- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- 768.04.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the expected effect of a return of John Wilkes to parliament. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust, as members flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton, holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute, emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of Wilkes/Hercules."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Two lines of text below image: The figure on the pedestal is the symbol of bribery, corruption & hypocrisy., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon [1767-1772], v. 2 (1768), page 193., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence -- Emblems: Speaker's mace -- Bags of money -- Personifications: Bribery, Corruption and Hypocrisy -- Weapons: mace.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Cust, John, Sir, Baronet, 1718-1770, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Medusa (Greek mythology), Britannia (Symbolic character), Interiors, Ceremonial maces, Money, and Pedestals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hercules cleaning the Augean stable [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1845]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 8 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An unfinished sketch for the engraving which appeared in the November 1845 issue of "George Cruikshank's Table-book," illustrating a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. John Bull is beset by lilliputian tormentors who are removing all his cash, clothing, and possessions, beneath clouds of steam and a clanging bell
- Alternative Title:
- Anticipated effects of the railway calls
- Description:
- Title from pencil annotation below image, in the artist's hand., Text above image: George Cruikshank's "Table Book"., and With additional pencil drawings and artist’s notes in the margins.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Auctions, Fictitious characters, Money, and Railroads
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. John Bull in a quandary, or, The anticipated effects of the railway calls [art original].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1845]
- Call Number:
- 845.00.00.68
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Imp-like creatures of the railway company, gathered around the seated figure of John Bull, stripping him of his clothes and possessions, an auctioneer selling elements of his wardrobe, trains pulling boxes of money and silver plate"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Anticipated effects of the railway calls
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Date of publication and publisher from British Museum catalogue., Illustration to: George Cruikshank's Table book. Published by George Bell in London., Illustration accompanying a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 30 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- George Bell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Auctions, Fictitious characters, Money, and Railroads
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. John Bull in a quandary, or, The anticipated effects of the railway calls [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1770]
- Call Number:
- 770.05.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An engraving representing Lord Holland as an old fox, seated at a table and starting back in horror from a book which is presented to him by an angel who cries: -- "This is the black Catalogue of thy Misdeeds". The book is inscribed: -- " Sins which L d H nd has committed against God his K his Country & himself"; it comprises two columns of imperfect, unconnected, and reversed words and scribble, and one legible word "Ayliff". To this word the finger of the angel is directed. For this name of a steward to the Fox family, who was alleged to have been wrongfully hanged by means of Lord Holland, see "Ayliffe's Ghost", British Museum Satires No. 4038. At the front of the table is a book inscribed, besides illegible scribble, with: -- " Accompts to be Settled in the other World"; this is an allusion to the charges of vast peculation which were brought against Lord Holland, the so-called "notorious defaulter of unaccounted millions"; see "Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition", British Museum Satires No. 4289, and "Renard Stating his Accounts", British Museum Satires No. 4299. An imp sits at the table and acts as Lord Holland's secretary; a second imp crouches behind his chair and niches gold from a large bag."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), page 168., Temporary local subject terms: Records: catalog of misdeeds., and Mounted to 32 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
- Subject (Topic):
- Angels, Devil, and Money
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox in the horrors a vision. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.01.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Hibernia lies on the ground with her harp broken. On a table (left) are two money bags, one full and labelled "Exchequer", the other decorated with the Irish harp and almost empty. Into this Lord North is plunging his hand while an African with outstretched hand says: "Don't forget poor Mungo my good Ld N------h". A man in hat and laced coat is trampling on Hibernia, saying to a bystander: "Sr George we must keep her down". Sir George [Macartney] answers: "Ay my Ld T------d. [Townshend] and exert ourselves or she will be too Strong for us"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from the index to the magazine. See British Museum catalogue., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to the article, The history of the late Parliament in Ireland, published in the London Magazine, v. 41 (1772)., Plate from: London magazine, or Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed by C. Ackers, v. 41 (1772), page 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Hibernia -- Bags of money -- Reference to the Exchequer's Office -- Reference to the Irish revenues -- Harlequin -- Blacks: politicians as blacks -- Musical instruments -- Furniture.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776, Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, and Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807
- Subject (Topic):
- Money, Lyres, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Hibernia in distress] [graphic].