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1.
The Bulstrode siren [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 April 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of Portland and Mrs. Billington sit side by side on a settee; she sings to him, he listens ecstatically, with clasped hands, his head turned in profile to the right., staring with amorous intensity. She holds her music, but looks alluringly at the Duke; her notes ascend until lost in the shaded upper part of the design: 'ha, ha, ha, a, ha, a, ha, a, ha, he, he, he, ho, o, o, o, ha, o, ho, o,o, o... [&c. &c.]'. Portland wears an old-fashioned court suit and Garter ribbon; he is thin except for gouty swollen legs and feet. At his feet is an open music-book: 'Epithalamium pour l'Hereux [sic] Nuit.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of quoted verse below image: "Blest as th' immortal gods is he, "the youth, who fondly sits by thee, "and sees and hears thee all the while, "softly sing, and sweetly smile., 1 print : etching & stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.9 x 25.5 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 27.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 14th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818 and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Bulstrode siren [graphic]

2.
The Bulstrode siren [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 April 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of Portland and Mrs. Billington sit side by side on a settee; she sings to him, he listens ecstatically, with clasped hands, his head turned in profile to the right., staring with amorous intensity. She holds her music, but looks alluringly at the Duke; her notes ascend until lost in the shaded upper part of the design: 'ha, ha, ha, a, ha, a, ha, a, ha, he, he, he, ho, o, o, o, ha, o, ho, o,o, o... [&c. &c.]'. Portland wears an old-fashioned court suit and Garter ribbon; he is thin except for gouty swollen legs and feet. At his feet is an open music-book: 'Epithalamium pour l'Hereux [sic] Nuit.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of quoted verse below image: "Blest as th' immortal gods is he, "the youth, who fondly sits by thee, "and sees and hears thee all the while, "softly sing, and sweetly smile., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 14th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818 and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Bulstrode siren [graphic]

3.
Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 January 1802]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Billington, enormously fat, sits in an arm-chair, her arms flung over its arms, opening her mouth for a spoonful of guineas, administered by W. T. Lewis (right), who bends over her. On her other side stands Sheridan, round-shouldered, stooping, and agitated. He holds out a money-bag, saying, "O Dear O Dear - if the dear Creature has lost her Notes - what will become of us - my dear friend spare no Cost to make up the deficiency, give her another spoonfull, I have plenty more in the bag - all the true Pizarro-coinage." Lewis, smiling, answers: "Dont be alarmed she takes the Boluses very kindly - and I have every reason to hope a speedy recovery." Mrs. Billington is dressed as Clara, in quasi-Spanish costume, almost as in British Museum Satires No. 9914; a checked scarf lies across her lap. On the right are two amoretti; one stands looking up at the other, who flies above his head holding out a scroll; both hold handkerchiefs to their eyes; the one below has butterfly wings and a wreath of roses, the other has feathered wings. The scroll: 'Mourn Cherubims and Seraphims Clara's Notes are Stopp'd - Copy of a Letter - Dear Sir, It grieves me to the heart that I am not able to play this evening - my Throat being so closed as not to leave me a single Note in my Voice" [see British Museum Satires No. 9970]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Armchair -- Money: Guineas -- Medical Procedures: administering medicine -- Literature Allusion: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1756-1816, 'The Duenna'., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.9 x 35.6 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 38.3 cm., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., and Mounted opposite page 436 (leaf numbered '50' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 16th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Opera singers, Chairs, Coins, Physicians, and Putti
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! [graphic].

4.
Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 January 1802]
Call Number:
802.01.16.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Billington, enormously fat, sits in an arm-chair, her arms flung over its arms, opening her mouth for a spoonful of guineas, administered by W. T. Lewis (right), who bends over her. On her other side stands Sheridan, round-shouldered, stooping, and agitated. He holds out a money-bag, saying, "O Dear O Dear - if the dear Creature has lost her Notes - what will become of us - my dear friend spare no Cost to make up the deficiency, give her another spoonfull, I have plenty more in the bag - all the true Pizarro-coinage." Lewis, smiling, answers: "Dont be alarmed she takes the Boluses very kindly - and I have every reason to hope a speedy recovery." Mrs. Billington is dressed as Clara, in quasi-Spanish costume, almost as in British Museum Satires No. 9914; a checked scarf lies across her lap. On the right are two amoretti; one stands looking up at the other, who flies above his head holding out a scroll; both hold handkerchiefs to their eyes; the one below has butterfly wings and a wreath of roses, the other has feathered wings. The scroll: 'Mourn Cherubims and Seraphims Clara's Notes are Stopp'd - Copy of a Letter - Dear Sir, It grieves me to the heart that I am not able to play this evening - my Throat being so closed as not to leave me a single Note in my Voice" [see British Museum Satires No. 9970]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Armchair -- Money: Guineas -- Medical Procedures: administering medicine -- Literature Allusion: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1756-1816, 'The Duenna'., Figures identified by ms. note in contemporary hand at bottom of sheet: Sheridan ; Mrs. Billington ; Lewis., Printseller's identification stamp located in lower right corner of print: S·W·F., and Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 16th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Opera singers, Chairs, Coins, Physicians, and Putti
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! [graphic].

