"Thurlow, seated on the Woolsack, and George III who stands on the extreme left, tug at the bag of the Great Seal, while Pitt and Grenville (right) attempt to dislodge the Chancellor. The King, in profile to the right, tugs with both hands, saying, "What! What! What! - pull against me Neddy? pull against me? - no! no! no! - 'twont do! Neddy! 'twont do! leave go! leave go! Neddy - dont put me in a passion Neddy - but leave go Neddy - " Thurlow, holding one tassel, says: "Take it ingrate! - and then farewell, - O damnation I've touched the highest point of all my greatness - damnation And from that full meridian of my glory - damnation I haste now to my setting - I shall fall - damnation Like a bright exhalation in the evening - damnation And no man see me more - Damnation! O damnation" Pitt, kneeling on one knee, tugs with both hands at the back of the woolsack, saying, "Yeo! Yeo! - this one pull more Billy-Ranger, and we shall secure every thing into our own Family, and then leave me alone to take a pull at Old Nobbs [the King], & John Bull." Grenville, also on one knee, pulls with both hands at the Chancellor's wig; he says, "Bravo! Cousin Billy! - pull away! - now again! - I have a mighty fancy for this Wig! I think it would add dignity to my Ranger, & Secretaryship!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, 1475-1530 -- Nicknames: 'Old Nobbs' (George III) -- Expressions of speech: George III's 'what, what, what' -- Government officials: chancellor -- Dismissals: Thurlow's dismissal from Chancery, 1792 -- Great Seal -- Tug-of-war -- Containers: woolsack., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 24th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
"Thurlow, seated on the Woolsack, and George III who stands on the extreme left, tug at the bag of the Great Seal, while Pitt and Grenville (right) attempt to dislodge the Chancellor. The King, in profile to the right, tugs with both hands, saying, "What! What! What! - pull against me Neddy? pull against me? - no! no! no! - 'twont do! Neddy! 'twont do! leave go! leave go! Neddy - dont put me in a passion Neddy - but leave go Neddy - " Thurlow, holding one tassel, says: "Take it ingrate! - and then farewell, - O damnation I've touched the highest point of all my greatness - damnation And from that full meridian of my glory - damnation I haste now to my setting - I shall fall - damnation Like a bright exhalation in the evening - damnation And no man see me more - Damnation! O damnation" Pitt, kneeling on one knee, tugs with both hands at the back of the woolsack, saying, "Yeo! Yeo! - this one pull more Billy-Ranger, and we shall secure every thing into our own Family, and then leave me alone to take a pull at Old Nobbs [the King], & John Bull." Grenville, also on one knee, pulls with both hands at the Chancellor's wig; he says, "Bravo! Cousin Billy! - pull away! - now again! - I have a mighty fancy for this Wig! I think it would add dignity to my Ranger, & Secretaryship!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from those of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate numbered "112[?]" in upper right corner., Plate from: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn by C. Whiting, [1849?]., For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 8096 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and With an impression on the verso of a reprint of James Gillray's, with number in upper right '80': Vices overlook'd in the new proclamation. [London] : Pubd. May 24th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18, Old Bond Street, [24 May 1792].
Publisher:
Pubd. May 24th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
"Thurlow, seated on the Woolsack, and George III who stands on the extreme left, tug at the bag of the Great Seal, while Pitt and Grenville (right) attempt to dislodge the Chancellor. The King, in profile to the right, tugs with both hands, saying, "What! What! What! - pull against me Neddy? pull against me? - no! no! no! - 'twont do! Neddy! 'twont do! leave go! leave go! Neddy - dont put me in a passion Neddy - but leave go Neddy - " Thurlow, holding one tassel, says: "Take it ingrate! - and then farewell, - O damnation I've touched the highest point of all my greatness - damnation And from that full meridian of my glory - damnation I haste now to my setting - I shall fall - damnation Like a bright exhalation in the evening - damnation And no man see me more - Damnation! O damnation" Pitt, kneeling on one knee, tugs with both hands at the back of the woolsack, saying, "Yeo! Yeo! - this one pull more Billy-Ranger, and we shall secure every thing into our own Family, and then leave me alone to take a pull at Old Nobbs [the King], & John Bull." Grenville, also on one knee, pulls with both hands at the Chancellor's wig; he says, "Bravo! Cousin Billy! - pull away! - now again! - I have a mighty fancy for this Wig! I think it would add dignity to my Ranger, & Secretaryship!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from those of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate numbered "112[?]" in upper right corner., Plate from: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn by C. Whiting, [1849?]., For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 8096 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and With an impression on the verso of a reprint of James Gillray's, with number in upper right '80': Vices overlook'd in the new proclamation. [London] : Pubd. May 24th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18, Old Bond Street, [24 May 1792].
