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1. "Brother John and I" the polite grocers of the Strand / [graphic]

Published / Created:: [21 May 1805]
Call Number:: 805.05.21.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two men at a shop counter in a tea and coffee retail shop using scales to measure out coffee beans and "Two elderly men, whose family resemblance is pronounced, sit directed to the left, behind a counter running diagonally across the design. They are manipulating small scales; one (left) has his hand in a canister of 'Coffee'. Close behind them is the wall, showing the arrangement of a grocer's shop: deep drawers interspersed with shelves on which are sugar-loaves and canisters of tea. The latter are inscribed respectively: 'Hyson', 'Bloom', 'Hyson', '[Souc]hong', 'Congo', 'Bohea'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Polite grocers of the Strand
Description:: Title etched below image., Artist attribution to Andrew Bell and printmaker attribution to Edmund Scott suggested in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.7364, Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right side., "While [Dorothy] George identifies the brothers as John and Richard Twining, [Sir Ambrose] Heal identifies them as John and Aaron Trim, grocers and tea-dealers in the Strand. This is backed up by another plate in the Heal collection that names Aaron and John Trim under their portrait (see Heal,Portraits.194)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,Portraits.193., and Probably a plate from: Kirby's wonderful and eccentric musuem; or, Magazine of remarkable characters.
Publisher:: Published May 21, 1805, by R.S. Kirby, 11 London House Yard, St. Pauls
Subject (Geographic):: Strand, The (London, England), England, London, and The Strand.
Subject (Name):: Twining, Richard, 1749-1824., Twining, John, 1760-1827., Trim, Aaron, active 1793-1807., and Trim, John, active 1793-1807.
Subject (Topic):: Coffee industry, Tea trade, Grocers, Stores, Retail, Brothers, brothers, Scales, Coffee, Tea, and Counters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > "Brother John and I" the polite grocers of the Strand / [graphic]

2. A nation & her m-n-t-r's [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1820?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An allegorical design. Britannia, holding her shield and a cap of Liberty on a staff, rushes (right to left) with a calm expression to the edge of a cliff, urged on by Wellington and five other Ministers (scarcely characterized). On her right a man snatches the drapery from a small cloud-borne figure of Fortune with her wheel, who is directed towards an oval portrait of Queen Caroline supported by an angel. Fame holds a laurel wreath above the portrait. Below the cliff or rock from which Britannia steps so heedlessly is a patch of ground surrounded by sea. On this stands Burdett, holding out a scroll inscribed 'Magna Char[ta] Liberty of Napoleon' and holding out his left arm to prevent Britannia from falling. Justice stands behind him, holding evenly balanced scales. Four other men stand close behind him, one holding out a scroll inscribed 'Reform', and supporting the arm which holds the scales. A man in shirt-sleeves kneels at Burdett's feet, making a gesture of urgent entreaty. On a rock (right), symbolizing St. Helena but merging with Britannia's cliff, sits a spotted, sub-human Caliban-like creature, who holds a small image of Napoleon, which he is about to cover with an extinguisher. At the base of the rock, but in the background, are two tiny officers in military uniform, seated together at the edge of the sea, directed to the right. In the foreground (left) sits a woman (? France) in classical draperies, holding a sceptre, with a (? Bourbon) crown falling from her head, and with a second (? imperial) crown in her lap. She gazes towards St. Helena. Inset in the title and enclosed within a border inscribed 'Honi soit qui mal y pense': 'Wilson sçut délivrer une Noble victime Burdett, Hobhouse, Holland, sauvez Napoléon, Arrachez-le aux tourmens de l'exécrable Hudson, Vengez l'honneur Anglais flétri par un grand Crime Et sauvez Albion sur le Bord de l'Abême [sic]!!!'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:: Nation and her m-n-t-r's and Nation and her ministers
Description:: Title etched below image., Early state, before border and imprint statement added. For a later state with border present and the imprint "Pubd. by Milleville, Hampstead" etched in lower left, see no. 14050 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 90 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Typed extract of twenty-nine lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:: John Milleville?
Subject (Geographic):: Saint Helena,
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869., Wilson, Robert, Sir, 1777-1849., Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840., Lowe, Hudson, Sir, 1769-1844., and La Valette, Antoine-Marie Chamans, comte de, 1769-1830.
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Cliffs, Shields, Liberty cap, Angels, Justice, Scales, Military officers, and Crowns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A nation & her m-n-t-r's [graphic].

3. Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotten Garden 1820 [graphic].

Creator:: Marshall, John, Junior, active 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:: [6 November 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 23. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline, in sixteen small scenes, each with a character from the case and the words they have spoken."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotton Garden 1820
Description:: Title etched above image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 27.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 12 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Clarence," "D. York," "Caroline," "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Geo. IV," "Leach," "Eldon," "Brougham," and "Majocchi" identified in ink at the bottom of their respective panels in the design.
Publisher:: Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Leach, John, 1760-1834, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Subject (Topic):: Politicians, Military officers, Lawyers, Crowns, Bags, Gallows, Dandies, Justice, Scales, Brooms & brushes, Worms, and Ethnic stereotypes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Characters in the new piece now performing at the Theatre Royal Cotten Garden 1820 [graphic].

4. John Bull the judge, or, The conspirators at the bar!! [graphic].

Published / Created:: [November 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 31. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Caricature with John Bull, playing the part of the Lord Chancellor, condemning Queen Caroline's accusers who stand before him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Conspirators at the bar!!
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 21 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Eldon," "Liverpool," and "Londonderry" identified in pencil on mounting sheet below print; date "Nov. 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:: Published November 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):: England.
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, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Scales, and Demons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull the judge, or, The conspirators at the bar!! [graphic].

5. London's conduct stands the test, or, Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the balance & found light with the sketch of a M-l Forge, and the Worcester Magician / [graphic]

Published / Created:: [1742]
Call Number:: 742.00.00.19
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on differences among parliamentary constituencies instructing their members variously to insist on an investigation into the conduct of Robert Walpole's administration, or to desist and to support new government measures. In a large compartment at the top, a balance hangs from the ceiling in which a glove representing the challenge from the City of London to allow the investigation outweighs two men representing Bristol and Nottingham who oppose it. The City challenge is supported by members for Stafford, Dorset, Edinburgh, York and Westminster, standing to left, while behind them the old Tory Opposition now supporting City interests; in the centre, City tradesmen wave their hats and cheer. On the right, a servant pulls down on the scale containing Bristol and Nottingham, turning back to answer a group of unhappy government double-faced supporters. In the centre foreground, a large dog urinates on two small dogs; on the wall behind, a picture of Liberty or Britannia on the left, is juxtaposed with one, on the right, showing a man chained by the foot to a block. In the compartment at lower left, "A M[inisteria]l Forge", a blacksmith stands at an anvil hammering out the "Lie of the day". Ready-forged lies hang on the wall, "Hanov[er] Spurs", "Party Scissars", "Debt Bridles", "Tax Skrens" (a mistake for screws), "State Forks", "Law Pincers", "Eccles[iastical] Hooks", "Parl[iamentary] Bars" and "Session Fetters". On the right, an assistant hands two journalists, "Representat[ion]" and Art[icle] ag[ains]t West[minste]r" saying "to be every day in the Gazetteer", to which the journalists reply, "I want a Hook for Bristol" and "this is fit for Nottingham". On the left, a man pumps the bellows at the forge; a monkey on the beam, cries, "my Guts are coming out" as it defecates papers labelled, "Repres[entation]", "Gazetteer", "False Return", "Indict[ment]" and "Season Export". A man sits on a latrine labelled, "T[reasur]y Bog house/Repres[entations] Bristol/Repres[entations] Notting[ha]m", saying "I'll do thir Business for them" and writing on a paper headed "West[minste]r". In the compartment at lower right, "The Worcester Magician", a large fool stands in the centre, saying "Alls done in my Name, ha! ha! Am n't I a clever fellow", another fool standing at a table to left weighs "Instructions" and "Cringes", the latter brought in a basket by a servant; to right, an official holds out a purse and with his staff splits, "in the name of Corruption", a double-headed figure representing Samuel Sandys and Thomas Winnington, the two members of parliament for Worcester, one holding out "Cringes" and saying "I obey your Wand", the other, holding "Instructions" and exclaiming, "Delicate Guardians!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the balance & found light and Bristol and Nottingham weighed in the balance and found light
Description:: Title etched above large compartment at top., Compartment in lower left captioned "A M-l Forge" below; compartment in lower right captioned "The Worcester Magician" below., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Armorial watermark.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745. and Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770
Subject (Topic):: Winnington, Thomas, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politicians, Scales, Gloves, Merchants, Dogs, Urination, Blacksmiths, Forge shops, Bellows, Anvils, Journalists, Monkeys, Defecation, Privies, Fools & jesters, Servants, Purses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > London's conduct stands the test, or, Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the balance & found light with the sketch of a M-l Forge, and the Worcester Magician / [graphic]

