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32.
An allegory [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately May 1828]
Call Number:
828.05.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nicholas I, in uniform with plumed cocked hat, rides (right to left) a gigantic Russian eagle, his sword raised to slash. The eagle holds in one of its beaks a round wicker coop which it drops over a turkey crouching on a grassy slope (left). From ea...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Cages, Ceremonial objects, Daggers & swords, Eagles, Poultry houses, Scepters, and Turkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An allegory [graphic]

35.
Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1829]
Call Number:
829.03.00.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wellington and Peel, portrayed as the notorious murderers Burke and Hare, pin down an old woman (Mrs. Docherty of the trial) who struggles as they suffocate her. A Jesuit priest enters the room on the right holding a crucifix
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Burke, William, 1792-1829., Hare, William, 1792?-1870?, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Great Britain, Homicides, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

36.
Caleb Quotem the parish factotum he is all, he is evry[sic] thing, the parish could not go on

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1829]
Call Number:
829.06.01.07+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wellington as the character Caleb Quotem from George Colman's "The review, or, The wags of Windsor" stands full-face in an old-fashion attire, holding a whip in one hand and a large Grenadier's bearskin in the other. From his mouth and scrolling above...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1st, 1829 by S. Gans 15 Southampton St. Strand ...
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Caleb Quotem the parish factotum he is all, he is evry[sic] thing, the parish could not go on without him, he has more trades than hairs in his wig / [graphic]

37.
Case of frightful destitution the fatal effects of getting out of chancery!!! / [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately January 1828]
Call Number:
828.01.00.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powder...
Alternative Title:
To a benevolent public
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Beggars, Poor persons, Staffs (Sticks), Wigs, Bags, Dogs, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Case of frightful destitution the fatal effects of getting out of chancery!!! / [graphic]

38.
Does the harp of Rosa slumber [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1829]
Call Number:
829.00.00.117+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The satire contrasts the life of a street singer with the sweet lyrics of the popular ballad by Thomas Moore
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Name):
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Street musicians, Harps, Older people, Poor persons, Women, and Doors & doorways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Does the harp of Rosa slumber [graphic]

39.
Doing homage [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately February 1829]
Call Number:
829.02.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"After the title: "--Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant bow--Mil[ton]. The Pope sits in a Gothic chair whose back is at an angle with the picture plane: Wellington, in profile to the right, kneels at his feet, supporting the Pope's right foot, a...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, England, Popes, and Thrones
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Doing homage [graphic]

40.
Don't you remember the 5th of November [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. February 1829]
Call Number:
829.02.00.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Authors of the Catholic Reform Bill, Wellington and Peel are dressed in tall conical caps and tied to the back of chair carried by Eldon. A fat bishop, probably Howley, walks behind, carrying the legs of the chair, as the head of Cumberland with gapp...
Alternative Title:
Don't you remember the fifth of November
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Howley, William, 1766-1848, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Politics and government, and John Bull (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Don't you remember the 5th of November [graphic]

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