Pitt and Fox stand square-off, fists raised in the House of Commons at the height of the Regency Crisis, just before the passage of the Regency Bill, 1789
Alternative Title:
Humphreys & Mendoza fighting for a crown and Humphreys and Mendoza fighting for a crown
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 27 x 38 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub'd by W. Dent December 22 1788 and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, and Great Britain. House of Commons,
Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: Such assemblies, you might swear, Meet when butchers bait a bear ..., Later state by a different publisher of No. 7132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Traces of the earlier imprint burnished from plate below image on left., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms -- Repeal of the shop tax., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33.1 x 46.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 27th, 1787, by S. Fores, satirist, No. 3 Piccadily [sic]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: Such assemblies, you might swear, Meet when butchers bait a bear ..., Later state by a different publisher of No. 7132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Traces of the earlier imprint burnished from plate below image on left., and Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms -- Repeal of the shop tax.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 27th, 1787, by S. Fores, satirist, No. 3 Piccadily [sic]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Two frames, depicting Fox (with a fox's head) on the left and Lord North on the right. Three sycophants attend to Fox as he defecates, one wiping his rear, another offering a chamber pot emblazoned with the royal arms. On the right the same three figures have accosted North and empty the chamber pot on his head
Alternative Title:
Minister out
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse under each image: When the ministers in, how subservient his friends ..., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 24 x 33 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 22d, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Title from item., Phillips identified as printmaker in British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Hustings -- St. Paul's Church -- East India Bill, 1783 -- Covent Garden -- Alderman Calipash -- Allusion to Receipt Tax, 1783 -- Allusion to Sir Cecil Wray.
Charles James Fox is depicted from behind, leaning on a table, regarding his reflection in a mirror. The face looking back at him is that of Oliver Cromwell. Fox is waving a document marked "Resolutions" and an issue of the Morning Chronicle is visible on the table
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Numbered in lower left corner: Plate [the] 5th., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.5 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 29.7 x 24.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 23 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published [the] 20th January 1784 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Charles James Fox is depicted from behind, leaning on a table, regarding his reflection in a mirror. The face looking back at him is that of Oliver Cromwell. Fox is waving a document marked "Resolutions" and an issue of the Morning Chronicle is visible on the table
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Numbered in lower left corner: Plate [the] 5th., and Mounted on page 35.
Publisher:
Published [the] 20th January 1784 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Charles James Fox is depicted from behind, leaning on a table, regarding his reflection in a mirror. The face looking back at him is that of Oliver Cromwell. Fox is waving a document marked "Resolutions" and an issue of the Morning Chronicle is visible on the table
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Numbered in lower left corner: Plate [the] 5th., and Mounted to 41 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Published [the] 20th January 1784 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the Colossus of Rhodes -- Thunderbolts -- Allusion to gambling: crown decorated with playing cards -- Crowns -- Rising sun -- William Pitt, 1759-1806, as rising sun -- Allusion to East India Bill, 1783 -- Covent Garden: Hustings -- Canvassing: Duchess of Devonshire -- Butchers -- Election flags -- Asians., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, May 28th, 1784, by F. Clarkson, 73 St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
