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1. The champion of Oakhampton attacking the hydra of Gloucester Place [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 March 1809]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 10
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Wardle in armour with plumed helmet and floating cloak attacks with sword and shield a hydra with seven heads, all in profile, each wearing an inscribed collar. The principal head is that of the Duke of York (a flattering portrait), wearing The Collar of Corruption. The others are Bowler, Clarke, O Meara, Master Carter [the smallest], Sandon, Dr Donovan [with a pen behind his ear]. A serpent lies beside the hydra. Behind is the mouth of a cave. Below the title: Bellva Multorum es Capitum!! vide Horace [Epistles, 1. i. 76]. ('Thou art the Beast of many heads.')"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark on top edge., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.6 x 35 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Watermark: E & P., and Mounted on verso of leaf 40 of volume 10 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 15th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852, and Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833
- Subject (Topic):
- Snakes
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The champion of Oakhampton attacking the hydra of Gloucester Place [graphic].
2. The champion of Oakhampton attacking the hydra of Gloucester Place [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 March 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.03.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Wardle in armour with plumed helmet and floating cloak attacks with sword and shield a hydra with seven heads, all in profile, each wearing an inscribed collar. The principal head is that of the Duke of York (a flattering portrait), wearing The Collar of Corruption. The others are Bowler, Clarke, O Meara, Master Carter [the smallest], Sandon, Dr Donovan [with a pen behind his ear]. A serpent lies beside the hydra. Behind is the mouth of a cave. Below the title: Bellva Multorum es Capitum!! vide Horace [Epistles, 1. i. 76]. ('Thou art the Beast of many heads.')"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 15th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852, and Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833
- Subject (Topic):
- Snakes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The champion of Oakhampton attacking the hydra of Gloucester Place [graphic].
3. The infant Hercules [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.8 x 36.6 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 43 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].
4. The infant Hercules [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 23 x 33.7 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 43 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].
5. The infant Hercules [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.03.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].
6. The infant Hercules [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 Feburary 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 14. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6402 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 115., Temporary local subject terms: American War -- Bills: East India Bill -- Serpents -- Shields: Chatham., and On leaf 14 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Snakes, and Shields
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The infant Hercules [graphic].
7. [Sir Joseph Banks at dinner] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1788]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Five ugly and elderly members of the Royal Society are seated in arm-chairs at a rectangular dinner-table. A footman (right) is about to place on the table a dish containing an alligator. The head of a strange horned beast is the chief dish on the table; there is also a frog on a plate. Banks (left) gnaws a serpent which he holds in both hands. The two walls of the room are closely covered with stuffed specimens and butterflies, insects, &c, in cases. The former include a sow, a goose, three owls, a deformed human skeleton. Two dogs gnaw bones."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the print appears., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's prophecy, or, The president and poet ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 72 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Dining tables, Banquets, Servants, Alligators, Frogs, Snakes, Specimens, Dogs, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Sir Joseph Banks at dinner] [graphic].
