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1. Firing the great gun, or, The green bag open'd [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [10 July 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A large quasi-cylindrical Green Bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, stands at an angle with the ground like a mortar (and suggesting the Regent's Bomb, see British Museum Satires No. 12799), aimed at the Queen (left), who stands with right arm raised, left hand on breast, demonstrating innocence. Castlereagh touches it with a firebrand inscribed Lies, as if putting a match to a touch-hole; flames and papers shoot from the bag, but strike against the large shield, inscribed "Truth" and "Inocence," held by a woman in classical draperies, who is air-borne above the Queen, and raises the flaming sword Justice. She says fiercely: "Back to your Native Hell." She and the Queen are irradiated by a sun in the upper left corner. The flames are inscribed "Adultry" and "Charges"; the papers are "Evidence of the Baron Ompteda Lies &c" [see British Museum Satires No. 13745]; "Adultry with a servant" [Bergami]; "Charges." The blasts of flame strike on the shield and ricochet back against Castlereagh and his supporters, and downwards upon writhing serpents and a skull which have come out of the bag. These boomerang-flames are "Charges Repeld" and "Charges"; they terminate in great clouds of "Smoke." Behind Castlereagh (the only one who stands his ground, though alarmed) are Sidmouth holding his nose, (?) Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740), and two others, poorly characterized; these four are escaping to the right."--British Museum catalogue and A satire on Viscount Castlereagh as a leader in the prosecution of Queen Caroline
- Alternative Title:
- Green bag open'd and Green bag opened
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Argus" was formerly a pseudonym of Charles Williams, but in this case an attribution to William Heath is instead suggested; see page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Watermark: J. Whatman 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 43 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Caroline" and "Londondery [sic]" are identified in black ink in lower margin; date "10 July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of twelve lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
- Publisher:
- Publd. July 10th, 1820, by Richd. Fores, 71 Leadenhall Street, Aldgate
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Divorce, Bags, Mortars (Ordnance), Shields, Daggers & swords, Sun, Serpents, and Skulls
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Firing the great gun, or, The green bag open'd [graphic]
2. Roderick's examination at Surgeons Hall [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1800]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An illustration to Smollett's Adventures of Roderick Random: Inside Surgeons Hall, the scene showing doctors around a table on which lies a skull. On the walls, placards wtih describing fees and another "Corporation of Surgeons"; on the left hands a skeleton
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Lower right corner: Vide Roderick Random, Vol. I, Chap. XVII., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 28.6 x 35.5 cm, on sheet 29.7 x 36.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1800, at R. Ackermanns, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Smollett, T. 1721-1771. (Tobias),
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Medical education, Physicians, Signs (Notices), Skeletons, and Skulls
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roderick's examination at Surgeons Hall [graphic]
3. The coffin expedition, or, Boney's invincible armada half seas over [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 January 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.01.06.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Gunboats in the form of coffins are foundering or about to founder. Each has a single cannon in the bows, and a mast with a triangular sail whose corner is held in the teeth of the skull which surmounts the mast. The crews all wear shrouds and bonnets rouges; on the skulls also are bonnets rouges. Some of the men are screaming in the water, where a floating skull holds the end of a sail in its teeth, looking round fiercely at one of the drowning men. Others are still in the coffin-gunboats, holding muskets or making gestures of despair. One says: "Oh de Corsican Bougre, was make dese Gun Boats on purpose for our Funeral." In the background are two British men of war. Two tiny sailors say: "I say Messmate if we dont bear up quickly there will be nothing left for us to do", and, "Rigt [sic] Tom, & I take them there things at the mast head to be Boney's Crest, a Skull without Brains." A satire on the manifest impracticability of an invasion (see British Museum Satires No. 10008) by gunboats without the command of the sea, cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 9995, &c, 10125, 10223, 10231, 10260, 10277."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Boney's invincible armada half seas over
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement beneath imprint: Folios of caracatures lent out for the evening., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F., and Mounted at the corners: 30 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1804, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Coffins, Gunboats, Cannons, Rifles, Skulls, Liberty cap, Drowning, Warships, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The coffin expedition, or, Boney's invincible armada half seas over [graphic].
