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28. The bubblers bubbl'd, or, The devil take the hindmost [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cole, James, active 1715-1774, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1720]
- Call Number:
- 720.06.21.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the financial crisis of 1720 (based, partly in reverse, on 1868,0808.9612) the courtyard of the Amsterdam Exchange now standing for stockbroking in London. The banner now lists 42 investment schemes, including "Robin's Fishery for Gudgeons", (an allustion to Robert Knight, cashier of the South Sea Company), and "Moore's most Royal Fishery" (alluding to Arthur Moore, director of the South Sea Company); in the colonnades and at the front stockbrokers and investors, including a man in middle Eastern dress, celebrate their successes or bemoan their losses as they circulate documents; in niches above are figures of Fortune and Plenty both casting papers labelled with the names of speculations; the clock is no longer labelled "Quinquenpoix". Engraved title, inscriptions, and English verses in three columns."--British Museum online catalog
- Alternative Title:
- Devil take the hindmost and Bubblers bubbled
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., A 'List of the Bubbles' in the image, and below the image with twenty-four lines of verse in three columns 'Come all ye mony'd Bites & Culls ... When jobbing in Change-Ally / Here Whig and Tory, Rich & Poor ... Whilst others fart with Squeezing / Here Fortune does her smiles dispense ... O Britain! mourn thy troubles!', and "J. Cole Sculp / Sold by the Printsellers of London & Westminster.'. There are early annotations in pen and ink against two investment schemes: "24 For Erecting Houses of Office in ye North of England and Scotland for ye convenience of Strangers and Travellers" is annotated "Ha! Ha!", and "37 Lending Money to necessitous Persons" "Hay" Day"., and Watermark in the upper portion of sheet. Countermark I V in the lower portion.
- Publisher:
- Sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Moore, Arthur, 1666?-1730., Knight, Robert, 1675-1744, and South Sea Company
- Subject (Topic):
- South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Financial crises, History, Politics and government, and Stock exchanges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bubblers bubbl'd, or, The devil take the hindmost [graphic]
29. The conflict in Paris Wounded Communistes. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [19th century]
- Call Number:
- Print01310
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, French.
- Publisher:
- F. Sala & Co. Unter d. Linden 51
- Subject (Geographic):
- Paris (France)
- Subject (Topic):
- France, Politics and government, Ambulances, Transport of sick and wounded, Red Cross and Red Crescent, Rebellions, Wounds & injuries, Crowds, Litters, Families, and History
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The conflict in Paris Wounded Communistes. [graphic]
30. The parricide a sketch of modern patriotism. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1776]
- Call Number:
- 776.05.01.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An attack on the Opposition, depicting Britannia, half naked, restrained by the Duke of Grafton and Alderman Hayley, and attacked by knife-wielding America, the latter directed by Wilkes. Discord waves 2 torches on the left. America, dressed as an Indian woman armed with tomahawk and dagger tramples on the shield of Britannia who is simultaneously attacked by the British lion. Camden holds the lion's reins, while Pitt the Elder and a fox (representing Charles James Fox) stand among the onlookers. A medallion in the foreground bears the image of the pious pelican feeding her young
- Alternative Title:
- Sketch of modern patriotism
- Description:
- Title from item., Place of publication from that of the Westminster Magazine., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Above design: Engrav'd for the Westminster Magazine.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811., Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., and Hayley, George, d. 1781.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, History, and Colonies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The parricide a sketch of modern patriotism. [graphic]
31. The political black-smiths [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [after 1 March 1776]
- Call Number:
- 776.03.01.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a blacksmith's shop, the Earl of Mansfield forges links of a chain, with Lord North on the left holding his lorgnette in his left hand, with "An Act for prohibiting trade" in his right hand. Lord Sandwich stands to North's left, holding hammer and anchor, with Bute behind them working the bellows and George III looking in the window at the left
- Alternative Title:
- Political blacksmiths
- Description:
- Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed., and Probably a variant of no. 5328 "The State blacksmiths forging fetters for the Americans" in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, History, Colonies, and Blacksmiths
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political black-smiths [graphic].