Publisher:
Pubd. May 24th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to parliamentary dissolution, March 1784 -- Portico of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Royal prerogative -- Forges -- Shackles -- Demons -- Blacksmiths -- Weather-vanes -- Hairdressing implements: curl papers., Watermark in center of sheet: Taylor., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd as the act directs, by G. Bailey
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from similar print. Cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6387., Original publication statement burnished from the plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1713-1792 -- Personifications: Rumor blowing trumpet -- Brookes's Club, London -- Demon wearing tartan -- Charters -- East India Bill, 1783 -- Gambling: Dice and dice-box -- Crown -- Thistle -- Allusion to Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Satire on Pitt's ministry -- King's Prerogative -- Tax-receipt -- Signs: Sign-post -- 'Secret Influence'., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12 Apr. 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, and Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
"Pitt is suspended by the neck from an irregular cross-bar formed of a label across the design containing the words 'May our heaven born minister be Supported from Above'. These words ascend from the mouths of Sheridan, crouching furtively, and Fox, standing, on the extreme left and right of the design. Both wear bonnets-rouges with tricolour cockades and have a conspiratorial air. Pitt's arms and legs are extended like those of a puppet; his head is turned in profile to the left, a cap is drawn over his eyes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
May our heaven born minister be supported from above
Description:
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Executions -- Bonnets rouges -- Wigs: bag wigs., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Publisher:
Pub. March 22, 1797, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Title engraved below image., Publication information from periodical for which the plate was etched., Plate from: London und Paris. Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1800, v. 5, page 252., Reduced copy of a print of the same title by Cawse after Woodward, published by Hixon on 27 January 1800. See No. 9511 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Numbered 'No. VII' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: House of Commons -- Opposition: return to Parliament., and Mounted to 29 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
"Pitt arrogantly bestrides the Speaker's chair, towering high above the galleries of the House. He plays cup (or rather spike) and ball with the globe, on which 'France' is disproportionately large, the British Isles small and obscure. His head is turned to the left towards his own followers, who crowd obsequiously towards his huge right foot which rests on the head of Wilberforce (papers inscribed 'Slave Trade' issuing from his pocket) and on the shoulder of the bulky and truculent Dundas, who wears Highland dress. Canning (the 'Trial of Betty Canning' projecting from his pocket) kneels to kiss the toe of his shoe. His left foot crushes the leaders of the Opposition: Erskine, Sheridan, Fox (all prostrate), and a fourth (? Grey) with upstretched arms. M. A. Taylor, a tiny figure, with the legs of a chicken (see BMSat 6777) and wearing a bonnet-rouge, sprawls on the floor near Fox. The rest of the party raise their arms in dismay. The Speaker (Addington) looks up (raising his hat), as do the Clerks. Pitt's coat-pockets bulge like sacks; in one (left) are papers: 'Volunteers, 200000 Seamen, 150000 Regulars, Militia'; the other is stuffed with guineas, on this his left hand rests, holding a paper 'Resources for supporting the War'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Parliamentary debates: House of Commons, 30 Dec. 1796 -- Reference to war with France -- Globes -- Games: cup and ball -- Reference to slave trade., and Mounted to 43 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21st, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, and Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
