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1. "What ever is, is right. Pope! A weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation / [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:: [April 1821]
Call Number:: 821.04.00.03+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A scene in the House of Commons, showing the Ministerial benches, with the Speaker's Chair and the Table partly cut off by the right margin. The Speaker (Manners Sutton) and one of the Clerks are just within the design. Castlereagh is speaking; he stands in profile to the right, hat in hand, with the Pope on his shoulders. The Pope holds crosier and keys, and wears an odd tiara. A demon crouches on his shoulders dressed as an acolyte, but displaying a cloven hoof; a mask with bland features (a device deriving from Gillray, cf. British Museum Satires No. 11384) is tied in front of his black horned head; he holds up a lighted candle, and clutches the Pope's hair. Castlereagh, with a blandly disingenuous smile: "I have the authority of the Head of the Catholic Church, for saying that there is no solidity in the objection taken on the other side: thus I am legislating with the Pope at my back!!!" The benches behind Castlereagh are crowded; the members listening intently; all wear hats, except Peel who sits immediately behind Castlereagh's empty seat, on the corner of which he has put a hat, inscribed 'Peel'. He looks up to say: "I hope that when the noble Lord observed that [he was legislating with the Pope at his back] he had no allusion to me, even if the noble Lord were willing to put the Popedom in Commission, I should not be willing to accept the office of one of the Commissioners." Men look down from the gallery. On the floor is a paper: 'St Steevens March 28 1821'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Whatever is, is right. Pope! and Weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation
Description:: Title etched below image. and Watermark: J. Whatman 1820.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess Street, London
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780-1845, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):: Catholic emancipation, Legislative bodies, Politicians, Public speaking, Popes, Crosiers, Keys (Hardware), Demons, Masks, and Candles
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > "What ever is, is right. Pope! A weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation / [graphic]

2. 47 letters and papers from the Office of the Exchequer, 1554-1706

Call Number:: Osborn fa18
Image Count:: 160
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: 47 letters and documents, on paper (one document on parchment) in various cursive scripts, produced in England between 1554 and 1706. Mostly from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, they consist of claims for expenses, wages, and other benefits. They include an account of a banquet (15 November 1561), signed by the Marquis of Winchester and Sir Walter Mildmay; a Claim for Allowances (1563) by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Ambassador to Spain; L. S. (1578) by Lord Burgley about money to be sent to Ireland and mentioning Sir Philip Sidney; A. L. S. (1597) by George, Lord Hunsdon; A. K. S. (Chester, 11 Aug. 1601) by the antiquary and mathematician Edward Brerewood to the Privy Council. The documents also include signatures of other government officials and nobles and The documents derive from the papers of Robert Petre, Auditor for the Exchequer, and his colleague Vincent Skinner
Description:: In English. and Binding: Middle Hill boards, spine missing.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., James I, King of England, 1566-1625., and Great Britain. Exchequer.
Subject (Topic):: Finance, Public and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 47 letters and papers from the Office of the Exchequer, 1554-1706

3. 5 guineas bounty wanted, a few notorious Jacobin scoundrels, to serve Napoleon Buonaparte, late tyrant of France, &c.

Published / Created:: [1814]
Call Number:: File 82 814F
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Five guineas bounty. Wanted, a few notorious Jacobin scoundrels and Wanted, a few notorious Jacobin scoundrels
Description:: Title from item., Text continues: The advantages in this corps are expected to be very great, as they will have the exquisite pleasure of each others company, in the delightful Island of Elba, in the Botanybay of Tuscany., A handbill presumably issued shortly after Napoleon's abdication and exile to St. Helena in April 1814., With a woodcut illustration of a winged devil at head., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):: Jacobites and Devil
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > 5 guineas bounty wanted, a few notorious Jacobin scoundrels, to serve Napoleon Buonaparte, late tyrant of France, &c.

4. A May Day garland for 1820 [graphic].

Published / Created:: [May 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Ministers and others, holding hands, caper in a ring round a pole to which are symmetrically attached the decollated heads of the Cato Street conspirators executed on 1 May, see British Museum Satires No. 13707, &c. Between Sidmouth and the smiling Castlereagh is a man wearing a black mask, and with a blood-stained knife in his mouth, perhaps one of the two who turned King's evidence. On the right, taking Castlereagh's left hand, is the Attorney-General, Gifford, grinning diabolically. Holding Sidmouth's left hand is Vansittart (in his gown). Facing these two are Canning and Chief Justice Abbott in his robes. Four others are poorly characterized. They dance to a fiddle played by Edwards who sits on a grassy mound (right), with an empty gibbet behind his head. He says: "Dance away my Friends, I have been the cause of all this fun by your Help and Money. "Edwards the Instigator!!!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with two other prints) on leaf 9 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With figures of "Sidmouth", "Londonderry", and "Gifford" identified in pencil below, the first two on mounting leaf and the last one in lower margin of print. Typed extract of twelve lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:: Pubd. May 1820 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832, and Edwards, George, 1788-1843
Subject (Topic):: Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820, Politicians, May poles, Dance, Decapitations, Heads (Anatomy), Criminals, Masks, Knives, and Violins
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A May Day garland for 1820 [graphic].

