Leaf 7. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. Britain's foreign enemies, America (shownas an Indian), France, Spain and Holland run away with the spoils
Alternative Title:
Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike, with "Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner of design. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5987 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 35., and On leaf 7 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. Britain's foreign enemies, America (shownas an Indian), France, Spain and Holland run away with the spoils
Alternative Title:
Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from The art of poetry on a new plan by Oliver Goldsmith, 1761, v. 2, p. 147., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 25 x 36 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of the print "Kaw Jack, have Canada or to the Tower", with a new title etched above image and the verses below image omitted. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: cap and staff of liberty -- Imps -- Pets: feeding stick for birds -- Literature: allusion to Ossian, by James MacPherson, 1736-1796 -- Allusion to Temora by James MacPherson, 1736-1796 -- Allusion to the governorship of Canada., and Mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
"The Princess Dowager of Wales sits under a canopy of tartan (indicative of the alleged influence of Bute), with a face of dismay. Seven members of her supposed 'Junto' approach her."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Carlton House junto in fear and trembling
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on that of the periodical for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London, v. 6 (1771), p. 200., Temporary local subject terms: Politics -- London elections: sheriff -- Symbols: tartan as window curtain., and Mounted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
"Three half-length figures in circles of laurel leaves. Lord Mayor Crosby (centre) in his gown wearing a civic mural crown holds a scourge inscribed "For Monopoly" in one hand, in the other a scroll: "Thanks and Prayers of the Poor". Behind him is a figure of Justice with her scales and a view of the Tower of London in which he had been imprisoned, see British Museum Satires No. 4850, &c. Wilkes (left), as Hercules, with a sheriff's staff holds a club "For undue Influence" and a scroll inscribed "Herculas's Labours overcome Genl Warrants maintain'd Lib. of Press - Freedom of Election, &c. &c. &c". A bull (right) wearing an alderman's chain, holding a sheriff's staff and with one hoof on a column inscribed "Fortitude" denotes Alderman Bull who was elected sheriff with Wilkes in 1771, see British Museum Satires No. 4874. In the centre, between the circles, are the City arms and motto, "Domine dirige nos", and the cap of liberty inscribed "Libertas"."--British Museum online catalogue
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Characteristics
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from that of the periodical for which the plate was engraved., Dated to 1 January 1772 in the British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors , v. 7 (1771), p. 229., and Temporary local subject terms: Arms: London city arms -- Personifications: Justice -- Aldermen -- Tower of London -- Mythology: Hercules -- Brass Crosby, 1725-1793, Lord Mayor of London, 1771.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bull, Frederick, approximately 1714-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
Title from item., Title etched below image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 11.3 x 15.4 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
Title from item., Title etched below image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and Mounted to 31 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark in upper left corner only., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, with abbreviated title, of no. 4055 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Trials: the trial of John Wilkes, 1763 -- Personifications: Fame -- Reference to Chief Justice Pratt -- Reference to Serjeant Glynn -- Allusion to the Brazen Head -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Reference to excise -- British Lion., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710-1763, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
Dr. Musgrave prescribing for Britannia who is in a deep consumption
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 95.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Musgrave, Samuel, 1732-1780, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Medical equipment & supplies, and Medical procedures & techniques
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Above upper left border: "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6.", and A probable earlier state of no. 6007 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
