- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1741]
- Call Number:
- 741.00.00.06.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four designs enclosed by scrolls, with six lines of verse inscribed below two top and bottom left design, and eight lines of verse inscribed below bottom right design
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker supplied by curator., George Bickham identified as the publisher from address in imprint., 'Price 1s.', and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Hospital for Foundlings -- Castles -- Ships: ships shelling shoreline fortifications -- Ships: ships for sale, with brooms at mastheads -- Placemen -- Broad-bottoms -- Bills: excise tax, 1741 -- Guns: cannon -- Birds: doves -- Flags -- Masks: mask with dagger -- Churches: St. Paul's -- Savoyards -- Sun: eclipse -- Moon -- Treaties -- Webs: spider web -- Symbols: hands of Providence -- Wars: war with Spain, 1739 -- Animals: wolf -- Animals: cat -- Animals: mice -- Heads: grotesque head -- Emblems: German eagle -- Personifications: Holland as an infant in cradle holding heraldic arrows -- Emblematic representations: English and French dogs pouncing on Spanish dogs -- Personifications: hand-tied Justice -- Emblems: French fox -- Devil holding scroll -- Devil laughing -- Devil flying kite -- Devil fishing -- Maps: Cartegna -- Maps: England -- Maps: Havana -- Maps: capture of Porto Bello, November 22, 1739 -- Joseph Edward, Count Gage, 1678?-1753?
- Publisher:
- Sold at [the] Blackmoors Head against Surry Street in [the] Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A skit on Britain [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1741]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four designs enclosed by scrolls, with six lines of verse inscribed below two top and bottom left design, and eight lines of verse inscribed below bottom right design
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker supplied by curator., George Bickham identified as the publisher from address in imprint., 'Price 1s.', Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Hospital for Foundlings -- Castles -- Ships: ships shelling shoreline fortifications -- Ships: ships for sale, with brooms at mastheads -- Placemen -- Broad-bottoms -- Bills: excise tax, 1741 -- Guns: cannon -- Birds: doves -- Flags -- Masks: mask with dagger -- Churches: St. Paul's -- Savoyards -- Sun: eclipse -- Moon -- Treaties -- Webs: spider web -- Symbols: hands of Providence -- Wars: war with Spain, 1739 -- Animals: wolf -- Animals: cat -- Animals: mice -- Heads: grotesque head -- Emblems: German eagle -- Personifications: Holland as an infant in cradle holding heraldic arrows -- Emblematic representations: English and French dogs pouncing on Spanish dogs -- Personifications: hand-tied Justice -- Emblems: French fox -- Devil holding scroll -- Devil laughing -- Devil flying kite -- Devil fishing -- Maps: Cartegna -- Maps: England -- Maps: Havana -- Maps: capture of Porto Bello, November 22, 1739 -- Joseph Edward, Count Gage, 1678?-1753?, and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- Sold at [the] Blackmoors Head against Surry Street in [the] Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A skit on Britain [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [not before 30 September 1744]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A medley of representations of newspapers, playing cards, and letters (To Mr. Geo. Bickham, engraver & drawing mar. ...). The newspaper ornament includes the figure of Cardinal Fleury who grasps a label "Dunkirk". George II is depicted as the King of Diamonds while his favorite Sophia Walmoden, Countess of Yarmouth is shown as the Queen of Diamonds. Sir Robert Walple's face is shown as the Knave of Diamonds. The creed is in the form of a rebus
- Alternative Title:
- Champion, or Evening advertiser and His political creed
- Description:
- Title engraved within image., Title of the medley: His political creed., Date from British Museum catalogue., Original imprint mostly burnished, but legible: "Sold at [the] Blackmoors Head, Strand, Sept. 30 1744.", and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The [Cha]mpion, or Even[ing] adver[tiser] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1740]
- Call Number:
- 740.07.31.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Cardinal Fleury and French dejction at the success of Admiral Vernon, coupled with condemnation of Robert Walpole for his initial opposition to the war. Fleury, finely dressed in cardinal's robes, rises from a chair and teeters on the edge of a cliff, looking in alarm at a medallion with a laureated head lettered, "Admiral Vernon"; under his arm is a scroll, lettered, "His iron will geet ye better of my Gold./G[o]d, he'll take all our Aquisitions in America." July 1740. Behind Fleury is a wall covered in graffiti: a gallows from which hangs a fat man (Walpole) lettered, "No matter yt he is long than ye Gallow's"; a man with the head of a bird who pushes a wheelbarrow; a windmill; a donkey laden with a pack; the heady of an angry Spaniard with a bird on his hat; another Spaniard, whole-length, leaning on a stick, a dog biting the tail of his cloak and two birds flying around his head; in the middle of the wall is a circular opening through which can be seen "Poor Hosier's Fleet"; a cock lettered, "Crown'd twice", stands on the wall. A pole rises from the wall, bearing a severed head, lettering identifies this as "Wall/Pole"; a ribbon hangs from the mouth lettered, "What Pity is it we can die but Once to serve our Country/Ad. Cato." Behind the wall on the right, is an imposing building flying the union flag; three crowns rest on clouds, and lightning flashes in the sky. The scene is set in a rococo frame with verses below."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Preferment of the barber's block
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Bickham the Younger by British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse below title: --Age thou art sham'd! Rome thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! ..., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
- Publisher:
- According to act, July 1740. Sold at [the] Black-moor's Head opposite Surry Street, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Name):
- Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, and Hosier, Francis, 1673-1727.
