- Published / Created:
- May 28th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.05.28.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Admiral de Grasse stands up to his waist in a large barrel, saying "I shall never more love the Englishmen's sugar and gunpowder." On the left stands an English naval officer with cutlass in hand, and on the right an English sailor. Refers to De Grasse's defeat by Rodney when the French attempted to raid Jamaica in 1782
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Sold by E. Rich, at the little Print Shop opposite Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street and Pubd. by J. Barrow
- Subject (Name):
- Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
- Subject (Topic):
- Barrels, Admirals, French, Military officers, British, Sailors, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Count de Grasse in the sugar trap [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 21.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 33.8 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 36.5 x 26.3 cm, and Mounted on leaf 13 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.24.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Ms. note in an unknown hand below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1782?]
- Call Number:
- 782.06.04.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Admiral Rodney is shown on the shore with Britannia and Neptune, who hand him their staffs, while the British Lion claws at the flag of France on which Rodney stands. Standing out to sea in a toy boat made of playing cards, Admiral Pigot (represented as a pig) views the scene through his spyglass. Refers to Rodney's recall and replacement by Pigot
- Alternative Title:
- Admiral Pigot on a cruize
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and publication information from description in the British Museum catalogue of a variant state., Probably a variant [later?] state of the plate with the imprint statement "Pubd. June 4th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St James's Street, London." Cf. , No. 5996 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. IV., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- E. D'Achery
- Subject (Name):
- Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, and Neptune (Roman deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Admirals, British, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Rodney invested, or, Admiral Pig.. on a cruize [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 May 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.31.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, with Sandwich and North behind them. Contrasts the new ministry's hostility to the popular Rodney with the rewarding of the incompetent Keppel (Admiral "Lee-shore.").
- Alternative Title:
- Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and On left above design: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 3.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, History, Naval, Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Rodney triumphant, or, Admiral lee-shore in the dumps [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 September 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.09.03.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, shown with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil holds a chamber pot being used by De Grasse. Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of the subjects are given in a key below design
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Sepr. 3d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de, 1724-1802, and Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Admirals, French, British, Military uniforms, Chamber pots, Snuff, and Defecation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Scene le vrog house [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 June 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.06.13.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Admiral Rodney is depicted vigorously attacking a large dragon which clutches his leg. The dragon's wings are decorated with fleur-de-lys and it breathes fire and frogs (alluding to Rodney's 1782 victory over the French fleet, a triumph which was not well-received by the Ministry). On the left Charles James Fox attempts to stay Rodney, offering him a baron's coronet and saying "... you have done enough, I will now make a Lord of you, and you shall have the happiness of never being heard of again."
- Alternative Title:
- Saint George and the dragon
- Description:
- Title from item. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 13th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Admirals, British, Dragons, Military uniforms, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > St. George & the dragon [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 9. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of the Duke of Richmond standing facing left, wearing general's uniform and holding hat in his left hand
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 15 with three other prints.
- Publisher:
- Published 3d July 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Duke of Richmond] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 July 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 9. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of the Duke of Richmond standing facing left, wearing general's uniform and holding hat in his left hand
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with dypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.4 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 9 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Duke of Richmond.
- Publisher:
- Published 3d July 1782 by C. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Duke of Richmond] [graphic]