- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 November 1786]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 786.11.21.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Masonic anecdote
- Description:
- Titles in English and French etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively., Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ..., Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1797 on the right side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the left side.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd November 21st, 1786, for the proprietor by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Freemasonry, Fraternal organizations, Interiors, Dining tables, Chairs, and Candles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anecdote maçonnique [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1789]
- Call Number:
- 793.00.00.20
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire against England: Pitt strides forward holding a flag next to a crown, while chained figures cringe at his feet, and a scaffold and executioner occupy the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Title continues: ... ou le triomphe du ministre Pitt, foulant aux pieds la couronne d'Angleterre, d'une main il tient une hache et les chaines dont il a su charger la Nation et le Roi, de l'autre il porte le drapeau de l'esclavage; les impots et les echafauds sont les moyens qu'il employe pour soutenir son pouvoir chancelant., French original, later copied by Gillray, dated 1789 by the Bibliotheque Nationale presumably based on its place in a collection by an artist who gathered prints at the time, Michel Hennin., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Public opinion, Foreign relations, Axes, Calumets, Chains, Crowns, Gallows, Punishment devices, and Shackles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Constitution d'Angleterre [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [29 July 1788]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 788.07.29.03+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Folies á la mode
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Day in imprint may have been re-etched from 10 to 29., Fourteen persons or groups forming discrete images arranged in two rows, each with caption in English and French., Temporary local subject terms: Lady Sarah Archer -- Captain Barclay., Ms. identifications on mounting sheet by W.S. Lewis., Mounted to 43 x 106 cm., and Attributed to Cruikshank on mat in an unknown hand.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 29 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, Pigot, Hugh, 1721? -1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Townshend, John, Lord, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fashionable follies Les folies á la mode. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [29 July 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.07.29.03++ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Folies á la mode
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Day in imprint may have been re-etched from 10 to 29., Fourteen persons or groups forming discrete images arranged in two rows, each with caption in English and French., Temporary local subject terms: Lady Sarah Archer -- Captain Barclay., Watermark: J Whatman., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 34.3 x 48.5 cm., on sheet 36 x 55 cm., Incomplete: right plate with French title only., Some subjects identified in margins in an unknown hand., and Attributed to Cruikshank on mat in an unknown hand; attributed to Gillray on print, recto, in an unknown hand.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 29 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, Pigot, Hugh, 1721? -1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Townshend, John, Lord, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fashionable follies Les folies á la mode. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [1794?]
- Call Number:
- 794.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 37 x 33 cm.
- Publisher:
- Chez Depeuille, rue des Mathurins St. Jaque [sic], deposse a la Bibliotheque
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fox et Pitt [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1815 and 1830]
- Call Number:
- 815.00.00.16
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A line of seven figures all caricatured with animalistic features, marching right to left, shown full-length. The first character blows a horn, carries a violin and bow in his hands and on a string around his waist another horn with smoke coming out hangs over his behind; he is wearing spectacles and a scarf aroung his head as well as a Roman-style pink dress; he has wings and appears to have a breast. In the text above his head: En avant la renommeé? Sur l'air: j'ai du bon tabac, dans Misantropie et repentir. The second figure is wearing Roman armour and carries a long-handled pan; he has claws for hands, a bird's face and tail feathers. On top of his helmet sits a rat. The text above his head reads: Tais toi! Geulard, vilain menteur de Constitutionel; j' t'ai dis que l'premier qui tomeroit sous ma griffe, il aura beau crier ... la mort ... aura.." The third figure with a large belly has a highly caricatured face with large, exaggerated features and fangs; he wears a bonnet. He is armed with a knife hanging in his belt as well as a long sword on a chain. Above his head are the words: Mais, mon Capitaine t'as dis qu't' allois les prendre en flanc j' l'aime bien, moi, l'flanc, tu m'en donneras? .. ain!" The fourth and fifth figures both have wolf-like faces. The one also has a tail and carries a hoe and a basket with a second wicker basket on his back. The writing above his head, " Qu' est-ce qu' en veut? Des lettres de falaise, en voulez vous d' la Chicorée?" The other's clothes are tattered and short, with a sash around his waist; he wears a straw hat and smokes a pipe. Above his head is written, "J' vons avertir not' Capitaine, qu' j'ons vu' à la Rapée des Goujons ... ultras. The final two, both with large snouts and fangs, surround a cannon, the one is pulling it and the other standing crossed-armed looking angrily at his companion in conversation with the figure ahead of him. Above their heads, first, "On dit qu' i' z'ont l'vent su' nous mais c'est qu' j' disque p'tite pluis abat grand vents" and last "On! si j' pouvois attraper l'beau local (l' bocal) aux Conichons ... Oh! c'est sure."
