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171.
House-breaking before sun-set [graphic].

Published / Created:
[6 January 1789]
Call Number:
789.01.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Political satire; under a sinking sun in which is drawn a crown, with the words "Obscured, not lost", a masked figure with a crow-bar labelled "Begum Sophistry" and the Prince Regent with a broken axe labelled "Presumptive Rights" try to break down the door of the Treasury, while another picks the lock, labelled "G R" with keys labelled "Tropes"; behind them stands a man in black with a lantern labelled "Loyalty", a belt labelled "Truth" and a clapper labelled "Vox Populi"; from the window of the Treasury, Pitt attacks the house-breakers with a blunderbuss labelled "Constitution"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Housebreaking before sunset
Description:
Title etched below image., "Pr. 1s."--Below image, lower right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Pick axes -- Padlocks -- Swords -- Masks -- Guns -- Setting sun -- Watchman's lanterns -- Emblems: King's monogram on the padlock., Watermark: Fleur de lis on crowned shield, with initials G R below., and Mounted to 44 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 6t 1789 by R. Butters, 79 Fleet Stt
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Treasuries, Buildings, Doors & doorways, Crowbars, Keys (Hardware), Locks (Hardware), Masks, Lanterns, Firearms, Sunrises & sunsets, and Crowns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > House-breaking before sun-set [graphic].

172.
How to stop a runaway horse [graphic].

Published / Created:
[7 May 1789]
Call Number:
789.05.07.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two sailors, one in uniform, fall from a horse, its reins caught on a post on the road, causing both it and the riders to collapse
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: A horse running away with two sailors, the lad who rode behind, exclaim'd run her aground, run her a ground, avast reply'd the other, I can throw out the grapples. He accordingly manag'd to throw the reins over a post by the road side & so came safe to land., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 7, 1789, by J. Kendal Bury
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Horses, Horseback riding, Accidents, and Falling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > How to stop a runaway horse [graphic].

173.
Peter Fig, the little grocer, commonly call'd Count Fig [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1789?]
Call Number:
789.00.00.76
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An grocer stands in the center of his shop, legs astride and hands in his pockets. His hair is fashionably dressed and wears a ruffled collar along with an apron. Behind him on the floor is a barrel of sugar and on the shelves canisters of various teas and coffee. A pair of scales hangs from a post
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved below image, eight lines of verse: Peter! When I a baboon see, It always makes me think of thee. They face & shape'd so very like, Who is the man is does not strike? ..., Watermark: countermark C B., and Mounted to 39 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Grocers and Grocery stores
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Peter Fig, the little grocer, commonly call'd Count Fig [graphic].

174.
Prince William's defeat, or, The Tr-as-ry stormed [graphic].

Published / Created:
[27 January 1789]
Call Number:
789.01.27.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Treasury stormed
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ten lines of Virgil's altered verse inscribed below design., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Allusion to the Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to East India Bill -- Allusion to Constitution -- Allusion to Declaratory Bill -- Allusion to Commutation Bill -- Blindfolds -- Banners -- Clergy: bishops -- Ammunition: cannon balls -- Guns: cannons -- Shop taxes -- Treasury -- Window taxes -- Taxes on maidservants -- Swags -- Crowns -- Weapons: pistols -- Literature: altered quotation from Virgil., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield (right side center) and countermark Curiers & Sons (left side center).
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany 27th 1789 by D. Fowler, Soho
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pretyman, George, 1750-1827, and Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Prince William's defeat, or, The Tr-as-ry stormed [graphic].

175.
Pulpit extravaganzas [graphic].

Published / Created:
Octr. 26, 1789.
Call Number:
789.10.26.01++ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Twelve carciatures of a clergyman delivering sermons from a pulpit with his clerk sitting below, satirizing the words etched above the clergyman
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint repeated on the sheet without the title, with slight change in date: Published by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, October 23, 1789., Two lines of verse below title: For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ..., Publisher's advertisement below image on sheet without title: Lately pubd. The prince's bow, Old maids at a cat's funeral, English slavery, Meeting an old friend with a new face, The city assembly, all prints on the Irish embassy, &c. &c., Publisher's announcement on the sheet with title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints and drawings. Admittance one shilling., Cf. No. 7643 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Both sheets joined and then cut into three strips.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Preaching, Pulpits, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Pulpit extravaganzas [graphic].

