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Title: Two Pair of Portraits presented to all the unbiassed Electors of Great Britain, by John Horne Tooke
Identifier(s): Paine 75 G41tw, graphics:5215 APSdigobj3203
Description: Tooke paints portraits of Fox and Pitt in a studio, a reference to a similarly titled pamphlet he had recently published. ; Gimbel: 293 "Universal suffrage was one of Paine's first principles" [Gimbel]. Copy after print James Gillray published by John Wright, 1798-12-01 (see George: 9270)
Subject: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806; Pitt, William, the Younger, 1759-1806; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Date: circa 1798

Title: A Would-Be Cromwell, Tooke Horne Mad Attempting to Disperse the Short Parliament
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 W91
Description: Tooke lights the fuse issuing from a package inscribed "Petition, Horne Tooke", causing an explosion in the House of Commons. Fox, Pitt and Sheridan are among those blown away by the force of the blast.; George: 7691 Trimmed close and missing inscription with its reference to Margaret Nicholson at bottom.
Subject: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806; Pitt, William, the Younger, 1759-1806; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Date: 1790-12-18

Title: Patriotic Regeneration: -viz.- parliament reform'd, a la francoise, -that is- honest men (i.e.-opposition.) in the seat of justice. Vide Carmagnol Expec
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41pa; graphics:7677
Description: Pitt is being tried in the House of Commons, before an audience of English sans-culottes. Stanhope reads the charges to Fox, who is depicted as Speaker of the House and Sheridan, as scribe. Paine's Rights of Man is among the books visible on his table.; George: 8624 Gimbel: 249
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man; Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806; Pitt, William, the Younger, 1759-1806; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816; Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Date: 1795-03-02

Title: No Grumbling
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 C84n
Description: The King and Regent, aided by Pitt, load a new weight onto the pile of taxes supported with difficulty by John Bull. The Age of Reason can be seen in the King's pocket.; George 8646. Negative and positive photostats
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Age of reason; Pitt, William, the Younger, 1759-1806; George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820; George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Date: 1795-05-06

Title: The Meeting of the Legion Club
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 B71m
Description: A satirical depiction of the January 23rd opening of Parliament. William Pitt is depicted as a messenger riding a donkey, bearing the Treaty of Commerce with France and leading a group advancing to meet Charles James Fox and his supporters. Fox is riding a cannon from which a blast inscribed "Voice of the People" issues. George III is visible inside the state coach in the background. ; George vol. 6, no. 7132. Possible artist, John Boyne.
Subject: Pitt, William, the Younger, 1759-1806; Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806; Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797; George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820; Wilkes, John, 1725-1795; North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792; Cavendish-Bentinck, William Henry, Duke of Portland, 1738-1809; Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799; Loughborough, Alexander Wedderburn, Baron of, 1733-1805
Date: 1787-01-23