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1. Blockheads [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately late August-December 1819]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Folding frontispiece to "A Political Lecture on Heads, alias Blockheads!! A Characteristic Poem: . . .Drawn from Craniological Inspection, after the Manner of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim, of Vienna. By Don Juan Asmodeus. London. Printed for the Author, and Published by John Fairburn, 2, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill (Price One Shilling)." Ten half length caricature portraits arranged in two rows, and, except for the last two, in separate compartments, each illustrating a section of the verse-satire. The date is after Peterloo (16 August 1819), see British Museum Satires No. 13258, and before the King's death (29 Jan. 1820). [1] 'Derry-Down-Triangle', Castlereagh, with ass's ears, his head, adorned by a tiny gibbet, turned in profile to the left, holds up a scourge. On a scroll is the motto 'EIREN·GO·BRAY' (see British Museum Satires No. 13301). [2] 'State Jackal', Canning, directed to the left, holds a pistol in each hand. On his head is a triangle, bells hanging from its apex as from a fool's cap. Behind him is a package inscribed 'Lisbon 20.000 weight'. For his much-attacked mission to Lisbon see British Museum Satires No. 12872, for the duel with Castlereagh, British Museum Satires No. 11370, &c. [3] 'Quack Doctor' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 9849], Sidmouth, in profile to the left, holds a pike on which is speared a ball inscribed 'Circular Pills' [see British Museum Satires No. 13282, &c.]. On his head is a pestle and mortar inscribed 'Drugs for John Bull'. At his back is a large 'Bible' (like Liverpool he was an Evangelical). [4] 'Chancery Jack', the shoulders of Eldon, who scowls to the right, emerge from a 'Coal Tub' (as son of a Newcastle hoastman or coal-broker). He wears wig and gown, across his forehead is a bandage inscribed 'In Chancery'; from his mouth issues the word 'Equity'. [5] Liverpool, in profile to the left, spoons into his mouth liquid from a bowl of 'Water Gruel for the Poor' held in his left hand. On his head is a round tea-tray inscribed '£4.000'; on this are two cups and an urn inscribed 'Cordial Tea'. [6] 'Croaking-Frog--' Croker sits, pen in hand, in profile to the left; on his head is a frog. At his shoulder is a flag inscribed Dry . Rot . In . Navy' above two broken anchors. He says "Fal de Raltit," and before him is a paper: 'Talavira [sic] Algiers 2000'. He has an oddly shaped seat, resting his arm on a 'Quarterly Review', above a longer (curved) block inscribed 'Couriers'. (He was Secretary to the Admiralty, see British Museum Satires No. 12310, author of 'Talavera', a leading contributor to the 'Quarterly', and (with Arbuthnot) manager of the Press for the Ministry.) [7] 'Dunderass--' Lord Melville (First Lord of the Admiralty), in tartan, is in profile to the left, holding a pinch of snuff. Across his chest is a broad band: 'Pickings of Dad 60.000 [see British Museum Satires No. 10377, &c.] Place 10.000.' He wears a curious head-dress topped by a man-of-war surrounded by smoke. [8] 'Waterloo-Man--' Wellington, so styled by Hone, see British Museum Satires No. 13302, stands in profile to the left, wearing a cocked hat on which stands a cannon. He holds a dagger transfixing a bleeding heart; behind his back is a bundle inscribed 'Iquisition' [sic], across his chest is a placard: 'Coruption [sic] Prize . Money £60.000 Allowances £200.000 &c &c.' The text is a savage attack, e.g.: His soldiers 'sav'd the Spanish nation'; | Sav'd them--to send them to perdition | By 'Ferdinand's' crust [sic] 'Inquisition' [see British Museum Satires No. 13009] and (on Waterloo): The 'General' he'd not aught to do | But scenes of triumph to review [having lingered in Brussels]. For the campaign against pensions see British Museum Satires No. 12781, &c. [9 and 10] 'Chere-Amie', Lady Hertford in profile to the right, holds a sceptre and wears a crown-like coronet. She offers the Regent a large goblet of 'Noyau', saying, "Take another sup my Jewel. Grand-Lama--" The Regent leans back tipsily, his eyes almost closed. A little demon, holding a firebrand, flies towards him, flinging a noose at his head. See British Museum Satires No. 11853."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to George and Robert Cruikshank from pencil annotation on the British Museum impression; see British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: Asmodeus, J. A political lecture on heads, alias blockheads!! A characteristic poem ... London : J. Fairburn, [1819], Approximate month of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1111.614., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 53 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and All figures except Lady Hertford (bottom row, second from the right) identified in ink beneath their respective caricatures. Typed key to the figures (with Lady Hertford misidentified as "Caroline") pasted above print.