- Subject (Topic):
- Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Naval operations, Cardinals, Gallows, and National emblems
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cardinal in the dumps with the head of the Colossus. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1740]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Cardinal Fleury and French dejction at the success of Admiral Vernon, coupled with condemnation of Robert Walpole for his initial opposition to the war. Fleury, finely dressed in cardinal's robes, rises from a chair and teeters on the edge of a cliff, looking in alarm at a medallion with a laureated head lettered, "Admiral Vernon"; under his arm is a scroll, lettered, "His iron will geet ye better of my Gold./G[o]d, he'll take all our Aquisitions in America." July 1740. Behind Fleury is a wall covered in graffiti: a gallows from which hangs a fat man (Walpole) lettered, "No matter yt he is long than ye Gallow's"; a man with the head of a bird who pushes a wheelbarrow; a windmill; a donkey laden with a pack; the heady of an angry Spaniard with a bird on his hat; another Spaniard, whole-length, leaning on a stick, a dog biting the tail of his cloak and two birds flying around his head; in the middle of the wall is a circular opening through which can be seen "Poor Hosier's Fleet"; a cock lettered, "Crown'd twice", stands on the wall. A pole rises from the wall, bearing a severed head, lettering identifies this as "Wall/Pole"; a ribbon hangs from the mouth lettered, "What Pity is it we can die but Once to serve our Country/Ad. Cato." Behind the wall on the right, is an imposing building flying the union flag; three crowns rest on clouds, and lightning flashes in the sky. The scene is set in a rococo frame with verses below."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Preferment of the barber's block
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Bickham the Younger by British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse below title: --Age thou art sham'd! Rome thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! ..., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- According to act, July 1740. Sold at [the] Black-moor's Head opposite Surry Street, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Name):
- Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, and Hosier, Francis, 1673-1727.
- Subject (Topic):
- Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Naval operations, Cardinals, Gallows, and National emblems
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cardinal in the dumps with the head of the Colossus. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1738?]
- Call Number:
- 738.10.27.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Political farmer and Lion in love
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date inferred from dated edtion described in British Museum catalogue., Three columns of verse below title: A lyon once to love inclin'd, thus to a farmer broke his mind ..., State without imprint. Cf. No. 2347 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of British Empire -- Literature: allusion to Aesop's fables -- Don Thomas Geraldino., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lyon in love, or, The political farmer an Aesopian tale applicable to the present times. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1738?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Political farmer and Lion in love
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date inferred from dated edtion described in British Museum catalogue., Three columns of verse below title: A lyon once to love inclin'd, thus to a farmer broke his mind ..., State without imprint. Cf. No. 2347 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of British Empire -- Literature: allusion to Aesop's fables -- Don Thomas Geraldino., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lyon in love, or, The political farmer an Aesopian tale applicable to the present times. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1741]
- Call Number:
- 741.03.21.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image, preceded by instructions: Tune, London is a fine town: First is the King of Pru---a with his men of might ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: King John by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616., and Watermark: Pro Patria.
