An Old English-Gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places. (BM 1851...
George III stands on a low rectangular platform placed upon a boarded floor and is approached from all sides by applicants for office. He is in back view, but turns his head in profile to the left, to inspect a... More
Blood & co, setting fire to the Tower, & stealing the crown. (BM 1868,...
Fox, followed by Burke and Sheridan, hastily leaves a vaulted archway from which issue smoke and flames. George Hanger (left) runs in front, holding a burning firebrand; behind him is the White Tower in flames.... More
Blood & co, setting fire to the Tower, & stealing the crown. (BM 1981,...
(For description see other impression). 26 July 1788 Etching and aquatint
Bologna-sausages, or opposition flux'd. (BM 1851,0901.435)
Fox runs hurriedly from the House of Commons through an arched doorway; he excretes as he runs, saying, "I never said he had a right to the Regency I didn't indeed! indeed I didn't!" In a porter's chair (right)... More
Britannia. (BM 1851,0901.529) - Public domain old map
A comic map of England formed by an old woman seated in profile to the left on the back of a dolphin-like monster, whose open mouth (right) represents the 'Thames', the two points of its tail being 'Lands End' ... More
Cockney-sportsmen Marking Game. (BM 1851,0901.1038)
One of a set of four with the same signatures and imprint; the same two 'cits' are depicted throughout, one rather thin and fashionably dressed, wearing Hessian boots with pointed toes, and a cartouche-box whic... More
Consequences of a successful French invasion -No 1. Plate 1st- (BM 186...
The title continues: '- "We come to recover your long lost Liberties." - Scene. The House of Commons.' Under the title, and from a separate plate, is etched in three columns: 'Description. - One French Soldier... More
Consequences of a successfull French invasion. No III. Plate 2d- (BM 1...
The title continues: 'Me teach de English Republicans to work. - Scene. A Ploughed Field'. Beneath the title is etched on a separate plate: 'Description - A Row of English People in Tatters, and wooden Shoes, h... More
Doublûres of characters; - or - striking resemblances in phisiognomy. ...
Pl. to 'Anti-Jacobin Review', i. 612, where it has no relation to the text, and is placed at random. Also issued separately. Bust portraits of seven leaders of the Opposition, each with his almost identical dou... More
Exhibition of a democratic-transparency, -with its effect upon patriot...
The members of the Secret Committee of the Commons are seated round a table examining the documents relating to the United Irishmen and other revolutionary societies. A lamp on the table illuminates a large fra... More
Exhibition of a democratic-transparency, -with its effect upon patriot...
The members of the Secret Committee of the Commons are seated round a table examining the documents relating to the United Irishmen and other revolutionary societies. A lamp on the table illuminates a large fra... More
Irish gratitude. (BM 1868,0808.4852)
Henry Grattan stands (centre) in profile to the right facing a deputation of Irish notables who are making the presentation of the money voted to him in the Irish Parliament for his services in securing Irish i... More
Le Cochon et ses deux petits, -or-rich pickings for a noble appetite. ...
Two enormously fat courtesans sit side by side on a settee which they completely fill; between them and on the knees of both sits the Duke of Norfolk, a wine-glass in his left hand, in his right he holds the ha... More
Les membres du conseil des anciens (BM 1868,0808.6721)
Plate 2: Above the design: 'French Habits, N° 2'. Lansdowne, Norfolk, and Grafton stand together wearing the dress of the Conseil des Anciens: a violet robe and cap, with a scarlet sash, over which hangs a whit... More
Lieut goverr Gall-stone, inspired by Alecto; -or- the birth of Minerva...
Philip Thicknesse writes at a table; he listens to Alecto who whispers slyly in his ear, her right hand on his right shoulder; she is seated partly on his knee partly on a cloud behind him which rises from the ... More
Lieut goverr Gall-stone, inspired by Alecto; -or- the birth of Minerva...
Philip Thicknesse writes at a table; he listens to Alecto who whispers slyly in his ear, her right hand on his right shoulder; she is seated partly on his knee partly on a cloud behind him which rises from the ... More
Lieut goverr Gall-stone, inspired by Alecto; -or- the birth of Minerva...
Philip Thicknesse writes at a table; he listens to Alecto who whispers slyly in his ear, her right hand on his right shoulder; she is seated partly on his knee partly on a cloud behind him which rises from the ... More
Light Expelling darkness, - evaporation of Stygian exhalations,-or- Th...
