40 results filtered with: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585509i- Books
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The Belles of bath: With a satire on the prevailing passions: and a model for emulation. Number I. Addressed to Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq.
Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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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.
Britton, John, 1771-1857.Date: 1799- 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
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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Publish'd Aug.t 1810Reference: 2496779i- Books
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Considerations humbly submitted to the House of Lords, on the two East-India bills brought into Parliament by Mr. Fox & Mr. Pitt.
Date: 1788- Books
Betsy Sheridan's journal : letters from Sheridan's sister, 1784-1786 and 1788-1790 / Edited by William Le Fanu.
Sheridan, Betsy, 1758-1837.Date: [1960], ©1960- Books
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Coalition, a farce; founded on facts, and lately performed, with the approbation, and under the joint inspection of the managers, of the Theatres-Royal.
Date: M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]- Pictures
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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.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878Date: 1812Reference: 38413i- Books
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A letter to Mr. Sheridan, on his conduct in Parliament, by a Suffolk freeholder.
Stewart, Charles Edward, 1751?-1819.Date: 1795- Pictures
The "Ministry of all the Talents", personified by Charles James Fox, promising to convey John Bull towards the promised land, but really to hell. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1806.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Feb.y 8th 1806Reference: 533358i- Books
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Les indiens, ou Tipou-Sultan, fils D'Ayder-Aly, &c. Avec quelques particularités sur ce Prince, sur ses Ambassadeurs en France, sur L'Audience qui leur à éte donnée par Sa Majesté Louis XVI, à Versailles le 10 Août 1788; précédées du précis d'une partie de L'Administration de M. Hastings, &c. ; & suivies de quelques détails relatifs aux événemens de la guerre de 1782 dans L'Inde, &c. &c.
Date: 1788- 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
Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603166i- Pictures
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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: August 8th 1810Reference: 36363i- Books
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Coalition, a farce; founded on facts, and lately performed, with the approbation, and under the joint inspection of the managers, of both theatres.
Date: M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]- 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
William Pitt the younger as a very thin caricatured bank clerk stands behind a counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull, while Charles James Fox and Sheridan attempt to stop Bull accepting the money. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603157i- Books
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An epistle from Joseph Surface, Esq. to Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. of Great Queen Street; chairman of the sub-committee for Westminster.
Surface, Joseph.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- 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
Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Engraving.
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Mrs Billington the singer being spoon-fed money by Lewis and Sheridan; showing the incentives offered by those competing for her services. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: 16 January 1802Reference: 11635i- Pictures
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Writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
Date: 1825Reference: 546735i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger steers a small boat called 'The Constitution' with a single sail through huge waves between a high rock and a whirlpool accompanied by a buxom young Britannia who raises her hands in alarm. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585510i- Pictures
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While Lady Buckingham is gambling with her cronies, her husband enters to report the theft of the bank. Etching by James Gillray, 1797.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Feb. 2nd 1797Reference: 28524i