- Publisher:
- John Fairburn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, 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, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Whips, Handguns, Fools' caps, Bells, Spears, Mortars & pestles, Wigs, Bandages, Spoons, Bowls (Tableware), Tea services, Frogs, Flags, Pens, Snuff, Headdresses, Warships, Hats, Cannons, Daggers & swords, Mistresses, Scepters, Drinking vessels, Crowns, and Demons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Blockheads [graphic].
2. The fruition of Nantes, or, The vision interpreted [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 July 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.07.15.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Five British sailors make a furious attack on six French soldiers, grotesque and terrified creatures, whom the sailors humiliate and insult. Their officer (left), who holds a British flag, is threatened by a sailor with clenched fists, and excretes, terrified. A sailor with a scourge slashes the bared posteriors of a Frenchman who grovels on the ground, saying, "oh le pauvre Commandant"; he says, "Now foutre you'l take 2 Merchants Ships for a fleet of Men of War again". A Frenchman, nearly throttled by an angry sailor, cries "Ca-ira Ca-ira". A sailor pulls the queue of the drummer, to whom he offers a piece of tobacco, saying, "here you B--g--r heres a stale Quid for you Instead of Hartshorn". A sailor on the extreme right pulls the queue of a Frenchman and raises his club to strike; the latter says, "oh Diable we was Make de Dam Mistake Parblue". The sailor answers, "aye aye D------n Your Eyes Ill make you Blue and Black too". In the background (left) are buildings inscribed 'Nantes'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vision interpreted
- Description:
- Title etched below image., A satire about an incident at Nantes, 29 June 1791., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 15, 1791, by S. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Nantes (France), France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Relations, Arms & armament, Defecation, Drums (Musical instruments), Fighting, Flags, British, National emblems, Rifles, Sailors, French, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fruition of Nantes, or, The vision interpreted [graphic]
3. The modern Egbert, or, The king of kings [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 8, 1789.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt as the modern Egbert (king of the West Saxons, d. 839) is rowed by four kings, and tows behind him a small boat in which the Prince of Wales is seated, his wrists and ankles chained. Pitt, who steers, is seated high in the stern of the 'Treasury Barge', he wears a combined coronet and mitre, and says to his four oarsmen, 'Pull together Boys'. They are Thurlow (stroke), Buckingham, Dundas, and Richmond (bow). All wear crowns on their heads and badges like those of watermen on their sleeves. Thurlow, stripped to the waist, his badge a rose, says, "Damme! I've got precedence of the Young Lion"; he rows with the Chancellor's mace. Buckingham (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), an Irish harp on his coat-sleeve, rows with a shillelagh, saying, "I'll answer for the Shelalagh without Authority". Dundas, wearing a thistle badge, rows with a long spoon, saying, "He shall remember old Nemo impune". Richmond, wearing a fleur-de-lis badge (he was due d'Aubigny), rows with a cannon (emblem of the ordnance, cf. BMSat 6921, &c), saying, "We'll shew him Gallic Faith." They row on one side of the boat only. A large flag in the stern of Pitt's boat has his crest (reversed), a stork grasping an anchor, with the motto: 'Devil take the Right P.W. [Prince William]'. The Prince wears a coronet with three feathers; he says, "I feel not for myself but for my country". His boat flies a flag with Pitt's crest above a flag with the royal arms. In the background is the river bank with trees, a church (the House of Commons) flying a (blank) flag (right), and (left) the dome of St. Paul's."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- King of kings
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., State with additions to the plate., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.8 x 38.0 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Charles Bronwn [sic], Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Kings, Rowboats, Flags, and Crowns
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The modern Egbert, or, The king of kings [graphic].
