- Creator:
- Hutchinson, W., active 1773-1784, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 14 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.80
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the election for County Durham, 14 April 1784: Sir Thomas Clavering and Sir John Upton, one headless, holding a caption labelled 'The Irish Faction for ever' and carrying the other, who has no feet, on his back, who says 'I serv'd you as long as I could stand' and carries captions lavelled 'Coal owners Bill' and 'A command in India'; both seated on an ass facing left, which brays 'Thus I go to Parliament and am not the first Ass that has farted for preferment, but this is dirty work and hard Labour' and which has a collar labelled 'I speak for my Master / Populus me sibilat at plaudo ipse domi' and strips at the saddle labelled 'Curse all Pitts / But a Coal-Pitt'; with the ass' droppings falling on a crest with the motto 'Diem Perdidi'; a mitre, crozier and sword and label 'At rest' on the ground in the centre, playing cards and papers labelled 'Turnpike Speech / Election Speech' to left; a milestone to right labelled 'From Durham / T: C / J: E / 14 April 1784'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Northern ass
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to W. Hutchinson from annotation on verso of British Museum impression. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1014.456., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Watermark in the center of sheet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Clavering, Thomas, Sir, 1719-1794, Eden, John, Sir, 1740-1812, and Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, Donkeys, Defecation, Traffic signs & signals, Miters, Crosiers, Daggers & swords, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A North-ern ass [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [24 October 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.10.24.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales, Mrs. Fitzherbert (three quarter length figures), and Fox are seated at a rectangular table playing cards. Fox, who is full face, sits behind the table between the Prince (left) and his partner (right). He has taken three tricks, and holds one card above his head, about to play it, looking fixedly at Mrs. Fitzherbert. His other hand is under the table. His opponents hold two cards, and have taken no tricks. The profiles of the Prince and his partner are blank, except for the eyelashes of the concealed eye of each. Fox's features, especially his eyes, are marked and swarthy. Above his head, and between two pilasters which decorate the wall, is a picture of a fox running off with a goose, while a bystander lashes at him with a whip; in the background is a windmill."--British Museum online catalogue and The picture of a fox running off with a goose, while a bystander lashes at him with a whip amplifies the subject; the title is a reference to the song "Black Jack.".
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's statement following imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom. Admittance one shilling., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Oct. 24, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A black joke [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [4 January 1825]
- Call Number:
- 825.01.04.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four card-players at a round table in an old maid's parlour, with expressions that indicate a crisis in the game. A monkey sits on the back of the hostess's chair, about to snatch off her cap. A cockatoo is on a high perch before a tall folding screen decorated with prints. A kettle boils on the fire."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published Jany 4, 1825 by S.W. Fores, Picadilly [sic]
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards, Card games, Cockatoos, Interiors, Parlors, Mirrors, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A card party. [graphic]. Plt. 8
- Published / Created:
- [13 January 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.01.13.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir William Chambers sits in profile to the left at a small round table; on it is a house of cards which is falling in pieces. From his pocket protrudes a paper inscribed 'Art of', scored through, followed by 'Grant of Parlt'. Beside him on the ground (right) is a large book or portfolio: 'Art of Building and Rebuilding or Palladia improved by S---W---C'. Other papers (left) are 'Affidavit It was only a crack signed - Adam [and] Wyat' and 'Bills for the repairing S. H." On the wall are three pictures: (left to right) (1) a rock entitled 'Inigo Jones', (2) a picture in a broken frame: 'The House that Jack built', a view of the north (Strand) front of Somerset House, (3) 'A Ruin A View on the Thames', a picture of the south front of Somerset House in ruins."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Great architect modelling, Sr W- in his study, and Sir William in his study
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: House of cards -- Furniture: round pedestal tables -- Pictures amplifying subject: Somerset House -- Parliament grants -- River Thames -- Affidavits -- Reference to cracks in the Somerset House structure -- Allusion to Inigo Jones's work on Somerset House -- Allusion to Robert Adam, 1728-1792 -- Allusion to James Adam, 1730-1794 -- Allusion to Sir John Thynne, d. 1580 -- Allusion to Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials GR below.
