A block for the wigs, or, The new state whirligig [graphic] / 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

Related Links:

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1769068 http://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/4082654

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6227 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 48.

Abstract:

The new ministry is depicted on a large carousel, erected in front of the "Crown and Royal Bob" Inn. The structure is supported by a center pole held in place by pegs labelled "Treasury," "Navy" and "Army" terminating at the top with the head of the King in the form of a wig block. Fox, with a fox's head and tail, leads the procession, holding a bag of money. Behind him, Lord North on a horse with its legs cut short, loses his wig; Burke in Jesuit's habit and on a similarly lame horse, has partially turned into a skeleton due to his economical reform; Admiral Keppel behind him is desperate to remain seated on his donkey. Lastly a Scotsman labelled "President" signifies Scottish influence over the Crown. Watching from a seat before the Inn, a complacent John Bull mouths slogans of liberty, unaware that his house is being plundered behind him.

Variant Titles:

New state whirligig

Topics:

Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Flags--British.
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Merry-go-rounds.
Robberies.
Taverns (Inns)
Wigs.

Topics:

Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.

Topics:

Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Field & Tuer, publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.

Caption:

leaf 4

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1868.
Restrikes.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1783.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Source Title:

Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.

Call Number:

724 836C
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

15537249

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr35372b

OID:

17355866

PID:

digcoll:5262084