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1. [Walpole's salver] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Collins, A. Jefferies (Arthur Jefferies), 1893-1976
- Published / Created:
- [1935?]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents C712 no. 1 Box 100
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Engraving of the 19-inch square-shaped tray, the center exquisitely chased in medallions, representing George I, on his throne, with the figures of Britannia and Justice, the royal arms, a view of the City of London, and allegorical devices, in a richly chased border and shell edge. The tray was created by Paul Jacques de Lamerie (Dutch goldsmith, 1688-1751) and engraved by William Hogarth (English painter and engraver, 1697-1764).
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., A counterproof of the engraving of the Walpole salver by A.J. Collins, plate LXI in Paul de Lamerie, citizen and goldsmith of London / by Philip A. S. Phillips. London : B.T. Batsford, 1935., Original silver salver in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London., "Whenever the Great Seal of England became obsolete, the silver matrix was converted by the holder into a grand piece of plate engraved with the design of the seal. The Walpole Salver was made by Paul de Lamerie in 1728/9 from the seal matrix rendered obsolete by the death of George I in the previous year. There is no documentary evidence that Hogarth was responsible for the engraving, but the attribution on stylistic grounds has not been disputed."--British Museum online catalogue., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Coats of arms, Britannia (Symbolic character), and Trays
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Walpole's salver] [graphic].
2. [The state of the nation] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.07.01.02 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue, Temporary local subject terms: Toppling buildings -- Staff of Liberty -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Allusion to many politicians of the day -- Allusion to Gustavus III, King of Sweden., Watermark: fleur-de-lis with initials G R below., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs July 1, by J. Wjsen [sic] Walbrooke
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Columns, Liberty cap, Rats, Emblems, Shields, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The state of the nation] [graphic].
3. [The state ballance, or, Political see-saw] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 762.05.00.12
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- State balance and Political see-saw
- Description:
- Title from from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '2' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: Great people, like small ones, will have their sport and [the] diffrence is triffling 'twixt city & court ..., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: See-saw -- Buildings: Windsor Castle -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute)., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
- 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, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The state ballance, or, Political see-saw] [graphic].
4. [Seal of Marine Society] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 39-40 Box 4
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Circular design; in the center a sitting Britannia is shown holding the hand of a young sailor whose other hand holds a hat. Britannia's spear rests against her shoulder, and her shield rests against the pedestal on which she sits. A cannon lies by the feet of the sailor, and two ships are visible on the water in the background. The words "Marine Society institvted MDCCLXV" are inscribed along the inner edge of the top part of the circle, and within the bottom part of the circle is the inscription "Incorporated MDCCLXXII."
- Description:
- Title from local catalog card., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the inclusion in the design of the Marine Society's 1772 incorporation date., Formerly laid in with one other drawing at page 121 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with two other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Name):
- Marine Society (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Seal of Marine Society] [art original].
5. [Satirical medal of Oliver Cromwell] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A silver medal from Holland, with satirical images of Oliver Cromwell. On the obverse is a bust of Oliver Cromwell, crowned with laurel leaves and in armor; on the reverse, Cromwell kneels in the lap of Britannia, with his breeches down, as the French and Spanish ambassadors in the background argue over who shall kiss first. Formerly housed in the Library at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satirical medal of Oliver Cromwell] [art original].
6. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Copy of William Hogarth's satire on the "bad taste of the town", with different verses engraved below. The image is of a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Ben John[son]; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Text and image on one plate., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Long has the stage productive been, Of offsprings it could brag on, But never 'till this age was seen, A wind-mill and a dragon. O Congreve, lay they pen aside, Shakespear, thy works disown, Since monsters grim, * nought beside. Can please this senseless town., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. No. 1742 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Copy of Hogarth print. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 44., On page 26 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Copy., and Lengthy ms. note in Steevens's hand to the right of print describing how the print was pirated very soon after its publication.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748, Senesino, -1759?, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic].
7. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Ben John[son]; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, and date from Paulson., "Price 1 shilling"--Before date, centered on lower edge., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Could new dumb Faustus, to reform the age, Conjure up Shakespear's or Ben Johnson's ghost, they'd blush for shame, to see the English stage Debauch'd by fool'ries, at so great a cost. What would their Manes say? should they behold Monsters and masquerades, where usefull plays Adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old, And rival wits contended for the bays., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 26 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Senesino, -1759?,, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
8. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Pasquin No. XCV"; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Text and image from two plates., "Price 1 shilling"--Before date, centered on lower edge., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Could new dumb Faustus, to reform the age, Conjure up Shakespear's or Ben Johnson's ghost, they'd blush for shame, to see the English stage Debauch'd by fool'ries, at so great a cost. What would their Manes say? should they behold Monsters and masquerades, where usefull plays Adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old, And rival wits contended for the bays., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 26 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748, Senesino, -1759?, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
9. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1724]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 72K(f) Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Ben John[son]; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, and date from Paulson., "Price 1 shilling"--Before date, centered on lower edge., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Could new dumb Faustus, to reform the age, Conjure up Shakespear's or Ben Johnson's ghost, they'd blush for shame, to see the English stage Debauch'd by fool'ries, at so great a cost. What would their Manes say? should they behold Monsters and masquerades, where usefull plays Adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old, And rival wits contended for the bays., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Plate with text lacking; top plate with image only. Sheet 13.4 x 18.2 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Senesino, -1759?,, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
10. [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament May 7, 1761.
- Call Number:
- 49 3885.2 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Before title page. Catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, models, drawings, prints, &c. / exhibited
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the Society of Artists, at their first exhibition in Spring Gardens; Britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of George III in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI.'; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'Architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'Painting'; the tree 'Sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Et spes & ratio studiorum in Caesare tantum. Juv
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., State with quotation from Juvenal etched below image, and the citation "Just." corrected to "Juv."., and Bound in before title page of: A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, models, drawings, prints, &c. / exhibited by the Society of Artists of Great-Britain at the Great Room in Spring-Garden, Charing-Cross, May the 9th, 1761 ... (no. 3 in Horace Walpole's bound collection of catalogues).
