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Political mathematician's, shaking the Broad Bottom'd hemispheres
Gillray even included images of a weakened Britannia in the background of prints, as evident in ‘Political mathematician’s, shaking the Broad Bottom’d hemispheres.’ In this print, she is placed in the background (left) seated on a rock, leaning…
Physical Aid, -or-Britannia recover'd from a trance;-also, the patriotic courage of Sherry Andrew: & a peep thro' the Frog
In this print, Britannia is terrified, faint and disheveled while she sits on the ground and is supported by Addington and Hawkesbury and defended by Sheridan. The background (right) shows French troops advancing towards the shore, with Napoleon…
A Phantasmagoria; -scene-Conjuring-up an Armed Skeleton
In this print, Henry Addington, Hawkesbury and Charles James Fox are guised as the three witches in Macbeth. They cool their hell-broth in a cauldron, which the skeleton of Britannia stands in. Fox (right) is shown wearing the bonnet-rouge, seemingly…
Political-dreamings! -visions of peace! -perspective horrors!
William Windham, uncaricatured, lies in bed dreaming. On the left side of the print the figure of Death, a skeleton form straddles a pile of British trophies. By the foot of the bed, a fat demon with the features of Charles James Fox, with a barbed…
Britannia between death and the doctor's
This print shows Britannia, propped up by pillows, lazily holding her spear. William Pitt, the new doctor, kicks Henry Addington through the door. His left foot stands on the face of Charles James Fox who lies on the ground with the bonnet-rouge in…
The genius of France triumphant, -or- Britannia petitioning for peace. -Vide, The Proposals of Opposition
Britannia is here shown groveling before a monster representing the French Republic. Behind her stand Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Charles Stanhope, all wearing the bonnet-rouge. The French monster is supported by a bed of dark…
The first kiss this ten years! -or- the meeting of Britannia & Citizen François
This print shows Britannia, fat, good-natured and richly dressed, being kissed by a tall and lean French military officer. He says: ‘Madame, permittez me, to pay my profound esteem to your engaging person! & to seal on your divine Lips my everlasting…
Fashion before ease;-or,-a good constitution sacrificed, for a fantastick form
Britannia is shown on the left grasping the trunk of a large oak tree while Thomas Paine tugs with both hands at her stay-lace. He wears bonnet-rouge with a tricolored cockade and from his pockets protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscribed:…
The Nursery, with Britannia Reposing in peace
In this print, a childlike Britannia sleeps in a large wicker cradle, rocked by Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, who is dressed as an elderly woman. Hawkesbury, a thin nursemaid, enters the left side of the scene with an ornate child’s…
Design for the Naval Pillar
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…