6. Lord, vaut-il son poid? [graphic]

Creator:: Gondelier, M. (Jean-Baptiste), printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1821 and 1837]
Call Number:: 821.00.00.24+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An obese man stands on one end of a scale as a thinner man loads mroe and more 50 lb weights to the other side to determine is weight
Description:: Title etched below image., Publisher from contemporary annotation in black ink., and Approximate date of publication based the lithographer's address.
Publisher:: Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Topic):: Obesity, Scales, Weights & measures, and Foreign public opinion, French
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Lord, vaut-il son poid? [graphic]

7. Public opinion!! [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:: [June 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 34. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire: a balance with George IV and his ministers with green bags on one pan being outweighed by Queen Caroline alone on the other, with John Bull cheering in the centre and soldiers toasting her at the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.9 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 35.3 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 14 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With ink annotations in lower margin identifying figures in the image: Wilberforce, Sidmouth, Eldon, Liverpool, Londondery [sic], Caroline. Additionally annotated with the date "June 1820" in lower right.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Scales, Bags, Soldiers, and Toasting
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Public opinion!! [graphic]

8. Swearing to the cutting monster, or, A scene in Bow Street [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 May 1790]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A young woman stands upon a high stool, her skirts raised to show her posteriors to three men (half length) behind her. She bends forward, pointing to Charles Fox who stands with his hands handcuffed in a booth or box behind a bar. Fox has an enormous head and an expression of terrified dismay at the denunciation. Behind him is a man in profile holding a constable's staff. The three men are evidently Bow Street Justices (Sir Sampson Wright, Addington, and Bond); the principal magistrate (Wright) wears a hat and spectacles and is much caricatured (cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 6119-21). Above their heads are the evenly balanced scales of Justice. In front of the woman stands a clerk (half length) meditatively biting his pen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Scene in Bow Street
Description:: Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Bond -- Crime., Watermark: S. Lay., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 20th, 1790, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Addington, William, Sir, -1811, Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793, and Williams, Renwick.
Subject (Topic):: Stools, Judges, Handcuffs, Scales, and Clerks
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Swearing to the cutting monster, or, A scene in Bow Street [graphic].

9. The Kremlin in commotion, or, The Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic graphic].

Published / Created:: [1 December 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Print shows King George IV fallen to the floor, he clutches his stomach, near him are a "Plan for Divorce," a decanter and cup, cards and dice. In the background sits his estranged wife Caroline about to be crowned by Justice while surrounded by her loyal supporters
Alternative Title:: Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic
Description:: Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 27 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "1 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:: Published Decr. 1st, 1820, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):: Divorce, Sick persons, Medical equipment & supplies, Gambling, Bottles, Crowns, Justice, and Scales
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Kremlin in commotion, or, The Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic graphic].