5.
Blowing up the Pic Nic's, or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 April 1802]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sheridan leads the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society, who are performing on a small, elegant stage, rising (without orchestra) from the boards in the foreground where these enemies advance. He is dressed as Harlequin; the tight chequered dress (slightly torn) accentuates his obesity; an empty purse hangs from his belt; in his left hand is a hat with a tricolour cockade (emblem of Jacobinism). In his right hand he flourishes a large pen whose feather makes wide swirling curves, terminating in firework-stars, and inscribed with the names of newspapers: 'Courier', 'Morning Post', 'Morning Herald', 'Morning Chronicle'. He is masked, to indicate that he has been writing anonymous squibs against the Pic Nics. The swirls of his pen partly obscure a figure of Comedy, meretricious, and half-naked, holding up a mask which decorates the left pilaster of the proscenium. The actors follow in characteristic attitudes. Kemble (as Hamlet) wearing a ribbon, ranting in tragedy, directly behind Sheridan, staggers back with legs astride, both arms raised. On the left is Mrs. Billington, singing as in BMSat 9765, left hand on her breast. Mrs. Siddons (? as Lady Macbeth) clutches a dagger. Behind is the head of Lewis (see BMSat 9915), with a comedian's smile, wearing a cocked hat. Crowds of actors pressing on from behind (left) and in deep shadow, are indicated by arms holding up banners; the chief one with the head of 'Shakespeare', badly torn. Others are 'Otway Rowe'; 'Kotzbue', and 'Schiller', both tricolour (indicating the supposedly revolutionary tendencies of modern German drama, cf. 'The Rovers' in the 'Anti-Jacobin', and BMSat 7054); 'Jonson', 'Congreve', 'Addison'. In the foreground, through splintering boards, the ghost of Garrick rises, a mask in his hand. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: Vide Tottenham Street pantomime., Watermark: E & P., and Mounted on leaf 72 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 2d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, Garrick, David, 1717-1779, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1764-1839
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Blowing up the Pic Nic's, or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets [graphic]

6.
A bravura air Mandane / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 December 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Billington, directed to the right, sings with head thrown back, right hand on her breast, left arm extended. She is stout and majestic, wears many jewels and quasi-contemporary dress, with four tall feathers and jewelled aigrette in her hair, from which hangs a long drapery."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mandane
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Watermark: J. Ruse., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 22d, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A bravura air Mandane / [graphic]

7.
A country concert, or, An evenings entertainment in Sussex [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1798]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady (left) sits at a piano, in back view, playing and singing. Beside her is a man playing the cello. Both sing: "Beviamo tutti tie" [sic]. Two men sit side by side, in profile to the left, one playing the violin, the other the flute. A little girl lying on the floor tilts dangerously the chair of the violinist, who watches intently the couple at the piano. A loutish youth in top-boots (right) plays with a dog whose collar is inscribed 'Anne Jon'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Evenings entertainment in Sussex
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Musical instruments: piano -- Cello -- Violin -- Flute -- Furniture: ladderback chairs -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Songs: Beviamo tutti tie -- Children -- Pranks., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 36.4 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 39.7 cm., Watermark: 1794., and Mounted on leaf 67 of volume 9 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843. and Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A country concert, or, An evenings entertainment in Sussex [graphic].

8.
A country concert, or, An evenings entertainment in Sussex [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1798]
Call Number:
798.09.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady (left) sits at a piano, in back view, playing and singing. Beside her is a man playing the cello. Both sing: "Beviamo tutti tie" [sic]. Two men sit side by side, in profile to the left, one playing the violin, the other the flute. A little girl lying on the floor tilts dangerously the chair of the violinist, who watches intently the couple at the piano. A loutish youth in top-boots (right) plays with a dog whose collar is inscribed 'Anne Jon'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Evenings entertainment in Sussex
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Musical instruments: piano -- Cello -- Violin -- Flute -- Furniture: ladderback chairs -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Songs: Beviamo tutti tie -- Children -- Pranks.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843. and Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A country concert, or, An evenings entertainment in Sussex [graphic].

9.
English slavery, or, A picture of the times [graphic].

Creator:
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1788?]
Call Number:
788.04.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A reduced copy probably from a book and resembling the folding plates to the 'Hibernian Magazine'. The groups are arranged from left to right as in British Museum satire no. 7301, but each figure is reversed and the groups are in two rows, one above the other
Alternative Title:
Picture of the times
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication based earlier state. See British Museum catalogue., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, Smith Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, and Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Subject (Topic):
Slavery and Antislavery movements
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > English slavery, or, A picture of the times [graphic].