- Published / Created:
- Aug. 9, 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.08.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In a churchyard, tombstones, adorned on top with the heads of prominent politicians, are engraved with epitaphs in their memory
- Alternative Title:
- Political churchyard
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image. and Mounted to 30 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub according t [sic] Act by B. Pownall. No. 6 Pallmall
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Churches, and Cemeteries
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > All alive, or, The political churchyard [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- April 16, 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.04.16.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III, surrounded by members of the present and former governments, stands on the British shore of the Atlantic Ocean. He holds out his arms in a gesture of uncertainty asking, "My Lords and Gentlemen, what should I do." Each of the statesmen gives his advice. In the background, "England's sun" is "setting" behind the hills at the foot of which sailors, soldiers and civilians are shown fighting, perhaps in allusion to the mutiny of sailors in Portsmouth in March 1783. Between both groups, on the extreme right, a smaller group of men with peg legs or on crutches, apparently veterans of the American war, is addressed by Lord Amherst who says, "Gentlemen we have no further occasion for you." On the extreme left, on the American shore of the Atlantic, a young girl in Indian dress sits between the kings of France and Spain, who each hold her hand. Benjamin Franklin places a wreath on top of her head-dress. Above in the sky, a witch flies away on a broomstick with a banner reading, "Peace -- Peace -- P-e-a-c" issuing from under her skirts
- Description:
- BEIN BrSides 2019 472: On sheet 29.5 x 36.8 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection., BEIN BrSides 2019 498: On sheet 38.7 x 43.8 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection., Title from caption below image., Attributed by George to Viscount Townshend., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On sheet 29 x 34 cm, mounted to 33 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by M. Smith in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., and Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Foreign relations, Fighting, Disabled veterans, Witches, Thistles, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The blessings of peace [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 16th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.02.16.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- In the foreground (left) a party of ministers is carousing. Members of the Opposition watch them with indignation. In the distance (left) behind them mounted men with hounds chase a stag. On the right the Temple of Fame is being demolished by the enemies of Britain. Many of the figures have numbers referring to notes engraved beneath the design. The central figure in the ministerial group is (4) Sandwich ("S--h") seated on the ground playing a violin, between two courtesans, each of whom holds a goblet of wine. He turns to one of them, saying, "D--mn the Navy, Give me t'ther Glee"; she holds a torn paper inscribed "How merrily we live". An open book, "Catchs Glees", in front of him, is supported by a wine-bottle. In the left corner of the print is (5) North (“N--h”) seated on a small sack inscribed “Budg[et]”, he is yawning, his arms stretched above his head. Three men stand behind him: a man in Elizabethan dress wearing a tall hat and ruff who is (9) “R--by [Rigby] in the Character of Bobadil”. He says (apparently of Sandwich) “I would he were in the Bottomless Pit.” ... For the time-serving Rigby's attack on Germain and Sandwich, and flattery of Pitt (14 Dec. 1781) see Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 390, and 'Parliamentary Hist.' xxii. 847. Behind him and whispering into his ear, stands 8, Lord Amherst (“A--rst”), very thin, saying, “Dick Rugby [sic] Stand Close”. Behind Amherst stands 7, Lord George Germain (“G--mn”) saying “Jeffry Barebones [i.e. Amherst], this is worse than Minden.” Next on the right stands the group of patriots: (6) Pitt (“W--P--t”) looking towards North, says “Shake off this Indolence”. (3), Fox (“F--x”), pointing towards the Temple of Fame (right) and frowning, says, “Wheres your Navy, wheres your Islands”. (2), Burke (“B--k”) is saying “Wont even Destruction move ye”. (1), The Duke of Richmond (“R--d”) says “Curs'd be those men who owe their Greatness to their Countrys Ruin”. In the foreground (right) Britannia, seated on the ground on her shield, weeps, a handkerchief held to her eyes. Behind her is (10) “The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins”, a building with a fluted dome on which the winged figure of Fame without her trumpet is poised on one foot, the other leg being broken off. ... See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospect of the year 1782
