- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately May 1828]
- Call Number:
- 828.05.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Nicholas I, in uniform with plumed cocked hat, rides (right to left) a gigantic Russian eagle, his sword raised to slash. The eagle holds in one of its beaks a round wicker coop which it drops over a turkey crouching on a grassy slope (left). From each predatory beak a cloud issues, inscribed WAR in large elaborate letters. The heraldic bird is very much alive, one claw clutching a sceptre, the other an orb. The Tsar stands in his stirrups; his saddle is superimposed on the shield on the bird's breast on which is a mounted knight in armour with visor down and sword raised. To the shield are appended eagles and other emblems. Far below (right) is a snow-covered plain where tiny Cossacks gallop with levelled spears, chasing Turks, The sky is filled with flame and smoke from blazing buildings. On the left from among the smoke emerges the dark silhouette of a profile bust of Napoleon; he says: Europe look well to this beware of the Kelmuc [sic]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 219.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Cages, Ceremonial objects, Daggers & swords, Eagles, Poultry houses, Scepters, and Turkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An allegory [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 March 1803]
- Call Number:
- 803.03.14.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled sits on the ground supported by Addington and Hawkesbury, and defended by Sheridan, a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin. They are on the coast towards which are advancing many rowing-boats filled with little French soldiers. Napoleon stands with drawn sword in the foremost boat, a tiny figure with a large head and no body, to show that he is Nobody, as in BMSat 5570, &c. The distant French coast (right) is covered with troops marching towards the shore. Clouds of smoke rise from the beach, which is concealed by the foreground. Britannia, wearing Roman dress with cothurnes, raises her arms, and shrieks (parodying Hamlet): "Doctors & Ministers of dis grace defend me!" The 'dis' is scored through but conspicuously legible. Addington holds a bottle of Gunpowder to her nose, and looks in alarm at the approaching army. He says: "Do not be alarm'd my dear lady! the Buggabo's (the Honest Gentlemen, I mean,) are avowedly directed to Colonial service, - they can have nothing to do Here - my Lady! - nothing to do with Us! - do take a Sniff or two, to raise your Spirits, and try to stand, if it is only upon One Leg!" Hawkesbury looks down with deep melancholy, supporting her (cracked) shield, and holding her (damaged) spear. He says: "Yes my Lady, you must try to Stand up, or we shall never be able to "March to Paris"". Sheridan holds Harlequin's wooden sword of 'Dramatic-Loyalty' in his right hand (cf. BMSat 9916). On his left arm is a shield with Medusa's head, the snaky locks inscribed: 'Abuse', 'Bouncing', 'Puffing', 'Detraction', 'Stolen Jests', 'Malevolence', 'Stale Wit', 'Envy'. He wears a hat turned up in front with a tricolour cockade; its crown is a fool's cap with two ears and a bell. Round his paunch is a tricolour sash through which is thrust a paper: 'Ways and Means to get a Living'. He shouts in defiance at the distant army: "Let 'em come! - dam'me!!! - where are the French Buggabo's? - single handed I'd beat forty of 'em!!! dam'me, I'd pay 'em like Renter Shares, sconce off their half Crowns!!! - mulct them out of their Benefits, & come ye Drury Lane Slang over 'em!" Behind, between Addington and Sheridan, is the head of Fox, holding his hat before his eyes; he says: "Dear me - what can be the reason of the Old Lady being awak'd in such a Fright? - I declare I can't see any thing of the Buggabo's!" In the foreground lies a long torn scroll, headed 'Treaty of Peace.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Britannia recover'd from a trance and Britannia recovered from a trance
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Harlequins -- Britannia -- Literature: Parody of Hamlet by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Medical: Smelling salts -- Weapons: Ammunition -- Gunpowder -- Sword -- Emblems: Britannia's shield -- Britannia's spear -- Shield with Medusa -- France: Threat of invasion -- Peace treaties., Mounted to 37 x 56 cm., and Collector's annotations on mount.
- Publisher:
- Publd. March 14th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Physical aid, or, Britannia recover'd from a trance also, the patriotic courage of Sherry Andrew, & a peep thro' the fog. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 May 1805]
- Call Number:
- 805.05.27.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Pope has descended from his dais (r.) to bless the Petitioners; his cross rests against his shoulder, and both hands are extended, a ring on each forefinger. Behind the Pope, standing on tiptoe on the Papal robe, is Napoleon, dressed as at his coronation, wearing his crown and holding his sceptre. He puts his hand on the Pope's shoulder and says: "Thank them for pleading our cause and particularly for their assertion that the rightoman Catholic Religion is totally altered, make the people believe that, and we'll soon give them the second part of Fox's book of Martyrs." At the head of the petitioners kneels Fox, saying, "Bad luck now, better next time please your Holiness." The Pope says: "Bless you all my Children, for the great good you intended us, but it is not in Mortals, to command success, My Master here, will be very much disappointed". Behind Fox, Norfolk and Sheridan kneel side by side. Next are Derby, in hunting-dress, bending his head, and Moira in regimentals, very erect. Behind them and on the extreme left. Grattan stands, bending forward to swing a censer over the heads of the kneeling men."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Catholic petitioners recieving the papal benediction and Catholic petitioners receiving the papal benediction
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following title: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Catholics in England., Mounted to 29 x 51 cm., Collector's annotations on mount:, and Dated in ms. at top of sheet: May 27, 1805.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 27th, 1805, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, and Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Catholic petitioners recieving [sic] the papal benediction [graphic].
