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1.
Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth, taking leave of their lovers who are going to Botany Bay

Published / Created:
[12 May 1794]
Call Number:
794.05.12.50
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two prostitutes sit weeping on a bank (left); two heavily shackled convicts stand beside them (right). A jailer with a pistol in his belt standing behind the women points sternly to a ship in the background. On a hill in the background a body hangs f...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Botany Bay (N.S.W.)
Subject (Topic):
Penal transportation, Gallows, Handguns, Prisoners, Prostitutes, Shackles, Ships, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth, taking leave of their lovers who are going to Botany Bay [graphic].

2.
Britannia in fetters [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.08.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 and Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Clergy, Shackles, and Guards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia in fetters [graphic].

3.
Byng return'd, or, The council of expedients [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.07.31.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the ministerial changes and payments made to out-going ministers; Admiral Byng is shown in chains holding the dispatches referring to his withdrawal from action at Minorca; Earl Sandwich concerns himself only with opera and theatre."--Briti...
Alternative Title:
Council of expedients and Byng returned
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Minorca (Spain)
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
History, Shackles, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Byng return'd, or, The council of expedients [graphic].

4.
Eliz. Jeffryes & Jno. Swan condemn'd at Chelmsford-Assizes for the murder of Mr. Josh Jeffryes

Published / Created:
[1752]
Call Number:
752.03.00.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Jeffryes and John Swan condemned at Chelmsford-Assizes
Description:
"John Swan and Elizabeth Jeffryes in their cell at Chelmsford prison; he is wearing shackles, standing to front, with head turned to look to left, hands clasped; she is seated to left with her right elbow on a table, on which lie open book, bottle and...
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parlt., 1752, & sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Swan, John, -1752. and Jeffryes, Elizabeth, -1752.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Prisoners, Shackles, and Jails
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Eliz. Jeffryes & Jno. Swan condemn'd at Chelmsford-Assizes for the murder of Mr. Josh Jeffryes [graphic]

5.
Ganymede & Jack-Catch [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1771]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 47. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Samuel Drybutter, a well-known homosexual, standing in fetters whole length in profile to left, conversing with Jack Catch (or Ketch, the public hangman) who holds a halter in his right hand and says, "Dammee Sammy your a sweet pretty creature & I lo...
Alternative Title:
Ganymede and Jack-Catch
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 39 Strand by MDarly
Subject (Name):
Drybutter, Samuel, 1729-1787,
Subject (Topic):
Gay men, Executioners, Nooses, and Shackles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ganymede & Jack-Catch [graphic]

6.
Het committè van algemeen welzyn [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
Print00806
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four grotesque men, all crippled or deformed, are in a row before a set of druggist's shelves headed 'Staats Apotheek'. Those on the extreme left and right stand, the others sit. A knock-kneed hunchback (left), smoking a long pipe, the smoke inscribe...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Drugstores, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Crutches, Guillotines (Punishment), Gallows, Demons, Shackles, and Daggers & swords
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Het committè van algemeen welzyn [graphic].

7.
The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 34. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the ineffective conduct of the Seven Years' War. The British lion has lost a foot labelled 'Minorca' and the French cock is tearing up the Union flag; two Frenchman discuss their aim to acquire British colonies in North America as well. The...
Alternative Title:
English Lion dismembered and Voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Subject (Topic):
Flags, British, Lions, Roosters, Petitions, and Shackles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca, with Adl. B--g's plea before his examiners [graphic].

8.
The apparition [graphic].

Published / Created:
[14 August 1756]
Call Number:
756.08.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Admiral Byng; Byng, in fetters, is visited by the ghost of his father, the naval hero George Byng, Viscount Torrington, who harangues him in verse; on a table are books lettered "Spanish Armada" and "Matthews and Lestock"; on the wall behin...
Description:
Title etched below image, above verses.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Aug. 14, 1756, by J. Smith at Hogarth's Head, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Ghosts, Shackles, Justice, Gallows, and Effigies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The apparition [graphic].

9.
The rebellion displayed most humbly inscribed to his sacred Majesty King George. [graphic]

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament 1 Nov. 1748.
Call Number:
748.11.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left James II, seated on a throne of "hereditary right" and holding manacles, turns left to shake the hand of a monk who tramples on an open volume labeled "Holy Bible". From under the throne dragons or serpents devour the "Magna Carta", "Toler...
Description:
Title engraved in cartouche below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals, Clergy, Demons, Justice, Martyrs, Monks, Shackles, and Enslaved people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The rebellion displayed most humbly inscribed to his sacred Majesty King George. [graphic]

10.
Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[9 November 1807]
Call Number:
807.11.09.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Simmons, Thomas, -1808 and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Prisons, Murder, Criminals, Prisoners, and Shackles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of Mr. Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire on Tuesday evening, October the 20th, 1807 / [graphic]