4. The modern Egbert, or, The king of kings [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 8, 1789.
- Call Number:
- 789.01.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt as the modern Egbert (king of the West Saxons, d. 839) is rowed by four kings, and tows behind him a small boat in which the Prince of Wales is seated, his wrists and ankles chained. Pitt, who steers, is seated high in the stern of the 'Treasury Barge', he wears a combined coronet and mitre, and says to his four oarsmen, 'Pull together Boys'. They are Thurlow (stroke), Buckingham, Dundas, and Richmond (bow). All wear crowns on their heads and badges like those of watermen on their sleeves. Thurlow, stripped to the waist, his badge a rose, says, "Damme! I've got precedence of the Young Lion"; he rows with the Chancellor's mace. Buckingham (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), an Irish harp on his coat-sleeve, rows with a shillelagh, saying, "I'll answer for the Shelalagh without Authority". Dundas, wearing a thistle badge, rows with a long spoon, saying, "He shall remember old Nemo impune". Richmond, wearing a fleur-de-lis badge (he was due d'Aubigny), rows with a cannon (emblem of the ordnance, cf. BMSat 6921, &c), saying, "We'll shew him Gallic Faith." They row on one side of the boat only. A large flag in the stern of Pitt's boat has his crest (reversed), a stork grasping an anchor, with the motto: 'Devil take the Right P.W. [Prince William]'. The Prince wears a coronet with three feathers; he says, "I feel not for myself but for my country". His boat flies a flag with Pitt's crest above a flag with the royal arms. In the background is the river bank with trees, a church (the House of Commons) flying a (blank) flag (right), and (left) the dome of St. Paul's."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- King of kings
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., State with additions to the plate., Watermark: L Taylor., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Charles Bronwn [sic], Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Kings, Rowboats, Flags, and Crowns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The modern Egbert, or, The king of kings [graphic].
5. The salute vide the parade / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 July 1797]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An officer (left) on a charger, evidently General Davies, see BMSat 9442, directed to the right, takes the salute from three officers who march (right to left) past him. The first, sabre in hand, point downwards, holds his left hand across the front of his high cocked hat. A young officer follows, carrying a standard of the Union flag with the White Horse of Hanover and a crown. The third marches with almost closed eyes and sword held point upwards. A crowd of amused spectators backed by a high wall forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: royal crown -- White horse of Hanover., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 36.6 cm, on sheet 29.6 x 40.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 9 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 10th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Davies, Thomas, approximately 1737-1812
- Subject (Topic):
- Military parades & ceremonies, Flags, British, Military uniforms, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The salute vide the parade / [graphic]
6. The salute vide the parade / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 July 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.07.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An officer (left) on a charger, evidently General Davies, see BMSat 9442, directed to the right, takes the salute from three officers who march (right to left) past him. The first, sabre in hand, point downwards, holds his left hand across the front of his high cocked hat. A young officer follows, carrying a standard of the Union flag with the White Horse of Hanover and a crown. The third marches with almost closed eyes and sword held point upwards. A crowd of amused spectators backed by a high wall forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: royal crown -- White horse of Hanover.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 10th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Davies, Thomas, approximately 1737-1812
- Subject (Topic):
- Military parades & ceremonies, Flags, British, Military uniforms, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The salute vide the parade / [graphic]
7. The struggle, or, A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 March 1827]
- Call Number:
- 827.03.16.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Canning and Eldon, both in shirt-sleeves and about equally matched, face each other in a small boat: Cabinet. Cock Boat. The very ornate boat resembles a Canadian canoe in general shape; the paddles go through big apertures encircled by the points of a star; that of Canning is Deplomatic Sagacity; Eldon uses the mace, which is inscribed Pelf Patronage Parsimony [see British Museum Satires No. 15139]. At each end of the boat is a figure-head, one of the supporters of the Royal Arms, each with a flag-staff set in its head. Behind Canning (left) is the Unicorn; his flag Catholic Supremacy. The Lion is behind Eldon (right), with the flag of Protestant Ascendancy. Canning: I shall be too much for you you are too slow in your Motions. Eldon : I doubt it! The Purse of the Great Seal hangs over the boat beside Eldon, who wears wig and bands. On the extreme right the sun rises (or sets)--it irradiates the sky behind Eldon."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Text below title: When two row in the same boat, they may pull different ways; but when two ride on one horse, one must ride behind. A House divided against itself can not stand!!!
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 16, 1827, by S.W. Fores - Piccadilly, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Canning, George, 1770-1827 and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholic emancipation, Rowboats, Ceremonial maces, Flags, Ship figureheads, Unicorns, Lions, National emblems, and Sunrises & sunsets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The struggle, or, A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather [graphic]