- Creator:
- Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 November 1813]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A smiling bearded Cossack strides towards the spectator, spear in hand, with the left hand he places his conical furred cap over a tiny terrified Napoleon. He says: "I'll Extinguish Your little French-- Farthing--Rush light--Master Boney." Napoleon exclaims, trying to run away: "Death and Fury!--how I burn with Rage--those "Frightful--" Contempable [sic] Cossacks has Clouded all my hopes." They are on a plateau: the head of the Cossack's horse is on the extreme left; troops are marching on the plain, where a Cossack is galloping. In the background is the walled town of Leipzig, backed by mountains."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered "217" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., "Price one shilling coloured.", Annotation in ink in a contemporary hand on verso: Johnston., and Leaf 76 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Nover. 10th, 1813, by Thos. Tegg - 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Cossack extinguisher [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 January 1809]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.2
- Collection Title:
- V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull, a hideously carbuncled 'cit', looks down grinning at a semicircle of men on a much smaller scale who surround his half-length figure. They are (left to right) Napoleon, wearing a huge bicorne, who looks up to say 'Ships. Colonies and Commerce'. A man in military uniform, quite unlike Alexander, his back to Napoleon, says: "Russian Vengeance attend John Bull. A fat Dutch burgher puffs smoke towards John, saying, III eternally smoke him". A scowling man in civilian dress with tousled hair says: "Let him tremble at the name of America". Prussia, a handsome military officer in place of the damaged soldier who after Tilsit represented Frederick William III in English caricature, says: "Beware of Prussia". A similar officer (Francis I) says: "Austria will never Pardon him". A Spaniard wearing a cocked hat says: "Spanish Fury overtake him". A scowling face says: "Let him beware of Denmark". John says: "Dont make such a riot you little noisy Brats, all your bustle to me is no more than a storm in a Chamber pot"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Probably a later state; first half of imprint appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Plate numbered "131" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Prussia -- America., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 34.8 x 24.6 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 25.6 cm., and Leaf 93 in volume 2.
- Publisher:
- By Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The head of the family in good humour [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 January 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.01.15.01
- Collection Title:
- V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull, a hideously carbuncled 'cit', looks down grinning at a semicircle of men on a much smaller scale who surround his half-length figure. They are (left to right) Napoleon, wearing a huge bicorne, who looks up to say 'Ships. Colonies and Commerce'. A man in military uniform, quite unlike Alexander, his back to Napoleon, says: "Russian Vengeance attend John Bull. A fat Dutch burgher puffs smoke towards John, saying, III eternally smoke him". A scowling man in civilian dress with tousled hair says: "Let him tremble at the name of America". Prussia, a handsome military officer in place of the damaged soldier who after Tilsit represented Frederick William III in English caricature, says: "Beware of Prussia". A similar officer (Francis I) says: "Austria will never Pardon him". A Spaniard wearing a cocked hat says: "Spanish Fury overtake him". A scowling face says: "Let him beware of Denmark". John says: "Dont make such a riot you little noisy Brats, all your bustle to me is no more than a storm in a Chamber pot"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Probably a later state; first half of imprint appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Plate numbered "131" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Prussia -- America., and Print numbered '153' in ms. near upper edge of sheet.
- Publisher:
- By Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The head of the family in good humour [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [December 1813]
- Call Number:
- 813.12.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Napoleon, a little figure with a big head, stands with legs astride, head turned to the left, hair on end; his arms are extended, fingers spread, mouth open as if shrieking. He has a grotesque profile with corvine nose and wears high jack-boots with large spurs. At his feet lies a broken baton inscribed 'Magic Wand'. Five allies threaten him at point-blank range, and from a circle of cloud an arm emerges holding a conical 'Allied Extinguisher' above his head. On the extreme left Wellington aims a blunderbuss, saying, "Take a good aim at the Head Gentlemen, & we shall soon settle the Business." On Wellington's left stands Francis I, aiming a small pistol; by his head are the words: 'A way Mr Boney the Hand of Justice [see No. 12247] will put your Night Cap on at last.' On the extreme right a fat Dutchman, wearing a conical cap as in No. 12105, stands behind a small cannon holding a lighted match and a cannon-ball inscribed 'Orange Boven'; he says: "I'll deal out my Oranges to him Wholesale." Beside him are piled cannon-balls inscribed 'Orange'. In his hat are orange ribbons inscribed 'Orange Boven' and a tobacco-pipe. Next him the Tsar leans forward, aiming a large pistol; he says: "I'll rattle a few Snow Balls at his Cranium." On Alexander's right stands Bernadotte, aiming a small pistol; he says: "By gar we shall mak de head look like de plomb Pudding." All but the Dutchman wear uniform with cocked hats. A background of smoke or cloud is indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Offset from another impression on verso. Inscription from ...
- Publisher:
- Pud. Decr. 1813 by S. Knight, Sweetings Alley Royl
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The head of the great nation, in a queer situation [graphic]