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1. A clear stage and no favour
- Published / Created:
- MDCCXXXI [1731]
- Call Number:
- 730.12.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Letterpress broadside with two columns of text, from Craftsman, 12 Dec., and Daily courant, 21 Dec. 1730, illustrated above with two engraved oval portraits, from left, of Lord Bolingbroke and Sir Robert Walpole (plate mark of each 11.7 x 10.7 cm.)., The imprint is probably fictitious: Figg and Sutton were pugilists. See Stephens., Sheet trimmed resulting in loss of imprint., 1sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (ports.) ; 37 x 24 cm., Subjects identified below image in unknown hand., and Numbered on verso in unidentified: N11415.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Messieurs Figg and Sutton
- Subject (Name):
- Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A clear stage and no favour
2. A consequence of the motion [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1741]
- Call Number:
- 741.03.06.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two men fight a duel with rapiers in the courtyards of a building. Through a large doorway peers Sir Robert Walpole his finger to his lips, saying "Let them cut one another's throats".
- Alternative Title:
- Duel between Lord Hervey and the Honble. William Pultney
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Subjects identified in manuscript on British Museum catalogue impression., Lewis Walpole Library: The two duellists were formerly misidentified as Lord Chesterfield and Viscount Cobham., For publication date of print see British Museum Catalogue of prints and drawings, v. iii, p. 372., Variant state, without caption title above the image and without publisher. Cf. No. 1868 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., and Watermark: Pro Patria.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743, and Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- Fencing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A consequence of the motion [graphic].
3. A copy of the paper dropt in St. James's Park, or, A hue and cry after a coachman
- Published / Created:
- Jan. 11, 1729-30.
- Call Number:
- File 53 W169 C785
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Satirical handbill offering a reward for the apprehension of the "said Coachman," said by Narcissus Luttrell to be an attack on Sir Robert Walpole. and Ms. notes (unidentified calculations) on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identfied
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A copy of the paper dropt in St. James's Park, or, A hue and cry after a coachman
4. A skit on Britain [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1741]
- Call Number:
- 741.00.00.06.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four designs enclosed by scrolls, with six lines of verse inscribed below two top and bottom left design, and eight lines of verse inscribed below bottom right design
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker supplied by curator., George Bickham identified as the publisher from address in imprint., 'Price 1s.', and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Hospital for Foundlings -- Castles -- Ships: ships shelling shoreline fortifications -- Ships: ships for sale, with brooms at mastheads -- Placemen -- Broad-bottoms -- Bills: excise tax, 1741 -- Guns: cannon -- Birds: doves -- Flags -- Masks: mask with dagger -- Churches: St. Paul's -- Savoyards -- Sun: eclipse -- Moon -- Treaties -- Webs: spider web -- Symbols: hands of Providence -- Wars: war with Spain, 1739 -- Animals: wolf -- Animals: cat -- Animals: mice -- Heads: grotesque head -- Emblems: German eagle -- Personifications: Holland as an infant in cradle holding heraldic arrows -- Emblematic representations: English and French dogs pouncing on Spanish dogs -- Personifications: hand-tied Justice -- Emblems: French fox -- Devil holding scroll -- Devil laughing -- Devil flying kite -- Devil fishing -- Maps: Cartegna -- Maps: England -- Maps: Havana -- Maps: capture of Porto Bello, November 22, 1739 -- Joseph Edward, Count Gage, 1678?-1753?
- Publisher:
- Sold at [the] Blackmoors Head against Surry Street in [the] Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A skit on Britain [graphic]
5. A skit on Britain [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1741]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four designs enclosed by scrolls, with six lines of verse inscribed below two top and bottom left design, and eight lines of verse inscribed below bottom right design
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker supplied by curator., George Bickham identified as the publisher from address in imprint., 'Price 1s.', Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Hospital for Foundlings -- Castles -- Ships: ships shelling shoreline fortifications -- Ships: ships for sale, with brooms at mastheads -- Placemen -- Broad-bottoms -- Bills: excise tax, 1741 -- Guns: cannon -- Birds: doves -- Flags -- Masks: mask with dagger -- Churches: St. Paul's -- Savoyards -- Sun: eclipse -- Moon -- Treaties -- Webs: spider web -- Symbols: hands of Providence -- Wars: war with Spain, 1739 -- Animals: wolf -- Animals: cat -- Animals: mice -- Heads: grotesque head -- Emblems: German eagle -- Personifications: Holland as an infant in cradle holding heraldic arrows -- Emblematic representations: English and French dogs pouncing on Spanish dogs -- Personifications: hand-tied Justice -- Emblems: French fox -- Devil holding scroll -- Devil laughing -- Devil flying kite -- Devil fishing -- Maps: Cartegna -- Maps: England -- Maps: Havana -- Maps: capture of Porto Bello, November 22, 1739 -- Joseph Edward, Count Gage, 1678?-1753?, and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- Sold at [the] Blackmoors Head against Surry Street in [the] Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A skit on Britain [graphic]
6. Apollo in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Picot, Victor Marie, 1744-1805, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 784.01.01.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below title: Size of the picture, 2 f. 0 1/4 i. by 2 f. 7 i. high., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate LV from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: Virgin and child.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1784, by John Boydell, engraver, in Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Norfolk.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Houghton Hall (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Art, and Private collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Apollo in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]
7. Bob's the whole [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cotin, E., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1741]
- Call Number:
- 741.10.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side., 'Price 1 shilling'--Below image., Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ..., The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl., Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed., Mounted., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bob's the whole [graphic]
8. Bob's the whole [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cotin, E., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1741]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side., 'Price 1 shilling'--Below image., Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ..., The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl., Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bob's the whole [graphic]
9. Excise in triumph [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1733]
- Call Number:
- 733.03.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., 2nd state with variant verse, as described in British Museum catalogue., One line of text below image burnished from plate., Four lines of verse below image: The grenadier seems such a furious blade ..., Key to persons, emblems and buildings within image on either side of verse., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Trade -- Emblem of trade -- Westminster Hall -- St. James's Palace -- British lion -- Unicorns -- Wooden shoes: reference to slogan: No slavery, no excise, no wooden shoes -- Grenadiers -- Bills: excise -- Taxes: excise -- Standing armies -- Military uniforms: grenadier guards -- 'Interest.', and Imperfect, trimmed to design with loss of publication information and plate number.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Excise in triumph [graphic].