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Art
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
11. [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament May 7, 1761.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Before title page. Catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, models, drawings, prints, &c. / exhibited
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the Society of Artists, at their first exhibition in Spring Gardens; Britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of George III in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI.'; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'Architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'Painting'; the tree 'Sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Et spes & ratio studiorum in Caesare tantum. Juv
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., State with quotation from Juvenal etched below image, and the citation "Just." corrected to "Juv."., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 20.3 x 15.9 cm, on sheet 21.9 x 16.4 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., Plate 67 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works., and With contemporary annotation in ink at bottom of sheet: Frontispiece to Catalogue of Pictures &c. at Exhibition of Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manusfacturers & Commerce, 1761.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Art
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
12. [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament May 7 1761.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the Society of Artists, at their first exhibition in Spring Gardens; Britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of George III in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI.'; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'Architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'Painting'; the tree 'Sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., Quote from Juvenal etched below image: Et spes & ratio studiorum in Caesare tantum. Juv., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's Bbook, 3d edit. p. 373., and On page 188 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 19.3 x 14.1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Art
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
13. [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament May 7 1761.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the Society of Artists, at their first exhibition in Spring Gardens; Britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of George III in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI.'; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'Architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'Painting'; the tree 'Sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., State without quotation from Juvenal etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 373., and On page 188 in volume 2.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Art
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
14. [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament May 7 1761.
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 76K(d) Box 120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the Society of Artists, at their first exhibition in Spring Gardens; Britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of George III in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI.'; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'Architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'Painting'; the tree 'Sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., Quote from Juvenal etched below image: Et spes & ratio studiorum in Caesare tantum. Juv., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Art
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
15. [Frontispiece to Beauties and deformities of Fox, North, and Burke] [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [16 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.16.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the foreground, Charles Fox puts a chain around the British Lion's neck while Lord North ties a blindfold around the animal's head. Standing next to North is Burke who holds the ends of the chain attached to a large padlock. In the background, a female figure of Britannia holds William Pitt by the hand in an attempt to lead him forward
- Description:
- Title, statement of responsibility and publication date supplied by cataloger based on entry in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within the plate mark resulting in loss of imprint.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Lions, Blindfolds, and Chains
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Beauties and deformities of Fox, North, and Burke] [graphic]
16. Wonders wonders wonders & wonders dedicated to the wonderfull wonderfull wonderer. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [9 November 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.11.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Five pairs of implacable enemies are shown in the act of reconciliation. Britannia and America clasp hands on the left; behind them the Duke of Richmond takes the hand of Parson Bate ; in the center foreground Fox (with a fox's head) brings together Shelburne and Lord Denbigh, the latter having the body of a dog; behind them are Sir Hugh Palliser and Admiral Keppel, and on the far right John Wilkes and George III shake hands
- Alternative Title:
- Wonders wonders wonders and wonders
- Description:
- Title from item. and See no. 6162 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 for another print with the same title, on a similar theme.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 9, 1782 by I. Langham print coulerer No. 84 Dorset Street Salisbury Court Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Denbigh, Basil Fielding, Earl of, 1719-1800, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824 (Henry Bate),, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Shaking hands, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wonders wonders wonders & wonders dedicated to the wonderfull wonderfull wonderer. [graphic]
17. Westminster election. 1780 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [25 September 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.09.25.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three candidates for Westminster election are shown under the portico of St. Paul's, from left, Admiral Rodney, accompanied by the figure of Neptune, sword in his right hand, announcement of victory over the Spanish fleet at Gibraltar in his left; Charles James Fox, holding in his left hand an open book inscribed "Magna Charta" and accompanied by the figure of Britannia petting a fox seated in her lap; Lord Lincoln, who lost the election, with a devil hovering above him. He is holding a scroll inscribed with the number of purchased votes and acknowledgement of bringing the news of the capture of Charleston. Below the portico the poll-clerks sit behind a long table, their books on top. Fox's supporters are gathered to the right and can be distinguished by fox's tails in their hats. A band of butchers plays in the foreground. More tails are offered for sale at the stand to the far right. A man carries a stuffed fox on a pole, placarded "4878 Reynard for ever." Next to him is a barrel of beer
- Description:
- Title from item. and Variant of no. 5699 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the Act directs Sept. 25, 1780, by P. Mitchell, North Audly Stt. Grosr. Sqr. & J. Harris, Sweething Alley, Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1752-1795, and Neptune (Roman deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Demons, Political elections, Crowds, Foxes, and Butchers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Westminster election. 1780 [graphic]
18. Vice triumphant over virtue, or, Britannia hard rode [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1771]
- Call Number:
- 771.07.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Britannia hard rode
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., Dated in British Museum catalogue: 1 August 1771., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 7 (1771), p. 29., Temporary local subject terms: Hibernia (Symbolic character) -- Secret influence -- Sport: cricket bat., and Lower corners cut off diagonally.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Hercules, Britannia (Symbolic character), Harps, and Volcanoes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vice triumphant over virtue, or, Britannia hard rode [graphic].
19. Two new sliders for the state magic lanthern [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A series of ten images showing the rise and fall of the Fox-North Coalition. In the first image, Charles Fox, shown as a fox, speaks to the crowd in front of the Covent Garden Church. In the second one, Lord North, the 'country gentleman' leading sheep on strings, makes an agreement with Fox, who leads the 'Wes[tminste]r geese' on strings. The third image shows Fox speaking to a crowd in a rotunda, while in the fourth one he is stoking a fire around a pole topped with the liberty cap and the India charter suspended from it. In the fifth image, North and Fox, sharing one coat, stand on a plinth signed, "Power." The sixth image shows Fox ascending in an air balloon while the next one shows him falling head-down into a "pitt." In the eighth image, the two politicians are being rejected by the figure of Britannia, who refuses to look at them, instead pointing to the gallows in the background. This condemnation results in their execution, together with Burke, in the ninth image. In the tenth image, all three are shown as well-known mythological sinners in Hades; Burke submerged up to his neck as Tantalus, Fox stretched on a wheel as Iion, and North as Sisyphus pushing a large boulder
- Alternative Title:
- Two new sliders for the state magic lantern
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 23.7 x 33.1 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 37.3 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 24 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 29th Decr. 1783 by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Foxes, Public speaking, Balloons (Aircraft), Gallows, and Hell
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Two new sliders for the state magic lanthern [graphic].
