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10. The devil's darning needle (original drawing). [art original]
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1795]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N481 no. 1 Box D140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A grossly elongated figure is caricatured as a devil's darning needle presumably making humorous reference to both the dragonfly and the evil of the unidentified subject
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed below image., Drawing executed in pencil with title written in ink over graphite text., A preparatory drawing for a print published under the same title by W. Holland in 1795., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The devil's darning needle (original drawing). [art original]
11. The new country dance as danced at C**** July the 30th 1766 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [5 September 1766]
- Call Number:
- 766.09.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the end of Lord Rockingham's administration shown as a dance at court. The verses below describe the protagonists who have been numbered in pen and ink: in the centre, Princess Augusta (1) dances with Lord Bute (2) their joined hands holding a leading string attached to Pitt (3) with a gouty leg who leans on his crutch, adorned with a coronet, as he converses with America, a half naked native American woman holding a bottle of rum. To the left of the Princess, stand Charles Townshend (4), holding a weathercock, beside his partner Britannia standing on her head, her shield and spear fallen on the ground. Further left, Lord Northington (5) robed as Lord President of the Council holds a glass of wine towards his elaborately dressed young woman (6; identified by Stephens as Betty Careless, although she had died in 1752). On the right, Henry Fox (7) dances with the devil; behind him are a Frenchman saying he will not pay the Canada Bills recompensing Britain after the Seven Years' War, and a Spaniard saying he will not pay the Manilla Ransom, a sum of two million dollars offered to Britain by the governor of Manilla when the city was captured. At far left, the king (8) plays the fiddle accompanied by two Scottish bagpipers. Wilkes (9) flies above, a copy of his Essay on Woman in his pocket, bound for Paris on a broomstick with a witch who says she will take him anywhere but to Scotland; he defecates on the head of Lord Bute. In the foreground stand four politicians: Temple (10) saying that he will get Francis Hayman to paint the scene for his garden at Stowe; Newcastle (11) wearing spectacles; Rockingham (12) wearning boots and carrying a riding whip; Winchilsea (13). Verses below in six columns, each with the chorus, "Doodle doodle doo""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- New country dance as danced at Court July the 30th 1766
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., "The devil seems to have been inspired by the work of Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale and other facial types echo those in prints designed by him"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue registration no.: 1868,0808.4386., Publication date based on advertisement in The Public advertiser, Sept. 4, 1766., Description based on an imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of text below image, including distribution information and price from lower right corner. For missing text, see British Museum online catalogue., Figure numbered '6' is most likely a depiction of Fanny Murray., and Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Murray, Fanny, 1729-1778, and Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Britannia (Symbolic character), Alcoholic beverages, Brooms & brushes, Crutches, Devil, Eyeglasses, Prostitutes, Symbols, Weather vanes, and Witches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The new country dance as danced at C**** July the 30th 1766 [graphic].
12. The stratagem [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1775 or 1776?]
- Call Number:
- 775.00.00.18
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two men flanking a woman in a bonnet are seated at a table with two unidentified men standing on either side. Drawings tacked to wall behind them appear to show, in one, the seated men hanged on a gallows which is depicted as a skeleton, and in another the devil carrying the woman to hell. The image has been surmised to refer to the Perreau brothers (hanged for forgery in 1776) and their accomplice Mrs. Rudd
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet cropped within plate mark., and Text above image: "I suspected there was foul play."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Perreau, Daniel, -1776., Perreau, Robert, d. 1776, and Rudd, Margaret Caroline, b. 1744 or 5.
- Subject (Topic):
- Forgery, Trials (Forgery), Skeletons, Hangings, Hell, and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The stratagem [graphic].
13. Tirania [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- pubd. Novr. 1818.
- Call Number:
- 818.11.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Ferdinand VII, seated on a throne on a low platform inscribed "TIRANIA", is flanked by two advisers, the Devil on the left and a friar on the right. At the friar's feet, in the foreground, a demon burns newspapers with a firebrand. Tortures of the Inquisition are seen in the background
- Description:
- Title from text in image., A close copy, with same imprint but with other inscriptions translated into Spanish, of a print by George Cruikshank entitled "The curse of Spain". Cf. No. 13009 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Six lines of text below image: En tanto que los bravos españoles, Derramaban su sangre por Fernando, El á Napoleon felicitaba, Por las victorias que en el suelo hispano, Sus sanguinárias huestes conseguian-- Ved las hazañas de este Monstruo infando. La Ferdinanda. Lib. 1. v. 129., Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1303., Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 868., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1818.
- Publisher:
- Washington
- Subject (Name):
- Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Podiums, Thrones, Crowns, Fools' caps, Scepters, Skulls, Devil, Monks, Axes, Nooses, Demons, Newspapers, Punishment & torture, and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Tirania [graphic].
14. [Pedlars] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as [the] act directs, 2d March 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.03.02.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A freely drawn sketch of three figures. A Jew in profile to the right holds a glass show-box which is supported by a strap round his shoulders. Facing him in profile to the left is a man with a large pack tied to his back, he is looking at the Jew's wares, one hand held up as in surprise. Between them, and full-face, stands a Dutchman (?) wearing trousers and smoking a pipe; he is looking at the Jew's show-case. [In 1765 Cole compared the Paris shop-windows to the show-cases carried about by Jews. 'Cole's Paris Journal', 1931, p. 50.] Above the heads of the figures a devil is flying, he holds two strings, one of which is attached to the neck of each pedlar."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Peddlers
- Description:
- Title supplied from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: street pedlars -- Dutchmen -- Pedlars' show-boxes., and Watermark: countermark crowned royal cipher G R.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Jews, Ethnic stereotypes, Peddlers, Pipes (Smoking), and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Pedlars] [graphic]
15. [The key of the back stairs & the small beer &c] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.29+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On a raised platform, the Devil sits on top of 3 casks, one labelled "small beer". He straddles a huge key, from which are suspended, as on a gallows, 2 gentlemen, the one on the right bearing some resemblance to George III. On the left 2 maids or washerwomen wave mop and broom at the hanged man (possibly Pitt?), saying "You tax maid servants no more". On the right Samuel House, standing before his tavern, offers a tankard to Jeffrey Dunstan, who is voicing his support of Charles James Fox. The Devil is uttering the words of the title
- Alternative Title:
- Key of the back stairs and the small beer etc
- Description:
- Title derived from text in image. and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797. and House, Samuel, -1785.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil, Keys (Hardware), Taverns (Inns), Women domestics, Hangings, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The key of the back stairs & the small beer &c] [graphic].