BM 6187
War.
[1783]; Pub 9th March 1783 by H. Humphrey No. 51 New Bond St. CPDBM indicates print is by Gillray, (19.5 x 29.5 cm)

Engraving featuring four men in the House of Commons. To the right are Lord Fox and Lord Burke and text beneath which starts “I shold hold myself Infamous if I ever form’d a connection with him!”; to the left is the back of Lord North wearing wig and sash, his arm extended upwards and text beneath which starts “want of candor”; in front of him is the Speaker, engraved lightly.

BM 6190
The Tea-Tax Tempest – or Old time with his Magick-Lanthern [sic].
 [1783]; Pubd March 12, 1783 by W. Humphreys. [sic] No 227 Strand, (27 x 38 cm)
 
Engraving featuring the figure of Father Time projecting a scene onto a curtain using a lantern mounted on a globe. In front and watching the scene are three women – Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia (who CPDBM indicates are Europe, Asia and Africa). To the left is a Native American woman with bow and arrows looking at the image as well. Father Time is describing the scene on the wall to the women, “There you see the little Hot Spit Fire Tea pot that has done all the mischief…”. The scene projected onto the wall features a teapot and beneath are stamped documents ablaze. To the left is a cock using bellows to keep the embers going. To the right are Americans and troops with a flag charging; to the left are British soldiers fleeing. See also BM 5490 Folio.

BM 6195
The Loaves and Fishes: whipt be such Honest Knaves –Shakes–. 
 [1783]; J H invt. Pub by Ed Achery March 24 1783 St. James Street, (24.5 x 34.5 cm)

Colored engraving featuring an interior scene with nine men seated around a table; on the table are loaves of uncut bread, fishes and a lobster. To the left are two dogs with bags of money strapped to their backs. CPDBM indicates the men are: George III presiding over the table stating “Please help yourselves Gentlemen”, Shelburne, Dunning, Fox, North, Keppel, Howe, Burke and an unknown man.

BM 6196
Coalition: The Fox & Badger both in a Hole. 
 [1783]; Pub W Richardson March 27 1783 near Surry St Strand, (28 x 43.5 cm)

Engraving which features two animals, a badger and a fox in a cave conversing. The badger is plump and is wearing a sash; CPDBM indicates they are Charles Fox and Lord North. Outside the cave and gesturing in is a Devil who states “He he he – he They both are for me”.

BM 6202
Mrs. General Washington, Bestowing Thirteen Stripes on Britannia. 
 [1783]; CPDBM indicates image was created for Rambler’s Magazine, (14 x 8 cm)

Engraving with Britannia to the right holding her shield stating “Is it thus my Children treat me”; General Washington in a skirt is grabbing a lock of her sheared hair and holds a whip with thirteen lashes above his head ready to strike. Behind Washington are the figures of France, Spain and Holland.

BM 6210 copy 1
The Times, Anno 1783.
 [1783]; Pub Aprl 14 1783 by W Humphrey No. 227 Strand; CPDBM indicates image created by Gillray, (25.5 x 36.5 cm)

Engraving with figures of England, France, Spain and Holland on a beach. Behind are numerous ships, some of them on fire CPDBM indicates the land mass is Gibraltar. To the right on the ground is a broken anchor. John Bull has his hands raised in the air; above him a devil flies off with a map labeled “America” and coming from his flatulence is “Poor John Bull! Ha! Ha Ha…”; France hands Bull a snuff box, Spain is tapping France on the Shoulder and Holland stands off to the far left side looking on.

BM 6210 copy 2
The Times, Anno 1783.
 [1783]; Pub Aprl 14 1783 by W Humphrey No. 227 Strand; CPDBM indicates image created by Gillray, (25 x 35.5 cm)

A colored version of BM 6210.

BM 6213
The Cole-Heavers.
 [1783]; Pub Aprl 16 1783 by W Humphrey No. 227 Strand, (26.5 x 36 cm)

Engraving of an interior scene with Lord Fox and Lord North shoveling coins into a money bag labeled “For Private Use”; behind them hanging on the wall are several bags labeled “M.T.” and a sash labeled “For the Use of the Publick”; to the right are additional coins on the ground.

BM 6215
The Re-Electing of Reynard, or Fox the Pride of the Geese.
[1783]; I. Porter fect. Pub by Wm Richardson Aprill [sic] 19, 1783. Strand, (27.5 x 43 cm)

Engraving with the electorate of Westminster as geese wearing hats parading down a street. In the windows are several geese calling down to them. Several of the geese carry signs, some carry guns and two carry a banner which reads “The Man of the People”; in the rear several of the geese carry the figure of Fox seated in a chair on a pedestal holding a tri-corn hat labeled “CF” and a purse coins.

BM 6223
Amusement for John Bull & His Cousin Paddy, or, the Gambols of the American Buffalo in St. James’s Street.
[1783]; Published 1st May 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater-noster Row; CPDBM indicates image was for the European Magazine, (11 x 15 cm)

Engraving which illustrates an exterior scene of men picking up fishes and loaves of bread from overturned baskets. Behind them George III looks on from an open window. To the right is a large buffalo and a woman sprawled before it. The group of men assembling around the loaves and fishes are ministers. Note: included with the AAS copy is a broadsheet reading “A Dialogue Between John Bull and His Cousin Paddy, In St. James-Street.”

