"Allegory of Britain's naval victory, with Neptune driving the Chariot of Britannia, while nymphs riding on fish alongside carry portrait medallions of, from left to right: Pocock, Bosc[a]wen, Hawke, Saunders, Keppel and Howe; ships at battle in the b...
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Title from caption below image.
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Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Saunders, Charles, Sir, 1713?-1775, Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, and Pocock, George, Sir, 1706-1792
Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. B...
Alternative Title:
Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
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Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
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Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, wit...
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Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Naval, Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on ...
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Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
Five pairs of implacable enemies are shown in the act of reconciliation. Britannia and America clasp hands on the left; behind them the Duke of Richmond takes the hand of Parson Bate ; in the center foreground Fox (with a fox's head) brings together S...
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Wonders wonders wonders and wonders
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Title from item.
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Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 9, 1782 by I. Langham print coulerer No. 84 Dorset Street Salisbury Court Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Denbigh, Basil Fielding, Earl of, 1719-1800, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824 (Henry Bate),, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Shaking hands, and Clothing & dress
"George III stands passively in profile to the right while members of the new ministry fix shackles to his wrists and ankles. He is saying, "Oh! my misguided People". Rockingham is walking off (right) holding the crown in his right hand, saying "Dispo...
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Liberty run mad
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Pubd. 23d [April?] 1782 by Eliz. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of, 1730-1782, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. B...
Alternative Title:
Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, wit...
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Naval, Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, wit...
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
"One of four satires by Gillray on Rodney's victory as a blow to the Ministry, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5992, 5996, 6001. Rodney, in profile to the right, kneels before George III (right), seated on a throne, his sceptre in his right hand. Rodn...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. June 7th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
