- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1795?]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.09.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All are elderly. On the table are a decanter of 'Port' and glasses. A patterned carpet completes the design. From a sketch by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., Variant state, without publisher and date and with differently etched title, of No. 8753 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A decent story [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1796?]
- Call Number:
- 796.06.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A spectacled man, wearing riding-dress with spurred top-boots, seizes a stout lady by the hair and flourishes a riding-whip, saying, "Pro bono Patriae". A younger man (left) puts his hand on his shoulder, saying, "I'll support you". He is wildly cheered by an election crowd (left), who wave their hats. The lady's feathered bonnet lies on the ground, her hair streams down her back, and she holds out her arms in terror. A group of cathedral clergy stand on the right watching with gestures and expressions of alarm and disapproval. Behind is a square church tower (right) with pinnacles."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Proof of the refined feelings of an amiable character ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Elections: reference to elections, 1796 -- Clergy: cathedral clergy -- Buildings: cathedral -- Abuse of women.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A proof of the refin'd feelings of an amiable character, lately a candidate for a certain ancient city [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 May 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.05.15.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George III, wearing a crown and ermine-trimmed robe is seated in an arm-chair asleep. The tassels of his girdle are thistles, indicative of Scottish influence. Round his neck is a chain from which hangs a cross, indicating the Romanizing tendencies of which he was accused at this time, see BMSat 5534, &c. His crown is being taken from his head by a judge in wig and ermine-trimmed robes, evidently Mansfield. Over the king's shoulder looks a Scot in Highland dress, evidently Bute, holding the sceptre which he has taken from the king's hand. He leans towards Mansfield saying "What shall be done with it?" Mansfield answers, "Wear it Your sel my Leard." On the king's left a man stands who holds in both hands the other side of the crown, he says, "No troth I'se carry it to Charly & hel not part with it again Mon!" He is dressed an an English gentleman, though his language indicates that he is a Scottish Jacobite; he is perhaps intended for some unpopular Scot, perhaps Wedderburn, then attorney-general. Behind the king's chair America, wearing a feathered head-dress, watches the scene; he says "We in America have no Crown to Fight for or Loose." In the foreground (right) sits Britannia asleep, her head resting on her hand; by her side lies the British lion, also asleep and chained to the ground. At her feet are two maps, one of "Great Britain" (torn) lies on one of "America". On the left stands a man in rags with bare legs and dishevelled hair, clasping his hands together and saying "I have let them quietly strip me of every Thing"; he appears to represent the British commercial community. An Irishman next him, a harp under his arm, walks away saying "I'le take Care of Myself & Family". The background to these figures is a hedge; behind it on the right is a Dutchman (the United Provinces) helping himself to the contents of two hives."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 15th, 1780, by W. Renegal
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)., Commerce, Sleeping, Beehives, Harps, and Lions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Argus [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.07.02.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Gaetan Vestris (right) giving a dancing lesson to a gigantic goose with a human head and long pigtail queue. They face each other in profile. Vestris stands with his legs together, chest thrown out, his arms curved. "Regardez-moi" was his characteristic admonition. On a stool behind the goose is an open book inscribed "Electrical E. E. L."; on the ground at its feet is another inscribed "The Torpedo. Dedicated to Ld------C------. My Lord, I take the Liberty------ The greatness of whose Parts are known. . ." . This indicates that the goose is Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827), "The Torpedo, a Poem to the Electrical Eel addressed to Mr John Hunter Surgeon" and "Dedicated to . . . Lord Cholmondeley," 4th ed. 1777, was a coarse and scurrilous poem, three lines of which are, "What tho' Lord Ch--lm--d--ly may conceal A most enormous length of Eel Admir'd for Size and bone:"In the wall which forms the background are two sash-windows and a door (left) round which a grinning youth, probably a servant, is looking. On the wall are half length portraits: three in ovals of elderly ladies in profile, one of a clergyman, full-face, wearing a biretta, his left hand on a book. There is also a picture of Fox, with a fox's head, seated opposite Cholmondeley; they are throwing dice. Fox appears satisfied, the other clenches his fist and exclaims in anger. A devil is climbing on the top of the frame and holds out a claw to grab the head of Fox. On the picture are the words "A Nick by God". Like Fox, see BMSat 5972, Cholmondeley held a faro bank at Brooks's. G.E.C., 'Complete Peerage'."-- British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text at bottom of image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Vestris, Gaëtan, 1729-1808, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Dance, Geese, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Regardèz moi [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1 October 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.10.01.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Bow Street magistrate and campaigner against gambling, Sampson Wright, is shown seated at a table being assailed by a man who has entered the door on the right. On the left another man (probably meant to be John Bond, Wright's clerk) expresses alarm, and on the right a dismayed youth wipes away a tear
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 44 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by Bonde at the Thieftakers Office, Bow Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793 and Bond, John, active 1782
- Subject (Topic):
- Threats, Judges, Gambling, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sampson overcome by a Philistian [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Fox, as Belial, seated in a depression in the centre of a large mass resembling a balloon in process of deflation, which is inscribed Publica Fides. Four vertical posts marked with figures seem intended to measure the (rapidly decreasing) degree of Publica Fides on which Fox can still count.... Fox is a fat, almost-naked creature, with horns and talons.... An attack on the Coalition ... An illustration of the lines: 'Belial,...the fleshiest Incubus', Paradise Regained..."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image. and Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The incubus. 1784 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- 803.00.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dedication sheet 'To the Queen' from the singer Harriet Abrams; three cherubs sitting facing right, singing, on clouds which curve up and support a lyre and laurel above them, below a crown in rays of light; for an unidentified publication."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image. and Print possibly designed as the frontispiece or title page for a musical work dedicated to Queen Charlotte. See Wright.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To the Queen, with Her Majesty's most gracious permission this work is respectfully inscribed by Her Majesty's most faithful, obedient and humble servant Harriet Abrams, Park Lane, 1803 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 9 March 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.03.09.02.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the lower left corner stands Lord North, his right arm raised, delivering a speech while Cornwall, the Speaker, is looking at him from his chair in the upper left corner of the image. On the right, rising from a cloud, are Fox and Burke, both violently gesticulating in their attack on North. Below the figures of North and Fox are excerpts from their speeches attacking each other before forming coalition
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Companion print to British Museum catalogue 6188.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Public speaking, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > War [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 1st June 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.06.01.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caricature head of Lord Kelly in profile to the right. He is bending forward, his face bloated and pimpled, his lank and scanty hair in a black bag."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and LWL 780.06.01.04: Subject identified as "Ld. North" in contemporary ms. hand, possibly Horace Walpole's hand.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Kelly, Thomas Alexander Erskine, Earl of, 1732-1781, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Lord Kelly] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1809?]
- Call Number:
- 809.00.00.34.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title, date, and printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Grey wash sketch on verso.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Man on horseback] [graphic].