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1. A North-ern ass [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hutchinson, W., active 1773-1784, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 14 April 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.80
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the election for County Durham, 14 April 1784: Sir Thomas Clavering and Sir John Upton, one headless, holding a caption labelled 'The Irish Faction for ever' and carrying the other, who has no feet, on his back, who says 'I serv'd you as long as I could stand' and carries captions lavelled 'Coal owners Bill' and 'A command in India'; both seated on an ass facing left, which brays 'Thus I go to Parliament and am not the first Ass that has farted for preferment, but this is dirty work and hard Labour' and which has a collar labelled 'I speak for my Master / Populus me sibilat at plaudo ipse domi' and strips at the saddle labelled 'Curse all Pitts / But a Coal-Pitt'; with the ass' droppings falling on a crest with the motto 'Diem Perdidi'; a mitre, crozier and sword and label 'At rest' on the ground in the centre, playing cards and papers labelled 'Turnpike Speech / Election Speech' to left; a milestone to right labelled 'From Durham / T: C / J: E / 14 April 1784'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Northern ass
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to W. Hutchinson from annotation on verso of British Museum impression. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1014.456., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Watermark in the center of sheet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Clavering, Thomas, Sir, 1719-1794, Eden, John, Sir, 1740-1812, and Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, Donkeys, Defecation, Traffic signs & signals, Miters, Crosiers, Daggers & swords, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A North-ern ass [graphic].
2. A tom tit twittering on an eagle's back-side [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [19 April 1786]
- Call Number:
- 49 3069
- Collection Title:
- Page v. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 7029. Johnson (left) climbs up a mountain on hands and knees, his oak stick in his left hand. Boswell follows, also on hands and knees; he licks Johnson's posteriors, saying, "I shall record this". Johnson says, "Come Bossy". Behind and below them a loch and mountain (right) are indicated. In the foreground (left) is a huge thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Tomtit twittering on an eagle's back-side
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., A companion print to: A tour to the Hebrides., On paper with a watermark (trimmed)., and Tipped in at page v in Horace Walpole's copy of: Boswell, J. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1785.
- Publisher:
- Published 19th April 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Mountains, Climbing, Staffs (Sticks), and Thistles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tom tit twittering on an eagle's back-side [graphic]
3. Adulation, or, A coronation oration by the Jack Pudding of the nation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1821]
- Call Number:
- 821.07.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George IV, crowned, and with orb and sceptre, sits on a coronation chair in Westminster Abbey (right). The Archbishop, well characterized, stands beside him, holding his mitre, his right hand on the chair. On the King's right hand stands Londonderry (Castlereagh) in Garter robes; other peers stand behind him. All watch the antics of Canning, dressed in parti-coloured clothes as a merry-andrew or buffoon. He kneels on the dais at the King's feet, arms flung wide; at his feet is a high-crowned hat with a peacock's feather; on the back of his tunic are the letters M P and P C. He declaims: The delight of the Nation at the Celebration of your Majesty's Coronation, the Exultation throughout the Creation exceeds all Imagination. the Expectation to which the Anticipation of this Consumation has given occasion is beyond Contemplation; we offer the Oblation of our Congratulation, without Hesitation or Trepidation; no Tribulation can effect a Cessation of the Sensation which pervades every Station; no Situation in whatever Deprivation will utter an Execration for the Association are in Preparation to effect an Extirpation of all Defamation. We hope the Expectation of a Decollation will produce Annihilation of all Deviation from strict Regulation; we submit to Subjugation without Hesitation, and we offer our Oration with gratefull Adoration upon this Jollification. The King composedly touches (or kicks) Canning's chin with his toe. Peeresses stand in a gallery across the north transept, holding their coronets. Above them is a second and more crowded gallery."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Adulation, or, A coronation oration by the George Pudding of the nation, Coronation oration by the Jack Pudding of the nation, and Coronation oration by the George Pudding of the nation
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the name "George" is scored through and replaced by "Jack" written above., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 1821 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Coronations, Spectators, Crowns, Scepters, Bishops, Miters, Robes, Kneeling, and Feathers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Adulation, or, A coronation oration by the Jack Pudding of the nation [graphic].
