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2.
- Published / Created:
- [1743]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Upper image depicts a white horse (representing the House of Hanover) removing a mask and treading on papers called "Trade" and "Liberty." A dialog ribbon is coming out of his mouth with the word "Worms" on it [i.e. Treaty of Worms]. He is surrounded by men offering him money and saying such things as "Here's Cole" and "Damn Engl---d." and Lower image depicts Hanover as a nurse sitting on a three-sided stool and changing the diaper of Britannia as a baby. The nurse is saying "Your Besh-t again wares y. Clouts." A stool is nearby with a pot of food on it and a sign saying "Bon pour Nicole."
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two images, one above text, one below, on broadside 38 x 24 cm., Text consists of two lists showing pay received by, respectively, Hanoverian soldiers, Hessian soldiers and Danish soldiers., Cf. Malcolm, History of caricaturing, 1813, p. 83, pl. XXI, fig. 4., Cf. Lewis, Genesis of Strawberry Hill for three-sided Gothic chair, fig. 35., Temporary local subject terms: Masks: George II -- Emblems: the White Horse of Hanover -- Lists: pay lists -- Slang: cole, i.e., money -- Furniture: three-sided Gothic chair -- Personifications: Britannia as a baby -- Personifications: Hanover as an old woman -- Money: purses -- Food: rotten baby food., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673?-1743, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Great Britain., and Hanover, House of.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Armed Forces, and Pay, allowances, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A list of foreign soldiers in daily pay for England [graphic].
3.
- Published / Created:
- [1743]
- Call Number:
- 743.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Upper image depicts a white horse (representing the House of Hanover) removing a mask and treading on papers called "Trade" and "Liberty." A dialog ribbon is coming out of his mouth with the word "Worms" on it [i.e. Treaty of Worms]. He is surrounded by men offering him money and saying such things as "Here's Cole" and "Damn Engl---d." and Lower image depicts Hanover as a nurse sitting on a three-sided stool and changing the diaper of Britannia as a baby. The nurse is saying "Your Besh-t again wares y. Clouts." A stool is nearby with a pot of food on it and a sign saying "Bon pour Nicole."
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two images, one above text, one below, on broadside 38 x 24 cm., Text consists of two lists showing pay received by, respectively, Hanoverian soldiers, Hessian soldiers and Danish soldiers., Cf. Malcolm, History of caricaturing, 1813, p. 83, pl. XXI, fig. 4., Cf. Lewis, Genesis of Strawberry Hill for three-sided Gothic chair, fig. 35., Temporary local subject terms: Masks: George II -- Emblems: the White Horse of Hanover -- Lists: pay lists -- Slang: cole, i.e., money -- Furniture: three-sided Gothic chair -- Personifications: Britannia as a baby -- Personifications: Hanover as an old woman -- Money: purses -- Food: rotten baby food., and Watermark: Fleur-de-lis.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673?-1743, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Great Britain., and Hanover, House of.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Armed Forces, and Pay, allowances, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A list of foreign soldiers in daily pay for England [graphic].
4.
- Creator:
- Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd pursuant to an act of Parliament, 1737.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A ship, apparently bearing 'Aeneas' (George II) is tossed on a stormy sea. On the shore at right, 'Dido' (the figure of Britannia), points and smiles, above the inscription, "She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm". In the sea Neptune near the shore looks at the ship in displeasure. Above in the sky are three Winds, as three young boys, one blowing, one farting, the last kicking a hat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., Questionable attribution in Paulson's 2nd edition., Lettered below image: Tanta haec mulier potuit suadere malorum., Latin motto below image translated: So much evil can a woman induce., Verse etched in lower right of image: She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., and On page 89 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Dido,, Aeneas (Legendary character),, and Neptune (Roman deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sailing ships, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Aeneas in a storm [graphic].
5.
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.54
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire: Britannia, whose spear is broken in her hand, sits on a monumental statue which is placed on a pedestal of "Rotten Stone"; she says: "My leaness my leaness, wo untio me the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, yea the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. ..." At the foot of the monument lies the British Lion, dreadfully emaciated, wounded by three daggers, and breathing his last. Near him are the personifications Truth, Rapine, Envy, Ingratitude, and Infidelity -- representations of the powers of Europe
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below image: See here a monument of shame / Indelible the Horrid Name / Shame on your Actions, Cursed Tricks / To the latest Time -- O! fifty-six.", and Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Europe
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, and National emblems
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Are these things so [graphic].
6.
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.04.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Argumentum ad hominem
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Date of publication inferred from date of Lord Bute's resignation., Based on no. 4032 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4?, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Games: bob-cherry -- Oeconomy -- Offices: Clerk of the Pells., and Watermark: 1748.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holland, Stephen Fox, Baron, 1745-1774, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Henry Edward, 1755-1811, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Grenville, George, 1712-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bob Cherry, or, Argumentum ad hominem [graphic].
7.
- Published / Created:
- Octr. 21, 1745.
- Call Number:
- 745.10.21.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: I Perkin young and bold, my father me has sent here ..., Temporary local subject terms: Military -- Weapons: espontoons -- Military uniforms -- Cardinal -- Playing cards: Nine of Diamonds (Curse of Scotland)., and Watermark: countermark IV.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Tweed River (Scotland and England),
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758, and Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Neptune, Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, Bulls, Devil, and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Briton's association against the Pope's bulls [graphic].
8.
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.40
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
- Description:
- Titles etched below each image., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., and None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas ; Prussia mounting the German Eagle. [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.03.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A giant, half-nude female figure of Britannia swings terror-stricken diminutive figures of Charles Fox and Lord North in the air. Holding Fox by the ankle, she raises him above her head while North dangles by his neck from her other hand. Her shield and the liberty cap are beside her
- Alternative Title:
- Britannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed and Coalition monsters destroyed
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from Grego., and Mounted to 40 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Liberty cap
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brittannia roused, or, The coalition monsters destroyed [graphic].
10.
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.49
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Cannon refused by foreigners as too destructive
- Description:
- Title etched at top of plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Three images on one plate, arranged vertically., Caption in upper right corner of top image: This piece of the train found to do greater execution the more its wore ..., Caption in upper right corner of center image: This piece drives all before it & acts equally from either end ..., Caption in upper right corner of bottom image: This piece kill'd two persons in proving ..., One line of text at bottom of plate: These cannon [sic] are all mounted on golden wheels., Plate numbered '5' in upper right corner., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer. London, 1759., and Temporary local subject terms: House of Commons: Ways and Means, 1756 -- Personifications: Liberty as a gun-carriage -- Property as gun-carriage -- Heterodox clergyman as a gun-carriage -- Guns -- Map of England -- Coins as wheels -- Gun-carriage -- Ammunition: sacks of 'Luxury', 'Venality', 'Corruption' -- Trunks of 'Pride', 'Avarice' -- Books of 'Priestcra[ft]', 'Heresy' -- Bills: Money Bill, 1756 -- Taxes: 1756 -- Spears: Britannia's broken spear -- Marriage bill, 1756 -- Buildings: churches --Allusion to the Duke of Newcastle -- Allusion to Lord Hardwicke.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Cannons, Maps, Money, Taxes, and Bibles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cannon refus'd by foreigners as too destructive [graphic].