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1.
A crown piece for 1770 [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.01.00.06
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A crown piece for 1770 [graphic]

2.
A forcible entrance into Leadenhall-Street by Master Billy Declaratory upon a dun'd-ass [graphic].

Creator:
Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 April 1788]
Call Number:
788.04.24.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 24, 1788 by Josa. Baldrey, No. 19 H. Holborn, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Portraits, Impeachment, Taxation, Tax assessment, Justice, Donkeys, Stores & shops, Shutters, Lawyers, and Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A forcible entrance into Leadenhall-Street by Master Billy Declaratory upon a dun'd-ass [graphic].

3.
A late Lord Mayor of London from the marble statue of Mr. Moore lately exhibited in Pall Mall

Published / Created:
[1772]
Call Number:
772.00.00.54
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A late Lord Mayor of London from the marble statue of Mr. Moore lately exhibited in Pall Mall. [graphic]

4.
A list of foreign soldiers in daily pay for England [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1743]
Call Number:
743.00.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Upper image depicts a white horse (representing the House of Hanover) removing a mask and treading on papers called "Trade" and "Liberty." A dialog ribbon is coming out of his mouth with the word "Worms" on it [i.e. Treaty of Worms]. He is surrounded ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673?-1743, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Great Britain., and Hanover, House of.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Armed Forces, and Pay, allowances, etc
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A list of foreign soldiers in daily pay for England [graphic].

5.
A list of foreign soldiers in daily pay for England [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1743]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Upper image depicts a white horse (representing the House of Hanover) removing a mask and treading on papers called "Trade" and "Liberty." A dialog ribbon is coming out of his mouth with the word "Worms" on it [i.e. Treaty of Worms]. He is surrounded ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673?-1743, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Great Britain., and Hanover, House of.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Armed Forces, and Pay, allowances, etc
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A list of foreign soldiers in daily pay for England [graphic].

6.
A nation & her m-n-t-r's [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1820?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An allegorical design. Britannia, holding her shield and a cap of Liberty on a staff, rushes (right to left) with a calm expression to the edge of a cliff, urged on by Wellington and five other Ministers (scarcely characterized). On her right a man s...
Alternative Title:
Nation and her m-n-t-r's and Nation and her ministers
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
John Milleville?
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Helena,
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869., Wilson, Robert, Sir, 1777-1849., Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840., Lowe, Hudson, Sir, 1769-1844., and La Valette, Antoine-Marie Chamans, comte de, 1769-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Cliffs, Shields, Liberty cap, Angels, Justice, Scales, Military officers, and Crowns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A nation & her m-n-t-r's [graphic].

7.
A political fair [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1807]
Call Number:
807.10.01.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octor. 1st, 1807 by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A political fair [graphic]

8.
A political fair [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1807]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.4
Collection Title:
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A crowded fair-ground, with many seen combining realism with a fantastic survey of the international situation. The are spectators and attractions in the foreground, on the ground-level backed by adjacent and competing platforms, all with performers,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octor. 1st, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846., and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character) and Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A political fair [graphic]

9.
A touch on the times [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[29 December 1788]
Call Number:
788.12.29.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince and Britannia stand on each side of the Coronation Chair as in BMSat 7386. Its Gothic carvings are altered to satyrs' heads. On the back of the Chair is a small money-bag inscribed Virtue. The Prince and Britannia stand as before, but the ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 29, 1788, by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A touch on the times [graphic].

10.
A touch on the times [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[29 December 1788]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince and Britannia stand on each side of the Coronation Chair as in BMSat 7386. Its Gothic carvings are altered to satyrs' heads. On the back of the Chair is a small money-bag inscribed Virtue. The Prince and Britannia stand as before, but the ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 29, 1788, by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A touch on the times [graphic].

11.
A trip to Brighton, or, The P- and his reduced household retiring for the summer season [graphic].

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 15th, 1786.
Call Number:
786.07.15.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
P- and his reduced household retiring for the summer season and Prince and his reduced household retiring for the summer season
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs, for the proprietor, by J. Carter, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A trip to Brighton, or, The P- and his reduced household retiring for the summer season [graphic].

