Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic] / Thos. Pether invt. ; J. Gillray fecit.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [ca. 1868?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.0 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6219 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 47. - Abstract:
- Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his right arm round North's shoulder, saying, " ... give me a sup of your soup ..." To the right, a devil squatting on a low stool in front of a fireplace blows bellows at the fire under a large cauldron with more broth in it. A large coalition medal (cf. BMSat 6183) with the likenesses of North and Fox hangs above the mantel.
- Variant Titles:
- Devil's the best of the bunch
Devil is the best of the bunch - Topics:
- Bellows.
Cauldrons.
Devil.
Fireplaces.
Pandora's box. - Topics:
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Topics:
- Field & Tuer, publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Pether, Thomas, active 1772-1781, artist. - Caption:
- leaf 2
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1868.
Restrikes.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1783. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Call Number:
- 724 836C
Folio 724 836C (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 15537079
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr35370b
- OID:
- 17355862
- PID:
- digcoll:5262082
