Title etched below image., Artist of the statue identified as F.J. Moore in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication based on the dates of other prints showing Beckford's monument, which was completed in 1772. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, pages 151-152., Probably an illustration to a book., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mr. Alderman Wilkes in his magisterial character at the Sessions House ...
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text above image: Engraved for the Oxford magazine., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 221., and Temporary local subject terms: Sessions House, Old Bailey -- Writing implements: quills -- Sandshakers --Inkwell.
"Satire on the resignation of Lord Bute. George III is enthroned, Peace and Fame flying above and a large dog and a lion crouching at his feet; he welcomes the Duke of Newcastle and William Pitt who kneel before him (it was assumed that these two men would return to government, although in the event George Grenville replaced Bute). Britannia is seated in the centre of the print, facing a hydra-headed monster of faction; she is saying "See this and Tremble all you that wish evil to Israel" (Israel standing for England); behind her a Spaniard and a Frenchman despair at their loss. At top left, the Lord Mayor of London (probably intended for William Beckford) and a group of aldermen approach the king with a petition. At top right, a witch flies off on a broomstick over the "Flus Jordanus" to the "Alpes Herbronites" (the River Tweed and Scotland) carrying Henry Fox, two other ministers and the devil. One of the ministers wishes that "the Devil had the Author of Gisbal" (see BM Satires 3848) alluding to the role of the satirists in driving Bute to resign. Charles Churchill and John Wilkes fire at the broomstick, Wilkes wanting "One Pounce more and we will bring that Irish Owl to the Ground". In the foreground, on the right, Princess Augusta runs off carrying a diminutive Bute in a large boot on her back; she is chased by the Duke of Cumberland brandishing a sword and crying "Damn the Scotch Loon he flies faster than his Bretheren did in 45. If I come up with him I'll spoil his Running"; the young Duke of York runs with him. On the left, a group of sailors harrass a Scotsman declaring,"We will stand by our Noble Captain till not a Sawney be feft in the Land", "O O Jack see what this Dog has got to wet his Whistle with" and "Lend me your Sneaker [a rod] Tom I'll Probe him who knows but the Rascal has got his Belly full"; coins fall from the bagpipes clutched beneath the Scotsman's arm."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Boot put to the flight
Description:
Title from item., Reduced and reversed copy of a print with the same title published on April 8, 1763. Cf. Stephens., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '35' in upper right corner., Plate from: The second volume of The British antidote to Caledonian poison: ... for the years 1762 and 63, ... London : E. Sumpter's, [1764]., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Hydra -- Literature: Gisbal -- Resignations: Lord Bute's resignation, 1763 -- Personifications: Fame -- Personifications: Victory., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, and Beckford, William, 1709-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Devil, and Thrones
Title etched below image., Date assigned in the British Museum catalogue: June 21, 1770., Placement instructions consist of "No. XXIV" etched in upper left corner and "Vol. 2" in upper right corner., Plate from: The town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr., v. 2 (1770), page 417., and Temporary local subject terms: Arms of the City of London -- Personifications: Tyranny.
Title etched below image., Date assigned in the British Museum catalogue: June 21, 1770., Placement instructions consist of "No. XXIV" etched in upper left corner and "Vol. 2" in upper right corner., Plate from: The town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr., v. 2 (1770), page 417., Temporary local subject terms: Arms of the City of London -- Personifications: Tyranny., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 17.3 x 10.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Chevalier D'Eon producing his evidence against certain persons
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 184., and Temporary local subject terms: Petitions: reference to City petitions -- Clyster pipe -- American Indian.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Musgrave, Samuel, 1732-1780
Subject (Topic):
Apes, Arrows, Bows (Weapons), Medical equipment & supplies, and Rifles
Title etched below image., Place and date of publication inferred from those of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 393., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings -- Personifications: Liberty -- Personifications: Truth -- Military: sentry -- Animals: muzzled mule -- Aldermen -- Effigy of Thomas Harley -- Sir Robert Ladbroke, 1713-1773 -- Samuel Turner, Lord Mayor of London, 1769 -- Petition of the Livery of London, 1769 -- Allusion to the American colonies.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804, Trecothick, Barlow, 1718?-1775, and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
"Portrait, three-quarter length directed to right, looking towards the viewer, left hand resting on a scroll labelled 'Magna Charta', beside mace and sword on a table, holding 'Bill of Rights' in right hand, wearing fur-trimmed cloak and chain of office, a waistcoat with embroidered hem, and chin-length wig; before plate reduced."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable William Beckford Esqr
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "London" and "published as the act directs, A.D. 1770" precede "Printed for Carington Bowles ..." at bottom of plate., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.7 x 25.5 cm, on sheet 41.5 x 27.8 cm., and Imperfect; date in imprint statement has been erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
"Portrait, three-quarter length directed to right, looking towards the viewer, left hand resting on a scroll labelled 'Magna Charta', beside mace and sword on a table, holding 'Bill of Rights' in right hand, wearing fur-trimmed cloak and chain of office, a waistcoat with embroidered hem, and chin-length wig; before plate reduced."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable William Beckford Esqr
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "London" and "published as the act directs, A.D. 1770" precede "Printed for Carington Bowles ..." at bottom of plate., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Matted to 54 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
"Satire on Lord Camden alleging that he had abandonned his liberal principles on becoming Lord Chancellor. Camden, on the left, in his Chancellor's robes is aghast at the appearance of the ghost of his former self when Lord Chief Justice. He holds out a book lettered, "Lex Temporis" and papers lie beside him referring to supposed corrupt practices, "Grants / Reversion / Irish Pensions / Patent of Peerage / Non obstante [licence from the Crown]", and a scroll falls in front of him lettered, "is but 40 days Slavery at outside", a reference to his support of an embargo on corn export for forty days; his mace and purse (lettered "Latent Power") lie on a bench draped with tartan together with a letter reading "... your A--s] & your mace in ye Kennel within a fortnight by G[od] / yours Tom Tilbury [Lord Northington, Camden's predecessor as Lord Chancellor]". Behind the Lord Chancellor is a chair with arms and legs made of boots, upholstered in tartan and with thistles around its back; an oval lportrait showing Lords Bute and Chatham is on the back with the motto "Arcades Ambo"(two of a kind); a boot and Pitt's crutch are tied together and resting ont he back of the chair; burning papers on the cair are lettered "Negabimus / Magna Farta" and "vendemus Justitiam". The ghost holds out a book lettered "Lex Terra"; a scroll falling in front of him reads "The liberty of an English Dw[e]l[ling] cannot be estimated" (a paraphrase of his statement against General Warrants in the John Wilkes case). William Beckford, Camden's former ally, is shown creeping under the bench saying "Hide me ye Sugar Casks", a reference to his wealth from sugar plantations in Jamaica. A row of portraits on the wall show from the left: Lord Northington, Judge Jeffreys, Beckford, Sec[re]t[ary Astley, Chatham, L[or]d S[-]d and William Scrogg[s]; in front of the portraits is a book shelf containing, "Filmer's Patriarcha / Argu[men]t for Ship Money / Judg[ment] ag[ain]s[t] Hamden / Froit Le Roy / Prerogatives Regli / Grotius English Law"."--British Museum online catalogue and Pictures amplifying subject: portraits of various officials
Alternative Title:
Apparition of a late patriot Chief Justice to a modern prerogative Cane
Description:
Title from caption below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate line with loss of last word in title. Title from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772
