decapitated figure of J...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publ. Feby 10, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Subject (Topic):
Justice (Virtue), Sansculottes, History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Foreign relations
"Alecto, a fantastic hag (as in BMSat 7721), stands outside the Crown and Anchor tavern between a diminutive Sheridan (left), playing a fife, and Fox (right), a burly drummer, both wearing regimentals. She towers above them, holding a long pike surmou...
Alternative Title:
Recruiting sarjeant enlisting John-Bull into the Revolution Service
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 4th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Alecto, a fantastic hag (as in BMSat 7721), stands outside the Crown and Anchor tavern between a diminutive Sheridan (left), playing a fife, and Fox (right), a burly drummer, both wearing regimentals. She towers above them, holding a long pike surmou...
Alternative Title:
Recruiting sarjeant enlisting John-Bull into the Revolution Service
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 4th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Alecto, a fantastic hag (as in BMSat 7721), stands outside the Crown and Anchor tavern between a diminutive Sheridan (left), playing a fife, and Fox (right), a burly drummer, both wearing regimentals. She towers above them, holding a long pike surmou...
Alternative Title:
Recruiting sarjeant enlisting John-Bull into the Revolution Service
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 4th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Alecto, a fantastic hag, stands outside the Crown and Anchor tavern between a diminutive Sheridan (left), playing a fife, and Fox (right), a burly drummer, both wearing regimentals. She towers above them, holding a long pike surmounted by a cap of 'Li...
Alternative Title:
Recruiting sarjeant enlisting John Bull into the Revolution's Service, Alecto and her train at the gate of pandaemonium, and Alecto and her train at the gate of pandaemonuim, or, The recruiting sarjeant enlisting John Bull into the Revolution Service
Description:
Title inscribed in brown ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Revolution Society (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Drums (Musical instruments), Demons, Witches, and Fire
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.
"The head and shoulders of Stanhope, looking to the left, right arm raised in the attitude of an orator. He wears a large cocked hat. ... The bonnet-rouge does not fit this head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Cloots, Anacharsis, 1755-1794.