20. Two new sliders for the state magic lanthern [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.12.29.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A series of ten images showing the rise and fall of the Fox-North Coalition. In the first image, Charles Fox, shown as a fox, speaks to the crowd in front of the Covent Garden Church. In the second one, Lord North, the 'country gentleman' leading sheep on strings, makes an agreement with Fox, who leads the 'Wes[tminste]r geese' on strings. The third image shows Fox speaking to a crowd in a rotunda, while in the fourth one he is stoking a fire around a pole topped with the liberty cap and the India charter suspended from it. In the fifth image, North and Fox, sharing one coat, stand on a plinth signed, "Power." The sixth image shows Fox ascending in an air balloon while the next one shows him falling head-down into a "pitt." In the eighth image, the two politicians are being rejected by the figure of Britannia, who refuses to look at them, instead pointing to the gallows in the background. This condemnation results in their execution, together with Burke, in the ninth image. In the tenth image, all three are shown as well-known mythological sinners in Hades; Burke submerged up to his neck as Tantalus, Fox stretched on a wheel as Iion, and North as Sisyphus pushing a large boulder
- Alternative Title:
- Two new sliders for the state magic lantern
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 29th Decr. 1783 by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Foxes, Public speaking, Balloons (Aircraft), Gallows, and Hell
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two new sliders for the state magic lanthern [graphic].
21. Touch it again and be hang'd [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1758]
- Call Number:
- 758.00.00.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Touch it again and be hanged
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '86' in upper left corner., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of text below image: Advertisement. To be sold by auction all the various looms & utensils ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Copy in reverse of No. 3674 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Justice -- Figure of Commerce -- Figure of Wool Trade -- Frenchmen -- Reference to Britanny.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Touch it again and be hang'd [graphic].
22. Touch it again and be hang'd [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1758]
- Call Number:
- 758.00.00.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Touch it again and be hanged
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '86' in upper left corner., Plate from: A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1758 and 1759., Three lines of text below image: Advertisement. To be sold by auction all the various looms & utensils ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Figure of Justice -- Figure of Commerce -- Figure of Wool Trade.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Touch it again and be hang'd [graphic].
23. To the memory of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales & Saxe-Cobourg : who died Novr. 6th, 1817
- Creator:
- Thompson, J., author
- Published / Created:
- [1817]
- Call Number:
- File 56 C47 817T
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Title from caption above poem., Engraved card printed within black mourning border, illustrated above title with an image of a mourning Britannia and British Lion in front of Princess Charlotte's tomb, which is located under a weeping willow and is adorned with her portrait and topped with an urn. Sixteen lines of verse are engraved at the bottom, signed "J. Thompson"., All engraved., First line of verse beneath title: Cease, ye minstrels! all be mute ..., Possibly Samuel Rothwell, but this address not listed in British Book Trade Index?, and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Published by S. Rothwell, 3 Hatfield St., Blackfriars Road
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Grief
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To the memory of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales & Saxe-Cobourg : who died Novr. 6th, 1817
24. Thoughts on a regicide peace [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14 Octor. 1796.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 78. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke lies back asleep, but scowling, in profile to the left, his arms folded in an arm-chair whose seat is inscribed 'Otium cum Dignit[ate]'. The top of his head is on fire, and the smoke rising from it forms the base of the upper and larger part of the design. Immediately above his head: 'This royal Throne of Kings, this sceptred Isle This Earth of Majesty, this seat of Mars This fortress built by Nature for herself Against Infection and the hand of War This Nurse, this teeming Womb of royal Kings This England that was wont to conquer others Will make a shameful Conquest of itself Shakespeare'. The British lion stands as if supported on these lines; from his angry mouth issue the words: "I protest against Peace with a Regicide Directory Went: Fitzw." Their background is a rectangular altar, wreathed with oak leaves which forms a centre to the upper part of the design. It supports a scroll: 'Naval \ Victories \ East India \ Conquests \ &ca &ca.' Against its base is a scroll headed 'Basle' and signed 'Wyckham', the intermediate (illegible) text being scored through. Above the altar flies a dove, an olive-branch in its mouth, clutching a sealed 'Passport'. Behind and above the lion Britannia stands in back view, her discarded spear and shield beside her; she plays a fiddle, intent on a large music score: 'A new Opera \ Il Trattato \ di Pace \ Overture \ Rule Britan[nia scored through and replaced by] \ Ca Ira \ God save ye King [scored through and replaced by] The Marsellois Hymn.' The apex of the design is an Austrian grenadier, his cap decorated with the Habsburg eagle, playing a flute with melancholy fervour: 'To Arms to Arms my valiant Grenadiers.' On the left of the altar and facing Britannia and the lion stands a sansculotte, standing on a large map, one foot planted on 'Britain', the other on '[I]reland'. In his right hand is a pike bearing the head of Louis XVI (see British Museum Satires No. 8297, &c), in his left a large key labelled 'Belgium' and attached by a chain to his belt, in which is a dagger; his coat-pocket is inscribed 'Forced Loan'. He says: "I will retain what I have got and treat with you on fair Terms for what you have got". Behind him and on the extreme left stands a creature symbolizing the Dutch Republic, linked to the sansculotte by a chain round its spinal cord. It has the head of a frog wearing a bonnet-rouge, thin, spidery arms akimbo, the ribs, &c. of a skeleton (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8848), baggy breeches, and shrunken legs. It smokes a pipe with an expression of resigned despair."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Two lines of text following title: Frontispiece to a pamphlet which will never be [four words scored through but conspicuously legible] published. "He shall never accuse me of being the author of a peace with regicide." Vide Mr. Burke's letter to a noble lord., Temporary local subject terms: Regicide peace -- Reference to Malmesbury's peace mission, 1796 -- Military: Austrian grenadier -- Dutchmen -- Reference to the French occupation of the Dutch Republic -- British Lion -- Furniture: Armchairs -- Dreams -- Music: c̦a ira -- La marseillaise -- Literature: Quote from W. Shakespeare's King Richard II, ii.1., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 37.7 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 39.9 x 28.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 78 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Sansculottes, Dreaming, Musical instruments, Lions, Doves, Altars, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Thoughts on a regicide peace [graphic]