Pitt as, a Roman charioteer, wearing a laurel wreath, is seated in an ornate chariot drawn (left to right) by the British Lion and the White Horse of Hanover (cf. BMSat 8691). He holds the reins, but scarcely c... More
Market-day. (BM 1868,0808.10321)
The cattle-pens (right) of Smithfield Market are filled with cattle with the faces of peers and draped with ermine-trimmed robes. [The ermine is apparent only in the coloured impression] Thurlow, dressed as a f... More
Meeting of the monied interest;- (BM 1851,0901.954)
Fox stands, declaiming violently to his supporters, who surround him. He holds out a paper: 'Ruination - New Tax one Tenth of Income & Property, to Support the accursed War, of the Infamous Minister'. His clenc... More
Meeting of Unfortunate Citoyens. (BM 1868,0808.6731)
Fox and Norfolk meet on the pavement outside Brookes's. Fox (left), much caricatured, with his shaggy hair standing on end and stockings slipping down, says, with an expression of angry despair: "Scratch'd off!... More
Nelson's Victory;-or-Good-news operating upon Loyal Feelings. (BM 1868...
Members of the Opposition, arranged in two horizontal rows, receive the news of Aboukir. [1] In the upper left corner Burdett sits, directed to the right, intently reading the 'Extraordinary Gazette' on 'Nelson... More
Opposition-Coaches (BM 1868,0808.5732 1)
(BMSat 7323) A stage-coach drives (right to left) through water; the four horses have human heads. A signpost on the extreme right points 'To the Slough of Despond'. The driver is Burke; he lashes the horses f... More
Opposition-Coaches (BM 1868,0808.5732)
(BMSat 7323) A stage-coach drives (right to left) through water; the four horses have human heads. A signpost on the extreme right points 'To the Slough of Despond'. The driver is Burke; he lashes the horses f... More
Patriotic regeneration, -viz. Parliament reform'd, a la francoise, -th...
(For description see other impression). A working proof before all letters. 2 March 1795 Etching and aquatint
Patriotic regeneration, -viz.- parliament reform'd, a la francoise, -t...
The interior of the House of Commons; the Speaker's chair and the table are in the foreground on the extreme left; only the Opposition benches are visible and are crowded with English sansculottes wearing bonne... More
Patriotic regeneration, -viz.- parliament reform'd, a la francoise, -t...
(For description see other impression). 2 March 1795 Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Patriotic regeneration,-viz.-parliament reform'd, a la Francoise, -tha...
(For description see other impression). 2 March 1795 Hand-coloured etching
Patriotic regeneration,-viz.-parliament reform'd, a la Francoise, -tha...
(For description see other impression). 2 March 1795 Hand-coloured etching
Philip Thicknesse Esqr. (BM 1837,0513.69)
Bust portrait of Philip Thicknesse directed to the left, copied from Gillray's 'Lieut Goverr Gall-stone ...' (BM Satires 7721), in an oval. Later state of BM Satires 7722 with the addition of a scroll above th... More
Philip Thicknesse Esqr. (BM 1851,0901.473 1)
Bust portrait of Philip Thicknesse directed to the left, copied from Gillray's 'Lieut Goverr Gall-stone ...' (BM Satires 7721), in an oval; used as the frontispiece for "Curious Facts and Anecdotes, not contai... More
Philip Thicknesse Esqr. (BM 1851,0901.473)
Bust portrait of Philip Thicknesse directed to the left, copied from Gillray's 'Lieut Goverr Gall-stone ...' (BM Satires 7721), in an oval; used as the frontispiece for "Curious Facts and Anecdotes, not contai... More
Philip Thicknesse Esqr. (BM 1868,0808.5959)
Bust portrait of Philip Thicknesse directed to the left, copied from Gillray's 'Lieut Goverr Gall-stone ...' (BM Satires 7721), in an oval. Later state of BM Satires 7722 with the addition of a scroll above th... More
Philip Thicknesse Esqr. (BM 1868,0808.5960)
Bust portrait of Philip Thicknesse directed to the left, copied from Gillray's 'Lieut Goverr Gall-stone ...' (BM Satires 7721), in an oval; used as the frontispiece for "Curious Facts and Anecdotes, not contai... More
Presages of the Millenium; (BM 1851,0901.736 1)
Pitt as Death on the pale Horse rides naked on the White Horse of Hanover, galloping over the prostrate bodies of pigs; other pigs, a multitude extending to the horizon, flee before him. On the horse's fringed ... More
Presages of the Millenium; (BM 1851,0901.736)
Pitt as Death on the pale Horse rides naked on the White Horse of Hanover, galloping over the prostrate bodies of pigs; other pigs, a multitude extending to the horizon, flee before him. On the horse's fringed ... More
Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion, or Forcible reasons for negot...
