"Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exi...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
"The Prince of Wales is seated in a magnificent dining-hall before a bare table. The Duke of Leinster (right) offers him across the table a dish of 'Potatoes from Leinster'; the Prince extends his arms to take them, but turns his head to look at the f...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th March 1789 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow, the State Jugglers, are on a platform outside the gate of St. James's Palace. Above the gate projects the sign of the Crown inn, across which rests a plank forming a see-saw; on this the King (right) as Punch sits facing ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16th 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
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, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Bridport, Alexander Hood, Viscount, 1726-1814
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Fishmongers, Jugglers, and Seesaws
"A design divided into two portions by a vertical line and a slanting line which diverges to the right from the vertical line forming with it an obtuse angle. On the left of this division are the Speaker and three members of the House of Commons; on t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 31st March 1788 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and East India Company.
"The managers of the impeachment of Hastings advance (left to right), led by Cornwall the Speaker who, raising his hat, holds out a roll, 'Articles of Impeachment', to Thurlow. Only the point of the Chancellor's hat and his hands, one holding the bag ...
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Anstruther, John, Sir, 1753-1811, Windham, William, 1750-1810, and St. John of Bletso, St. Andrew, Baron, 1759-1817
"The title is spaced to indicate the persons depicted. In a room in Carlton House the 'Greeks', or Foxites, superintend the obeisance of the Persians' or Grenvilles before the 'rising Sun' of the Prince of Wales. On the extreme left stands Thurlow ('A...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th July 1804 by H. Humphrey, St. James's
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Carlton House (London, England),
Leaf 7. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street and Field & Tuer
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):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
"The interior of a dairy: George III (left), in shirt-sleeves, is churning; the Queen, dressed as a farmer's wife, sits in the window counting the coins which the Princess Royal pours on to the table. The Princess has a basket on her arm and is dresse...
Alternative Title:
Summer amusement at Farmer George's near Windsor
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 9, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
Leaf 22. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The king, seated on a throne on a dais of two steps, says, "I trust we have got such a House of Commons as we Wanted". On his right is Thurlow (left) with the body of a bird of prey; he is saying "Damn the Commons, the Lords shall Rule". Behind the t...
Alternative Title:
Secret influence directing the new Parliament
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, London [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
