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Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 May 1780]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "George III, wearing a crown and ermine-trimmed robe is seated in an arm-chair asleep. The tassels of his girdle are thistles, indicative of Scottish influence. Round his neck is a chain from which hangs a cross, indicating the Romanizing tendencies o...
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 15th, 1780, by W. Renegal
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character)., Commerce, Sleeping, Beehives, Harps, and Lions
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Argus [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [25 May 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Design in an oval. Used as a frontispiece to second edition (1785) of 'The Westminster Election' and probably designed for it. Britannia seated on a throne (right) raised on three steps holds out a laurel wreath towards the Duchess of Devonshire who ...
Alternative Title:: Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britannia
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty, Fame, Lions, Thrones, Wreaths, Liberty cap, and Trumpets
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britania [sic] [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [31 March 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Dissolution, Politics and government, Humor, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, Defecation, and Crowds
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 September 1808]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 6
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Napoleon, advancing down a gently sloping causeway of rock which traverses water and flames, is halted by 'Leo Britannicus' who bounds savagely towards him. He drops a short chain attached to the nose of the 'Russian Bear', a huge white creature at h...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Publish'd Septr. 24th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Mustafa IV, Sultan of the Turks, 1779-1808, and Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718
Subject (Topic):: Peninsular War, 1807-1814, Monsters, Fire, Lions, Bears, and Eagles
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The valley of the shadow of death [graphic]