- Creator:
- Richardson, George, active 1742, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1742]
- Call Number:
- 742.02.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the ambitions of European powers ranged against Maria Theresa in the early stages of the War of Austrian Succession, and on Robert Walpole's preoccupation with his own precarious position as well as his lack of support for Austria; an adaptation of British Museum Satires No. 2463. The ships at sea in the foreground of the earlier state have been replaced by the naked figure of Maria Theresa (then Queen of Hungary) sitting on a chair, one leg having been amputated and replaced by a wooden stump; a cloth around her hips is lettered, "Hungary & Lindtz". Her clothing has been pulled off by her enemies: Frederick the Great of Prussia pins down her cap, labelled "Silesia", with his halberd; the figure on the ground, previously identified as Theodore of Corsica holds her necklace labelled "Buta" [Buda]; the King of Spain holds a string by which he has pulled off her shift, labelled, "Just Rights"; the word "Doteingness" has been removed from Cardinal Fleury's walking frame and a string attached to his wrist has pulled off the Queen's petticoat, labelled "Austria/Netherlands" which she tries to hold on to; Walpole's paper is now lettered, "Place Bill", he now says "King LOGG listen to the Cardinal" a label at his feet reads, "If I get off now thanks to ye Priest Successor of Richlieu", and his string is now attached to the foot of the City of London alderman, whose label "Sturdy Beggar" has been removed; the Dutchman holds a string to which is attached the Queen's tippet labelled "Munich"(?) and he now says, "But We Design to be on our Guard & remain neuter"; the labels "Bohemia" and "Grand Duke" have been removed from two figures in the background; The figure formerly identified as Austria is now "Bohemia" and holds a string pulling the Queen's robe which is labelled "Prague", "Sultzback" and "Breslau". The verses below have been erased and replaced by twelve stanzas. The lettering is otherwise unchanged."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Queen of Hungary stript
- Description:
- Title from item., Also attributed to George Bickam the Younger., Bickham's name and date burnished from plate and replaced with that of Richardson's, along with alterations to design. See British Museum catalogue nos. 2463 and 2512., Image enclosed within decorative scroll., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: Who are all these that look so fine-a 'Tis P-----a, R----a, F----e, H-L---d and Spine-a ..., and Temporary local subject terms: War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748: stripping of the Hungarian Empire -- Birds: goose -- Go-carts -- Male dress: royal robes -- Female dress: royal robes -- Furniture: chair.
- Publisher:
- Sold at [the] Blackmoos head, Exeter Change
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756
- Subject (Topic):
- Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Geese, Clergy, and Seesaws
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The qu-n of Hungary stript [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament 1 Nov. 1748.
- Call Number:
- 748.11.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left James II, seated on a throne of "hereditary right" and holding manacles, turns left to shake the hand of a monk who tramples on an open volume labeled "Holy Bible". From under the throne dragons or serpents devour the "Magna Carta", "Toleration Act", "Common and Statute Law" and "Acts of Parliament" while slaves bow before the King and Furries with torches and whips dance before him. On an obelisk is inscribed: "The Foundation of the Roman Hierarchy; implicit faith; apostalical succession; infallibility; pardons and indulgences; decrees of council; massacres; private murders; perjury and the inquisition ..." At foot of the obelisk is the Pope preaching "Hereditary indefeasible right and my bull to sanctify thy claim" addressed to the Pretender ...
- Description:
- Title engraved in cartouche below image., Later state, with publisher's address erased and date altered to 1748. Originally published by J. Collyer in Ludgate Street, 1 November 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., and Mounted to: 31 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- James II, King of England, 1633-1701, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals, Clergy, Demons, Justice, Martyrs, Monks, Shackles, and Enslaved people
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rebellion displayed most humbly inscribed to his sacred Majesty King George. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- pub. according to act of Parlt., 1753.
- Call Number:
- 753.00.00.21+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Harlequin -- Personifications: Death -- Dr. Richard Rock, fl. 1731-1769., and Mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The twelve alls [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17 June 1757]
- Call Number:
- 757.06.17.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper right, beneath the French flag, French troops and Indians attack English settlers and burn their homes as signs of general social and political corruption are illustrated in the foreground; each scene is numbered and explained in the key below the image. In the center a tower covered by a cloud, obscuring all but a crown, orb and scepter. Two counselors with goose heads standing gossiping, and two bishops play backgammon and drink spirits (wine?), one sits on a chair made from a bible and the other sits on am overturned model of a church. Two noblemen rob a countryman as he sleeps in his chair. Two senators count their bribes, one hiding the money in his 'pension'. The decline in manufacturing (trade) is symbolized by the idle loom, covered with cobwebs and labeled "To be sold cheape". A thin, starving seaman begs while behind him two common folk stand idly with their hands in their pockets. In the upper left, soldiers in uniform lounge around their military encampment, beside rows of tents and cannons. In the distance, lines of ships stand idle at sea
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Earlier state of the print had 'Gazette' in title; this later state Gazette has been burnished out and replaced with 'Evening Post.', Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark., Following imprint: "Price six pence.", Later state, with change in title, of No. 3605 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 17, 1757, by T. Ewart at the Bee Hive near St. Martins Lane in the Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Political corruption, Backgammon, Clergy, Games, Pleading (Begging), and Starvation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Without from the London Evening Post of Saturday, June 11, 1757. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [17 June 1757]
- Call Number:
- 757.06.17.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper right, beneath the French flag, French troops and Indians attack English settlers and burn their homes as signs of general social and political corruption are illustrated in the foreground; each scene is numbered and explained in the key below the image. In the center a tower covered by a cloud, obscuring all but a crown, orb and scepter. Two counselors with goose heads standing gossiping, and two bishops play backgammon and drink spirits (wine?), one sits on a chair made from a bible and the other sits on am overturned model of a church. Two noblemen rob a countryman as he sleeps in his chair. Two senators count their bribes, one hiding the money in his 'pension'. The decline in manufacturing (trade) is symbolized by the idle loom, covered with cobwebs and labeled "To be sold cheape". A thin, starving seaman begs while behind him two common folk stand idly with their hands in their pockets. In the upper left, soldiers in uniform lounge around their military encampment, beside rows of tents and cannons. In the distance, lines of ships stand idle at sea
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Following imprint: "Price six pence.", Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 17., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below., Mounted to 32 x 48 cm., and 'Gazette' in title erased from this impression; 'Evening' written in contemporary hand.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 17, 1757, by T. Ewart at the Bee Hive near St. Martins Lane in the Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Political corruption, Backgammon, Clergy, Games, Pleading (Begging), and Starvation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Without from the London Gazette of Saturday, June 11, 1757. [graphic]