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1. Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 2. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his r...
- Alternative Title:
- Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
2. Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.22.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his r...
- Alternative Title:
- Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
3. Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his r...
- Alternative Title:
- Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]
4. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exi...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
5. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.05.08.01+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exi...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
6. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exi...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
7. The pit of Acheron, or, The birth of the plagues of England [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The interior of a witches' cave, three witches round a blazing cauldron; through the mouth of the cave, and in the upper right corner, appears Westminster Bridge, leading to the houses and towers of Lambeth, showing that the cave is in Westminster, e...
- Alternative Title:
- Birth of the plagues of England
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 28th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, and Lee, John, 1733-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Witches, and Cauldrons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The pit of Acheron, or, The birth of the plagues of England [graphic]