- Creator:
- Ansell, Charles, 1752- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 August 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.08.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Buonaparte really taken
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Ansell in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Containers: saltbox -- Tools: pitch-forks -- Allusion to taxation., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 13th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Egypt.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Campaigns, Gout, John Bull (Symbolic character), Crowds, Exhibit booths, Fairs, Musical instruments, and Trumpets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anticipation - ways and means -, or, Buonaparte really taken!! [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, attributed name
- Published / Created:
- July 8, 1790.
- Call Number:
- 790.07.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a large room French aristocrats crowd across a table from Pitt who is taking money while handing a pen to the man opposite who holds a crown in his left arm as he throws coins toward Pitt's grasping hand. Above Pitt stands George III behind podium, gavel in one hand and another crown extended toward one of the many bidders shouting comments and prices. The King calls out, "This is a lot, gentlemen, of superior brilliancy to the last. This, this raises you above your fellows in a very high degree indeed. I pity your distresses from my soul, what, what, what was that you were saying about jewels, Madames, too high. You may ride over the necks of half the nation with this upon your coach. You may get in debt as fast as you please and never pay. Mind that gentlemen, never pay." The Queen walks up a ladder behind the King to retrieve more crowns from the shelves behind the King's podium, turning her head to say, "Pay some attention to that Lady's jewels, my love."
- Alternative Title:
- English coronet auction by King, Pitt & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse and Comfort for the late French noblesse
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Frederick George Byron by Andrew Edmunds., Publisher's advertisement below imprint: In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humourous prints. Admtce. 1 shillg., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Irregular sheet, trimmed at an angel in lower left. Backed with blue paper.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., France, and France.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Refugees, History, Avarice, Auctions, Corruption, Crowds, Crowns, and Nobility
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > English coronet auction by K-, P- & Co., or, Comfort for the late French noblesse [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.05.16.01.1+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow, the State Jugglers, are on a platform outside the gate of St. James's Palace. Above the gate projects the sign of the Crown inn, across which rests a plank forming a see-saw; on this the King (right) as Punch sits facing Queen Charlotte, dressed as Judy or Mother Shipton; she takes a pinch of snuff, the King holds out his hands as if in disapproval. A crowd of suppliants surrounds the platform. Pitt, bending towards them, pulls ribbons from his mouth; three men on the extreme left hold out their arms eagerly: one is a naval officer, a 'Log Book' under his arm shows that he is Sir Alexander Hood, see BMSat 5536, K.B. elect, see BMSat 7318. The second is Wilkes; the third cannot be identified. Hastings kneels between Pitt and Thurlow, his hands crossed humbly on his breast, a copious stream of coins issues from his mouth. Dundas, Lansdowne, Sydney, a bishop, and a fifth suppliant hold out their hats eagerly to catch the coins. Thurlow stands erect, his hands on his hips, flames and smoke issuing from his mouth inscribed "Hell-Fire, my Soul, Dam, Blast, Eyes, Heaven, Curse, Limbs, Blood". A little chimney-sweep [The sweep is said to represent Frederick Montagu, one of the Commissioners in Fox's India Bill. Wright and Evans.] and a ragged fishwife, a basket of fish on her head, stand gazing at him with wonder and admiration. On the extreme right, at the side of the platform, Fox, supported on the shoulders of Burke, slyly holds out his hat behind Thurlow; Sheridan (?) [Identified by Wright and Evans as the Duke of Norfolk] supports them. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below title: "Who wrought such wonders as might make, Egyptian sorcerers forsake ..." Churchll., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotations: Charles Churchill, 1731-1764 -- Jugglers -- See-saws -- Naval logs -- Allusion to Mother Shipton -- Gate of St. James's Palace -- Fishwives -- Punch -- Coins -- Chimney sweeps -- Trials: Warren Hastings's trial -- Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport, 1727-1814., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 34.8 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 40.5 x 27.3 cm., and Mounted to 43 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 16th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Stages (Platforms), Gates, Crowns, Seesaws, Crowds, Snuff, Coins, and Chimney sweeps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > State-jugglers [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 16. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed horse that stands with its front legs on a large sheet signed, "Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, Constitution," and kicks with the hind legs at the fleeing crowd of the members of Parliament. In return, Pitt praises his steed for its wild behavior. The last of the members pushing toward the door is the Speaker, Cornwall, in a wig and carrying the Speaker's mace. A satire on the dissolution of the Parliament on March 25.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike, with scatology removed from image. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6476 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Abbreviation "No." in imprint statement appears in superscript above the digit "7" in street number "227.", Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Text below title: A scene in a new play lately acted in Westminster with distinguished applause. Act 2nd scene last., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 123-4., and On leaf 16 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Dissolution, Politics and government, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, and Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.31.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed horse that stands with its front legs on a large sheet signed, "Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, Constitution," and kicks with the hind legs and defecates at the fleeing crowd of the members of Parliament. In return, Pitt praises his steed for its wild behavior. The last of the members pushing toward the door is the Speaker, Cornwall, in a wig and carrying the Speaker's mace. A satire on the dissolution of the Parliament on March 25.