25. Thoughts on a regicide peace [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14 Octor. 1796.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 78. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke lies back asleep, but scowling, in profile to the left, his arms folded in an arm-chair whose seat is inscribed 'Otium cum Dignit[ate]'. The top of his head is on fire, and the smoke rising from it forms the base of the upper and larger part of the design. Immediately above his head: 'This royal Throne of Kings, this sceptred Isle This Earth of Majesty, this seat of Mars This fortress built by Nature for herself Against Infection and the hand of War This Nurse, this teeming Womb of royal Kings This England that was wont to conquer others Will make a shameful Conquest of itself Shakespeare'. The British lion stands as if supported on these lines; from his angry mouth issue the words: "I protest against Peace with a Regicide Directory Went: Fitzw." Their background is a rectangular altar, wreathed with oak leaves which forms a centre to the upper part of the design. It supports a scroll: 'Naval \ Victories \ East India \ Conquests \ &ca &ca.' Against its base is a scroll headed 'Basle' and signed 'Wyckham', the intermediate (illegible) text being scored through. Above the altar flies a dove, an olive-branch in its mouth, clutching a sealed 'Passport'. Behind and above the lion Britannia stands in back view, her discarded spear and shield beside her; she plays a fiddle, intent on a large music score: 'A new Opera \ Il Trattato \ di Pace \ Overture \ Rule Britan[nia scored through and replaced by] \ Ca Ira \ God save ye King [scored through and replaced by] The Marsellois Hymn.' The apex of the design is an Austrian grenadier, his cap decorated with the Habsburg eagle, playing a flute with melancholy fervour: 'To Arms to Arms my valiant Grenadiers.' On the left of the altar and facing Britannia and the lion stands a sansculotte, standing on a large map, one foot planted on 'Britain', the other on '[I]reland'. In his right hand is a pike bearing the head of Louis XVI (see British Museum Satires No. 8297, &c), in his left a large key labelled 'Belgium' and attached by a chain to his belt, in which is a dagger; his coat-pocket is inscribed 'Forced Loan'. He says: "I will retain what I have got and treat with you on fair Terms for what you have got". Behind him and on the extreme left stands a creature symbolizing the Dutch Republic, linked to the sansculotte by a chain round its spinal cord. It has the head of a frog wearing a bonnet-rouge, thin, spidery arms akimbo, the ribs, &c. of a skeleton (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8848), baggy breeches, and shrunken legs. It smokes a pipe with an expression of resigned despair."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Two lines of text following title: Frontispiece to a pamphlet which will never be [four words scored through but conspicuously legible] published. "He shall never accuse me of being the author of a peace with regicide." Vide Mr. Burke's letter to a noble lord., Temporary local subject terms: Regicide peace -- Reference to Malmesbury's peace mission, 1796 -- Military: Austrian grenadier -- Dutchmen -- Reference to the French occupation of the Dutch Republic -- British Lion -- Furniture: Armchairs -- Dreams -- Music: c̦a ira -- La marseillaise -- Literature: Quote from W. Shakespeare's King Richard II, ii.1., and Mounted on page 97.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Sansculottes, Dreaming, Musical instruments, Lions, Doves, Altars, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Thoughts on a regicide peace [graphic]
26. Thoughts on a regicide peace [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14 Octor. 1796.
- Call Number:
- 796.10.14.01+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 78. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Burke lies back asleep, but scowling, in profile to the left, his arms folded in an arm-chair whose seat is inscribed 'Otium cum Dignit[ate]'. The top of his head is on fire, and the smoke rising from it forms the base of the upper and larger part of the design. Immediately above his head: 'This royal Throne of Kings, this sceptred Isle This Earth of Majesty, this seat of Mars This fortress built by Nature for herself Against Infection and the hand of War This Nurse, this teeming Womb of royal Kings This England that was wont to conquer others Will make a shameful Conquest of itself Shakespeare'. The British lion stands as if supported on these lines; from his angry mouth issue the words: "I protest against Peace with a Regicide Directory Went: Fitzw." Their background is a rectangular altar, wreathed with oak leaves which forms a centre to the upper part of the design. It supports a scroll: 'Naval \ Victories \ East India \ Conquests \ &ca &ca.' Against its base is a scroll headed 'Basle' and signed 'Wyckham', the intermediate (illegible) text being scored through. Above the altar flies a dove, an olive-branch in its mouth, clutching a sealed 'Passport'. Behind and above the lion Britannia stands in back view, her discarded spear and shield beside her; she plays a fiddle, intent on a large music score: 'A new Opera \ Il Trattato \ di Pace \ Overture \ Rule Britan[nia scored through and replaced by] \ Ca Ira \ God save ye King [scored through and replaced by] The Marsellois Hymn.' The apex of the design is an Austrian grenadier, his cap decorated with the Habsburg eagle, playing a flute with melancholy fervour: 'To Arms to Arms my valiant Grenadiers.' On the left of the altar and facing Britannia and the lion stands a sansculotte, standing on a large map, one foot planted on 'Britain', the other on '[I]reland'. In his right hand is a pike bearing the head of Louis XVI (see British Museum Satires No. 8297, &c), in his left a large key labelled 'Belgium' and attached by a chain to his belt, in which is a dagger; his coat-pocket is inscribed 'Forced Loan'. He says: "I will retain what I have got and treat with you on fair Terms for what you have got". Behind him and on the extreme left stands a creature symbolizing the Dutch Republic, linked to the sansculotte by a chain round its spinal cord. It has the head of a frog wearing a bonnet-rouge, thin, spidery arms akimbo, the ribs, &c. of a skeleton (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8848), baggy breeches, and shrunken legs. It smokes a pipe with an expression of resigned despair."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Two lines of text following title: Frontispiece to a pamphlet which will never be [four words scored through but conspicuously legible] published. "He shall never accuse me of being the author of a peace with regicide." Vide Mr. Burke's letter to a noble lord., Temporary local subject terms: Regicide peace -- Reference to Malmesbury's peace mission, 1796 -- Military: Austrian grenadier -- Dutchmen -- Reference to the French occupation of the Dutch Republic -- British Lion -- Furniture: Armchairs -- Dreams -- Music: c̦a ira -- La marseillaise -- Literature: Quote from W. Shakespeare's King Richard II, ii.1., and Mounted to 49 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Sansculottes, Dreaming, Musical instruments, Lions, Doves, Altars, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Thoughts on a regicide peace [graphic]
27. The wire master and his puppets [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1767]
- Call Number:
- 767.10.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the original from which this copy was made., Four lines of verse below image: The puppets blindly led away, / Are made to act for ends unknown ..., Reversed copy of No. 4230 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Puppets -- Puppeteers -- Theater: stage -- Devil -- Audiences.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wire master and his puppets [graphic].