- Publisher:
- Sold at [the] Blackmoos [sic] head, Exeter Change
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The negotiator's [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1741]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image, preceded by instructions: Tune, London is a fine town: First is the King of Pru---a with his men of might ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: King John by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- Sold at [the] Blackmoos [sic] head, Exeter Change
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The negotiator's [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1742]
- Call Number:
- 742.04.12.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Robert Walpole at the time of his fall. Extended across a room is a large screen with twenty scenes described metaphorically in the text below. The scenes refer to instances of corruption and maladministration in his career: (1) three soldiers standing outside a prison referring to Walpole's alleged acceptance of a bribe in awarding two forage contracts for the army in Scotland when secretary of war in 1711 for which he was committed to the Tower; (2) a figure stretched across a screen indicating his "screening" of those involved in the South Sea Bubble; (3) a "Strumpet, called Corruption" with mitres and other symbols of office at her feet and Walpole at her side while "Pl[ace]m[e]n and Pensioners" gather around; (4) a snake-haired Fury drives men burdened with "Gin Act Dutys Taxes Debts"; (5) Walpole drives a chaise drawn by men instead of horses referring to the deeply unpopular Excise Scheme of 1733 and the Register Bill proposing the registration of seamen for defence purposes; (6) Walpole cutting in half a child representing the Sinking Fund; (7) Walpole embezzling public funds from chests in a strong room; (8) a hydra-headed Standing Army; (9) Walpole on his knees kissing the bare backside of Cardinal Fleury; (10) the "Mansion House" of the Constitution runs to ruin while (11) Walpole builds the splendid Houghton Hall for himself; (12) with the treaties of Hanover and Seville he inhibits the cause of Maria Theresa to the benefit of France and Spain; (13) "Spanish Depredeantions" of timber and cattle apparently in the Caribbean; (14) the export of "Wool to France"; (15) "Negotiations" with France and Spain in which Walpole frivolously blows bubbles, giving up all demands; (16) the Convention of the Pardo of 1738 which was condemned as making concessions to Spain; (17) the under-resourced War of Jenkins' Ear against Spain; (18) the "Spithead Expedition" of 1740 when the fleet was prevented from leaving port, allegedly by contrary orders rather than by unfavourable winds; (19) "His Flight", i.e. his resignation in February 1742, shown as a colossus cut in two and falling to earth while Walpole throws gold dust in the eyes of pursuers; (20) Walpole's "Trial", then in progress, before a committee of Parliament investigating aspects of his record in office shown here as resulting in his execution and the exposure of his severed head in the manner of a traitor. On either side of the screen large windows reveal a night sky in which, seen on the left, three men fly on a broomstick towards the moon; on the right, four others identify one of them as Walpole, one exclaiming "It must be the Comet", his neighbour, holding a telescope, "No! by Jove, tis Robin Goodfellow from R[i]chm[on]d", the third, "I wish the Telescope was a Gun". The Devil, smiling, peers from behind the screen muttering, "Hah! I shall have business here again." as he observes Walpole advising the king and his supporters, all wearing sashes. The king, sitting by a table on which burn two candles, asks, "What is to be done", to which Walpole replies, "Mix and divide them"; a gentleman responds, "tis good advice", another whose pockets are bulging, says, "I can keep up my Britches no longer"; another remarks, "this was an unlucky Change", to which a bishop replies, ""Yes - but I can change too". the Duke of Argyll and another gentleman approach from the left, the latter asks, "What think you?" to which Argyll replies, "I'll throw up tomorrow", referring to his impending resignation.Engraved inscriptions and title, and with letterpress text below in four columns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Relapse
- Description:
- Title from item., 'Price 6 pence'--Lower right corner of plate., Letterpress broadside with etching at top of sheet (plate mark 21 x 35 cm). Letterpress overlaps the lower plate line., Four columns of text entitled "Explanation of the screen": 1. He is sent to gaol for selling oats and hay out of his Lady's stables. Getting at liberty again, he transforms himself ..., Cf. No. 2559 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 33 x 48 cm., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd April 12, 1742, by J. Huggonson, in Sword-and-Buckler Court, on Ludgate Hill
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The night visit, or, The relapse : with the pranks of Bob Fox the Jugler, while steward to Lady Brit, display'd on the screen