BM 6225
The Rt Honble Catch Singers.
[1783]; Pub May 2d 1783 by W Humphrey No. 227 Strand; CPDBM indicates image created by Gillray, (27 x 43 cm)

Engraving which features an interior scene with Fox and North seated at a table, possibly in an alehouse or tavern, sharing a two-handled mug of beer and singing a song. Fox, seated to the left, is holding a pen and in front of him is the “Westminster Petition”. North, to the right, has narrowed eyes and is blowing the foam off the beer and holding a document labeled “Express” above his head.

BM 6227
A Block for the Wigs – or the new State Whirligig.
[1783]; Pub May 5th 1783 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand; CPDBM indicates image created by Gillray, (25.5 x 35 cm)
 
Engraving featuring a large merry-go-round with five men on various animals going around in a circle; in the center is a bust of an unknown man with a wig and the Union Jack. In the lead is Fox with a bag of gold, followed by Lord North with his wig blowing off; behind is Burke reading from a text labeled ‘Sublime and Beautiful”; he has one leg which is skeletal; behind him is Burke saying “Dam’d rough Sailing this, I shall never be able to keep my Seat till the 27th July” followed by a man on a throne labeled “President” wearing a sash. Behind is a tavern called the “Crown and Royal Bob” as well as a man handing a large bag to another man waiting on a ladder. To the left is a man seated holding a mug and pipe. Text in upper left reads “Poor John Bull’s House plunder’d at Noon Day”.

BM 6228
A Petrified Lusus Naturae Lately Discovered in the Ruins of a Temple Once Dedicated to Liberty by the Britons.
[1783]; Pub by M Thomas. Prince Street Mayth 6. 1783; CPDBM indicates the image may be by T. Cooley, (27 x 42 cm)

Engraving featuring three faces carved into the front of a large boulder which is in a landscape with trees and grass. To the right is King George holding a sword and looking through a glass into the faces of the men. He is saying “My friend Johnston shall write a desertation on this Phenomenon”; the men’s faces are Portland, Fox and North. Beneath the image is enumeration which corresponds with numbers on the face of the rock.

BM 6229
The [Ass]Headed and [Cow-heart]ed Ministry Making the British [Lion] give up the Pull. 
[1783]; Pub by J Barrow May 8 1783 White Lion Bull Stairs Surry Side Black Friars Bridge [local note: much of publication information rubbed off, parts supplied by CPDBM], (27.5 x 44.5 cm)

Engraving with part of the title appearing as a rebus followed by textual description. In the center of the image is a large circular pit; to the left of the pit is a lion harnessed to four figures on the right which include a pug-dog, a rattlesnake, a cock and a Spanish hound all speaking. In the center is a two-headed eagle saying “Gratitude oft prompt me on to help thee, yet I refrained” as well as “I am an armed Neutral”. Next to the chained lion are four “ministers” who have the heads of asses.

BM 6241
The State Windmill. 
[1783]; Published 10 June 1783 by J. Wallis No 16 Ludgate Street, (28.5 x 23 cm)

Engraving with a large central windmill with four sails, each with men hanging off. The figures are labeled and beneath the image is a key to the enumeration. Those included are Lord North, Charles Fox, Burke, Lord Surrey, Lord Mahon, Governor Johnstone, Lord Keppel, the Chancellor Lord Thurlow, Lord Shelburne, Townshend, Lord Dundas Advocate of Scotland, Sheridan, and Pitt. To the right are two figures looking upwards with telescopes as well as a man with a geometric tool. To the left are five figures, one brandishing an ax, one with a saw, one doing a headstand and one crawling on the ground.

BM 6266
Florizel and Perdita. 
[1783]; Pubd as the act directs (Octr 16) 178(3) by [B. Pownall No 6 Pall Mall]; missing information supplied by CPDBM, (28 x 43 cm)

Engraving which features a portrait of a person divided down the center, a man to the left and a woman to the right. CPDBM indicates that the two figures are the prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson. The Prince is wearing a ribbon and the star of Garter; Perdita is wearing a hood over her head and has one of her breasts exposed. To the left is a figure of the King wearing a crown saying “Oh My Son my Son” and to the right is a man with antlers holding up a shelf which reads “King of Cuckholds” and the busts of three men identified by CPDBM as Colonel Tarleton, Fox and Lord North.

BM 6271
A Transfer of East India Stock. 
[1783]; JS f. [Sayers] Published 25th Novr 1783 by Thomas Cornell Bruton Street; missing information supplied by CPDBM, (44.5 x 28.5 cm)

Engraving featuring Lord Fox carrying a miniature of a building, the East India House, above his shoulders into St. James’s Palace to the right. Coming out of his pocket is a piece of paper labeled “New Arrangement Seven Emperors Eight Governors 8000 Deputy Governors 10000 Collectors of the Revenue.” Under his foot is a List of Directors as well as a paper “Resolved That the Influence of the Crown has increased….”; there are additional papers which scatter down reading “East India Stock” and “India Bonds 54 to 55”.