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Description based on trimmed impression.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Royalists, History, Animals in human situations, Baskets, Cannons, Hand tools, Musical instruments, Soldiers, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guerre aux ultras [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 March 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.03.27.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bond Street, the pavement receding diagonally from left to right, is thronged with fashionable pedestrians. In the foreground five fashionably dressed men advance, forming a phalanx which pushes on to the cobbled roadway a lady, dressed rather for the ball-room than the street, to whose arm clings a little girl; both are in back view. The men smile or leer. The lady's neck diminishes to a point, tresses of hair hang from her turban (cf. BMSat 8755), which is trimmed by a gigantic erect feather. Her over-dress hangs from her shoulders and swells into folds which sweep the ground. She holds a fan. (Small copy in Grego.) Behind (right) three ladies walk arm-in-arm in the roadway: a fat woman in a riding-habit, looking through an opera-glass, and two younger women, one with her face covered by a transparent veil reaching nearly to the (knees, the other looking demurely down. Among the crowd in the background a man arm-in-arm with a military officer in back view (? Lord Moira) resembles Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Politesse du grande monde
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 27th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Crowds, Etiquette, Show windows, and Window displays
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High-change in Bond Street, ou, La politesse du grande monde [graphic]
- Creator:
- Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1815]
- Call Number:
- 815.02.01.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A companion plate to Le Départ (British Museum satire no. 12362), satirizing the haste of the English to visit France in 1814 and their gluttony and bad dressing. The Frenchman who cooks a cat is a subject of English caricatures on the favourite theme of the beggarly Frenchman and well-fed Englishman. In this print. "A lean Englishman strides on to the quayside from an (invisible) gangway leading to the deck of a packet, which is seen below (right), covered with the heads of passengers, looking eagerly upwards. The furled sails and rigging are on the extreme right; a dove holding an olive-branch sits on a spar. A jovial French cook leads the Englishman, who grasps his left wrist; he points to a doorway on the extreme left, below the sign 'Au Bien Venu'. He holds the white cotton night-cap which was the cap of the French cook, but is not foppish as in English caricature, but manly and sturdy. The traveller is a grotesque figure wearing a hat shaped like a flower-pot, [this hat appears in almost all satires on English costumes in Paris, c. 1814; it is worn by a man dressed à l'Anglais in No. 53 of the 'Bon Genre Series' (? 1813): 'Cheveux à Cherubin. Chapeau en pot à fleurs. Redingote en Robe de Chambre'; cf. J.-P. de Bérenger, 'Les Boxeurs', 1814: Quoique leurs chapeaux sont bien laids / Goddam! moi j'aime les Anglais] long tail-coat, wrinkled breeches, and long ill-fitting gaiters on very thin legs. His profile has an absurdly heavy chin (cf. British Museum no. 12364), and he registers eager expectation. On a flap projecting from a window beside the door are peaches, grapes, pears, &c. Within a courtyard a second cook leans from an attic window, knife in hand, to catch a cat by the tail, one of several scampering from the ridge-pole."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Description from impression in the British Museum catalogue., Lettered "Déposé" below image left., Attributed to printmaker Godisart de Cari and publisher Martinet. See British Museum catalogue., This plate was deposited by Martinet on 1 February 1815, although his name is not actually lettered on the plate. It is a pair to 'Le départ' (British Museum number 1868,0822.7249)., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of text at lower left and portions of the image at the corners: irregular sheet 18.8 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, National characteristics, English, National characteristics, French, Cats, Cooks, Doves, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Gluttony, and Mail steamers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > L'arrivée un Anglais attaqué du spleen, vient se faire traiter en France / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- 1815.
