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Thunder, Lightning And Smoke, Or, The Wind Shifted From The North To The East

Thunder, Lightning And Smoke, Or, The Wind Shifted From The North To The East

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TITLE:  Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, the wind shifted from the north to the east CALL NUMBER:  PC 3 - 1788--Thunder, lightning and smoke ... (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-44842 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows Sir Philip Francis(?) standing, facing right, with dagger in left hand, on the far right, Warren Hastings, wearing a turban, is standing amid bags of money beneath a flag "India Preserved" and against thunder and lightning coming from Edmund Burke and Charles James Fox whose heads are atop a weathervane labeled "Impeachment" which is supported by Francis, the "Source." A cloud of smoke extends to the left behind Burke and Fox, it obscures a "Coal[i]tio[n]" beneath which sits Lord North in rags with a flag "America Lost" and an "M.T." purse. The smoke screen on the left contains several statements: "He has utterly ruined his country!" -- "Hold the man infamous that associates with him!" -- "Consider the man curst that goes over the threshold with him!" -- "We will not suffer him to escape" -- "We pledge ourselves to bring him to the Scaffold!!!" -- "We will not rest till we have brought him to the Block!!!"; the thunder and lightning (or the wind that has shifted from North to Hastings) contains flowers and dice; Burke and Fox, holding the cup, appear to have cast their lot with Hastings who looks alarmed. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Pub'd as the Act directs for the proprietor by W. Moore No. 48 near Bond Street & W. Dickie opposite Exeter change, 1788 April 22. NOTES: Title from item. Paper watermarked GB beneath a crown and escutcheon ornament. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 893. SUBJECTS: Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818. Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797. Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806. Francis, Philip,--Sir,--1740-1818. North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792. Politics & government--England--1780-1790. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings British 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45066 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45066 CONTROL #:  2004676795