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image. and A companion print to British Museum Satire 5988 also ascribed to a design by Townshend: Anticipatio, or, The contrast to the Royal hunt.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament by R. Owen, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 16th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.02.16.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- In the foreground (left) a party of ministers is carousing. Members of the Opposition watch them with indignation. In the distance (left) behind them mounted men with hounds chase a stag. On the right the Temple of Fame is being demolished by the enemies of Britain. Many of the figures have numbers referring to notes engraved beneath the design. The central figure in the ministerial group is (4) Sandwich ("S--h") seated on the ground playing a violin, between two courtesans, each of whom holds a goblet of wine. He turns to one of them, saying, "D--mn the Navy, Give me t'ther Glee"; she holds a torn paper inscribed "How merrily we live". An open book, "Catchs Glees", in front of him, is supported by a wine-bottle. In the left corner of the print is (5) North (“N--h”) seated on a small sack inscribed “Budg[et]”, he is yawning, his arms stretched above his head. Three men stand behind him: a man in Elizabethan dress wearing a tall hat and ruff who is (9) “R--by [Rigby] in the Character of Bobadil”. He says (apparently of Sandwich) “I would he were in the Bottomless Pit.” ... For the time-serving Rigby's attack on Germain and Sandwich, and flattery of Pitt (14 Dec. 1781) see Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 390, and 'Parliamentary Hist.' xxii. 847. Behind him and whispering into his ear, stands 8, Lord Amherst (“A--rst”), very thin, saying, “Dick Rugby [sic] Stand Close”. Behind Amherst stands 7, Lord George Germain (“G--mn”) saying “Jeffry Barebones [i.e. Amherst], this is worse than Minden.” Next on the right stands the group of patriots: (6) Pitt (“W--P--t”) looking towards North, says “Shake off this Indolence”. (3), Fox (“F--x”), pointing towards the Temple of Fame (right) and frowning, says, “Wheres your Navy, wheres your Islands”. (2), Burke (“B--k”) is saying “Wont even Destruction move ye”. (1), The Duke of Richmond (“R--d”) says “Curs'd be those men who owe their Greatness to their Countrys Ruin”. In the foreground (right) Britannia, seated on the ground on her shield, weeps, a handkerchief held to her eyes. Behind her is (10) “The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins”, a building with a fluted dome on which the winged figure of Fame without her trumpet is poised on one foot, the other leg being broken off. ... See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospect of the year 1782
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., A companion print to British Museum Satire 5988 also ascribed to a design by Townshend: Anticipatio, or, The contrast to the Royal hunt., and Uncolored impression. Trimmed to plate mark 250 x 360 mm.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament by R. Owen, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [10 June 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.06.10.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Perched atop the uppermost windmill sail are Charles Fox and Lord North, the latter prevented from falling down by Fox's helping hand. Holding on to their legs in front of the sail hangs Burke. To the left, Lord Thurlow, in judge's robes, is about to loose his grip on the descending sail and thus follow Lord Shelburne who is about to hit the ground with his head. The rising sail on the right is occupied by several pro-coalition politicians. Others are trying to climb the sail currently at the ground level. Dundas, Sheridan and Pitt inspect the condition of the beams supporting the windmill. Pitt concludes that it "is rotten & half the corn is devoured by lurking vermin."
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published 10 June 1783 by J. Wallis No. 16 Ludgate Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Windmills, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state windmill [graphic].
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1, 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.05.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The new ministry of Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox and Richmond (together with Pitt the Younger) is depicted on the left riding small posts like hobby-horses, their identities indicated by numbers with a corresponding key beneath the design. On the right the members of the old ministry (Sandwich, Amherst, North and Mansfield) are shown entering the jaws of Hell, prodded by the Devil with a pitchfork. In the center is a dome on 5 pillars, the temple of the Constitution
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W Richardson, No. 68 High Holborn London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806. and Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Gallows, Pillories, Hell, Devil, and Cannons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War of posts [graphic]