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28. Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 16. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Heads of the members of the new ministry stand on wig blocks in a barber's shop. The barber washes his hands in a bowl attached to a double stand with the bewildered looking head of Lord North and the happily smiling one of Charles Fox on it. Behind them stand blocks with the heads of the Duke of Portland, Lords Cavendish, Stormont (David Murray), Carlisle, and Admiral Keppel. Samuel House, a well known Fox supporter, and a plebeian politician, is seated, with his tankard in his hand, in a chair placed next to Keppel's head. The head of Burke behind him wears an unhappy expression, perhaps at the distance between him and the other cabinet members. Behind the barber on the floor lie the discarded heads of former ministers, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Shelburne, and Dundas. Above on the wall are mirror images of Charles I and Cromwell, ready to embrace each other. "A new Map of Great Britain and Ireland" above the fireplace is torn between Ireland and the British Isle on which the name 'England' is conspicously absent below Scotland and Wales
- Alternative Title:
- Heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom and Heads of a new wig administration on a broad bottom
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 40.1 x 27.4 cm, on sheet 42.7 x 28.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 16 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 21st April 1783 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and London
- Subject (Name):
- Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Wigs, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Razor's levée, or, [The] heads of a new wig ad-----------n on a broadbottom [graphic]
29. A scene at the New Theatre Covent Garden [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [16 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.16.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: tankard inscribed 'House' -- Trades: poll clerks -- Theaters: Covent Garden -- Hustings -- Election favors -- Elections: parochial poll books -- Parishes: St. James's Parish -- St. Martin's Parish., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 25 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Aprill [the] 16, 1784, by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Crutches, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A scene at the New Theatre Covent Garden [graphic].
30. Supplys for the year 1784 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.17.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Supplies for the year 1784
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., The number '4' etched over the number '3' in the imprint line., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Crowns: ducal coronet -- Sam House -- Dishes: foaming tankard -- Masks -- Election favors -- Coins -- Fountains -- Allusion to Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington, 1739-1807., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs April 17, 1784, by H. MacPhail, No. 68 H'h. Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Portland, Dorothy Cavendish, Duchess of, 1750-1794, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Cancassing, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Supplys for the year 1784 [graphic].
31. The May garland, or, Triumph without victory [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- May 26, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.05.26.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Triumph without victory
- Description:
- Title from item., Phillips identified as printmaker in British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Processions -- Chairing: of Fox, May 17, 1784 -- Covent Garden: Piazza -- Spectators -- Demons -- Musical instruments: trumpets -- Horns -- Flags -- Butchers -- Cleavers -- Coffins -- Mottos: 'Memento mori' -- Asses -- Allusion to scrutiny -- Allusions to High Bailiffs -- Tree of Good and Evil -- Cheering crowds -- Musicians., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The May garland, or, Triumph without victory [graphic]
32. The babes in the wood, or, Coalition rondeau [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [28 June 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.06.28.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox and North stand in the pillory on a small platform supported on a post above the heads of a circle of spectators. Their heads only are confined; North is in back-view, Fox stands full-face looking to the left, his hands clasped. The spectators are three quarter length; Sam House is conspicuous (left) holding a foaming tankard and saying, "Come Charly here's to the Electors of Westminster one Good Turn deserves another". A woman in back-view holds a basket of eggs on her hip; she says, "Come Who'll buy my Plumpers Two a Penny Plumpers". A man next her (right) is about to throw an egg, saying, "Here goes a Plumper for Charly".--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Coalition rondeau
- Description:
- Title etched below image., A satire on the Fox-North coalition, and on the Westminster Election., Coalitions: Fox-North, 1783., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 28, 1784, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Politics and government, 1760-1789, Crowds, Pillories, Spectators, and Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The babes in the wood, or, Coalition rondeau [graphic].
33. The celebrated Sam House of Wardour Street, Soho, London [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of text below title: Famous for his disinterested patriotism & wonderful attachment to Fox in the late Westminster elections., Plate from: The new wonderful magazine, v. 2, p. 267., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: jugs -- Reference to Charles James Fox., and Mounted to 37 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by C. Johnson
- Subject (Name):
- House, Samuel, -1785
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The celebrated Sam House of Wardour Street, Soho, London [graphic].
34. The disappointed candidate solus [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir Cecil Wray in the foreground, standing on the edge of a circular platform, looks down over his left shoulder at the procession which is chairing Fox round Covent Garden. He holds his right hand to his mouth, in his left he clutches a paper, 'Instruction to make A Speech'. The heads and shoulders of the procession appear over the edge of the platform: in front (left) are men on horse-back, some playing musical instruments, their hats decorated with favours and leaves. (They appear to represent the 'squadron of gentlemen on horseback in the blue and buff uniform', who were followed by trumpeters. 'London Chronicle', 18 May.) Their flag is inscribed 'The Whig Cause'. Next come men on foot immediately in front of Fox, with a flag inscribed 'Man of the People'. Fox, smiling, is seated above the heads of his supporters, his chair wreathed with laurel branches. The striped jacket of one of his bearers shows that he is a butcher; next comes Sam House. Behind walk men, some wearing their hats, which are decorated with favours and foxes' brushes. Their flag is inscribed 'Sacred to Female Patriotism'. Behind (right) is the façade of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, the pediment inscribed 'House of Call for Candidates'. The windows of the houses on the south of the Piazza (left) are crowded with spectators; others stand on the roofs waving their hats. Beneath the title are the words spoken by Wray: "I am Bit D------n the Fox, the D------ss, Chelsea Hospital, Maid Servants, Small Beer, the back Stairs & all together, to be Sure I'm no Speaker Ive no Head I shall not be brought in but the Scrutiny His M-----y will have that and that Bald Pated Son of a B------h Sam H-----se [House] not content with giving my Opponent [sic] Plumpers Threatned to give me A Plumper in each Eye if I did not Cock my Hat t'other Way.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman., and Mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, May 20, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England) and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The disappointed candidate solus [graphic].
35. The modern colossus [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [28 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.28.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- 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
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784 and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The modern colossus [graphic].
36. The tipling dutchess returning from canvassing [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [29 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.29.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duchess of Devonshire, intoxicated, walks arm-in-arm between two supporters, the one on her right being Fox, the other one of his more prominent adherents. Sam House (right) walks before them, acting as a link-boy with a lighted torch, his hat, decorated with a fox's brush, in his right hand. Fox says, "Hold up Georgiana another Qn [? quartern] an we shall soon be at Piccadilly". The Duchess says, "My Eyes & Limbs I shall Spew on the Duke to night". Her other supporter says, pointing to Sam House, "make hast Sam her Grace is taking short in the poop". Sam answers, "I will my lord Heaven bless her Grace". The Duchess wears no hat, but her hair is decorated with a plume ot three large ostrich feathers (cf. BMSat 6530); her breast is bare." -- British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Tipling duchess returning from canvassing
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Canvassing: Duchess of Devonshire -- Lighting: torches -- Trades: link-boy -- Intoxication., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Aprill [the] 29, 1784, by A. Aitken, No. 2 Orange Court, Drury Lane
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tipling dutchess returning from canvassing [graphic].
