A medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two further panels, one with a coin of George II, the other lettered 'A new Deceptio Visus. Engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, in London' [part of address erased].
Alternative Title:
New deceptio visus, or, A guinea for a shilling
Description:
Title from print in upper right., Date based on publisher's years of activity at 53 Fleet Street., Later state of a print, a composite of images and verses to form a greeting card, folded for mailing as advertisement for Bickham's engravings. With docket title: A new Deceptio Visus, or A guinea for a shilling : being a curious medley, by way of letter / engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, at his drawing school, at Hatten Garden near Holburn, London. See impression in the Library of Congress, PC 3 - 1729 - Near deceptio visus., See also working proof (?) at the British Museum online catalogue, no. 1980,U.861., Description based on imperfect impression; impression lacks plate with docket title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Greece.
Subject (Name):
Dennis, John, 1657-1734., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Harte, Walter, 1709-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pegasus, Coins, Columns, Musical instruments, Puzzles, Ruins, and Wells
Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side., 'Price 1 shilling'--Below image., Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ..., The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl., Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed., Mounted., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
publish'd according to a late act, Febry. the 18, 1742.
Call Number:
742.02.18.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Robet Walpole's move to the House of Lords: A large room in which Walpole is pushed at swordpoint by the masked figure of Justice towards a group of lords who wait to receive him. He is led by a lion carrying a coronet in its teeth which says, "Follow me Sr. Blew String", and he holds his hand to his head, saying "I go in hopes to save this & trust to ye Hat". On the left, a group of four members of the Commons, wearing jockey caps and boots, surround Lord Pulteney. In the background are two shop stalls, "Deards from St. Dunstans" selling expensive trinkets, and "Dent's Snuff Shop"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From one house to another
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eight lines of verse in two columns below title: Triumphant V----y too well succeeds, when power, lion-like, to honour leads ..., 'Price 6 pence'--Lower right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the House of Commons -- Reference to the House of Lords -- Members of Parliament -- George II as British Lion -- Coronets: earl's coronet -- Architectural details: tradesmen's stalls -- Shops: tobacco shop, Dent's Snuff -- Toy shop, Deards from St. Dunstan's [Lane] -- Trades: tobacconists -- Toymen -- Containers: tobacco jars -- Justice's sword -- Justice's scale -- Personifications: figure of blindfolded Justice -- Court of Requests., Mounted to 29 x 37 cm., and Watermark: Pro Patria.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
"Satire on the king and government concerning the employment of Hanoverian troops in England. A cart loaded with Hanoverian turnips is drawn from the right by three horses into the parade ground behind the Treasury.On the left, in front of the leading horse, stands John Perceval, his coat labelled "Deceivall" and holding a paper lettered, "Independant", saying, "In my popular station". Facing him, the bulky figure of William Pulteney, holding a driver's whip and a handful of turnips, says, "Honest Friend S[an]d[y]s rejoyce & sing here's H[anove]r T[urni]p will now come again Ho"; Robert Walpole stands on the other side of the horses saying, "Ha S[an]d[y]s you've a short reign". The man standing on the shafts of the cart calling out, "Stop Boy they shall buy th'all" is apparently identifiable as Samuel Sandys, now Chancellor of the Exchequer; Amalia von Wallmoden sits on the turnips saying, "Thank you Sr for ye Honr. you've done me & yor. Man Will", presumably a reference to Pulteney. Behind the horses stand two other men, evidently Treasury officials, one, holding Treasury tallies, says "Let me be S[and]y[s] I'm not squeamish", the other saying "Ill make a round sum"; the king leans over a balcony of the Treasury brandishing a broom and saying "Pay for ye whole S[an]d[y]s I'll sweep the T[reasu]ry clean". On a wall in the background are pasted "S[an]d[y]s Speeches, a halfpeny a Peice" concerning the Place Bill, the Motion to enquire into the conduct of Walpole and the Triennial Act 1743; a ballad seller sits on the ground beside them. The Hanoverian cavalry enters from the right, led by a commander carrying the standard with the white horse of Hanover, and followed by mounted bandsmen, including a kettle drummer and a trumpeter. One Hanoverian remarks, "For us 260" in reference to the number of members of parliament who voted to retain the troops. In the foreground an Englishman kneels on the ground grasping a bunch of turnips and saying, "By G[o]d these Turnips are dear"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hanover turnip man come again
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 5., Subjects identified by numbers placed below the print on mounting sheet and explained in the key in upper right. Summary of the description in the British Museum Catalogue follows below the key., Mounted to 32 x 46 cm., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, and Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765