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Abbreviation "No." in imprint statement appears in superscript above the digit "7" in street number "227.", and Text below title: A scene in a new play lately acted in Westminster with distinguished applause. Act 2nd scene last.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Dissolution, Politics and government, Humor, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, Defecation, and Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs Sepr. 1762.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire on Hogarth's plate of 'The Times', attacking him as an apologist for Lord Bute, showing the gatehouse of St. James's Palace
- Alternative Title:
- Butifyer
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Attributed to Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue., "With what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged. Matt. Chap. 7.2"--Centered immediately below image., "Mr. Hogarth, In justice to [blank space] the engraver of this plate: declares to the publick, he took the hint of the B**utifyer, from a print of Mr. Pope White washing Lord Burlingtons Gate, at the same time bespatring the rest of the nobility.", "Price 1s"--Lower right edge., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 288 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 25.3 x 19.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794., Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
- Subject (Topic):
- Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The b**utifyer a touch upon The Times. Plate 1. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs Sepr. 1762.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 762.09.23.01.2 Impression 2 Box 111
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire on Hogarth's plate of 'The Times', attacking him as an apologist for Lord Bute, showing the gatehouse of St. James's Palace
- Alternative Title:
- Butifyer
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Attributed to Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue., "With what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged. Matt. Chap. 7.2"--Centered immediately below image., "Mr. Hogarth, In justice to [blank space] the engraver of this plate: declares to the publick, he took the hint of the B**utifyer, from a print of Mr. Pope White washing Lord Burlingtons Gate, at the same time bespatring the rest of the nobility.", "Price 1s"--Lower right edge., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794., Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
- Subject (Topic):
- Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The b**utifyer a touch upon The Times. Plate 1. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Collings, Samuel, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- March 11th, 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.11.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A sequel to British Museum satires no. 6438. George III, seated on a balloon, points downwards with his sceptre to an image of Pitt (right) as a naked child, on a column which is inscribed 'Family Presumption'. The king looks down at North, Fox, and Burke, saying, "I command you O Shadrach Mesech & Abednego!" The three stand (left) in attitudes expressing intense self-righteousness; they say: "Know O King we will not worship [the] Golden Image"; on each head rests a tongue of flame. They stand outside a dilapidated building on the extreme left inscribed 'St Stephens', shored up by a beam, whose base is at their feet, inscribed 'Resolutions Unrescinded'. From its coping-stone flies an ensign flag inscribed 'Firm S.P.Q.B.' The king's balloon is inscribed 'Prerogative'; its lower axis emits a blast inscribed 'Gracious Answer'. Behind the balloon and Pitt are clouds inscribed 'Breath of Popularity'. Pitt stands sucking his finger (cf. British Museum satires no. 6417); on his head is a sugar-loaf surmounted by a flag inscribed 'Feby 28', an emblem of the Grocers' Company which had entertained him on that day, see British Museum satires no. 6442. Kneeling figures do obeisance before the image of Pitt, those in the foreground representing the least reputable trades: a lamplighter (left), with his ladder and oil-can, kneels in profile to the right; a butcher prostrates himself; a chimney-sweep kneels with clasped hands; a ragged scavenger, his shovel and basket beside him, kneels in profile to the left, the basket stands on a paper inscribed '[Worshipfu]ll Company of Scavenger[s]'. In the foreground lie papers inscribed 'Garret Address' (an allusion to the mock elections of Garratt), 'Address', and 'The worshipfull Company of Chimney Sweepers'. A crowd of kneeling figures (left) is worshipping the idol; they hold standards, three of which are inscribed 'Bristol', 'Westminster', and 'London', representing the addresses to the king which had been compared by Fox to those made to Charles II, see British Museum Satires no. 6438, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Annibal Scratch" is the pseudonym of Samuel Collings., Only tentative attribution to Samuel Collings in the British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image, one column on either side of title: A gilded image & before it, a mob on marrow-bones adore it ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Traces of former blue mounting on verso., and British Museum duplicate (indicated by stamp on verso with initials JKR). With original 1[s] price in ink, with figures identified in ink in Hawkin's hand according to Andrew Edmunds.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Surrey.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Grocers' Company (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, Local elections, Adoration, Balloons (Aircraft), Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Idols, Occuptations, and Scavenging
