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Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 20 May 1804Reference: 12194i- Pictures
Hustings at Brentford for the election for the seat of Middlesex in 1802: Sir Francis Burdett, surrounded by a boisterous crowd, pleads with the Devil to support him, but the Devil looks at the hustings and decides to return to Hell. Etching attributed to J.T. Smith, 1802.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833Date: [1802]Reference: 585315i- Pictures
King George III sits on his throne asleep while the new ministry, helped by devils, drives out the king's old advisers. Etching by J. Gillray, 1782.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: April 2 1783Reference: 585051i- Pictures
Edmund Burke, arguing in favour of control of immigration from France, points towards the dagger he has just thrown on the floor of the House of Commons; William Pitt the younger and Henry Dundas are seated on the Treasury bench, while Charles James Fox, R.B. Sheridan and M.A. Taylor look on with alarm. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585500i- Pictures
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 12 December 1788Reference: 12175i- Pictures
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 4 March 1796Reference: 12183i- Pictures
St Alban's Street, Pall Mall, London: supporters of Charles James Fox and of William Pitt the younger dance around a may-pole together outside the St Alban's tavern. Engraving by W. Dent, 1784.
Dent, W., active 1793.Date: [March 20 1784]Reference: 585319i- Pictures
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A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 10 June 1806Reference: 25938i- Pictures
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.
Sneyd, John.Date: 14 March 1803Reference: 12191i- Pictures
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.
O'Keefe, W., active 1794-1805.Date: June 1 1807Reference: 591325i- Pictures
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Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 28 July 1806Reference: 12199i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger stands in the House of Commons facing the opposition benches, who are in corked and labelled bottles, as he uncorks a bottle containing the bloated and scowling face of Sheridan. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585508i- Pictures
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 12202i- Pictures
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Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 2 May 1803Reference: 12193i- Pictures
Two boxers face each other with clenched fists; representing the by-election for the City of London held on 3-5 March 1795. Etching possibly by I. Cruickshank, 1795.
Date: 3 March 1795Reference: 585554i- Pictures
King George III and Queen Charlotte as the British lion and lioness ride in the state coach which is driven by the Earl of Bute and the Princess of Wales. Engraving, 1762.
Date: April 2 1783Reference: 585071i- Pictures
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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.
Date: 8 July 1799Reference: 12190i