28. The wire master and his puppets [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1767]
- Call Number:
- 767.10.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Four lines of verse below image: The puppets blindly led away, are made to act for ends unknown ..., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 1 (1767)., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Puppets -- Puppeteers -- Theater: stage -- Theater curtain -- Devil -- Audiences -- Wigs: bag wig.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wire master and his puppets [graphic].
29. The whipping post [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 762.00.00.11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Two lines of verse below image: Mac with a thistle turned Jack Ketch, makes poor Britannia shew her breech., First state, without jack boot and Magna Charta in the image, of no. 3945 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: Punishments: whipping -- British Lion -- Emblems: thistle (Scotland) -- Executioners: reference to Jack Ketch, d. 1686., and Mounted to 25 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- 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 > The whipping post [graphic].
30. The waistcoat [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1768?]
- Call Number:
- 768.02.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Two lines of quote below image: -- yet be not sad, good brothers / For to speak the truth it very well becomes you. Shakespeare., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p.66., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: truck -- Pcitures amplifying subject -- Ministries: Grafton Administration -- Male dress: waistcoats -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence -- Punishment: birch rod -- Edward Bright, 1721-1750., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, De Grey, William, Baron Walsingham, 1719-1781, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Willes, Edward, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The waistcoat [graphic].
31. The true state of the junction, or, Men of abilities call'd for [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.05.20.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right, William Petty, Lord Shelburne, attacks Britannia pulling on her hair and petticoat while pushing her to the ground. She leans on her shield; her broken spear lies next to it. William Pitt, who stands behind her with his arms folded on his chest, looks down at her indifferently. On the left, Charles Fox, taking Lord North's hand in his, points to the distressed Britannia with an entreaty to join their forces in her defense and "Fox and North stand together in consultation (left). Fox, holding the right hand of North who stands on his right, points with his left hand towards Britannia (right), who has been thrown to the ground, and is being maltreated by Shelburne. Her shield and broken spear lie beside her. Shelburne has seized her by the hair and is tearing off her upper garments; he smiles saying, "I smile at the feeble efforts of them single". Britannia looking towards Fox and North cries, "Help! tis only your united strength can save me". Pitt, young and slim, stands beside Britannia, his arms folded, looking down at her and saying "I see her danger, yet, better she should perish than I join the Man I hate". Fox is saying to North, "Forgetting our former disputes Quick! let us join to save her". In the foreground lies a large scroll, inscribed, "BRITANIA rescue'd from the wicked designs of an artfull------", the last word hidden by a curl of the scroll."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Men of abilities call'd for and Men of abilities called for
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 20th, 1783, by I. Freeman, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The true state of the junction, or, Men of abilities call'd for [graphic].
32. The triumph of Britannia from the original painting at Vauxhall, painted by Mr. Franc Hayman, in the collection of Jonathan Tyers, Esqr., lover and encourager of the arts, to whom this plate is dedicated by his most obliged and most humble servant / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- January 1st 1765.
- Call Number:
- Portraits H392 no. 1++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Allegory of Britain's naval victory, with Neptune driving the Chariot of Britannia, while nymphs riding on fish alongside carry portrait medallions of, from left to right: Pocock, Bosc[a]wen, Hawke, Saunders, Keppel and Howe; ships at battle in the background at right, representing the defeat of the French fleet by Sir Edward Hawke, November 20th. 1759."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below the title: "N.B. In the back Ground is represented the defeat of the French Fleet by Sr. Edw. Hawke, Nov. 20th 1759" and "Size of the Picture 12 F. by 15 F. in Length.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to sheet: 473 x 666 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
- Subject (Name):
- Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Saunders, Charles, Sir, 1713?-1775, Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, and Pocock, George, Sir, 1706-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The triumph of Britannia from the original painting at Vauxhall, painted by Mr. Franc Hayman, in the collection of Jonathan Tyers, Esqr., lover and encourager of the arts, to whom this plate is dedicated by his most obliged and most humble servant / [graphic]
33. The triple post [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 762.00.00.15
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publisher from the book for which this plate was engraved., Reduced copy of the Darly print (see Stephens)., Plate numbered '11' in upper right corner., One line of text below image: See Fox and goose and [?] to Boot, may Tyburn always bear such fruit., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison. [5th ed.] [London, 1763], Temporary local subject terms: Executions: Tyburn 'tree'., and Mounted to 27 x 35 cm.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The triple post [graphic].
34. The triple compact, or, Britanias ruin [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 762.12.07.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Britanias ruin and Britannia's ruin
- Description:
- Title from caption etched at top of image., Reduced and reversed copy of: The triple compact, or, Brittannias ruin. See Stephens., Plate numbered '1' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison : consisting of the most humorous satirical political prints, for the year 1762. ... [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller ..., [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Dutchmen -- Spaniards., and Mounted to 31 x 33 cm.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The triple compact, or, Britanias ruin [graphic].
