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- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.00.00.32 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by R. Sayer 53, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A master parson returning from duty [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III sleeps on his throne while Fox introduces the Devil to Lord North. On the right Sandwich and Germain, members of the previous administration, are being carried off by a demon through a doorway labelled Pandaemonium, as Mansfield and Bute are hurried in the same direction
- Alternative Title:
- Warm berth for the old administration
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd April 2, 1782 by W. Brown
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Devil, Thrones, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A warm birth for the old administration [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [9 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.09.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In a country landscape, a man and a young woman in riding habit ride together (left to right) on a white horse, passing a signpost that reads (left) "To London" and (right) "To Newbury and Well Hall". She sits in front, holding the reins and riding astride. She holds up a purse in her left hand saying, "This will pay you for your Trouble Honey". The man sits behind, his feet in the stirrups, his left hand on the woman's waist; he says, "Promise me that and I will never say another Mass". The man wears ordinary riding-dress; the woman wears a feathered hat over a frilled cap, and a tight coat over a ruffled shirt. Behind them (left) walks a young woman, wearing a cap of lace and ribbons; she holds her apron to her eye, saying, "The Old witch is carrying away my Director". The words issue from the speakers' mouths on long scrolls. In the foreground (left) is a tree; the background is an undulating landscape with a square church tower and the roofs of a village among trees
- Alternative Title:
- Father D,----------, leaving his Catholic vows for the joys of the flesh and Father D leaving his Catholic vows for the joys of the flesh
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Attributed to Nixon in the British Museum catalogue., and Place of publication from location of publisher, assumed to be Thomas Cornell of Bruton Street. See I. Maxted's British book trades, 1710-1777.
- Publisher:
- Pub May 9th 1782 by T. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Clothing & dress, Couples, Crying, Horseback riding, and Traffic signs & signals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Father D,----------, leaving his Catholick vows for the joys of the flesh [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [27 March 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.03.27.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, fully clothed, sits in a washtub surrounded by scrub women or fish-wives, one of whom scrubs him with a brush, while another ladles soapy water over him. A fox (Charles James Fox) observes the scene from the extreme left, while the Devil stands holding a trident on the right. A response to North's unpopular increase in the duty on soap
- Alternative Title:
- Lord North in the suds
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Attributed to T. Colley in British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. Evans Oxford Street Mch. 27, 1782 London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Soap, Taxation, Devil, Laundresses, Bathing, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lord No--h, in the suds [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Bute and North lie on the ground as Dunning steps from North's back to Butes. assisted by Fox. A Scot in highland dress attacks Dunning from behind with a sword while an Irishman and American look on.
- Alternative Title:
- Liberties triumph
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 30 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publised Aprill 20, 1782 by E. Darchery St. Js' Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Prerogatives defeat, or, liberties triumph [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.04.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord North, carrying a large sack labelled "budget, small beer, soap, tobacco, insurance, carriages, tea", references to his proposed taxes of 1782. The Devil stands behind helping support the sack, as North approaches an open window at which a fox (Charles James Fox) is standing
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Colley in the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1782 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Economic conditions, Lifting & carrying, Devil, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sailing to the house, wind full north [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs, 25 Sepr. 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.09.25.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- With the Tower of London visible in the background, a quack doctor on a platform holds up a bottle of medicine before a small crowd of city folk, as his assistant passes out handbills. Among the crowd is a carter with his whip, a chimney sweep's boy, and an obese woman. On the platform behind the doctor are several invalids, including a man with a crutch. A sign attached to the platform reads "Doctor Van Cheatall."
- Description:
- Title from item., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Numbered "11" in plate., and Probably an earlier version of no. 6757 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Tower of London (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Patent medicines, Sick persons, Quacks, Clothing & dress, Crowds, and City & town life
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Tower Hill Esculapius [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.12.02.2+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene with a 22 member parliamentary committee examining the conduct of Christopher Atkinson (a.k.a. Savile), employed by the Navy Victualling Board and accused of malfeasance. All the figures are numbered, and Atkinson stands at the right. Other identifiable figures include the chairman Samuel Whitbread (no. 1), Bamber Gascoyne and Montague Burgoyne
- Alternative Title:
- V Committee framing a report and Victualling Committee framing a report
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with the undescore line following V removed from title., 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 25 x 36 cm., and Mounted to 29 x 46 cm with Bowditch's notes on mounting sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. according to Act of Parliament Augt. 12th, 1782, by C. Atkinson, and sold in Mark Lane ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Savile, Christopher, approximately 1739-1819, Whitbread, Samuel, 1720-1796, Gascoyne, Bamber, 1725-1791, and Burgoyne, Montagu, 1750-1836
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The V Committe framing a report [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.12.02.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene with a 22 member parliamentary committee examining the conduct of Christopher Atkinson (a.k.a. Savile), employed by the Navy Victualling Board and accused of malfeasance. All the figures are numbered, and Atkinson stands at the right. Other identifiable figures include the chairman Samuel Whitbread (no. 1), Bamber Gascoyne and Montague Burgoyne
- Alternative Title:
- V Committee framing a report and Victualling Committee framing a report
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with the undescore line following V removed from title., and This impression printed on pale blue paper.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. according to Act of Parliament Augt. 12th, 1782, by C. Atkinson, and sold in Mark Lane ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Savile, Christopher, approximately 1739-1819, Whitbread, Samuel, 1720-1796, Gascoyne, Bamber, 1725-1791, and Burgoyne, Montagu, 1750-1836
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The V Committe framing a report [graphic].