"Satire on the expected effect of a return of John Wilkes to parliament. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust, as members flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton, holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute, emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of Wilkes/Hercules."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Two lines of text below image: The figure on the pedestal is the symbol of bribery, corruption & hypocrisy., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon [1767-1772], v. 2 (1768), page 193., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence -- Emblems: Speaker's mace -- Bags of money -- Personifications: Bribery, Corruption and Hypocrisy -- Weapons: mace.
Depiction of the copy at the Palace of Versailles of the sculpture known as the Farnese Hercules. The figure stands on a pedestal, leaning on a club covered with lion-skin, his right hand behind his back
Description:
Title etched within pedestal at bottom of image., Place of publication based on printmaker's city of activity; date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "30" in upper right corner., Mounted on page 136 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
"The young Hercules wrestling with serpents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.1300., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, formerly owned by Sir Robert Walpole, that was subsequently acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 156 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and Annotation in a contemporary hand (possibly that of Horace Walpole) in lower left corner: The orig. was Sr. R. Walpole's.
"The young Hercules wrestling with serpents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.1300., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, formerly owned by Sir Robert Walpole, that was subsequently acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 201 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 14.5 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of artist statement., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Fox, naked and hairy, sits despondently at the foot of a willow tree, from which a lyre hangs by a tricolour ribbon. His eyes are closed, his head is supported on the hand which holds a large book: 'The Beauties of St Ann's Hill'. He sits on the skin of an ass masquerading as a lion (with a lion's tail); before him are the apples of the Hesperides, rotten. His club, inscribed 'Whig Club', lies across a (blunted) arrow and a bow with a broken string. In the background Fame staggers from the temple which crowns Parnassus."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 1 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Parnassus -- Hercules -- Reference to Hercules's labors: skin of an ass as the skin of the Nemean Lion -- Reference to the Whig Club -- Weapons: clubs -- Bow and arrow -- Musical instruments: lyre -- Emblems: tricolor ribbon -- Books -- Reference to St. Ann's Hill.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Leaf 20r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene on a city street: in the foreground an old woman, hunched over and leaning on a cane, carries a basket on her back. On the left in the mid-field another woman kneels in the street using a sieve(?). In the far distance left, a woman carries a yoke with two pails. A fourth woman looks out the window of a building in the right foreground
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Older people, Baskets, and Staffs (Sticks)
Leaf 12r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man holding several bellows stands under an arch at one end of Blackfriars Wynd in Edinburgh's Old Town. Another man is seen in the background, standing at the other end of the dark, narrow lane
Alternative Title:
Head of Blackfriars Wynd
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Bellows, and Tenement houses
Leaf 11v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man stands in Edinburgh's Parliament Square, looking over his left shoulder and a bundle of clothing under his left arm. In the background on the right is the equestrian statue of Charles II is seen on its pedestal behind him with the facade of Goldsmiths' Hall in the background
Alternative Title:
Parliament Square
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Leaf 15r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man stands in the foreground, in profile to the right, a sack slung over his shoulder. Behind him on the opposite side of the street are two buildings, Conongate Kirk and Canongate Tolbooth
Alternative Title:
Canongate Church & Prison
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Canongate (Edinburgh, Scotland), Scotland, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh, Scotland),
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Bags, Churches, and Prisons