BM 6281
Banditti. 
[1783]; I.B. [J. Boyne] Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill Dec. 22 1783; missing information supplied by CPDBM, lower edge of AAS copy mutilated, (32 x 36 cm)

Engraving featuring figures grouped around a table in the guise of bandits. In the front of the table are the figures of Fox and North both with goblets; behind is Keppel with a book in his hand as well as the King with keys around his neck and Burke as well as Lord Cavendish and Carlisle are also included. Beneath the table are the prostrate bodies of Dunning and Shelburne (identified by CPDBM). In the center of the table is a large bowl and several of the characters exchanging coins.

BM 6367
General Blackbeard Wounded at the Battle of Leadenhall. 
[1784]; I.B. [J. Boyne] Jany 5 Publish’d by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill, & Sold by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly; missing information supplied by CPDBM, (29 x 39.5 cm)

Engraving which features an exterior scene of several figures gathered around the fallen Fox who is meant to be Blackbeard. The followers surrounding him include Perdita Robinson who is behind him and is attempting to give him a bottle of medicine, kissing her hand is the Prince of Wales. Other men surrounding him are Sheridan, Burke, Keppel, North, Cavendish and Portland. Behind the scene is a flag with a set of arms featuring a fox, badger, a face, and a crest. To the left are billowing clouds with the face of a Fox in them.

BM 6376
The Broken Bridge of Administration. 
[1784]; Published as the Act directs Jany 1784 by J Smith & Sold at No 2 Pedlars Acre Westr Bridge, (28.5 x 43.5 cm)

Engraving featuring a broken bridge with three characters on both sides. To the right is the King bent over looking between his legs and holding out a crown to Fox and North who are on the other side of the bridge on a road labeled “Road to Preferment”. The broken timbers of the bridge are labeled “War Office” “Treasury” “Chancellor Ship” “Admiralty” “Council Chamber” and “Navy Office”.

BM 6394
The Rise of India Stock, & Sinking Fund of Oppression. 
[1784]; Publish’d as ye act directs Jan 1s. 1784 by B.W., (28 x 43 cm)

Engraving featuring King George as seen from the back facing a pair of scales. The beam in the center is labeled “Right weight against Oppression”. He is holding in his left arm, which is labeled “Government Security”, a miniature building labeled “India House”. In his right is a sword labeled “Perogative” which has cut off one of the scales of with Fox and North bumbling down. The King is saying “To preserve Justice, Villainy must fall”.

BM 6427
The Political Rat Catcher or Jack Renegado’s New Patent Trap’s.
[1784]; Pub. Feb 27 1784 by W. Wells N. 132 Fleet Street, (28 x 44 cm)

Engraving of an interior scene where there are numerous rats in clothing crawling around a floor filled with rat traps. In the doorway, looking on, is John Robinson, who sits on a stool and watches the rats. Several of the rats are caught in traps labeled “Buck Hounds” “Baronet” “Seat in ye new Parlt” and “Private Pension, Peerage, Place 1000 a Yr”; on the wall of the interior are portraits and artifacts including a portrait of “William 3d” which is covered in spider webs, Sanct. Carol Pri., a copy of the “Magna Charta” [sic] which is noted as being “In fine preservation” and above the doorway, a portrait of Robinson Crusoe.

BM 6441
Coalition Arms.
[1784]; Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784; and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street [Price One Shilling], (41.5 x 33 cm)

Engraving on the top of a sheet with letter-pressed text beneath. Lord North and Fox are seen leaning against a crest which has inside it several images. Holding up the crest is the King, beneath him a banner reads “Neck or Nothing”. North is holding a flag with a skull atop and a flag with several devils reading “Coalition” as well as a striped flag; Fox is holding a spear with liberty cap atop. Inside the crest is Edmund Burke as a Dentist taking out the teeth of a lion, accoutrements of gambling, an upside down Britannia with shield and sword and a gallows with a fox and a man hanging.

BM 6444
The Champion of the People.
[1784]; Pubd March 11. 1784 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, (29 x 43 cm)

Engraving with Fox in full body armor brandishing a broken sword above his head and a shield labeled “Shield of Truth”; behind him is an army of English and Irishmen also in armor carrying a flag labeled “Standard Op Universai Liberty”; there are also two people labeled “Et Indian” on their hands and knees in praise. Fox is fighting a many-headed dragon or beast and he is decapitating it; from the creature’s mouth come the words: Tyranny, Assumed Prerogative, Despotism, Oppression, Secret Influence, Scotch Politik, Duplicity and Corruption. In the background are four men dancing including a Dutchman and Frenchman holding a flag labeled “Standard of Sedition”.

BM 6542
Fox in a Trap and the Constitution Preservd.
[1784]; Pubd April 20, 1784, by J. Linn Ludgate Street, (28 x 43 cm)

Engraving featuring a well-dressed woman in a large plumed hat labeled “Fox” speaking to a fox caught in a trap. The woman is crying and holding a handkerchief. The bait of the trap is a crown. A finger to the left pointing inwards is saying “Guilty Death”.

BM 6658a [see Folio]