4. The happy contrast [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.100+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A piece of propaganda most likely produced during the Seven Years War which depicts the English army as well-fed (and watered), happy and in good spirits in contrast to the French who are shown beleaguered and in disarray. On the English side of this print (left) a finely dressed general stands proudly in the foreground, a large tankard in his right hand, and his left outstretched in a gesture of merriment. Behind him, a singing man raises his hat to the sky. They trample upon torn flags decorated with the fleur-de-lis. In the background men and women. The crowd that spills from the doorway of the “Cow & Bow” includes a bishop, a woman sitting on a man’s knee, and other couples in close embrace. The party continues in the upper floors of the public house, and from its balcony, where it is accompanied by the music of a violinist. The masts of ships at dock occupy the horizon. On the French side by contrast a dishevelled man in French military dress holds a hand to his face in desperation. The skull of a horse lies on the ground next to a prone soldier who holds his hand to his breast. One of the soldiers behind eats something non-descript, another crouches by a puddle, using his hat to scoop water and drink. Ranks of the French army are pictured on the left, and in the background masts of ships - some of which appear to be going up in flames. The verses below nicely describe ‘the happy contrast’ pictured: See here the Emblem of successful war; The bold brave soldier & the jolly tarr, With Cap & Can their hearty Joys express, While mirth and gladness brighten ev’ry face, The flowing Bowl goes merrily around, And their full bliss with smirking Girls is Crown’d. Here is display’d the Figure of Despair, And the dire Train of unsuccessful War, Here a poor famish’d soldier begs for Bread. Another there with Horses flesh is fed, Water & Wooden Shoes & skin & Bones. Their portion is; and their whole Army Skeletons
- Alternative Title:
- England triumpant, or, France in despair and France in despair
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Approximate date of publication from internal content., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Window mounted: 34 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Ryall in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Public opinion, Armies, British, French, Soliders, Generals, Drinking vessels, Happiness, Taverns (Inns), Flags, Couples, Ships, Skulls, Starvation, and Thirst
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The happy contrast [graphic].
5. The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sepbr. 30, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 46. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Idle is shown in a churchyard sprawled on a tomb playing hustle-cap with a one-eyed man wearing a striped cap and a ragged boot-black. A younger boy scratches his head in puzzlement as he watches the play, and a beadle raises his cane to strike Idle. In the foreground skulls and bones are shown at an open grave. To the right in the background, the congregation enters the church. The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
- Description:
- Title etched above image., State from Paulson., "Plate 3"--Below frame., Third plate in the series of twelve: "Industry and idleness"., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Ch:XIX. Ve. 29. Judgments are prepar'd for Scorners & Stripes for the back of Fools.", 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.3 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 29.1 x 44.4 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 46 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Officials, Shoe shiners, Skulls, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
6. The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sepbr. 30, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 747
- Collection Title:
- Plate 46. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Idle is shown in a churchyard sprawled on a tomb playing hustle-cap with a one-eyed man wearing a striped cap and a ragged boot-black. A younger boy scratches his head in puzzlement as he watches the play, and a beadle raises his cane to strike Idle. In the foreground skulls and bones are shown at an open grave. To the right in the background, the congregation enters the church. The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
- Description:
- Title etched above image., State from Paulson., "Plate 3"--Below frame., Third plate in the series of twelve: "Industry and idleness"., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Ch:XIX. Ve. 29. Judgments are prepar'd for Scorners & Stripes for the back of Fools.", and Sewn into contemporary blue paper wrappers with the eleven other plates in the series, all on wove paper; inscribed "H. Man. 1798" on front wrapper. With a further brown paper dust wrapper and brown paper envelope, inscribed "Hogarth Industrious and Idle Apprentice. H.S. Man 1796, a gift from his father". For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Officials, Shoe shiners, Skulls, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
7. The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament Sepbr 30, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 41. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A churchyard with Tom Idle sprawled on a tomb playing hustle-cap with a one-eyed man wearing a striped cap and a ragged boot-black. A younger boy scratches his head in puzzlement as he watches the play, and a beadle raises his cane to strike Idle. In the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave. To the right in the background, the congregation enters the church
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
- Description:
- Title etched above image., State and publisher from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Third plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness., "Plate 3"--Below frame., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Ch:XIX. Ve. 29. Judgments are prepar'd for Scorners & Stripes for the back of Fools., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.3 x 34.4 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 40.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 41 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Officials, Shoe shiners, Skulls, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