176.
Pulpit extravaganzas [graphic].

Published / Created:
Octr. 26, 1789.
Call Number:
789.10.26.01++ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Twelve carciatures of a clergyman delivering sermons from a pulpit with his clerk sitting below, satirizing the words etched above the clergyman
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint repeated on the sheet without the title, with slight change in date: Published by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, October 23, 1789., Two lines of verse below title: For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ..., Publisher's advertisement below image on sheet without title: Lately pubd. The prince's bow, Old maids at a cat's funeral, English slavery, Meeting an old friend with a new face, The city assembly, all prints on the Irish embassy, &c. &c., Publisher's announcement on the sheet with title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints and drawings. Admittance one shilling., Cf. No. 7643 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Both sheets joined and then cut into three strips.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Preaching, Pulpits, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Pulpit extravaganzas [graphic].

177.
Scotch wedding [graphic].

Published / Created:
Sepr. 23, 1789.
Call Number:
789.09.23.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Charlotte Gordon and Col. Lennox leap over a broom which lies on the floor; she holds him by the left wrist and points towards a nuptial bed decorated with a coat of arms (that of the Duke of Gordon, freely sketched) and ducal coronet. The Duchess of Gordon (right) sits in profile to the left playing bagpipes and looking at the couple with a satisfied smile. Behind her chair is a bottle, inscribed 'Scotch Pint', and a wine-glass. Lennox wears regimentals and a hat, his right arm is held up as if dancing a Scots reel; a pair of pistols (an allusion to his duel with the Duke of York, see BMSat 7531, &c.) protrudes from his pocket. Lady Charlotte wears a large feathered hat. It is clear from her attitude and the expression of the Duchess that the bridegroom, though willing, has not taken the initiative."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to either Henry Wigstead or William Holland in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement below title: "In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humourous prints. Admitance [sic] One Shilling.", and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis above and initials CS below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819, Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842, and Gordon, Jane Maxwell Gordon, Duchess of, d. 1812
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, Bagpipes, Bed, Bedrooms, Brooms, Glassware, Handguns, Military uniforms, British, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scotch wedding [graphic].

178.
Strong symptoms of kicking [graphic].

Published / Created:
Octr. 1, 1789.
Call Number:
789.10.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man rides out of the gateway (left) which leads to the courtyard of an inn, three dogs barking at the heels of his horse. The horse is kicking, the rider has lost his stirrups and clutches the animal's mane. Part of the courtyard is visible showing the body of a high perch phaeton. Above it is the first-floor balcony with a balustrade. Outside the inn (right) are grass and trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Header above the image: Hints to bad Horsemen., Companion print to: Strong symptoms of starting. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6 no. 7610., and Two lines of verse below title: Alas what troubles of betide ...
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Balconies, Carriages & coaches, Courtyards, Dogs, Gates, Horseback riding, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Strong symptoms of kicking [graphic].

179.
The Damerian Apollo [graphic].

Published / Created:
July 1, 1789.
Call Number:
789.07.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Damer, seated in profile to the left, chisels the posterior of a large and realistic Apollo standing in profile to the left holding a spear, the left arm extended. A little girl (left) in 'profil perdu', gazes at the Apollo in astonishment. On a pedestal (left) are two nude figures, one full-face, the other in quasi-back view, drawn with extreme realism. Beside them (left) is an armless torso on a terminal pillar. These three statues are 'Studies from Nature'. On the right is a bust of a child's head in profile to the left, on a pedestal inscribed 'A Model to make a Boy from'. Beside it lie a book, 'Sketches of Different Parts'. Behind Mrs. Damer (left) is a grinning whole length figure of 'Pan'. There are also two figures on tall pedestals: a Hercules and a headless figure, and a bust. All the figures in the studio are completely nude. Mrs. Damer wears gloves; her mallet is raised to strike her chisel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 29 x 39 cm., and Watermark: countermark, letter V.
Publisher:
Pub. by Wm Holland, Garrick's Richard, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828 and Pan (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Artists' studios, Sculptors, British, Sculpture, and Spears
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Damerian Apollo [graphic].

180.
The Tories and the Whigs pulling for a Crown [graphic].

Published / Created:
[2 January 1789]
Call Number:
789.01.02.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Original date in imprint scored through, but visible: statement: Decembr., Imprint statement continues: "where may be had the largest collection of caraccatures [sic].", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Games: tug-of-war -- Crowns -- Whigs -- Tories -- Thrones -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Jesuits -- Judges -- Spectacles., and Mounted to 27 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Published by J. Aicken Jany. [the] 2nd 1789, Bear Streett [sic] Leicester Squares
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Tories and the Whigs pulling for a Crown [graphic].

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