- Publisher:
- Published Jany. 13, 1791, by S.W. Fores
- Subject (Name):
- Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796
- Subject (Topic):
- Architects, Playing cards, Tables, and Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A great archetect modelling, or, Sr W- in his study [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [6 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.06.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An enormous weathercock, with a huge dice for the base, stands mounted on top of a roof of a large building. Above its four arms with compass points is a dice box and another dice on top of it. From this dice protrude the heads of Charles Fox on the left and Lord North on the right. To the spike above them attached is a card with the knave of hearts. Fox's head, with a long barbed arrow coming out of his mouth, looks towards 'E' commenting on the failure of the East India bill. North's face is oriented toward 'N.' A huge fox's brush comes out of his mouth instead of the boreal blow
- Alternative Title:
- New weathercock for St. Stephen's Chapel
- Description:
- Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Aprill 6, 1784, by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Political elections, Weather vanes, Gambling, Playing cards, and Windows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new weather cock for St. Stephens Chapel erected 1784. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 20, 1789.
- Call Number:
- 789.08.20.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., One line of text below title: Her counters are always five Guinea Peices [sic]., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to city assembly -- Whist -- Coins: guineas: five-guinea pieces -- Brass candlesticks -- Lighting: candlelight -- Games: whist -- Female costume: hats, 1789., and Mounted to 23 x 20 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A noted whist player at the city assembly [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 December 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.12.10.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four men, their feet cut off by the lower margin, play whist at a rectangular table; each has one card in his hand and is about to play the last trick, the tricks piled on the table show that each side has six tricks. Sir Joseph Mawbey (left) looks at his partner (right), a very stout man wearing a legal wig, both hold court cards (diamonds). The man seated on the farther side of the table looks sideways at Mawbey, saying, "O---h! you've brought your Pigs to a fine Market!" His partner, in back view, is a very thin man whose hair extends grotesquely on each side of his head; he holds the five of diamonds. From Mawbey's pocket projects a document, 'Surrey Commission', and a book, 'Burn Justice' (Burn's well-known 'Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer', used by all acting J.P.s, not an exhortation to incendiarism as Evans supposes). Above his head is a picture of a pig feeding from a trough."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Stevenson, fl. 1788 -- Allusion to "Account of Elections for Survey" by Sir Joseph Mawbey, 1730-1798 in Gentleman's Magazine: 1788.ii.975, 1052-3 -- Allusion to "Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer by John Burns[?], 1743-1839 -- Quarrels: Allusion to Mawbey vs. his steward -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Feeding pigs -- Gaming tables -- Whist.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Mawbey, Joseph, Sir, 1730-1798
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A pig in a poke whist, whist. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1815?]
- Call Number:
- 2020 1580
- Image Count:
- 27
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Title from case., Issued in illustrated slipcase., and "St. Louis rend la justice sous un arbre à Vincennes"--Case.
- Publisher:
- Marchands de nouveautés
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards, History, and Kings and rulers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Abrégé de l'histoire de France
- Published / Created:
- [1946]
- Call Number:
- Poster0535
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and publisher from item., Date supplied by curator., In lower margin: Printed in U.S.A. ; 6769-B., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- National Safety Council, Incorporated, Chicago
- Subject (Topic):
- Safety education, Accidents, Prevention, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Ace high in the game of life [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 January 1800]
- Call Number:
- 800.01.21.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A country man holding a heavy walking stick stares wide-eyed at a conjuror performing card tricks."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Plate numbered 'No. 4' in upper right corner., Fourth plate in a series of twenty: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, p. 655., Three lines of text below image: This deviation from simple admiration is frequently put in practice at country fairs where some rustic inhabitant of the village gazes with astonishment at the hacnied[?] tricks of a juggler., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject headings: Rustics., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1799.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Jugglers, Magicians, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Admiration with astonishment [graphic]