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37. X [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1820.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 13. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fight between the four barristers: Brougham and Denman, without shields, wield papers inscribed respectively 'Truth' and 'Justice'. The other two, with shields and a heavy spear, are worsted; at their feet lie Eldon, and (according to the text) Lauderdale and Redesdale (the most aggressive of the peers during the proceedings). In the background (left), among clouds of smoke, the Ministerial forces, with a tattered banner inscribed 'Pains . . Penalties', are retreating to the left. A cheering crowd advances from the right. P. 23: X, for the cross, and the Archer's distress, The battle had roared like a storm thro' the press, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- X, for the cross, and the archer's distress, the battle had roared like a storm thro' the press ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 13 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Redesdale, John Mitford, Baron, 1748-1830, and Rosco.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Lawyers, Shields, Spears, Fighting, and Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > X [graphic].
38. [Porteous dragged to the place of execution] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1805]
- Call Number:
- 805.00.00.51
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- John Porteous, Captain of the Edinburgh City Guard, being attacked by a mob in the streets. Porteous resists as two men hold a rope around his neck; a third man holds him from behind. Additional rioters, some holding torches, are seen in the shadows of buildings in the background
- Alternative Title:
- George the Second
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume in which the illustration appears., Seven lines of letterpress text below image: The populace assembled in different bodies about ten o'clock at night. ... They broke open the prison doors, dragged Porteus from thence to the place of execution ..., and Illustration from: Smollett, T. The History of England from the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. London : J. Wallis, 1805, volume 3, opposite page 281.
- Publisher:
- J. Wallis
- Subject (Geographic):
- Edinburgh (Scotland)
- Subject (Name):
- Porteous, John, -1736.
- Subject (Topic):
- Criminals, Crowds, and Riots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Porteous dragged to the place of execution] [graphic].