Lord Thurlow, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows Edward Thurlow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing whig. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1781 (November), p. 507. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and print... More
Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...
A British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket ... More
John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise
A British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new "Excise" duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is impl... More
Sin, Death, and the Devil - vide Milton, British Cartoon Print
A satire on the struggle between Pitt and Thurlow travestied as a scene from Paradise Lost. Pitt is Death, wearing only the king's crown. Thurlow is Satan. The Queen is Sin, naked, with two writhing serpents fo... More
The Tories and the Whigs pulling for a crown, British Cartoon Print
Print shows George, Prince of Wales, seated on a throne in the background waiting the results of a tug-of-war over the crown (and regency for the Prince) between the Tories represented by Edward Thurlow and Wil... More
![The progress of passion / JN [Nixon] 1792 ; etched by Cruikshanks., British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvdGhlLXByb2dyZXNzLW9mLXBhc3Npb24tam4tbml4b24tMTc5Mi1ldGNoZWQtYnktY3J1aWtzaGFua3MtOGU0Nzc0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "The progress of passion / JN [Nixon] 1792 ; etched by Cruikshanks., British Cartoon Print")
The progress of passion / JN [Nixon] 1792 ; etched by Cruikshanks., Br...
Print shows a sequence of scenes arranged in two rows starting, in upper left, with King George III dismissing Edward Thurlow and followed by a chain of events resulting from Thurlow's anger that affect family ... More
The Hibernian attempt. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows George III sitting on a throne with Edward Thurlow and William Pitt standing next to him; he is wearing half a crown on his head, on the left, an African wearing a feathered headdress and holding a ... More
The sour prospect before us, or The ins throwing up State --., British...
"Ministers, seven isolated figures, vomit copiously at the prospect of being turned out...." (Source: George) Title continues in panel 2: Affairs. The sweet prospect behind us, or the outs in office. Panel 2 ... More
The Russian bear and her invincible rider encountering the British leg...
Cartoon shows Potemkin, with sword raised overhead and wearing hussar's uniform, riding Catherine the Great who is dressed as a black bear, they approach George III and his ministers, Pitt, Salisbury, and Thurl... More
The Russian bear and her invincible rider encountering the British leg...
Cartoon shows Potemkin, with sword raised overhead and wearing hussar's uniform, riding Catherine the Great who is dressed as a black bear, they approach George III and his ministers, Pitt, Salisbury, and Thurl... More
Sin, Death, and the Devil - vide Milton, British Cartoon Print
A satire on the struggle between Pitt and Thurlow travestied as a scene from Paradise Lost. Pitt is Death, wearing only the king's crown. Thurlow is Satan. The Queen is Sin, naked, with two writhing serpents fo... More
The eclipse at an end - and political tilting discovered
Print shows Edward Thurlow and a woman, possibly Queen Charlotte, on a donkey labeled "WP" (William Pitt?) wearing a lion skin, a partially eclipsed sun (George III) above them; on the right two men are seated ... More
![Wierd sisters; minister's[sic] of darkness; minions of the moon, British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvd2llcmQtc2lzdGVycy1taW5pc3RlcnNzaWMtb2YtZGFya25lc3MtbWluaW9ucy1vZi10aGUtbW9vbi1lODgxYjMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Wierd sisters; minister's[sic] of darkness; minions of the moon, British Cartoon Print")
Wierd sisters; minister's[sic] of darkness; minions of the moon, Briti...
Prime Minister William Pitt, and subordinate ministers Dundas and Thurlow portrayed as the witches from Macbeth, contemplating a moon comprised of profiles of Queen Charlotte and King George III. Forms part of ... More