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The Cabinetical Balance
In this print, Henry Addington and Edward Law are posed over the cross-beam of the scale. The lower scale (right) contains the ‘Broad-Bottomites’ i.e. the Grenvillites, or New Opposition. In the left scale are the ‘No-Bottomites,’ or the Foxites or…
End of the Irish farce of Catholic emancipation
The inclusion of this print is to emphasize Gillray’s use of scales as a motif against the British government. Here the scales are located at the top of the print, in the center, emerging from the King’s arm. On one scale rests a book inscribed…
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…
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 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…