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Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Aquatint after J. Gillray, 1806.

Sheridan presented as Francisco Pizarro presented as a physician; representing his loyalty to the British Crown against the Franch Revolution and Bonaparte. Coloured aquatint, 1799.

William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.

Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.

The wedding of Lady Lucy Stanhope to Thomas Taylor, a surgeon-apothecary: the bride is given away by her father Earl Stanhope, while Fox and Sheridan officiate. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

A whale with the head of the Prince Regent spouts two streams inscribed "The liquor of oblivion" and "The dew of favour", referring to his desertion of the Whigs and to favours bestowed on the Tories. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.

William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, dispensing Roman Catholic tracts from a balloon to the people of Oxford; representing his installation as Chancellor of Oxford University. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1810.

Writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

William Pitt the younger leads a group of ministers out of the Treasury as the Opposition in the guise of the rabble are held back by a grenadier sentry holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Gillray.

The Belles of bath: With a satire on the prevailing passions: and a model for emulation. Number I. Addressed to Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq.

Sheridan and Kotzebue. The enterprising adventures of Pizarro, preceded by a brief sketch of the voyages and discoveries of Columbus and Cortez: to which are Subjoined the Histories of Alonzo and Cora, On which Kotzebüe founded his two celebrated Plays of the Virgin of the Sun and the Death of Rolla. Also Varieties and Oppositions of Criticisms on The Play of Pizarro: with biographical sketches of Sheridan and Kotzebue. The Whole Forming a Comprehensive Account of those Plats and the Grand Balladso, Cora,-And Rolla and Cora, at the Royal Circus, and Royal Amphitheatre. Dedicated to R. B. Sheridan, Esq.

A group of men from the Ministry sit drinking around a table in celebration of the Catholic emancipation bill as the ghost of Charles James Fox appears on the right and Sheridan falls off his chair to vomit over a copy of a petition. Engraving by Adolphe after W. O'Keefe, 1807.

William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, dispensing Roman Catholic tracts from a balloon to the people of Oxford; representing his installation as Chancellor of Oxford University. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1810.

A letter to the most insolent man alive.

The duenna; or, The double elopement. A comic opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, Smock-Alley, Dublin.

Songs, duets, trios, &c. in The duenna; or, the double elopement. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.

Pizarro; a tragedy, in five acts; as performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane: taken from the German drama of Kotzebue; and adapted to the English stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

The school for scandal, a comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816

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A letter to the most insolent man alive.

The duenna; or, The double elopement. A comic opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, Smock-Alley, Dublin.

Songs, duets, trios, &c. in The duenna; or, the double elopement. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.

Pizarro; a tragedy, in five acts; as performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane: taken from the German drama of Kotzebue; and adapted to the English stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

The school for scandal, a comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.