35. The times, or, 1768 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd June 8, 1768, as the act directs.
- Call Number:
- 768.06.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- 1768
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top resulting in partial loss of title., Following imprint: Price 6d., Four columns of verse below image: Behold corruption openly profest , the Venal Lawyer ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: anchor -- Paintings amplifying subject: portrait of Edward II -- Reference to William Allen, d. 1768 -- Mythology: alllusion to King Midas -- Personifications: Equity -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Emblems: sword of Justice -- Emblems: shield of integrity., Mounted to 33 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330, and King's Bench Prison (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Embelms, Demons, National emblems, English, Scottish, Pulpits, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The times, or, 1768 [graphic].
36. The times [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [December 1788]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "In the centre of the design is the Coronation Chair (in Westminster Abbey), raised on four steps. Britannia on the right of the Chair takes the hand of the Prince of Wales, who is on the left, to lead him up to it; each rests a foot on the lowest step, inscribed 'Voice of the People'. The other steps are 'Public Safety', 'Patriotism', 'Virtue'. Britannia points with her left hand at Pitt and three maniacal and screaming Furies on the right whom she is putting to flight. She says: "I have been long deceiv'd by Hypocrisy but have at last discovered an Intention of sacrifising the rights of my people to satisfy a private ambition". Pitt, fleeing terror-struck, turns his head to say: A long farewell to all my greatness. From his pocket protrude papers inscribed 'Shop Tax' and Commutation. The Furies are half-naked hags with writhing serpents for hair; one, whose belt is inscribed 'Falshood', holds in one hand serpents, in the other a flaming torch inscribed 'Rebellion'; 'Envy' tears her hair, shrieking. The British lion, beside Pitt, looks from behind Britannia's shield at his mistress, roaring angrily. The Prince is being ushered to the throne by 'Liberty' and Justice, who are pretty young women carrying their accustomed symbols. Commerce reclines on the extreme left, leaning on a bale inscribed 'Commerce', and looking admiringly up at her two companions. The Lord Mayor, followed by other citizens, advances from the left, carrying the mace; the arms of the City decorate his gown. He says: "Whilst we mourn the occasion we must feel ourselves happy in reflecting that we are blessed by a Prince whose wisdom will protect our liberties, whose Virtues will afford stability to Empire". The background is a wall with Gothic mouldings and windows. A crown is suspended above the Chair."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue; a questionable date of 1783 is given by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 30.9 x 43.5 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 22 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The times [graphic].
37. The times [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [December 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.12.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "In the centre of the design is the Coronation Chair (in Westminster Abbey), raised on four steps. Britannia on the right of the Chair takes the hand of the Prince of Wales, who is on the left, to lead him up to it; each rests a foot on the lowest step, inscribed 'Voice of the People'. The other steps are 'Public Safety', 'Patriotism', 'Virtue'. Britannia points with her left hand at Pitt and three maniacal and screaming Furies on the right whom she is putting to flight. She says: "I have been long deceiv'd by Hypocrisy but have at last discovered an Intention of sacrifising the rights of my people to satisfy a private ambition". Pitt, fleeing terror-struck, turns his head to say: A long farewell to all my greatness. From his pocket protrude papers inscribed 'Shop Tax' and Commutation. The Furies are half-naked hags with writhing serpents for hair; one, whose belt is inscribed 'Falshood', holds in one hand serpents, in the other a flaming torch inscribed 'Rebellion'; 'Envy' tears her hair, shrieking. The British lion, beside Pitt, looks from behind Britannia's shield at his mistress, roaring angrily. The Prince is being ushered to the throne by 'Liberty' and Justice, who are pretty young women carrying their accustomed symbols. Commerce reclines on the extreme left, leaning on a bale inscribed 'Commerce', and looking admiringly up at her two companions. The Lord Mayor, followed by other citizens, advances from the left, carrying the mace; the arms of the City decorate his gown. He says: "Whilst we mourn the occasion we must feel ourselves happy in reflecting that we are blessed by a Prince whose wisdom will protect our liberties, whose Virtues will afford stability to Empire". The background is a wall with Gothic mouldings and windows. A crown is suspended above the Chair."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue; a questionable date of 1783 is given by Grego., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The times [graphic].
38. The temple and pitt [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publisd. according to act 1757.
- Call Number:
- 757.00.00.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Temple and pit
- Description:
- Title from caption etched at top of image., Mary Darly located at the Golden Acorn on this date., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: the white horse of Hanover -- British Lion -- Buildings: temple -- Flags: map of Germany as a flag., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- To be had at the Golden Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Barnard, John, Sir, 1685-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character) and Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The temple and pitt [graphic].
39. The stool of repentance; the scorn of the world!! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [10 January 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows personifications of Europe, Africa, America, and Asia pointing their fingers at a blushing Britannia paying penance for corruption atop a stool of repentence along with Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; King George IV; Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool; Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh); Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. A crowd of mostly women is gathered under the stool, some with glasses and bowls and "Political caricature on the Royal Divorce: George IV and Caroline sit with the cabinet on a stool, mocked by the four Continents, while Britannia blushes; below a waterfall of Corruption falls to pollute Westminster."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman 1820., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 40 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Wellington," "Q. Caroline," "Geo. IV," "Sidmouth," and "Londondery [sic]" identified in ink within image.
- Publisher:
- Published Jany. 10, 1821, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Westminster Palace (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Symbols, Corruption, Punishment devices, Punishment & torture, Politicians, Embarassment, Bowls (Tableware), and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The stool of repentance; the scorn of the world!! [graphic].
40. The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 10 Dec. 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.12.10.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Place of publication from British Museum catalogue, which identifies the publisher as J. Jones of 103 Wardour Street, Soho., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by I. Jones
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, America., United States, and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic].
41. The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 10 Dec. 1781.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Place of publication from British Museum catalogue, which identifies the publisher as J. Jones of 103 Wardour Street, Soho., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17.7 x 16.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark; bottom edge of sheet mutilated with partial loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 1 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by I. Jones
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, America., United States, and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic].
42. The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 10 Dec. 1781.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Place of publication from British Museum catalogue, which identifies the publisher as J. Jones of 103 Wardour Street, Soho., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 20.4 x 16.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge., and Formerly mounted on leaf 15 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by I. Jones
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, America., United States, and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic].
