"Satire on the election for County Durham, 14 April 1784: Sir Thomas Clavering and Sir John Upton, one headless, holding a caption labelled 'The Irish Faction for ever' and carrying the other, who has no feet, on his back, who says 'I serv'd you as lo...
Alternative Title:
Northern ass
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Clavering, Thomas, Sir, 1719-1794, Eden, John, Sir, 1740-1812, and Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Donkeys, Defecation, Traffic signs & signals, Miters, Crosiers, Daggers & swords, and Playing cards
"The Prince of Wales, Mrs. Fitzherbert (three quarter length figures), and Fox are seated at a rectangular table playing cards. Fox, who is full face, sits behind the table between the Prince (left) and his partner (right). He has taken three tricks, ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 24, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"Four card-players at a round table in an old maid's parlour, with expressions that indicate a crisis in the game. A monkey sits on the back of the hostess's chair, about to snatch off her cap. A cockatoo is on a high perch before a tall folding scree...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany 4, 1825 by S.W. Fores, Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Card games, Cockatoos, Interiors, Parlors, Mirrors, and Monkeys
"Sir William Chambers sits in profile to the left at a small round table; on it is a house of cards which is falling in pieces. From his pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Art of', scored through, followed by 'Grant of Parlt'. Beside him on the groun...
Alternative Title:
Great architect modelling, Sr W- in his study, and Sir William in his study
An enormous weathercock, with a huge dice for the base, stands mounted on top of a roof of a large building. Above its four arms with compass points is a dice box and another dice on top of it. From this dice protrude the heads of Charles Fox on the l...
Alternative Title:
New weathercock for St. Stephen's Chapel
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aprill 6, 1784, by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Weather vanes, Gambling, Playing cards, and Windows
"Four men, their feet cut off by the lower margin, play whist at a rectangular table; each has one card in his hand and is about to play the last trick, the tricks piled on the table show that each side has six tricks. Sir Joseph Mawbey (left) looks a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Four men, their feet cut off by the lower margin, play whist at a rectangular table; each has one card in his hand and is about to play the last trick, the tricks piled on the table show that each side has six tricks. Sir Joseph Mawbey (left) looks a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
A trompe-l'oeil drawing of a medley showing slip songs, topographical prints, sheet with music, receipts, a botanical drawing, a playing card (Queen of Clubs), and ephemera laid out and overlapping under a view of a fortified island, all laid out on w...
