An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the t...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
The design closely follows George Cannings "New Morality".
Alternative Title:
Promis'd installment of the high priest of the Theophilanthropes and Promised installment of the high priest of the Theophilanthropes
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Title etched below image.
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Publishd. August 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, No. 169 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., France, Great Britain, England, and London
Subject (Name):
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Canning, George, 1770-1827., Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, La Revellière-Lépeaux, Louis-Marie de, 1753-1824, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804, Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Wakefield, Gilbert, 1756-1801, and Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Theophilanthropism, Leviathan, Newspapers, Philanthropy, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Religious aspects, Politics and government, and Periodical illustrations
The design closely follows George Cannings "New Morality".
Alternative Title:
Promis'd installment of the high priest of the Theophilanthropes and Promised installment of the high priest of the Theophilanthropes
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. August 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, No. 169 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., France, Great Britain, England, and London
Subject (Name):
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Canning, George, 1770-1827., Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, La Revellière-Lépeaux, Louis-Marie de, 1753-1824, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804, Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Wakefield, Gilbert, 1756-1801, and Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Theophilanthropism, Leviathan, Newspapers, Philanthropy, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Religious aspects, Politics and government, and Periodical illustrations
"Fox (right) kneels in profile to the left, firing point-blank from a blunderbuss at a post which roughly suggests George III in back view: it is surmounted by a short wig and a hunting-cap decorated with the royal arms; round a protuberance simulatin...
Alternative Title:
Swedes practising at a post
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Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 19th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
"Fox (right) kneels in profile to the left, firing point-blank from a blunderbuss at a post which roughly suggests George III in back view: it is surmounted by a short wig and a hunting-cap decorated with the royal arms; round a protuberance simulatin...
Alternative Title:
Swedes practising at a post
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 19th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
"The King and Queen, seated on the throne (left), receive with astonished horror a deputation from Turkey. An arrogant Turk stands proffering a large rolled document with pendent seals on which are crescents: 'Powers for a new Connexion between the Po...
Alternative Title:
Final resource of French atheists
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 26th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"The King and Queen, seated on the throne (left), receive with astonished horror a deputation from Turkey. An arrogant Turk stands proffering a large rolled document with pendent seals on which are crescents: 'Powers for a new Connexion between the Po...
Alternative Title:
Final resource of French atheists
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 26th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"Dissenters are engaged in burning churches and attacking the clergy. In the foreground a stout bishop on his knees is being kicked and assailed by men with bludgeons; beside him is a book: 'Refutation of Dr Price'. He exclaims, raising his hands, "Mu...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and England and Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Religious, Limitation of actions, Axes, Bishops, Churches, and Musical instruments
