- Published / Created:
- [13 February 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.02.13.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A short obese man stands facing the viewer, his right hand tucked in his waistcoat. His wig and clothes are old-fashioned. He wears a short, fur-trimmed coat on top
- Description:
- Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: initials G R below watermark that has been almost completely cut off., and Annotated on verso: from Ld. B. Album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Febry. 13, 1772, by Wm. Tringham, under St. Dunstans Church, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Obesity and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A turtle eater drawn from the life. [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.07.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Dated in the British Museum catalogue: 1 August 1772., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 9, p. 1., and Temporary local subject terms: Money: bank-notes -- Bags of money -- Brooms -- Row-boats -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Allusion to Lord North budget speech, 1 May 1772 -- Financial crisis, 1772 -- Allusion to speculation.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the deluge of Scotch paper currency for English gold [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.05.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A drunken orgy in a room with mirrors on the wall. Britannia, dressed as a courtesan (right), leans back in a chair, dead drunk, in her right. hand is a wine-bottle. One foot rests on her shield. A man standing behind pours over her the contents of a wine-bottle, in his right. hand he holds out a wine-glass. In the centre is a staggering figure wearing the ribbon and order of the Bath. His pocket is being picked by a plainly dressed man, while another holds his shoulder. Two men aimlessly flourish drawn swords. Another aims a blow with a long pole at a mirror. A courtesan has broken a mirror with a wine-bottle which she is waving in the air. In the background a woman, seated on a man's knee, is picking his pocket. On the floor in the foreground are broken wine-glasses, and a broken punch-bowl inscribed "the Constitution". The explanatory text asks "Who are the greatest drunkards? - Those at the helm - Who set the most glaring examples of adultery, fornication, &c -.."."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Great ones in a bagnio
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 185., and Temporary local subject terms: Drunkenness -- Prostitutes -- Dishes -- Allusion to the Constitution.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Intoxication, Courtesans, Drinking vessels, Wine, Bowls (Tableware), and Pickpockets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia intoxicated, or, The great ones in a bagnio [graphic].
- Creator:
- Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd Decr. 24, 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.12.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed in the British Museum catalogue to either Isaac Taylor senior (1730-1807) or Isaac Taylor junior (b. 1750)., Illustration to an article with the above title., Two lines of text below image: Cupid's soft dart the softer sex compels / And here the urching knocks down beaux & belles., Plate from: Westminster Magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v. 1 (1772-3), p. 9., and Temporary local subject terms: Auctions: bankrupcies -- Macaronies -- Cupid (Greek deity) -- Mercury (Roman deity) -- Allusion to Theresa Cornelys, 1723-1797.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cupid turn'd auctioneer, or, Cornelys' sale at Carlisle House [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.05.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The gateway of St. James's Palace. On its flagstaff is a standard bearing Bute's arms with the motto 'Avito viret honore' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 4423). Under the archway a Scotsman in kilt and plaid holds a prancing horse by the tail. Another Scot stands by flourishing a whip and holding in his left hand a saddle with stirrups."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- He rules as absolutely and with as much indignity ...
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 10 (1772), page 265., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace gateway -- Flagstaffs -- Arms: Earl of Bute's arms -- Scotsmen -- The White Horse of Hanover? -- Allusion to the Earl of Chatham's speech on secret influence.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Gates, Flags, Coats of arms, Horses, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > He rules as absolutely & with as much indignity to every department of administration, as when he openly held the reins of government [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1771]
- Call Number:
- 771.12.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Two lines of verse below image: Thus we would buy your friendship & treat you with gentle loving kindness. Shakespeare., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 9 (1771), p. 297., and Temporary local subject terms: Flags: Union Jack -- Reference to Falkland Islands -- Furniture: throne-like chair -- Writing desk -- Vittorio Filippo Ferrero di Biella, 1713-1777, Prince Masserano, Spanish ambassador to England, 1763-1772.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lord North at the Spanish ambassador's [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [February 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.08.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. XXII and No. XXIII, of Betsy Wil--x, a courtesan, and Sir George Savile
- Alternative Title:
- Inflexible patriot
- Description:
- Titles from text below images. and Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 4 (1772), page 401.
- Publisher:
- A. Hamilton, Jr.
- Subject (Name):
- Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Betsy Wil-x The inflexible patriot. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [February 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.10.00.03 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. XXVIII and No. XXIX, of MIss L-b-t, a courtesan and the 2nd Duke of Northumberland
- Alternative Title:
- Lord P-y and Lord Percy
- Description:
- Titles etched below images., Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 4 (1772), page 513., and Mounted together with four pages of text to which this print is an illustration; mounted to 21 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- A. Hamilton, Jr.
- Subject (Name):
- Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss L-b-t Lord P-y. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [December 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.12.00.09
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. XXXIV and No. XXXV, of a Miss L-w-s and James Lowther, later Lord Lonsdale
- Alternative Title:
- Cumberland Baronet
- Description:
- Titles etched below images. and Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 4 (1772), page 624.
- Publisher:
- A. Hamilton, Jr.
- Subject (Name):
- Lonsdale, James Lowther, Earl of, 1736-1802,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss L-w-s The Cumberland baronet. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [February 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.04.00.09 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. X and No. XI, of a Mrs. G-n and Simon Luttrell, Baron Irnham, later Earl Carhampton
- Alternative Title:
- L-d Iron-ham
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 4 (1772), page 177., and In upper right corner of plate: Vol. 4.
- Publisher:
- A. Hamilton, Jr.
- Subject (Name):
- Carhampton, Simon Luttrell, Earl of, 1713-1787,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. G-n L-d Iron-ham. [graphic]