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1. A sally from Sam, or, F-x canvassing [graphic].

Published / Created:: [31 March 1784]
Call Number:: 784.03.31.04+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the left, Charles Fox, with one hand in his pocket as if searching for money, holds out with the other what may be a jaw bone of a donkey. He appears to be addressing the voters. To the right, Sam House holds a flag attached to an erect fox's tail, inscribed, "the intripid Fox," and reaches into his left pocket for ribbons for the election favors. A group of men on the right comes celebrating Fox's canvassing; one of them drinks from a tankard inscribed, "Sam House," a reference to House's publick house in Wardour Street where he kept open house for Fox's supporters
Alternative Title:: F-x canvassing and Fox canvassing
Description:: Title from item. and Mounted to 30 x 43 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, March 31, 1784, by H. McPhail, High Holborn N. 68
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Political elections, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A sally from Sam, or, F-x canvassing [graphic].

2. Sr. Samuel House [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1780?]
Call Number:: 780.09.18.02.1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A stout publican (Samuel House) holding a tankard with initials SH in his right hand and a pipe in his left is standing in front of his house. He wears waistcoat with sleeves, without a coat and wig; his breeches are unbuttoned at the knees. Behind him is a large barrel on which is written "Fox for Ever Huzza." A man smoking a pipe is seated below the window in which sit two other men, one with a pipe. Another man is vomiting out the second window
Alternative Title:: Sir Samuel House
Description:: Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark at the bottom with loss of imprint., First state, with printmaker's name on plate., Date of publication from nos. 5696 and 5697 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 5., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and Westminster
Subject (Name):: House, Samuel, -1785. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):: Political elections, Drinking vessels, Tobacco pipes, Barrels, Birdcages, Vomiting, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Sr. Samuel House [graphic]

3. The Constitutional Society [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: June 27, 1783.
Call Number:: 783.06.27.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Three members of the 'Society for Constitutional Information' dine on a roast beef labeled "Extract from John Bull." The roast is carved by Dr. Towers, the Society's pamphleteer who looks to his right at Charles Howard, Lord Surrey. They are joined at the table by Samuel House, popular Wardour Street publican whose inseparable great foaming tankard is carried in by a thin, fashionably dressed waiter
Description:: Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pub. by W. Dent, No. 116 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799., House, Samuel, -1785., Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815., and Society for Constitutional Information (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Eating & drinking, Drinking vessels, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Constitutional Society [graphic]

4. The Constitutional Society [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: June 27, 1783.
Call Number:: 783.06.27.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Three members of the 'Society for Constitutional Information' dine on a roast beef labeled "Extract from John Bull." The roast is carved by Dr. Towers, the Society's pamphleteer who looks to his right at Charles Howard, Lord Surrey. They are joined at the table by Samuel House, popular Wardour Street publican whose inseparable great foaming tankard is carried in by a thin, fashionably dressed waiter
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 31 x 40 cm.
Publisher:: Pub. by W. Dent, No. 116 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799., House, Samuel, -1785., Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815., and Society for Constitutional Information (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Eating & drinking, Drinking vessels, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Constitutional Society [graphic]

5. The Westminster canvass [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: Marh [sic] 31st, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.03.31.03.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A smiling Charles Fox, as Guy Vaux, seated in a chair resting on two poles, is carried by Hall, the apothecary, and Sam House, two of his staunch supporters. He holds in one hand a dark lantern, inscribed, "amor patriae," and in the other a bundle of matches "for the new Parliament." Sam House, dressed in his customary open shirt and ungartered stockings, wears a hat with an election favor signed, "Vaux." Hall has on his head a mortar with pestle instead of a hat. Anti-Fox verses are etched below the image
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., House, Samuel, -1785., Hall, Edward, active 1784-1790., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Political elections, Chairs, Lanterns, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster canvass [graphic]

6. The election tate á tate [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.01.02 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In the foreground, Sam House and the Duchess of Devonshire sit on stools facing each other, a large barrel between them. They raise foaming tankards inscribed, respectively, "Sam House" and "Devonshire." Sam holds a piece of paper signed, "sure votes;" the Duchess has a "Fox" favor pinned to her bodice. In the background, under the portico of St. Paul's, are the hustings filled with the election crowd
Alternative Title:: Election tête-à-tête
Description:: Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 45 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs April 1st, 1784 by H. Humphries [sic], No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806. and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Political elections, Voting, Barrels, Drinking vessels, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The election tate á tate [graphic].

7. The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: Feby. 24th, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.02.24.01.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, with a fox's body, speaks to his supporters, shown as geese with human heads who crowd the windows of the King's Arms Tavern and the street below. At the top of the building, Fox's arms are supported by Burke and Lord North, each with a fox's body. Among the geese are the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson in the upper right window, Sam House, shouting, "Huzza," in the bottom central window, and Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett,' standing on the roof of a coach driven by the Earl of Surrey who stands on its box. The coach and its procession converge with a procession led by a goose carrying a standard with Cromwell's portrait signed, "Fox for ever," and the Cap of Liberty on its pole
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., House, Samuel, -1785., Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Political campaigns, Public speaking, Liberty cap, Foxes, and Geese
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

8. The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 February 1784]
Call Number:: 784.02.24.01.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, with a fox's body, speaks to his supporters, shown as geese with human heads who crowd the windows of the King's Arms Tavern and the street below. At the top of the building, Fox's arms are supported by Burke and Lord North, each with a fox's body. Among the geese are the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson in the upper right window, Sam House, shouting, "Huzza," in the bottom central window, and Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett,' standing on the roof of a coach driven by the Earl of Surrey who stands on its box. The coach and its procession converge with a procession led by a goose carrying a standard with Cromwell's portrait signed, "Fox for ever," and the Cap of Liberty on its pole
Description:: Title from item. and Reissue by Hannah Humphrey of no. 6422 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Publisher:: Pubd. 24 Feby. 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., House, Samuel, -1785., Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Political campaigns, Public speaking, Liberty cap, Foxes, and Geese
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

9. The rival quacks [graphic].

Published / Created:: [2 February 1784]
Call Number:: 784.02.02.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two quack doctors address the crowd from raised platforms with the help of their zanies. On the left, Dr. Pittardo (Pitt) is aided by the Duke of Richmond, and George Rose, the new Secretary of the Treasury. On the right, Dr. Renardo (Fox) is helped by Burke holding an address "To the independent electors of West[minster]" and Lord North distributing "motion pills for members." In the crowd below Fox's stage is his staunch supporter, Sam House ("an MT house"). Two of the buildings in the background are inscribed, "India House" and "St. Stephens" [i.e., The House of Commons].
Description:: Title from item. and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. as [the] Act directs Feby 2, 1784 by B. Walwyn No. 2 Pedlars Acre West Bridge
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Rose, George, 1744-1818., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Public speaking, Quacks, and Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The rival quacks [graphic].