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55. [Satirical medal of Oliver Cromwell] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A silver medal from Holland, with satirical images of Oliver Cromwell. On the obverse is a bust of Oliver Cromwell, crowned with laurel leaves and in armor; on the reverse, Cromwell kneels in the lap of Britannia, with his breeches down, as the French and Spanish ambassadors in the background argue over who shall kiss first. Formerly housed in the Library at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satirical medal of Oliver Cromwell] [art original].
56. [Shipload of seasick Opposition savants, or, A Margate hoy] [art original].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G41 no. 6 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tentative identification of Fox, Sheridan, Moira, Sir John Sinclair, and Sir George Shuckburgh in chairs, leaning against the sides of bunks in a ship, all sleeping or being ill
- Alternative Title:
- Margate hoy
- Description:
- Title from Draper Hill; alternative title from pencil inscription on verso: A Margate hoy. and Date from Draper Hill, who suggests that the drawing is a preliminary for one of the illustrations for the abandoned de luxe edition of Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835, and Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Motion sickness, and Ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Shipload of seasick Opposition savants, or, A Margate hoy] [art original].
57. [Single combat in Moor-Fields, or, Magnanimous Paul O! challenging all O!] [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1801]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 28 Box D180
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The surface of a platform stretches across the design; on this Pitt (right), valiant but anxious, faces the massive Russian bear, Paul, behind whom stands a stout ferocious-looking Russian soldier (like a showman with a performing animal), nearsightedly reading a document: 'Be it known to all men, - that my master, - the most Magnanimous [see BMSat 9415] most puissant, most powerful and most wonderful great Bear of the north - being in his sound and sober senses - Challenges the Whole World to single combat - and commences his first trial of skill, here in Moorfields, after which it is his intention to persue his Travels, and visit every Court in Europe - Asia - Africa - and America'. The bear wears a plumed crown, a collar inscribed 'Paul Bruin', to which are attached the massive links of a chain. His drawn sword is 'Temper'd-á-lá-Suwarrow!' On his shield is a grotesque head with gaping mouth, and the inscription 'Swallow All O.' Pitt wears a plumed helmet and light armour. His sword is 'Temper'd á-lá Nelson', his shield is inscribed 'Howe', 'Duncan', 'Nelson', 'Jervaise' [St. Vincent], 'Warren', 'Parker'. The platform is surrounded by a dense and jovial crowd. The windows and roofs of the adjacent houses are crowded with tiny waving figures; a boy sits on the high wall before a bunding inscribed 'Moor Fields' and probably intended for Bedlam
- Alternative Title:
- Magnanimous Paul O! challenging all O
- Description:
- Title and date from Rowlandson print after this drawing., Attributed to Woodward., For the print based on this drawing see: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9702., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801, St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823., Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799., Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., and Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ Italiĭskiĭ, 1730-1800.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Single combat in Moor-Fields, or, Magnanimous Paul O! challenging all O!] [art original].
58. [The] macaroni politicians [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publishd as the act directs, Novr. 11, 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.11.11.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man in a bag wig and with crossed eyes lands on his "broad bottom" between two chairs pulled from under him by two diminutive devils. His face has an expression of utter surprise. The devil on the left, with the name Oliver on the large club of his hair tied in the macaroni fashion, pulls with his cane 'city chair 1772.' The devil on the right, with the name Sawbridge on his club, pulls the chair inscribed 'liberty.'
- Description:
- Title from item., [The] at the beginning of the title in the form of a brevigraph., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: There's many a slip 'twixt [the]cup and [the] lip, we often have found ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to mayoral elections, London, 1772 -- Aldermen -- Aldermen: Alderman Oliver.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The] macaroni politicians [graphic]
59. [William Pitt facing a fearful crowd] [art original]
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1806?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 28 Box D300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, wearing a tricorn hat and large sword at his side, stands defiantly shouting at a group of four men and one woman. He holds a rolled document in his fist behind him. One of the men, his hands outstretched as if to hold off Pitt or calm him down, confronts him while his companions cower behind him. The woman has fallen to her knees and turns in terror
- Alternative Title:
- Dreaded apparition
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Undated, but possibly just after Pitt's death; signed in lower right., Written in pencil in another hand: Vide Life of Mr. Pitt by the Bishop of Winchester. Page 285 - Vol. 1., and Written in pencil on verso in a later hand: Dreaded apparition.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Pitt facing a fearful crowd] [art original]