32. The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. May, 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.00.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Britannia and America embrace, while France and Spain try to pull America away, Holland watches their efforts, and Fox points out the struggle to Keppel." A reference to attempts by Russia and Fox to mediate the conflict in 1781-82.
- Description:
- Title from item., A probable earlier state of no. 5989 without the Humphrey imprint. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Artist and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 44 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. Colley No. 5 Acorn Court Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane Old England
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, History, Colonies, Liberty cap, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America [graphic].
33. The wrangling friends, or, Opposition in disorder [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 May 1791]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on a 6 May 1791 scene between Fox and Burke in the House of Commons which resulted in their permanent estangement. Fox stands weeping as a boy kneels at his feet filling a bucket, the tears are so copious. Burke, turns back to look at him, clenching in his one hand "French Constitution and in the other "treason conspiracy, poor old England" as he trodes on a piece of paper "Canada Bill." Other Members of the House cluster on either side of the Speaker's chair shouting support for one or the other
- Alternative Title:
- Opposition in disorder
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed in lower right corner with artist John Nixon's "JN" monogram., Printmaker identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of text from Burke's speech below title: I think myself justified in saying this, because I do know that there are people in this country avowedly endeavouring to disorder its constitution, its government & that in a very bold manner - vide Burk's [sic] speech., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.9 x 37.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark; window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., and Mounted opposite page 470 (leaf numbered '76' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Publd. May 10, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764-1845
- Subject (Topic):
- France, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Great Britain, Politics and government, Politicians, Debates, Books, Ceremonial maces, Crying, Handkerchiefs, Buckets, Constitutions, Legislation, Documents, Demons, and Bellows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wrangling friends, or, Opposition in disorder [graphic]
34. The wrangling friends, or, Opposition in disorder [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 May 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.05.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on a 6 May 1791 scene between Fox and Burke in the House of Commons which resulted in their permanent estangement. Fox stands weeping as a boy kneels at his feet filling a bucket, the tears are so copious. Burke, turns back to look at him, clenching in his one hand "French Constitution and in the other "treason conspiracy, poor old England" as he trodes on a piece of paper "Canada Bill." Other Members of the House cluster on either side of the Speaker's chair shouting support for one or the other
- Alternative Title:
- Opposition in disorder
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed in lower right corner with artist John Nixon's "JN" monogram., Printmaker identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of text from Burke's speech below title: I think myself justified in saying this, because I do know that there are people in this country avowedly endeavouring to disorder its constitution, its government & that in a very bold manner - vide Burk's [sic] speech., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis on top and monogram W appended at bottom.
- Publisher:
- Publd. May 10, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764-1845
- Subject (Topic):
- France, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Great Britain, Politics and government, Politicians, Debates, Books, Ceremonial maces, Crying, Handkerchiefs, Buckets, Constitutions, Legislation, Documents, Demons, and Bellows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wrangling friends, or, Opposition in disorder [graphic]
35. Un Décembrisé "Tiens! ..." / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 October 1850] and [1850]
- Call Number:
- Print00403
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Place of publication from item., In image: h.D. 217., Date supplied by curator., Above image: Actualités. 5., Published in Le Charivari, 5 October 1850., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Head injuries.
- Publisher:
- Chez Aubert & Cie, Pl. de la Bourse 29 and Imp. de Me. Ve. Aubert, r. de l'Abbaye 5
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Riots, History, Politics and government, Wounds & injuries, Bandages, Bathrobes, Balconies, and Neighbors
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Un Décembrisé "Tiens! ..." / [graphic]
36. [Carnot malade!] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [after 1901]
- Call Number:
- Fry 32596 Print00021
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and date supplied by curator., In image left side, artist's initials enclosed in a circle., Place of publication derived from artist's place of residence., Original work created 1893. Reissued after 1901., From Chansons du chat noir (songsheet)., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Plasters; Politics, French.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Carnot, Sadi, 1837-1894.
- Subject (Topic):
- France, Politics and government, Pulse, Politicians, Presidents, Sick persons, Physicians, Soups, Bowls (Tableware)., and History
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Carnot malade!] [graphic]