Admiral Rodney is shown on the shore with Britannia and Neptune, who hand him their staffs, while the British Lion claws at the flag of France on which Rodney stands. Standing out to sea in a toy boat made of playing cards, Admiral Pigot (represented as a pig) views the scene through his spyglass. Refers to Rodney's recall and replacement by Pigot.
Alternative Title:
Admiral Pigot on a cruize
Description:
On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. IV., Printmaker and publication information from description in the British Museum catalogue of a variant state., Probably a variant [later?] state of the plate with the imprint statement "Pubd. June 4th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St James's Street, London." Cf. , No. 5996 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Neptune--(Roman deity), Pigot, Hugh,--1721?-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Admirals--British--18th century., Britannia (Symbolic character), and Military uniforms--British--18th century.
Depicts Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil hold chamber pot being used by De Grasse, and Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of the subjects are given in a key below design.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title from item.
Publisher:
E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de,--comte,--1729-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., and Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud,--marquis de,--1724-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Admirals--British--18th century., Admirals--French--18th century., Chamber pots., Defecation., Military uniforms--British--18th century., Military uniforms--French--18th century., and Snuff.
Admiral Rodney is depicted vigorously attacking a large dragon which clutches his leg. The dragon's wings are decorated with fleur-de-lys and it breathes fire and frogs (alluding to Rodney's 1782 victory over the French fleet, a triumph which was not well-received by the Ministry). On the left Charles James Fox attempts to stay Rodney, offering him a baron's coronet and saying "... you have done enough, I will now make a Lord of you, and you shall have the happiness of never being heard of again."
Alternative Title:
Saint George and the dragon
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Admirals--British--18th century., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Dragons., and Military uniforms--British--18th century.
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Rumbold's ankles are chained to two weights signed "Sureties," a reference to restriction on his leaving the country before the case was dropped in 1783. He is supported by his son, Captain Rumbold of 1st Life Guards, dressed in his regimentals and wearing a gorget. Behind them, an Englishman gallops on an elephant saddled with an enormous bag signed "Roupees." An Indian sitting behind him is holding a tall parasol above his head.
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 1., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Colonies--India.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Melville, Henry Dundas,--Viscount,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Rumbold, Richard William,--Captain,--1760-1786--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rumbold, Thomas,--Sir,--1736-1791--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Chamber pots., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Coins., Elephants., Gorgets (Military insignia), Military uniforms--British--18th century., and Vomiting.
