William Petty, Lord Shelburne, braces himself against the door to the Treasury in order to resist the pull of the rope tied around his waist. He is helped by John Dunning dressed in legal wig and cloak. The four men attempting to remove Shelburne from...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 9th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Ropes, Tug of war, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government, 1760-1789
Charles Fox, as Harlequin, and Lord North, as Pantaloon, perform on stage for the members of their party. Fox, standing on one leg, holds the Harlequin's 'magic' wand above the head of a bust of George III. Above the wand hangs the royal crown suspend...
Alternative Title:
Harlequin
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
E. Hodges?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pantomimes, Balloons (Aircraft), and Theaters
In a churchyard, tombstones, adorned on top with the heads of prominent politicians, are engraved with epitaphs in their memory
Alternative Title:
Political churchyard
Description:
Title from caption etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub according t [sic] Act by B. Pownall. No. 6 Pallmall
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
In front of St. James's Palace and with the King watching from a window, the members of the newly elected ministry eagerly pick up loaves of bread and fishes spilled on the ground by a fish-wife frightened by American buffalo in the lower right corner...
Alternative Title:
Gambols of the American buffalo in St. James's Street and Amusement for John Bull and his cousin Paddy
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 1st. May 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater-noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
From Charles Fox's head grow serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel in profile, an...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
From Charles Fox's head grows serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel full-face, an...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
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 ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
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
Charles Fox, with a helmet-like cover on his head, and a little demon standing on top of it, watches the House of Commons rise in the air after an explosion. Below the building float sheets of paper inscribed, "Pitt's India Bill" and "Mutiny Bill". A...
Alternative Title:
Guy Vaux or Fox blowing up the Parliament House and Guy Fawkes or Fox blowing up the Parliament House
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606., and East India Company.
ALS from W.J. Chute to his friend Grimston, relating the news he had heard about his friend's travels through Europe with their friend C. Collyer and expressing the hopes that they might meet up in the near future and his eagerness to leave Angers; he...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Angers (France)
Subject (Name):
Chute, William, 1757-1824., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796.