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up [graphic]
9.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1791]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G41 no. 1 Box D300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from two projecting lamp-brackets swing the bodies of Queen Charlotte and Pitt. The houses of the Strand recede in perspective and terminate in Temple Bar, with two heads on spikes; clouds of smoke appear to come from burning houses east of Temple Bar. On the clouds a meretricious Liberty sits enthroned and triumphant.--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed in brown ink below image., Title inscribed twice on sheet and struck out once., Imprint statement inscribed in brown ink below title: Pubd. July 19th, 1791 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly., Description of published Gillray print in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7892., Description of published Gillray print in Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times / edited by Thomas Wright. London : Chatto and Windus, [1873?], p. 130., and A 'counterprint' or transfer in brown ink appears on the verso of the mount from another print: A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the Revolution Society.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Decapitations, Hangings (Executions), Executioners, Axes, Kings, and Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hopes of the party prior to July 14th from such wicked Crown & Anchor dreams, good Lord deliver us. [art original]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 July 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.07.19.01.1++ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from two projecting lamp-brackets swing the bodies of Queen Charlotte and Pitt. The houses of the Strand recede in perspective and terminate in Temple Bar, with two heads on spikes; clouds of smoke appear to come from burning houses east of Temple Bar. On the clouds a meretricious Liberty sits enthroned and triumphant. The King's neck rests on a narrow block, his shaved head appears bald, his legs are held up by Horne Tooke, who stands on the left, saying: "O, such a day as this, so renown'd so victorious, Such a day as this was never seen Revolutionists so gay; - while Aristocrats notorious, Tremble at the universal glee." From Tooke's pocket projects a paper: 'Petition of Horne Tooke' (against the return of Fox and Hood for Westminster, see British Museum Satires No. 7690). The King, who supports himself on his hands, says, "What! What! What! - what's the matter now". Fox, enormously stout, straddles behind the King, full face his axe raised in both hands; he wears a mask with large circular eye-holes and fox's ears; he says: "Zounds! what the devil is it that puts me into such a hell of a Funk? - damn it, it is but giving one good blow, & all is settled! - but what if I should miss my aim! - ah! it's the fear of that which makes me stink so! - & yet, damnation! what should I be afraid of? if I should not succeed, why nobody can find me out in this Mask, any more than the Man who chop'd the Calf's-head off, a Hundred & Forty Years ago - and so here goes!" Sheridan kneels in profile to the left holding the King by the ear and nose, he looks up at Fox with a sinister scowl, saying, "Hell & Damnation, dont be afraid give a home stroke, & then throw off the Mask - Zounds, I wish I had hold of the Hatchet." Priestley, behind Sheridan, leans towards the King, saying, "Don't be alarmed at your situation, my dear Brother; we must all dye once; and, therefore what does it signify whether we dye today or tomorrow - in fact, a Man ought to be glad of the opportunity of dying, if by that means he can serve his Country, in bringing about a glorious Revolution: - & as to your Soul, or any thing after death don't trouble yourself about that; depend on it, the Idea of a future state, is all an imposition: & as every thing here is vanity & vexation of spirit, you should therefore rejoice at the moment which will render you easy & quiet". He holds a paper: 'Priestley on a Future State'. Sir Cecil Wray stands with his right hand on Sheridan's shoulder, saying, "Here do give me a little room Joseph that I may be in readiness to catch the droppings of the Small Beer when it is tapp'd; I never can bear to see the Small Beer wasted Joseph!" He holds in his left hand a small cask, 'For Small Beer', and a large pipe; in his pocket is a paper: 'Plan of Chelsea Hospital by Sir Ceci[l] Wray'. The Queen is cruelly caricatured; she swings against Pitt, who is in a death agony with crisped fingers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 37 x 55 cm., and Collector's annotations on mount.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 19th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Axes, Executioners, Hangings (Executions), and Crowds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hopes of the party, prior to July 14th "from such wicked Crown & Anchor-dreams, good Lord, deliver us". [graphic]