4. Diamond cut diamond, or, A whimsical information [graphic]
- Creator:
- Roberts, P. (Piercy), active 1785-1824, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1803?]
- Call Number:
- 803.00.00.53+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Lord Mayor sits (right) in profile to the left in a chair of state facing a city officer in a long gown holding a wand who leads in a file of five amused 'cits', three men and two women. The officer says: "Here are a number of People brought before your Honor, by your Honor's Order, for not keeping the pavement clean before their Houses in Frosty Weather - according to the Act of Parliament for that purpose; but the worst of all is - here is a Worthy Alderman, lays information, that the pavement before your Honor's Door is as much neglected as any of the rest - and moreover says that he himself had a fall there in the late Frost, which shook him so much, that he has been unable to digest Turtle or Venison ever since - A material injury to one of the Body Corporate." The alderman, who heads the file, clasps an enormous paunch. The Mayor answers, proffering a coin: "Well, Well, if that is the case, take my five Shillings, and say no more about the Business." The Mayor wears spectacles and a chain of office; he has not the plebeian appearance of the alderman and his companions. (Charles Price was Lord Mayor 1802-3.)"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whimsical information
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle Row, Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Price, Charles, Sir, 1748-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Mayors, Municipal officials, Queues, Chairs, Robes, Staffs (Sticks), Coins, and Eyeglasses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Diamond cut diamond, or, A whimsical information [graphic]
5. Le colera de Napoleon [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1808 or 1809?]
- Call Number:
- 808.00.00.38+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A Spanish version of Gillray’s 1803 satire ‘Maniac Raving’s-or-Little Boney in a Strong Fit’, the texts in the plate adapted to the Spanish relationship with France during the Peninsular War - after the invading French armies were defeated by the Spanish in Andalusia at the Battle of Bailen ‘Napoleon is frantic with rage at the news from Spain... He blames Godoy (whom he had made ‘Prince of the Algarves’) for deceiving him, apostrophizes Talleyrand, reproaches Dupont, and his second-in-command Vedel, for the capitulation of Baylen... his deceptions are discovered by the ‘perfidious Englishman’, probably Sir Hew Dalrymple, the Governor of Gibraltar’ (British Museum catalogue).
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Text below image begins: Noticioso Napoleon de qe sus exercitos de España ..., and Copy of a print by James Gillray; for the original, see no. 9998 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8. For a more simplified Spanish copy, see no. 11058.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Gillray, James, 1756-1815
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, Spanish, Political satire, Spanish, Anger, Globes, Chairs, Documents, Fire, and Smoke
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le colera de Napoleon [graphic].
6. Reynard caught at last, or, The [fox running away with a goose in its mouth] in a pitt [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- March 19th 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.03.19.01 Impression 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an outdoor setting, Lord North and Edmund Burke look down at Charles Fox who stands knee-deep in a hole in the ground. All are in mourning clothes. Fox expresses fear of remaining in "this terrible Pitt" forever. An angry North, stamping his foot, expresses disillusionment in their coalition, while a quiet Burke decides to disassociate himself from Fox
- Alternative Title:
- Fox in a pitt and Fox in a pit
- Description:
- Title from item., The word "Fox" appears in the form of a rebus., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.5 x 25.7 cm, on sheet 25.3 x 27.4 cm., On laid paper, hand-colored., Watermark., and A small pencil sketch of a head on verso.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Mourning clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reynard caught at last, or, The [fox running away with a goose in its mouth] in a pitt [graphic].
