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Alexander Dufour's letter to the Duke of Clarence's 'Naval Pillar or Monument Project.' The letter outlines Dufour's proposed monument.

In this print, a sailor peers out grinning towards the spectator. He sits on a corded sea-chest and points at his prize-money which is heaped up on a larger chest in front of him. On the wall behind his head appears a ballad headed by an oval bust…

Cruikshank’s print shows Charles James Fox standing in profile, holding four muskets and wearing the bonnet-rouge with a tricolored cockade. From his protruding lips issues a blast inscribed: ‘Inflammatory Harrangues\To stir up the People to\Acts of…

This print depicts (L to R) Charles James Fox, King George III and William Pitt. The King faces Pitt who addressed him through a horn used by news-boys for crying their wares. Fox stands behind the King, wearing the bonnet-rouge and also addressing…

James Gillray's 'Design for the Naval Pillar,' the image the exhibition focuses around, displays a statued configured of high relief objects standing upon a rock in a story sea. The base is supported by two figures: Fortitude, with a lion, resting…

‘King William IV (A true British tar)’ depicts the Duke Clarence (later King William IV) as a British Jack Tar. The print is a mockery against the Duke’s unsuccessful naval attempts, demoting him to a pouting seaman of the common masses. Gillray has…

Charles James Fox appears as a ragged sans-culotte with bloodstained hands and a dagger cased with blood in his belt. He joyously sings “Ca ira!” while capering his right hand on his hip and holding up his left hand. Unshaven, he wears an ill-fitting…

‘A Paris Beau’ depicts a French Revolutionary soldier wearing the bonnet-rouge. As evident in the print, Gillray regarded the soldiers as manic and barbaric individuals. This print is included in the exhibition to showcase how Gillray ultimately…