12.
A wonderful sight, or, The go-cart [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
762.08.00.06.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Go-cart
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A wonderful sight, or, The go-cart [graphic].

13.
A wonderful sight, or, The go-cart [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Go-cart
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A wonderful sight, or, The go-cart [graphic].

14.
Aeneas in a storm [graphic].

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd pursuant to an act of Parliament, 1737.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A ship, apparently bearing 'Aeneas' (George II) is tossed on a stormy sea. On the shore at right, 'Dido' (the figure of Britannia), points and smiles, above the inscription, "She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Dido,, Aeneas (Legendary character),, and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sailing ships, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Aeneas in a storm [graphic].

15.
All hands to a court martial [graphic].

Published / Created:
April 26, 1745, publish'd according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
745.04.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock and other officers who had been engaged in the fight off Toulon, and who subsequently became subjects of a Court Martial. A street scene, on the left a portico, from which a goup of persons is l...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733, Blake, Robert, 1599-1657, Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751, Lestock, Richard, 1679?-1746, and Norris, John, Sir, 1660?-1749
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Sedan chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > All hands to a court martial [graphic].

16.
An answer to smoak the [Bute] a political, satirical & hieroglyphical dialogue [be]tween [Jockey

Published / Created:
publs'd according to act of Parliament, 1761.
Call Number:
761.01.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Answer to smoke the [Bute]
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An answer to smoak the [Bute] a political, satirical & hieroglyphical dialogue [be]tween [Jockey] Mc(Cloud) and [Britannia]. [graphic]

17.
An antidote by Carr for C-l-d----n impurities experantia docet. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[26 May 1762]
Call Number:
762.05.26.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Antidote by Carr for Caledonian impurities
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Printed & sold at Darly's in Cranbourn Ally, as the act directs Js. P.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Somerset, Robert Carr, Earl of, d. 1645
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An antidote by Carr for C-l-d----n impurities experantia docet. [graphic]

18.
An antidote by Carr for C-l-d----n impurities experantia docet. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[26 May 1762]
Call Number:
762.05.26.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Antidote by Carr for Caledonian impurities
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Printed & sold at Darly's in Cranbourn Ally, as the act directs Js. P.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Somerset, Robert Carr, Earl of, d. 1645
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An antidote by Carr for C-l-d----n impurities experantia docet. [graphic]

19.
An appeal to Britons [graphic]

Published / Created:
[23 August 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature with Britannia and her lion, with the help of 'A Nation's Love', protecting Queen Caroline from the attacks of her accusers in Parliament."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 23, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Britannia (Symbolic character), Lions, Shields, Spears, and Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An appeal to Britons [graphic]

21.
Are these things so [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.54
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire: Britannia, whose spear is broken in her hand, sits on a monumental statue which is placed on a pedestal of "Rotten Stone"; she says: "My leaness my leaness, wo untio me the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, yea the treacherous dea...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Europe
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, and National emblems
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Are these things so [graphic].

23.
Argus [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 7. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
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 etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1780, by W. Renegal [i.e. Field & Tuer]
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:
Lewis Walpole Library > Argus [graphic]

24.
Association, or, Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view [graphic]

Creator:
S., J., printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs 15 Feby 1780.
Call Number:
780.02.15.02+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Several scenes combined in one design. The Associations of various counties to present petitions and form committees to demand reforms are represented in the upper right portion of the plate: A procession of men walks (right to left), their leader ho...
Alternative Title:
Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Danl. Wilson at No. 20 Portugal Street Lincolns Inn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Petitions, and Dragons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Association, or, Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view [graphic]

25.
At the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children in Lambs

Published / Created:
[approximately 24 May 1759]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 72K(d) Box 110
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Coat-of-arms with a naked child, a lamb holding a sprig of thyme as the crest, figures of maternal nature and Britannia as supporters, and the motto "Help"; a landscape beyond, and a rococco frame; below, a ticket for a performance of "a sacred orator...
Alternative Title:
Arms of the Foundling Hospital
Description:
Title from first line of text, below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Foundling Hospital (London, England) and Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Subject (Topic):
Charities, Britannia (Symbolic character), and Coats of arms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children in Lambs Conduit Fields [graphic].

26.
Billy's Babel [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
published May 30th 1791.
Call Number:
791.05.30.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Billy's Babel [graphic].