"Satire on the king and government concerning the employment of Hanoverian troops in England. A cart loaded with Hanoverian turnips is drawn from the right by three horses into the parade ground behind the Treasury.On the left, in front of the leading horse, stands John Perceval, his coat labelled "Deceivall" and holding a paper lettered, "Independant", saying, "In my popular station". Facing him, the bulky figure of William Pulteney, holding a driver's whip and a handful of turnips, says, "Honest Friend S[an]d[y]s rejoyce & sing here's H[anove]r T[urni]p will now come again Ho"; Robert Walpole stands on the other side of the horses saying, "Ha S[an]d[y]s you've a short reign". The man standing on the shafts of the cart calling out, "Stop Boy they shall buy th'all" is apparently identifiable as Samuel Sandys, now Chancellor of the Exchequer; Amalia von Wallmoden sits on the turnips saying, "Thank you Sr for ye Honr. you've done me & yor. Man Will", presumably a reference to Pulteney. Behind the horses stand two other men, evidently Treasury officials, one, holding Treasury tallies, says "Let me be S[and]y[s] I'm not squeamish", the other saying "Ill make a round sum"; the king leans over a balcony of the Treasury brandishing a broom and saying "Pay for ye whole S[an]d[y]s I'll sweep the T[reasu]ry clean". On a wall in the background are pasted "S[an]d[y]s Speeches, a halfpeny a Peice" concerning the Place Bill, the Motion to enquire into the conduct of Walpole and the Triennial Act 1743; a ballad seller sits on the ground beside them. The Hanoverian cavalry enters from the right, led by a commander carrying the standard with the white horse of Hanover, and followed by mounted bandsmen, including a kettle drummer and a trumpeter. One Hanoverian remarks, "For us 260" in reference to the number of members of parliament who voted to retain the troops. In the foreground an Englishman kneels on the ground grasping a bunch of turnips and saying, "By G[o]d these Turnips are dear"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hanover turnip man come again
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, and Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765
A satirical representation of the Battle of Dettingen, 1743. Overturned canons are piled in a ditch with fascines in the foreground; a large dead limb of a tree separates it from the battle ground. In the left corner the word 'Steelingensat' suggests the scene is a view from the fortress. In the center George II as the white horse of Hanover rides a British lion from whose mouth come the words "Starv'd on Bon pour nicole". The Hanoverian general Otto Christian von Ilten (nicknamed "Confectioner General") confronts the lion and his rider. Also depicted are the French and Austrian generals who shout encouragement to the troups
Alternative Title:
Hanoverian Confectioner General
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date based on event depicted., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image, with title: A song sung by [the] soldiers in [the] B-h [i.e., British] camp to [the] tune of [the] Cucco., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 6., Short description by Bowditch in upper right of mounting sheet., Watermark., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747, and Ilten, Otto Christian von, ca. 1687- 1749
Title from item., The 'u' in 'conduct' etched backwards., Publisher tentatively attributed to Bickham in an unverified card catalog record., Publication place and date inferred from British Museum catalogue., Twelve lines of verse in two columns below image: O England, how revolving is thy state! How few thy blessings! How severe thy fate ..., Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) as St. Erasmus -- Martyrdom of St. Erasmus -- Dissections -- Emblems: the White Horse of Hanover -- Baron Ilton., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
G. Bickham?
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Close-stool -- Clyster-pipe., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Heinsius, Anthonie, 1641-1720
"A broadside satirising Robert Walpole with an etching in two parts. In the left-hand scene Frederick, Prince of Wales, stands with the Duke of Argyll and other gentlemen, pointing to the left where George II embraces Britannia. In the foreground, the grotesque figure of Walpole, wearing a coronet, kneels holding in five hands, bags of French and Spanish gold and another lettered, "I am Lord Corruption". Behind him stands his daughter, Lady Mary, toying with a coronet. On the ground beside Walpole, the French cock perches on the back of the exhausted Imperial Eagle, but the British lion watching the conflict growls, "Now I'm rousing". In the background, the white horse of Hanover kicks a man off a high rock; the man cries, "I'm lost"; a ship lies at anchor off Cartagena observed from another high rock to right by Admiral Vernon whose impetus towards the city is restrained by General Wentworth; below these two men sits Admiral Haddock chained to a rock (a reference to the limitation of his resources in dealing with the combined Spanish and French Mediterranean fleets). In the right-hand scene Walpole raises his hands in horror at the appearance in a cloud of smoke of the ghost of Eustace Budgell who holds out a paper described in the verses to left as a "black Account ...Full twenty Winters of Misdeeds"; on the table at which Walpole is sitting is a large candlestick and letters addressed "A son Eminence" (Cardinal Fleury) and "à don [Sebastian] de la Quadra" and a book on "The Art of Bribery". Budgell's ghost raises his hand above his head to point at a scene of a beheading in the background above which flies Time while Justice sits on a column beside the scaffold and a crowd cheers below; over a doorway to right is a portrait of a Cardinal, presumably intended for Wolsey who is mentioned in the verses on the right. Engraved title and dedication to the Prince of Wales on a cloth above the scene supported by two putti; verses in two columns on either side condemning Walpole for his maladministration and celebrating the new prominence of the Prince of Wales and his followers; lines of music in two columns below the etching."--British Museum online catalogue and Also depicted the White Horse of the Hanover, British lion emblem, and
Description:
Title from caption above image., British Museum curator's note: "The Man in Blue" refers to "The Chinese Orphan", which was a anti-Walpole verse drama by William Hatchett, published in 1741., Engraved throughout, with illustration in top center and music below., For voice and harpsichord. Music on two staves with interlinear words. With caption above music: Set by Sigr. Plutone, 1st composer to the Infernal Shades., Thirty-four stanzas of song engraved on either side of image and music: One midnight, as the man in blue, sat pond'ring on his doom ..., and Numbered '113' in black ink in an unidentified hand.
Publisher:
Printed for Eliza Haywood at Fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, and sold by the printsellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, according to act of Parliament
Subject (Geographic):
Cartagena (Colombia) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Haddock, Nicholas, 1684-1757, Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530, Wentworth, Thomas, active 1741, and Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,
Subject (Topic):
English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Political corruption, Death (Personification), Bribery, Crowns, Decapitations, Ghosts, Justice, Putti, National emblems, British, French, Germany, and Spanish