- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.10.00.01.3+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Set of blocks for Hogarth's wigs
- Description:
- Title from item., Attribution to Paul Sandby from Gunn., Third state, with an addition of a gallows on far right. See British Museum catalogue., Publication date inferred from earlier states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below image: An account of the blocks their origin &c., with an escutcheon showing a jack boot in the center of text., "Price 6"., and Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: land tax, 1762 -- Barbers: wig blocks -- Newspapers: North Briton -- Newspapers: Auditor -- Coffee-houses: Cocoa Tree Coffee House -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Reference to William Pitt the Elder -- Pugilists: Nailer ('Nail'em') -- Trades: coachmen -- Coachmen: fighting coachman, Stephenson 'Flogg'em.'
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Kirby, Joshua, 1716-1774
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxation, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Anglo-French War, 1755-1763, Barbers, Engravers, Devil, Wigs, and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A sett of blocks for Hogarth's wigs [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [October 1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.10.00.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The central figure of this satire is Lord Bute who stands on a chest labeled "Treasure Box". He is surrounded by his supporters, including Hogarth, and other members of the administration, Smollett, Murphy, Bedford, Dashwood, Townshend, Talbot, Kirby, etc. A satire on Bute's administration and his handling of tax reform and peace with France
- Alternative Title:
- Set of blocks for Hogarth's wigs
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Attribution to Paul Sandby from Gunn., First state, as described in British Museum catalogue: plate without additional text and before addition of gallows., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Below image: An account of the blocks their origin ..., and "Price 6".
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Kirby, Joshua, 1716-1774
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxation, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Anglo-French War, 1755-1763, Barbers, Engravers, Devil, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A sett of blocks for Hogarth's wigs [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1762]
- Call Number:
- Topos Su962 no. 4+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the gardens with pagoda in middle distance, figures in boat on lake in foreground with footbridge at left, temple of Arethusa at right and trees in left foreground with sheep grazing below"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three edges.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Kew.
- Subject (Topic):
- Botanical gardens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the lake and island at Kew, seen from the lawn with the bridge, the temples of Arethusa and Victory, and the Great Pagoda / [graphic]