27.
Bob Cherry, or, Argumentum ad hominem [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.04.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Argumentum ad hominem
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holland, Stephen Fox, Baron, 1745-1774, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Henry Edward, 1755-1811, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bob Cherry, or, Argumentum ad hominem [graphic].

28.
Britania seated in a triumphant car with Neptune, supports a medallion of King Geo. III. Attendant

Creator:
Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 March 1780]
Call Number:
780.03.18.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Allegory, a chariot bearing Neptune and Britannia to right, attended by nymphs and decorated with oval portraits; landscape format"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Britannia seated in a triumphant car with Neptune, supports a medallion of King Geo. III ... and Frontispiece to the fifth volume, engraved for Hervey's Naval History
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published March 18th, 1780, by J. Bew, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Poseidon (Greek deity), and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britania seated in a triumphant car with Neptune, supports a medallion of King Geo. III. Attendant sea nymphs bear portraits of some of the most eminent naval commanders in the glorious war of 1756 [graphic]

29.
Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 May 1782] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 7. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. B...
Alternative Title:
Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic]

30.
Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 May 1782]
Call Number:
782.05.10.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. B...
Alternative Title:
Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

31.
Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 May 1782]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. B...
Alternative Title:
Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

32.
Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis, or, The vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 April 1793]
Call Number:
793.04.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt steers a small boat, 'The Constitution', with a single sail, a Union pennant flying from the mast, through huge waves between a high rock (left) and a whirlpool whose circumference is an inverted crown which merges in the swirling water. He is i...
Alternative Title:
Vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the Rock of Democracy and the Whirlpool of Arbitrary Power
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 8th, 1793 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis, or, The vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the Rock of Democracy and the Whirlpool of Arbitrary-Power [graphic]

33.
Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis, or, The vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 April 1793]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt steers a small boat, 'The Constitution', with a single sail, a Union pennant flying from the mast, through huge waves between a high rock (left) and a whirlpool whose circumference is an inverted crown which merges in the swirling water. He is i...
Alternative Title:
Vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the Rock of Democracy and the Whirlpool of Arbitrary Power
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 8th, 1793 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis, or, The vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the Rock of Democracy and the Whirlpool of Arbitrary-Power [graphic]

34.
Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[20 May 1804]
Call Number:
804.05.20.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

35.
Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[20 May 1804]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

36.
Britannia correcting an unruly boy [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[13 June 1803]
Call Number:
803.06.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Britannia, tall and powerful, holds Napoleon across her knee, and raises a birch rod to thrash his bleeding posterior. She wears Roman draperies, with corslet and plumed helmet. The rod is tied with a ribbon inscribed: 'United Kingdoms'. She says: "T...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 13th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Britannia (Symbolic character), Spanking, Warships, and French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia correcting an unruly boy [graphic]

37.
Britannia in distress [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.02.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty cap, Petitions, Daggers & swords, Axes, Shields, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia in distress [graphic].

38.
Britannia in distress under a tott'ring fabrick with cumberous load [graphic].

Creator:
Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.87.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Britannia in distress under a tottering fabric
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia in distress under a tott'ring fabrick with cumberous load [graphic].

39.
Britannia in fetters [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.08.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 and Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Clergy, Shackles, and Guards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia in fetters [graphic].

40.
Britannia intoxicated, or, The great ones in a bagnio [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1772]
Call Number:
772.05.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A drunken orgy in a room with mirrors on the wall. Britannia, dressed as a courtesan (right), leans back in a chair, dead drunk, in her right. hand is a wine-bottle. One foot rests on her shield. A man standing behind pours over her the contents of a...
Alternative Title:
Great ones in a bagnio
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Intoxication, Courtesans, Drinking vessels, Wine, Bowls (Tableware), and Pickpockets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia intoxicated, or, The great ones in a bagnio [graphic].

41.
Britannia lamenting the fate of her favorite son [graphic].

Published / Created:
[11 April 1810]
Call Number:
810.04.11.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sir Francis Burdett, holding copies of the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights, is arrested by the Speaker of the House of Commons (who calls Britannia a 'blank eyed b-h'). Britannia stands, hands clasped in supplication, her lion by her side. Burdett ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 11th, 1810, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844 and Jones, John Gale, 1769-1838.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia lamenting the fate of her favorite son [graphic].

