Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 / Subject (Topic): Executioners

Published / Created:: [approximately 1791]
Call Number:: Drawings G41 no. 1 Box D300
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from two...
Description:: Title from caption inscribed in brown ink below image.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Decapitations, Hangings (Executions), Executioners, Axes, Kings, and Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The hopes of the party prior to July 14th from such wicked Crown & Anchor dreams, good Lord deliver us. [art original]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [19 July 1791]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from tw...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. July 19th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):: Axes, Executioners, Hangings (Executions), and Crowds
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The hopes of the party, prior to July 14th "from such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord, deliver us". [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [19 July 1791]
Call Number:: 791.07.19.01.1++ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from tw...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. July 19th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):: Axes, Executioners, Hangings (Executions), and Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The hopes of the party, prior to July 14th "from such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord, deliver us". [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [19 July 1791]
Call Number:: 791.07.19.01.1++ Impression 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from tw...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. July 19th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):: Axes, Executioners, Hangings (Executions), and Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The hopes of the party, prior to July 14th "from such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord, deliver us". [graphic]

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