- Published / Created:
- 1829.
- Call Number:
- 829.00.00.110+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A head of Wellington in profile to the left, composed of military emblems. The hair is made of laurel leaves; covering the forehead is a flag with a lion rampant and the words 'Vittoria | Salamanca | Waterloo'. The eye is the muzzle of a cannon, with bayonets (for eyebrow), and sabre. The nose is a part of a tent, a fold forming a nostril. Below this is a tiny sentry-box and sentry, resting on a projecting lip, which, with the chin, cheek, and jaw is formed of masonry, from which, at the mouth, two small guns project. The side of the face is partly covered by a Union flag, with spears and a drum for ear, a sabre for the contour of the jaw. Over the Duke's military uniform is draped the gold-embroidered gown of the Chancellor of the Exchequer"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Caption below image: "I should think this head possest some talent for military affairs." Phrenological lecture., and "The print may reflect Sir R. Inglis's attack on Emancipation (5 Mar.): "The noble duke, unrivalled as he is, and, above all men successful in directing the energies of brute force, has never learned to calculate the powers and the resistance of opinion." 'Parl. Deb.', N.s. xx. 791."--British museum online catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- Catholic emancipation and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Arcimboldesque figures and Phrenology
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Portrait of a noble duke [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 October 1803]
- Call Number:
- 803.10.21.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Princess Charlotte (three-quarter length) stands at a table looking into a large (chinoiserie) punch-bowl (right) in which Bonaparte frantically swims towards her, among agitated waves, his large hat floating in the water. The Princess, very mature for her seven years, wears a cap with a jewelled fillet inscribed 'Ich Di[en]' in which are three feathers. Round her neck on a rope of pearls hangs an oval miniature of the Prince of Wales. She holds her left fist over the bowl, saying, "There you impertinent boasting swaggering Pigmy, - take that, - You attempt to take my Grandpap's Crown indeed, and plunder all his Subjects, Fillet you know that the Spirit and Indignation of every Girl in the Kingdom is roused at your Insolence."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and "Vide Gulliver's Vouyage to England"--Text following title.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Octobr. 21st, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons, Adaptations, parodies, etc, Bowls (Tableware), Girls, Pendants (Jewelry), Rulers, and Swimming
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The little princess and Gulliver [graphic].