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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…
Meeting of the Monied Interest
Charles James Fox stands in the center of the print, declaiming violently to his surrounding supporters. He states: “Gentlemen; -we are all ruin’d we sha’n’t have Five Guineas left to make a Bett with!-one Tenth dead, without a single throw of the…
Nightly Visitors, at St. Ann's Hill
‘Nightly Visitors, at St. Ann’s Hill’ depicts Charles James Fox wearing the bonnet-rouge and awakened by Lord Edward Fitzgerald and a series headless ghosts at the front of his bed. Fitzgerald, with blood-stained hair and shirt says: ‘Who first…
The Storm rising; -or- The Republican Flotilla in danger
This print shows a windlass (right) being turned by Francis Russell, Charles James Fox—wearing a tricolored ribbon in his hair—Richard Brinsley Sheridan and George Tierney. A raft advanced diagonally from the left with a tricolored flag inscribed…
Retribution; -tarring and feathering; -or- the patriots revenge
This print shows William Pitt, thickly coated in feathers, standing between Richard Brinsley Sheridan (left) and Charles James Fox (right). Fox is much caricatured, and grinning broadly as he pushed a dripping mop into Pitt’s face. Sheridan raises a…
Presages of the Millenium
‘Presages of the Millenium’ shows William Pitt as Death, riding naked on the White Horse of Hanover. In his right hand he holds a flaming sword and in his left the thread-like body of a scaly monster with gaping jaws, webbed wings and a serpent’s…
The Real Cause of the present High-Price of Provisions, or, a View on the Sea Coast of England, with French Agents, smuggling away Supplies for France
In this print, ‘French Agents’ purchase sheep, cattle and pigs from Charles James Fox wearing a hat with the French tricolored cockade on it. Fox holds a bag of ‘French Gold’ which he pours into the hands of farmer-dressed William Petty. Richard…
The Prophet of the Hebrews,-the Prince of Peace,-conducting the Jews to the Promis'd Land
Richard Brothers, dressed as a sans-culotte carries on his back a ‘Bundle of the Elect’ from which protrudes the heads and legs of Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles Stanhope and William Petty. All figures wear the bonnet-rouge.…
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…