42.
Britannia mourn! Elegiac verses on the much lamented death of H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte Augusta

Creator:
Keith, Robert William, 1787-1846
Published / Created:
[1817]
Call Number:
File 56 C47 817K+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
notated music and still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published at No. 91, Aldersgate Street
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817 and Léopold |b I, |c King of the Belgians, |d 1790-1865,
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Grief, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia mourn! Elegiac verses on the much lamented death of H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, daughter of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, & consort of His Serene Highness the Prince of Coburg, who departed this life Nov. 6, 1817, in the 22nd year of her age / by the Revd. M. Sibley, and set to music by R.W. Keith

43.
Britannia seated under an oak, amidst the symbols of war, agriculture & the polite arts, receives

Creator:
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1767]
Call Number:
File 646 767 G857
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from first lines of text below image. All engraved.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
General Lying-in Hospital (Lambeth, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Hospitals, and Coats of arms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia seated under an oak, amidst the symbols of war, agriculture & the polite arts, receives from the hand of Minerva the original proposals for the institution of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital by her side stands Charity, who expatiates on the utility of the design & points at a perspective elevation of the hospital; Pendant on the oak is a Tuscan sheild with the arms of Earl Percy who generously patroniz'd the first undertaking, & at the top are placed the arms of the City of Westminster / [graphic]

44.
Britannia's glory [graphic].

Published / Created:
Augt. 1766.
Call Number:
766.07.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
William Pitt,created the Earl of Chatham on 29 July 1766, stands on the prostrate body of Envy alongside the Lord Chancellor Pratt, as they are presented by the figure of Justice to Britannia who receives the peers with pleasure. Minerva overhead hol...
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Williams at No. 36, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778. and Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Minerva (Roman deity), Envy, Justice, Fame, and Seven deadly sins
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia's glory [graphic].

45.
Britannia's support of the conspirators defeated [art original].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[1789]
Call Number:
Drawings R79 no. 14 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 70
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales ..., sword in hand, gallantly protects Britannia against the attack of three conspirators: Pitt raises a headsman's axe in both hands; Grafton, holding a conspirator's lantern, is about to strike her with a dagger; Richmond ... fi...
Description:
Titled by the artist in brown ink below image.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia's support of the conspirators defeated [art original].

46.
Britannias protection, or, Loyalty triumphant [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1800]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George III (right), in court dress, stands majestically, his left elbow resting on a column inscribed Fortitude; his head is turned in profile to the left; Britannia, beside him, raises her spear to threaten Hadfield, who drops his pistol and is drag...
Alternative Title:
Loyalty triumphant
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1800, by R. Akermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Britannias protection, or, Loyalty triumphant [graphic].

47.
British resentment, or, The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg [graphic]

Creator:
June, John, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament 25 Sepbr. 1755. and [printed 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 34. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
French fairly coopt at Louisbourg and French fairly cooped at Louisbourg
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & Jno. Bowles & Son, in Cornhil [sic] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Cannons, Ships, Lions, and Daggers & swords
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > British resentment, or, The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg [graphic]

48.
British resentment, or, The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg [graphic]

Creator:
June, John, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 25 Sepbr. 1755.
Call Number:
755.09.25.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
French fairly coopt at Louisbourg and French fairly cooped at Louisbourg
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Jno. Bowles & Son, in Cornhil [sic]
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > British resentment, or, The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg [graphic]

49.
British resentment, or, The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg [graphic]

Creator:
June, John, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 25 Sepbr. 1755.
Call Number:
755.09.25.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
French fairly coopt at Louisbourg and French fairly cooped at Louisbourg
Description:
Title etched abovce image.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Jno. Bowles & Son, in Cornhil [sic]
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > British resentment, or, The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg [graphic]

50.
Briton's association against the Pope's bulls [graphic].

Published / Created:
Octr. 21, 1745.
Call Number:
745.10.21.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Tweed River (Scotland and England),
Subject (Name):
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758, and Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Neptune, Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, Bulls, Devil, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Briton's association against the Pope's bulls [graphic].

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