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1. Folly on both sides, or, A view of the political state of the nation, with the senators in propria persona. [graphic]
- Creator:
- O'Brien, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 May 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.05.11.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Design occupying top third of plate shows Bute driving a cart labelled G.R. III, having just crossed the Rubicon, laden with National Debt, Pensioners, etc., drawn by ministerial donkeys including ones labelled North, Germaine, Sandwich, and Weymouth. The donkeys are assailed by opposition dogs Burke, Wilkes, Fox etc. In the upper left an overloaded boat depicts the "Commissioners setting off for America." Smaller insets beneath the main image refer to the balance of power and antiministerial demonstrations. Two columns of dialect verse beneath image, follow the title "A new gallant shew or the ministry's cabinet & minority's closet broke open" signed at bottom by Doodle Doodle Doo. A criticism of both governmental ministry and the opposition
- Alternative Title:
- View of the political state of the nation
- Description:
- Title from item., Imperfect; cropped with loss of imprint and last 2 lines of verse., Date of publication from English political caricature., Publisher from impression in John Carter Brown Library., "Price 1 shilg.", and Mounted to 33 x 35 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs May 11, 1778 at Darly's, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Hancock, John, 1737-1793., and Adams, John, 1735-1826.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, History, Colonies, Donkeys, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Seesaws, and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Folly on both sides, or, A view of the political state of the nation, with the senators in propria persona. [graphic]
2. The blessed effects of venality [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- pubd. as [the] act directs, May 1, 1776.
- Call Number:
- 776.05.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A man, possibly George III or Lord North, is seated on a three-legged stool, the legs of which are labelled Lords, Privy Council, and Commons, this last deeply cut by the axe. At the left, a seated Britannia sleeps, the cap of liberty atopt her drooping spear while male figures representing Holland, Spain and France occupy the foreground, a suggestion that the conflict with America serves to the advantage of these other European powers
- Description:
- Title etched below image., In plate above image: Lon. Mag., and An illustration from: The London Magazine, vol. 45 p. 171.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Bribery, Politics and government, History, Colonies, Clothing & dress, Axes, and Stools
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The blessed effects of venality [graphic].
3. The curious zebra alive from America! walk in gem'men and ladies, walk in. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [3 September 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.09.03.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In a landscape with a town in the background, a zebra is shown facing left with the names of the 13 colonies engraved on its stripes. Behind the animal, George Grenville is about to put on its back a saddle labelled "Stamp Act." To the left, Lord North pulls at the reins, proclaiming "My name is Boreas the First; I hold the reins and will never quit them till the beast is subdued." On the right two men hold the tail, one a representative of France, the other in English military dress (probably depicting Washington) saying "My name is Fabius the Second, & the rudder is my hand." Behind North are the three commissioners, probably Johnstone, Carlisle, and Eden, lamenting that "Our offers are rejected, no terms but independence" etc
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 24 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for G. Johnson as the Act directs 3 Sept. 1778, and sold at all the printshops in London & Westminster
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, America., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825., Johnstone, George, 1730-1787., Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Washington, George, 1732-1799., and Grenville, George, 1712-1770.
- Subject (Topic):
- Stamp act, 1765, Politics and government, History, Causes, Colonies, Clothing & dress, and Zebras
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The curious zebra alive from America! walk in gem'men and ladies, walk in. [graphic]
4. The political black-smiths [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [after 1 March 1776]
- Call Number:
- 776.03.01.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a blacksmith's shop, the Earl of Mansfield forges links of a chain, with Lord North on the left holding his lorgnette in his left hand, with "An Act for prohibiting trade" in his right hand. Lord Sandwich stands to North's left, holding hammer and anchor, with Bute behind them working the bellows and George III looking in the window at the left
- Alternative Title:
- Political blacksmiths
- Description:
- Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed., and Probably a variant of no. 5328 "The State blacksmiths forging fetters for the Americans" in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, History, Colonies, and Blacksmiths
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political black-smiths [graphic].
5. The thistle reel [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1775]
- Call Number:
- 775.02.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on governmental policy towards America. Depicts the Earl of Bute on the left and Earl of Mansfield with Lord North on the right dancing around a tall thistle which is draped with a Garter ribbon emblazoned with the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" having above it, at the center of a halo of light, the motto "Carduus benedictus." A devil hovers above the scene playing bagpipes. Mansfield holds a copy of the Quebec Bill, with a banner beneath him proclaiming "Nemo me impune lacessit". The banner beneath Bute is labelled "Noli me tangere."
- Description:
- Title from item. and Probably from the London Magazine v, 44, p. 56 of February 1775, although George gives date as March 1, 1775.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, America., Canada, and Canada.
- Subject (Name):
- Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., and Québec (Province).
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonies, Politics and government, and Freedom of religion
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The thistle reel [graphic].