"Conspirators prepare an explosion in the vaults of the House of Commons (or of a building symbolizing the Constitution). Massive triple pillars support Gothic arches, the inscription [used by George as a title] etched across the centre pillar round w...
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Title from text in image.
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Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
"Leaders of the Opposition (left) turn a windlass which drags towards the shore a fantastic and enormous raft laden with French troops. They push against horizontal levers which pass through the broad centre-post on which the rope is wound; on the top...
Alternative Title:
Republican crew disappointed
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Title etched below image.
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Published by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and Thelwall, John, 1764-1834
"Leaders of the Opposition (left) turn a windlass which drags towards the shore a fantastic and enormous raft laden with French troops. They push against horizontal levers which pass through the broad centre-post on which the rope is wound; on the top...
Alternative Title:
Republican crew disappointed
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and Thelwall, John, 1764-1834
"The windlass (right) is turned by Bedford, in profile to the left, Fox, in back view but looking to the raft (left), Sheridan, in profile to the right, and Tierney, coming towards the spectator. From Bedford's pocket hangs a paper: '£1400 Fined, for ...
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Republican flotilla in danger
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"The windlass (right) is turned by Bedford, in profile to the left, Fox, in back view but looking to the raft (left), Sheridan, in profile to the right, and Tierney, coming towards the spectator. From Bedford's pocket hangs a paper: '£1400 Fined, for ...
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Republican flotilla in danger
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
"Fox stands on a dais at the head of a rough table, the seat from which he has risen is magnificent, above it is the inscription 'Vive la Libertè' surmounted by a bonnet-rouge. He is held up (left) by Combe, the Lord Mayor, a pompous figure in gown an...
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Last dying speech of the Westminster representative ...
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Title etched below image.
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Publishd. October 13th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Byng, George, 1764-1847
"Fox stands on a dais at the head of a rough table, the seat from which he has risen is magnificent, above it is the inscription 'Vive la Libertè' surmounted by a bonnet-rouge. He is held up (left) by Combe, the Lord Mayor, a pompous figure in gown a...
Alternative Title:
Last dying speech of the Westminster representative ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. October 13th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Byng, George, 1764-1847
"Napoleon is the London street-seller of gingerbread cakes whose wares and patter made him a long-remembered character. He stands in his bakery vigorously drawing out from the arched aperture of his oven a broad shovel (peel) on which are figures of t...
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Title etched below image.
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Publishd. Jany. 23d, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"Pitt stands in the House of Commons, facing the Opposition benches; he causes a tremendous explosion by uncorking a bottle containing the bloated and scowling face of Sheridan, whose hair swirls up into the neck of the bottle. He stands like a waiter...
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Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publishd. March 10th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