French troops march with fixed bayonets up St. James's Street, the houses receding in perspective to the gate of the Palace, which is blazing. In the foreground on the left and right are 'White's' and 'Brookes'... More
Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion, or Forcible reasons for negot...
French troops march with fixed bayonets up St. James's Street, the houses receding in perspective to the gate of the Palace, which is blazing. In the foreground on the left and right are 'White's' and 'Brookes'... More
Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion, or Forcible reasons for negot...
French troops march with fixed bayonets up St. James's Street, the houses receding in perspective to the gate of the Palace, which is blazing. In the foreground on the left and right are 'White's' and 'Brookes'... More
Search-night; -or- state-watchmen, mistaking honest-men for conspirato...
The interior of a bare, poverty-stricken room with a raftered roof. Pitt and Dundas, as watchmen, batter down the upper timbers of a door (right) which has been strongly bolted, locked, and barricaded. Both hav... More
State-jugglers, (BM 1851,0901.405)
Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow, the State Jugglers, are on a platform outside the gate of St. James's Palace. Above the gate projects the sign of the Crown inn, across which rests a plank forming a see-saw; on thi... More
The Blessing of Peace, - The curses of war. (BM 1851,0901.714)
A design in two adjacent circles, with inscriptions abo ve and below the circles on an aquatinted ground. In the manner of genre, not satire. [1] The kitchen of a young English farmer who sits with his arm rou... More
The butchers of freedom. (BM J,2.131)
An election mob in which Townshend and his supporters, as butchers, are violently attacking the populace with cleavers and marrow-bones. They wear aprons with butchers' steels dangling from the waist. George H... More
The death of the great Wolf. (BM 1851,0901.767 1)
A close parody of West's picture, 'The Death of Wolfe' (1771). The three officers supporting the mortally wounded Pitt are (left to right) Burke, Pepper Arden (Master of the Rolls), and Dundas. From Burke's poc... More
The death of the great Wolf. (BM 1851,0901.767)
A close parody of West's picture, 'The Death of Wolfe' (1771). The three officers supporting the mortally wounded Pitt are (left to right) Burke, Pepper Arden (Master of the Rolls), and Dundas. From Burke's poc... More
The eruption of the mountain,-or-the horrors of the "bocca del inferno...
Vesuvius in eruption ejects an inverted cone of flame, while streams of flaming lava pour down its sides and have already surrounded 'Flanders' and 'Holland' (both indicated by windmills (left)). Another stream... More
The eruption of the mountain,-or-the horrors of the "bocca del inferno...
Vesuvius in eruption ejects an inverted cone of flame, while streams of flaming lava pour down its sides and have already surrounded 'Flanders' and 'Holland' (both indicated by windmills (left)). Another stream... More
The French Invasion; or John Bull, bombarding the Bum-boats (BM 1851,0...
A comic map, inscribed 'A new Map of England & France', actually showing England and Wales, the SW. corner of Scotland, the north of France, just including 'Paris', and the Belgian coast as far as Ostend. Engla... More
The French Invasion; or John Bull, bombarding the Bum-boats (BM 1851,0...
A comic map, inscribed 'A new Map of England & France', actually showing England and Wales, the SW. corner of Scotland, the north of France, just including 'Paris', and the Belgian coast as far as Ostend. Engla... More
The French Invasion; or John Bull, bombarding the Bum-boats (BM 1851,0...
A comic map, inscribed 'A new Map of England & France', actually showing England and Wales, the SW. corner of Scotland, the north of France, just including 'Paris', and the Belgian coast as far as Ostend. Engla... More
The French Invasion; or John Bull, bombarding the Bum-boats (BM 1851,0...
A comic map, inscribed 'A new Map of England & France', actually showing England and Wales, the SW. corner of Scotland, the north of France, just including 'Paris', and the Belgian coast as far as Ostend. Engla... More
The friendly agent. (BM 1851,0901.361)
Major Scott (right) hauls at a broad ribbon round Hastings's neck by which he is being drawn up to a gibbet. The ribbon, which passes over a pulley, is inscribed 'Defence of W. Hasti--gs Esqr'. To each of Hasti... More
The generae of patriotism, or the Bloomsbury farmer, planting Bedfords...