43. The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 10 Dec. 1781. and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 12. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A circular design. George III (or Lord North) asleep on a sofa. He is in profile to the left, his head falling forwards, his right arm resting on the back of the sofa, his right leg extended on the sofa, his left leg on the ground. Behind the sofa stand two figures: Britannia (left) holding the cap of liberty on its staff, while her right hand rests on the back of the sofa. An oval medallion ornamented with a St. George's cross hangs from her wrist, probably respresenting the arms of the City of London. She says "Am I thus Protected?" A small man leans on the back of the sofa saying "Hollo Neighbour! what are you asleep"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- State watchman discovered by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike, with erroneous signature "J. Gillray fecit" added below image in lower right. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5856 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 105., and On leaf 12 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by I. Jones and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, America., United States, and England
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonies, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sleeping, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The state watchman discover'd by the genius of Britain studying plans for the reduction of America [graphic]
44. The sleepy shepherd [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1769]
- Call Number:
- 769.12.00.04 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 3 (1769), p. 280., and Temporary local subject terms: Thrones -- Treasury -- Tools: pickaxes -- Magna Charta -- Bill of Rights -- Prerogative -- Liberty of the press -- Bags of money -- Animals: wolf-- Ape -- Witches -- Brooms -- Bags of money -- Emblems: trumpet from heaven -- Devil -- Boats.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The sleepy shepherd [graphic]
45. The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 16th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.02.16.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- In the foreground (left) a party of ministers is carousing. Members of the Opposition watch them with indignation. In the distance (left) behind them mounted men with hounds chase a stag. On the right the Temple of Fame is being demolished by the enemies of Britain. Many of the figures have numbers referring to notes engraved beneath the design. The central figure in the ministerial group is (4) Sandwich ("S--h") seated on the ground playing a violin, between two courtesans, each of whom holds a goblet of wine. He turns to one of them, saying, "D--mn the Navy, Give me t'ther Glee"; she holds a torn paper inscribed "How merrily we live". An open book, "Catchs Glees", in front of him, is supported by a wine-bottle. In the left corner of the print is (5) North (“N--h”) seated on a small sack inscribed “Budg[et]”, he is yawning, his arms stretched above his head. Three men stand behind him: a man in Elizabethan dress wearing a tall hat and ruff who is (9) “R--by [Rigby] in the Character of Bobadil”. He says (apparently of Sandwich) “I would he were in the Bottomless Pit.” ... For the time-serving Rigby's attack on Germain and Sandwich, and flattery of Pitt (14 Dec. 1781) see Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 390, and 'Parliamentary Hist.' xxii. 847. Behind him and whispering into his ear, stands 8, Lord Amherst (“A--rst”), very thin, saying, “Dick Rugby [sic] Stand Close”. Behind Amherst stands 7, Lord George Germain (“G--mn”) saying “Jeffry Barebones [i.e. Amherst], this is worse than Minden.” Next on the right stands the group of patriots: (6) Pitt (“W--P--t”) looking towards North, says “Shake off this Indolence”. (3), Fox (“F--x”), pointing towards the Temple of Fame (right) and frowning, says, “Wheres your Navy, wheres your Islands”. (2), Burke (“B--k”) is saying “Wont even Destruction move ye”. (1), The Duke of Richmond (“R--d”) says “Curs'd be those men who owe their Greatness to their Countrys Ruin”. In the foreground (right) Britannia, seated on the ground on her shield, weeps, a handkerchief held to her eyes. Behind her is (10) “The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins”, a building with a fluted dome on which the winged figure of Fame without her trumpet is poised on one foot, the other leg being broken off. ... See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospect of the year 1782
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image. and A companion print to British Museum Satire 5988 also ascribed to a design by Townshend: Anticipatio, or, The contrast to the Royal hunt.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament by R. Owen, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
46. The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 16th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.02.16.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- In the foreground (left) a party of ministers is carousing. Members of the Opposition watch them with indignation. In the distance (left) behind them mounted men with hounds chase a stag. On the right the Temple of Fame is being demolished by the enemies of Britain. Many of the figures have numbers referring to notes engraved beneath the design. The central figure in the ministerial group is (4) Sandwich ("S--h") seated on the ground playing a violin, between two courtesans, each of whom holds a goblet of wine. He turns to one of them, saying, "D--mn the Navy, Give me t'ther Glee"; she holds a torn paper inscribed "How merrily we live". An open book, "Catchs Glees", in front of him, is supported by a wine-bottle. In the left corner of the print is (5) North (“N--h”) seated on a small sack inscribed “Budg[et]”, he is yawning, his arms stretched above his head. Three men stand behind him: a man in Elizabethan dress wearing a tall hat and ruff who is (9) “R--by [Rigby] in the Character of Bobadil”. He says (apparently of Sandwich) “I would he were in the Bottomless Pit.” ... For the time-serving Rigby's attack on Germain and Sandwich, and flattery of Pitt (14 Dec. 1781) see Walpole, 'Last Journals', 1910, ii. 390, and 'Parliamentary Hist.' xxii. 847. Behind him and whispering into his ear, stands 8, Lord Amherst (“A--rst”), very thin, saying, “Dick Rugby [sic] Stand Close”. Behind Amherst stands 7, Lord George Germain (“G--mn”) saying “Jeffry Barebones [i.e. Amherst], this is worse than Minden.” Next on the right stands the group of patriots: (6) Pitt (“W--P--t”) looking towards North, says “Shake off this Indolence”. (3), Fox (“F--x”), pointing towards the Temple of Fame (right) and frowning, says, “Wheres your Navy, wheres your Islands”. (2), Burke (“B--k”) is saying “Wont even Destruction move ye”. (1), The Duke of Richmond (“R--d”) says “Curs'd be those men who owe their Greatness to their Countrys Ruin”. In the foreground (right) Britannia, seated on the ground on her shield, weeps, a handkerchief held to her eyes. Behind her is (10) “The Temple of Fame, formerly the Wonder of the World, but now in Ruins”, a building with a fluted dome on which the winged figure of Fame without her trumpet is poised on one foot, the other leg being broken off. ... See British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Prospect of the year 1782
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., A companion print to British Museum Satire 5988 also ascribed to a design by Townshend: Anticipatio, or, The contrast to the Royal hunt., and Uncolored impression. Trimmed to plate mark 250 x 360 mm.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament by R. Owen, in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal hunt, or, A prospect of the year 1782 [graphic]
47. The roasted exciseman, or, The Jack Boot's exit [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs, [April 1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.04.22.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Jack Boot's exit
- Description:
- Title from item., Place, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Flags: Magna Charta -- Slogans: Liberty, property and no excise -- Containers: barrel -- Taxes: tax on cider -- Emblems: cap and staff of liberty -- Fuel: Florida turf -- Effigy of Lord Bute as exciseman -- Naval uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Coffee-houses: reference to Cocoa Tree Coffee House., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- J. Williams
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Gallows, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The roasted exciseman, or, The Jack Boot's exit [graphic].
