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22.
The capricious marchioness The boisterous lover. [graphic]

Published / Created:
Feb. 1, 1779.
Call Number:
779.02.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Bust-length portraits of a woman to the left and a man to the right, each in an oval with bow above
Alternative Title:
Boisterous lover
Description:
Title etched below images.
Publisher:
Published by A. Hamilton Junr., near St. John's Gate
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The capricious marchioness The boisterous lover. [graphic]

23.
The captivating Lais ; The favourite of the fair [graphic].

Published / Created:
June 1, 1779.
Call Number:
779.06.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portraits of Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, at right, in profile to left, facing a lady, directed to right, in separate medallions, surmounted by ribbons; illustration to 'The Town and Country Magazine' (1779, p.233). 1779"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Favourite of the fair
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The captivating Lais ; The favourite of the fair [graphic].

24.
The last stake [graphic]

Published / Created:
[6 December 1779]
Call Number:
779.12.06.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"On the further side of a stream, inscribed "Rubicon - Flu -", a bull representing John Bull is being baited. On his back sits Lord North in profile to the left., very obese and asleep; at his back is a large square pack, inscribed "Taxes". The bull is held by a rope which is twisted round a post inscribed "The Last Stake", the end being held by a Scotsman in Highland dress intended for Bute, and by a man in judge's wig and robes, evidently Mansfield. Two other members of 'the Junto' are goading the bull on, one with a pole, the other with a club. The bull is being attacked by France with a sword, and Spain with a spear. France wears a coat, hat and bag-wig of French fashion, Spain wears a slashed doublet, ruff and cloak. In front of an inn-door (l.) behind them stands George III, watching the struggle complacently, his hands in his pockets. Above the door the signboard, on which is a crown, is falling off, and hangs from one hook only. From a window a woman's arm empties a chamber-pot on to the king's head. In the foreground, on the nearer side of the "Rubicon" a Dutchman (r.) stands facing the wall of a building, urinating on a paper inscribed "British Memorial".--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., The names of the artists indicate that the plight of the country is due to the designs of Bute (Stuart), carried on by Mansfield (Murray) and executed by the Junto., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Decr. 6, 1779, for J. Almon ...
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The last stake [graphic]

26.
The midnight magistrate [graphic].

Published / Created:
Decr 1, 1779.
Call Number:
779.12.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on "hireling constables", that is, on constables who were paid as substitutes for parishioners who were bound to serve annually without pay. The interior of a watch-house, where the constable of the night sits in an armchair, wearing a hat and holding a long staff. Watchmen are bringing in persons arrested during the night, others sit or stand about; some are smoking. All the figures have the heads of apes. A watchman bringing in a young woman shows the constable his broken lantern. He is followed by a watchman bringing in a well-dressed young man. Other watchmen, with a woman wearing an apron, are seen through a large open doorway; behind them are buildings and the tower of Westminster Abbey. On the top of the door, which opens inwards, sits a large owl. A large fire blazes. The room is lit by a lantern hung from the roof and two large candles. Large flagons of drink are in evidence. Verses (eighteen lines) are engraved beneath the design, whose tenor is that the young woman is used by the constable as a decoy, the man is charged (falsely) with having assaulted the watch and broken the lantern. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Trimmed within plate line with loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Fielding & Walker
Subject (Topic):
Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The midnight magistrate [graphic].

27.
The political raree-show, or, A picture of parties and politics, during and at the close of the

Published / Created:
[1 July 1779]
Call Number:
779.07.01.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Twelve views seen in a peep-show, the views being arranged in four rows; the outside of the box or booth is seen on the left, a boy looks through a round hole, the showman points, saying to him, "There you shall see". His words are given at length in the accompanying text"--British Museum online catalogue and "From the ‘Westminster Magazine’, vii. 282 (folding plate). [1] ‘The Distressed Financier.’ ... [2] ‘The Generals in America doing nothing, or worse than nothing.’ ... [3] ‘Proving that they have done every thing.’ ... [4] ‘Jemmy Twitcher Overseer of ye Poor of Greenwich.’ .... [5] ‘The Duke of Richmond turned Linen-Draper’ ... 6] ‘The Opposition Pudding-makers.’ ... [7] ‘Cha. Ja Tod abusing ye national Gamblers.’ ... [8] ‘The Jerseymen treating ye French with Gunpowder tea.’ ... [9] 'The Scotch Presbyterians pulling down the Papists Houses.' ... [10] 'The English Papists laughing at ye Protestants.' ... [11] 'A Picture of Irish Resolution.' ... [12] ‘Inside View of the Long Room at ye Custom House.’ ..."--British Museum curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Picture of parties and politics
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published 1st. of July 1779 by Fielding & Walker ...
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The political raree-show, or, A picture of parties and politics, during and at the close of the last session of Parliament, June 1779 [graphic].

28.
The sinking fund [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 April 1779]
Call Number:
779.04.09.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a pawnbroker's shop. Behind a counter (l.) an old man wearing a cap and spectacles is bargaining with a customer over a watch. On the wall above his head is inscribed "Money lent by Judas Gripe". The customer, a well-dressed man, leans on the counter. Next him is a young woman holding a garment which she intends to pawn. Behind her a man standing on tip-toe reaches over her head to offer the pawnbroker a wig. An elderly and ragged woman is counting the coins she has received. A man (r.) in profile to the right. has just taken the buckles off his shoes, his left. foot raised on a stool. Behind the figures and against the wall at r. angles to the counter is a large cupboard, the upper part fronted with panes of glass; behind this are many pawned articles including a number of watches, books, a violin, a sword, jugs, bowls, a barber's bowl, a hat. Inside the counter, which is hollow, are rolls of material."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and First state, without printmaker's initials and before alterations to title and imprint.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 9th April 1779 by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58, in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Pawnshops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sinking fund [graphic].

29.
Weddell, jeweller, Hyde Street, Bloomsbury [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1779?]
Call Number:
66 800 C69
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from pencil annotation on impression in the British Museum; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Banks,67.230, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. 32" engraved at top of image; "Jewels set in [the] most elegant taste" engraved within banner below numbering., and Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box.
Publisher:
Weddell
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Jewelers and Putti
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Weddell, jeweller, Hyde Street, Bloomsbury [graphic]