- Call Number:
- 815.07.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "French soldiers are being cooked or drowned in a big round vat built of stone, under which a fire is burning. Blücher (left) and Wellington (right) stand over the vat, holding long-handled perforated ladles with which they skim the surface of the water, fishing out the soldiers. Blücher (left), saying "Mon cher Welington je commence a écumer j'espere que vous me Seconderez," holds on his level ladle a hussar in large busby, braided tunic, and boots. Wellington holds up on his (tilted) ladle a man hanging head downwards. Beside the vat (right) is a rocky cone from a fissure in which the flames of Hell emerge; Cerberus, a monster with three serpentine necks and webbed wings, reaches from the opening towards Wellington's captive, and devours his legs with two of his great jaws. Wellington answers: "mon ami Blucher je sais pret a vous suivre mais surtout travaille fort cette nuit." Other soldiers struggle to get out or sink back hopelessly. An eagle (standard) projects from the water, on which float many tricolour cockades. Wellington's victim, who has a moustache, is not Napoleon, who is a subordinate figure, struggling to get out, and extending his arms towards Wellington."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Possibly a copy of a print by George Cruikshank entitled "The last tub-full"; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.8222., After the Battle of Waterloo, so after June 1815., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cerberus (Greek mythology), Cooking utensils, Generals, French, Military officers, Prussian, Soldiers, and Vats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La derniere cuvée [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 June 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 14. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four designs on one plate, separated by intersecting lines, each having a separate title, inscription, and border. [1] MODESTY! The Princess of Wales and Bergami seated together in an opera-box; the occupants of the pit, all men, look up at the box, shouting "Via! via! hiss hiss s s s." The pair frown angrily; Bergami holds a bottle labelled 'Bergamot' and wears braided hussar uniform. The Princess wears a Turkish turban, a very décolletée dress defines bulging contours. A cross on the wall with the inscription 'Republica Genovese' shows that the scene is Genoa. Below: "Her Modest looks a Cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn" ... [2] DIGNITY! A scene in the Captain's cabin; the Princess and Bergami sit close together at a round table laid for dinner. She wears the same Turkish dress, which is now seen to have trousers. Both frown angrily at a naval officer who stands before them, hat in hand, saying: "I can recognize no power in you to enoble any one--and I shall not degrade myself & the Service by sitting at the table with such a fellow as that." Another officer stands by, and a midshipman walks off (right), exclaiming, "What will the larboard birth say to this?!!" "Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In all her actions [sic] dignity"--[Milton on Eve.] ... [3] CHASTITY!-- The Princess, seated on a couch, embraces Bergami; both are dressed as before. Below: "-- Chaste as the Icecle, That's curded by the frost from purest snow, And hangs on Dian's Temple -- " ['Coriolanus', v. 3.] [4] NATIONAL LOVE!-- A scene in the palace of Murat (Joachim, King of Naples), with Vesuvius seen through a window (right). The Princess, in her Turkish costume, walks with Pauline Borghese, their arms interlaced. She places a wreath on the bonnet rouge which decorates a bust of 'Murat' (left), which has grotesquely long moustaches. Pauline (as in British Museum Satires No. 10072) has the patched face which indicates a damaged reputation, and wears a dress of transparent gauze; she turns to take a letter addressed 'Principessa Paulina' from a leering Italian. Bergami stands close behind the Princess of Wales; behind, couples waltz. Below: "the loyalty, well held to fools, does make our faith mere folly"-- ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of plate, below the four images., Imperfect; sheet cut into four pieces with partial loss of title. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1893,0612.216., Mounted on page 14 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheets appoximately 13.5 x 19.5 cm., and Plate cut into quarters, resulting in each of the four designs occupying a separate sheet. Beginning of the word "honnetes" in title has been trimmed away but was partially restored in manuscript. The four designs are mounted together with four other prints on one page; the designs are out of order from how they occur on the intact plate, with 'Chastity!' and "National love!' in the upper left and right respectively and 'Dignity!' and 'Modesty!' in the lower left and right respectively.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 15th, 1820, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, and Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Interiors, Opera houses, Dining tables, Military officers, Couches, Hugging, Sculpture, Volcanoes, and Liberty cap
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La gloire des honnetes gens!! [graphic]