(For description see other impression). 3 February 1796 Etching and aquatint
The generae of patriotism,-or-the Bloomsbury farmer, planting Bedfords...
The Duke of Bedford, a stalwart, handsome and smiling farmer, strides (left to right) across a newly ploughed field, scattering guineas from a pouch slung to his shoulder; on his back is a large sack inscribed ... More
The generae of patriotism,-or-the Bloomsbury farmer, planting Bedfords...
The Duke of Bedford, a stalwart, handsome and smiling farmer, strides (left to right) across a newly ploughed field, scattering guineas from a pouch slung to his shoulder; on his back is a large sack inscribed ... More
The generae of patriotism,-or-the Bloomsbury farmer, planting Bedfords...
The Duke of Bedford, a stalwart, handsome and smiling farmer, strides (left to right) across a newly ploughed field, scattering guineas from a pouch slung to his shoulder; on his back is a large sack inscribed ... More
The generae of patriotism,-or-the Bloomsbury farmer, planting Bedfords...
(For description see other impression). 3 February 1796 Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
The Gordon-Knot,-or-the Bonny-Duchess hunting the Bedfordshire bull. (...
(For description see other impression). 19 April 1797 Hand-coloured etching
The Gordon-Knot,-or-the Bonny-Duchess hunting the Bedfordshire bull. (...
The Duchess of Gordon runs in profile to the left, pursuing a bull which gallops away, out of reach. She holds out a ribbon inscribed 'Matrimony', tied in a bow, in which she wishes to noose the bull. She is ... More
The loyal toast (BM J,3.56) - Drawing. Public domain image.
The Duke of Norfolk (right) stands on a dais at the head of a table (only part of which is visible), directed to the left, raising a brimming glass; in his left hand is a wine-bottle; he says: "Our Sovereign, -... More
The Republican-Hercules defending his country. (BM 1868,0808.6595)
Fox as a colossal Hercules, hairy and savage, bestrides the English Channel, supporting between the toes of his right foot the flag of 'Libertas'; his left foot is planted near a castle on a cliff flying the Un... More
The Worn-out Patriot-or-The Last Dying Speech of yhe Westminster Repre...
The title continues: 'at the Anniversary Meeting on Octr 10th 1800. held at the Shakespeare Tavern.' Fox stands on a dais at the head of a rough table, the seat from which he has risen is magnificent, above it ... More
Wierd-Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (BM 1851,090...
A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, ... More
Wierd-Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (BM 1851,090...
A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, ... More
A keen-sighted politician warming his imagination (BM J,3.3)
A companion print to BMSat 8656. Grenville stands on a hearth-rug, his back to a blazing fire (right), holding up to his face an open book inscribed: 'Fundamental Principles of Government for 1795', at which h... More
A natural crop;-alias-a Norfolk dumpling (BM 1851,0901.539)
(For description see other impression). 21 September 1791 Hand-coloured etching
A natural crop;-alias-a Norfolk dumpling (BM 1868,0808.6096)
A whole length satirical portrait of the Duke of Norfolk, directed to the right; in his left hand is the baton of Earl Marshal; his right hand is in his waistcoat pocket. He wears top-boots, a slouched hat, an... More
Andrew Robinson Bowes esqr as he appeared in the court of kings bench....
(For description see other impression). 2 December 1786 Etching Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Andrew Robinson Bowes esqr as he appeared in the court of kings bench....
Bowes, apparently very ill, is helped into court by two men who hold him by the arms. On the right., above the level of the court, the two judges, Ashurst (left) and Buller (right), look down at him. Beneath t... More
Shrine at St Ann's Hill (BM 1868,0808.6742 1)
Fox kneels in profile to the right with bent back before an altar, his hands together. His unpowdered hair is cropped. From his pocket projects a book: 'New Constitut[ion]'. The altar, draped with a cloth on w... More
Shrine at St Ann's Hill (BM 1868,0808.6742)
Fox kneels in profile to the right with bent back before an altar, his hands together. His unpowdered hair is cropped. From his pocket projects a book: 'New Constitut[ion]'. The altar, draped with a cloth on w... More
The Dissolution, or The Alchymist producing an Aetherial Representatio...
Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The genius of France triumphant, -or- Britannia petitioning for peace....
Britannia (left) grovels before a monster (right) representing the French Republic. Behind her stand Fox, Sheridan, and Stanhope, as sansculottes, joyfully hailing the apparition. Britannia on her knees, an... More