7. Royal love letters [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.00.00.65+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, is dressed in an officer's uniform and seated at a writing desk next to a window. He turns to gaze at a portrait of his mistress, Mary Anne Clark, on the wall behind him, which hangs next to another painting of Cupid with his bow and arrow. Printed below the illustration are a love poem and a quoted extract from a love letter, taken from the work 'The Authentic and Impartial Life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke' that was published after the Duke severed ties with her in 1809
- Description:
- Title printed in letterpress below image., Date of publication inferred from the inclusion of extracts from The authentic and impartial life of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, published in 1809., Letterpress text beneath title begins: Pretty! Pretty! Mistress Clarke, None than I can love thee better; ... ., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Published by M.C. Springsguth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, British, Writing materials, Mistresses, Love letters, and Portraits
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Royal love letters [graphic].
8. The city sheep shearing [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 12th, 1809.
- Call Number:
- 809.04.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three men shear four rams with human faces and long spiral horns. The first (left), still unshorn, has the bottle-nose and drink-blotched face of Curtis; a large bell hangs from his neck; he bleats B A A A A A A. His shearer says: Come along you Blubber--alias Bell Weather S'Blood what a Cur 'tis; in his pocket is a paper: Quintus Curtius. He is Quin, who took an active part against Flower. The second, Councillor Waithman (a draper), holds Flower, the Mayor, labelled The Flower of the Flock, who is almost shaved; he says: Egad I have Cut them preelly [sic] close; his shears, like those of Quin, are inscribed Vox Popula [sic]. The third, Alderman Harvey Combe, uses a comb. He holds Alderman Price and says to Waithman: Ne'er Wait man I have Combed them well--. Price says: N'o Blubber Sperm fetches the best Price. Beside him is another ram (Shaw), completely shorn and dejected; it says: Pshaw I can never Stand upright in the presence of a great Mon but always Keep Booing, booing [cf. British Museum Satires No. 11306]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Ruse & Turners 180[5?].
- Publisher:
- Published by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818, Waithman, Robert, 1764-1833, Price, Charles, Sir, 1748-1818, Shaw, James, Sir, 1764-1843, and Flower, Charles, Sir, 1763-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Sheep, Scissors & shears, Sheep shearing, and Combs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The city sheep shearing [graphic].
9. The consequence of invasion, or, The hero's reward [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1803]
- Call Number:
- 803.08.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A very fat and jovial volunteer, dressed as a light horseman, holds ln his left hand a pole on which is the head of Napoleon in profile to the right. and wearing a huge cocked hat decorated with plumes, tricolour cockade, gold lace, and tassels. The hand that holds the pole holds also, by the hair, a bunch of bleeding heads which form a grisly garland round it. In his right hand is his sabre. He is surrounded by women; two embrace him, others hasten up; he swaggers with raised left leg, saying, "There you rouges, there! there's the Boney Part - twenty more killed them!! twenty more killed them too!! I have destroyed half the Army with this same Toledo." The women say, respectively: "Bless the Warrior that saved our Virgin charms"; "take care I'll smother him with Kisses"; "Oh! what frightful Heads how ravishing they look, - they would have used us ill I am sure"; "ha ha, thats, that great man little Boney, how glum he looks." An elderly spinster exclaims: "ah bless him he has saved us from Death and Vileation." A handsome woman turns to a tall young man in civilian dress on the extreme left, saying, "There you Poltroon look how that noble Hero's Caressed!" He turns away, saying, "Ods Niggins I wish I had been a Soldier too then the Girls would have run after me - but I never could bear the smell of Gun powder"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Hero's reward
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Preceding imprint are the words "Pubd. July", which have been mostly obscured with shading., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Text following title: None but the brave dsere [sic] the fair., Text within bottom part of image, above imprint: The Yeomanry Cavalry's first essay., and Watermark: Slade 1802.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. August 1st, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Soldiers, British, Obesity, Daggers & swords, Heads (Anatomy), Decapitations, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The consequence of invasion, or, The hero's reward [graphic].