- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.00.00.25
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Time stands behind an oval table covered with a cloth on which is an hour-glass, its sands nearly run out, standing on a large flat book inscribed 'Traitè de Paix', from which five seals hang evenly. Behind him is a doorway in a stone wall, covered with a curtain, one side of which he holds. With his left forefinger he points upwards at the inscription above the door: 'L'avenir', which is decorated with seven (drooping) ears of corn. The seals are inscribed (left to right): 'F.W.' [Frederick William of Prussia]; 'G Rx', with its ribbon inscribed 'God save the King'; France; a crowned 'C' [Catherine II]; 'Fr. Imp.' [Francis Imperator] (prophetic of the powers that decided the fate of Holland in 1815). 'Le génie du Terns garde la porte de l'avenir;... Qui est le mortel assez hardi, pour oser le penetrer? . . .' Text, 'Proverbs', x. 28. To this is added, in English only, 'St. Matthew', v. 9, 'Blessed are the peacemakers!'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "20" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Emblems: hour-glass -- Personifications: Time -- Seven ears of wheat-corn as United Provinces., and Letterpress explanation lacking.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Past op!!! [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gole, Jacob, 1660?-1737?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1700?]
- Call Number:
- 700.00.00.09
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Nous sommes sept, Nos summus septem, Wir sind sieben, and We are seven
- Description:
- Title from item. and "Cum privilegio Ord. Holl. et West Frisiae."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wy syn seven = Nous sommes sept = Nos summus septem = Wir sind sieben = We are seven / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1780?]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.27.1 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A curiously carved chest, or seat, representing "The English Bank of Exchange" (Wisselbank) is suspended like a pair of scales by chains from the horn of a unicorn whose head emerges from clouds. It tilts down on the right, where a stout Englishman, "an English lord", sits precariously, exclaiming in alarm as a Frenchman (right), standing on the ground beneath, pulls him by the leg. The Frenchman's right hand is on the hilt of his sword. The balance is further depressed by America, a naked child crowned with feathers, who is seated on the "Bank" beside the Englishman and holding his arm, admonishing him with an upraised finger. A Spaniard holding a crutch crouches on the ground beside the Frenchman. A "Dutch skipper" (left) holds one leg of the "Bank" to prevent its being dragged down by France. He turns to speak to a "merchant of Amsterdam" seated on a chest and writing in a ledger. Round the chest are "sacks of gold", bales of goods, cheeses (one stamped with crossed keys), and rolls of textiles. In the background (centre) is a Dutch landscape; a group of six windmills flying a flag with three stripes, and four cows, two of which are being milked. Beneath the design, verses are engraved in two columns, English (left) and Dutch (right)."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Europe in her present disordered state
- Description:
- Titles from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Verses beneath image in English and Dutch: "Bold Jack! pray, what's the business to-day? ..." and "Hoezee! tienduizendmaal! van dikhuot zaagt men deelen...", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Headdresses, Windmills, and Commerce
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Het tegenwoordig verward Europa] [Europe in her present disordered state]. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [1780?]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.27.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A curiously carved chest, or seat, representing "The English Bank of Exchange" (Wisselbank) is suspended like a pair of scales by chains from the horn of a unicorn whose head emerges from clouds. It tilts down on the right, where a stout Englishman, "an English lord", sits precariously, exclaiming in alarm as a Frenchman (right), standing on the ground beneath, pulls him by the leg. The Frenchman's right hand is on the hilt of his sword. The balance is further depressed by America, a naked child crowned with feathers, who is seated on the "Bank" beside the Englishman and holding his arm, admonishing him with an upraised finger. A Spaniard holding a crutch crouches on the ground beside the Frenchman. A "Dutch skipper" (left) holds one leg of the "Bank" to prevent its being dragged down by France. He turns to speak to a "merchant of Amsterdam" seated on a chest and writing in a ledger. Round the chest are "sacks of gold", bales of goods, cheeses (one stamped with crossed keys), and rolls of textiles. In the background (centre) is a Dutch landscape; a group of six windmills flying a flag with three stripes, and four cows, two of which are being milked. Beneath the design, verses are engraved in two columns, English (left) and Dutch (right)."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Europe in her present disordered state
- Description:
- Titles from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Trimmed within plate line; damage with loss of design in lower right corner., and Verses beneath image in English and Dutch: "Bold Jack! pray, what's the business to-day? ..." and "Hoezee! tienduizendmaal! van dikhuot zaagt men deelen ..."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Headdresses, Windmills, and Commerce
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Het tegenwoordig verward Europa] [Europe in her present disordered state]. [graphic] =