5. A Peer-les examination of the R-l private works in Italy [graphic]

Creator:: Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately August 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Lord Eldon sits at a high desk above a table, with mace, &c., at which two barristers are writing. He raises his arms in astonishment at the sight of a still (left) inscribed 'The Q--n's Double Destlled [sic] Essence of Bergamot' [with 'ot' scored through and replaced by 'i']; from this the Queen's head emerges, facing the head of Bergami, which issues from an arm of the still. This is surrounded by smoke and stands on a bench, behind which on a low platform stand Louise Demont and Majocchi, pointing at the object, the latter saying: "Non me Ricordo." A barrister, probably Copley, stands near them, saying: "It's a strong proof but froieng [sic] brew'd and out of our power to discover the Makers." Eldon, dropping his pen, says: "This is cuesed [sic] strong it is certainly doubled proof of their Private works." A profile (? Liverpool) leans forward from the left margin, saying: "My L--ds he can swear to the Smell and Taste." Peers, some astonished, some amused, are seated on benches between Chancellor and witnesses. Only the Duke of York can be identified; he says: "I'll have one made for my Travelling Carriage." A bishop: "We must get Bergami to calk it up."."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Peer-les examination of the Royal private works in Italy and Peerless examination of the Royal private works in Italy
Description:: Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 32 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Several of the depicted figures are idenitifed in pencil on mounting sheet; the names "Caroline & Bergami" and "Dukes of York & Clarence" are written below print, while "Eldon" is written to the right.
Publisher:: Pubd. by H. Fores, 16 Panton St., Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):: Ceremonial maces, Stills (Distilleries), Smoke, Benches, Lawyers, Witnesses, Politicians, Bishops, and Hand lenses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Peer-les examination of the R-l private works in Italy [graphic]

6. A bottle of smoak, or, A song of sixpence [graphic]

Creator:: Marshall, John, Junior, active 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 September 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Ministers, much burlesqued, registering terror or anxiety, are grouped on either side of a large bottle of 'Evidence against the Queen' from which rise clouds of smoke, inscribed 'Lies' (four times) and 'Non mi Ricordo' [five times]. On the left sits Liverpool, saying: "We shall be all sent to the Devil." Next him Eldon scowls: "D--n that Non mi Ricordo." Wellington, fiercely anxious, stands behind Liverpool's chair holding a scimitar. Facing Liverpool sits Sidmouth, holding his clyster-pipe to his nostril, and exclaiming: "O! how reviving." Castlereagh exclaims: "Oh! L--d we shall be cast." Gifford says: "Oh! the secrets will come out." A seventh, (?) Harrowby, stands with a hand on the heads of Sidmouth and Castlereagh."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Song of sixpence
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse in two columns below title: Sing a song of sixpence a bag full of lies, Four and twenty witnesses all prov'd to be Spies, Before the bag was open'd the ministers 'gan to sing, Oh! here we have a dainty dish to set before the King. But when the bag was open'd the Lords began to stare, To see their precious evidence all vanish into air., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 80 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Wellington," "Liverpool," "Eldon," "Castlereagh," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink at bottom of image; date "8 Sep. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:: Pub. Sep. 8, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, and Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847
Subject (Topic):: Politicians, Anxiety, Fear, Bottles, Smoke, Evidence (Law), Chairs, Daggers & swords, and Medical equipment & supplies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A bottle of smoak, or, A song of sixpence [graphic]

7. A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

Published / Created:: [between 1762 and 1820?]
Call Number:: 66 762 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:: 14
Resource Type:: three-dimensional form
Abstract:: A collection of seven copper theater passes or tickets for London theatres dating between 1762 and approximately 1820, all blank on the obverse sides except for the token for the Box Prince's Side (BPS 1796) which is decorated with a chain of small linked circles around the perimeter. The 1788 token for a box at Covent Garden is the only token with a hole in the center
Description:: Title devised by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Theater
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

8. A dish of mutton-chop's [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [28 March 1788]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow sit at a circular dinner-table on which is the King's head in a large dish. The dish is ornamented with a crown and the words 'Mal. y . Pense'. Pitt (left) sits in profile to the right cutting off a piece of the tongue with a knife and fork. Thurlow, in his Chancellor's wig and gown, faces him, using two large spoons greedily (cf. BMSat 7166), he is taking brains from a hole in the King's forehead. Hastings, in oriental dress, sits between them gouging out an eye with a spoon and fork. Besides Pitt is a sauce-boat inscribed 'Sauce', beside Thurlow a bottle inscribed 'Vinegar'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Oriental costume -- Royal motto: Honi soit qui mal y pense., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.9 x 28.9 cm, on sheet 22.7 x 31.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 28th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Tableware, and Cannibalism
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A dish of mutton-chop's [graphic]

9. A free born Englishman!!! The glory of civilized life & the envy of Indian nations! / [graphic]

Creator:: Spence, William, -1797, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1796]
Call Number:: 796.00.00.61
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A man in ragged clothes stands facing right, hunched forward under the weight of a basket of 'Rents' and 'Taxes' strapped to his back. His legs are shackled, his mouth is closed by a padlock, and his hands are tied behind him. Image enclosed within a circle
Alternative Title:: Freeborn Englishman
Description:: Title etched above image., Printmaker is likely the publisher Thomas Spence's son William, who was born in the early 1780s and died in 1797. See Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for Thomas Spence., Probably a copy, with alterations, of a print published circa 1795 entitled "A freeborn Englishman, the admiration of the world, the envy of surrounding nations, &c. &c." See description for No. 8710 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Thomas Spence seems to have also issued copper tokens in 1796 with depictions of a similar shackled figure on one side. See for example British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: T.6498., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:: Publishd. by T. Spence, Turn Stile, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):: Taxation, Poverty, Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Shackles, and Taxes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A free born Englishman!!! The glory of civilized life & the envy of Indian nations! / [graphic]