48. The republican-attack [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King sits impassively in his badly damaged state coach, which is being assailed by a mob; facing him sit two courtiers in abject terror. Pitt (right), dressed as the coachman, drives furiously, lashing the horses, the hind legs only of the wheelers being visible on the extreme right. These are trampling on Britannia who lies prostrate, her shield and broken spear beneath her. Four footmen in striped liveries stand behind, one holding the straps; the others hold each other's waists: Loughborough, the Lord Chancellor, wearing his wig, stands next the coach; behind him is Grenville, then Dundas, wearing a plaid and with a bottle projecting from his coat-pocket. Last is Pepper Arden wearing a judge's wig. All, like Pitt, wear jockey-caps. Lord Lansdowne (right), a sansculotte, composedly fires a blunderbuss point-blank through the coach window, aiming at the King. Fox and Sheridan, facing Lansdowne, run beside the coach, holding on to it. Both are tattered ruffians brandishing clubs, but wear breeches. The other three assailants cling to the spokes of the back wheel to stop the coach: (left to right) the Duke of Grafton, neatly dressed and wearing a cocked hat with tricolour cockade, Lord Stanhope, and little Lord Lauderdale, both wearing bonnets-rouges. Behind, a sea of heads indicates the mob; they carry a tricolour flag inscribed 'Peace and Bread' and a loaf draped with black and spiked on a pitchfork. A cat, stones, and eggs shower on the coach, the crown on the top of which is broken."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Mob -- Attack on George III's coach on October 29, 1795 -- Coaches: royal state coach -- Crowns: broken crown -- Guns: blunderbass -- Domestic service: footmen -- Hats: jockey caps -- Bonnets rouges., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 40.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 3 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Assassination attempts, Britannia (Symbolic character), Carriages & coaches, Cats, Coach drivers, Crowds, Riots, Sansculottes, and Servants
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The republican-attack [graphic].
49. The republican-attack [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King sits impassively in his badly damaged state coach, which is being assailed by a mob; facing him sit two courtiers in abject terror. Pitt (right), dressed as the coachman, drives furiously, lashing the horses, the hind legs only of the wheelers being visible on the extreme right. These are trampling on Britannia who lies prostrate, her shield and broken spear beneath her. Four footmen in striped liveries stand behind, one holding the straps; the others hold each other's waists: Loughborough, the Lord Chancellor, wearing his wig, stands next the coach; behind him is Grenville, then Dundas, wearing a plaid and with a bottle projecting from his coat-pocket. Last is Pepper Arden wearing a judge's wig. All, like Pitt, wear jockey-caps. Lord Lansdowne (right), a sansculotte, composedly fires a blunderbuss point-blank through the coach window, aiming at the King. Fox and Sheridan, facing Lansdowne, run beside the coach, holding on to it. Both are tattered ruffians brandishing clubs, but wear breeches. The other three assailants cling to the spokes of the back wheel to stop the coach: (left to right) the Duke of Grafton, neatly dressed and wearing a cocked hat with tricolour cockade, Lord Stanhope, and little Lord Lauderdale, both wearing bonnets-rouges. Behind, a sea of heads indicates the mob; they carry a tricolour flag inscribed 'Peace and Bread' and a loaf draped with black and spiked on a pitchfork. A cat, stones, and eggs shower on the coach, the crown on the top of which is broken."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Mob -- Attack on George III's coach on October 29, 1795 -- Coaches: royal state coach -- Crowns: broken crown -- Guns: blunderbass -- Domestic service: footmen -- Hats: jockey caps -- Bonnets rouges., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Assassination attempts, Britannia (Symbolic character), Carriages & coaches, Cats, Coach drivers, Crowds, Riots, Sansculottes, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The republican-attack [graphic].
50. The recruiting serjeant, or, Brittannias happy prospect [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1763?]
- Call Number:
- 757.04.00.15
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Brittannias happy prospect and Britannia's happy prospect
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '73' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satirical history of the years 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, and 1762. In a series of one hundred and twelve ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1763]., Reduced and reversed copy of No. 3581 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3. Printmaker of the original identified by Stephens as Lord Townshend., Temporary local subject terms: Travesties: military -- Paddle -- Bribery -- Ribands -- Protest against militia -- Bombshelled globe -- Temples -- Ireland: reversion -- Statues: equestrian statue -- Emblems: white horse of Hanover -- Cricket-bat -- Altar -- Halberd -- Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, 1713-1802 -- Da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1520: travesties., and Mounted to 19 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, and Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Musicians, and Musical instruments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The recruiting serjeant, or, Brittannias happy prospect [graphic]
51. The recruiting serjeant, or, Brittanniais happy prospect [graphic] / Leonardo da Vinci invt
- Creator:
- Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1757]
- Call Number:
- 757.04.00.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire lampooning the attempt by Henry Fox to form a ministry, with Fox leading a recuiting party
- Alternative Title:
- Brittanniais happy prospect and Britannia's happy prospect
- Description:
- Title from item., Another state, without publication line. Cf. No. 3581 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Travesties: military -- Military uniforms: recruiting sergeant's uniform -- Military uniforms: recruit's uniform -- Paddle -- Bribery -- Ribands -- Protest against militia -- Bombshelled globe -- Temples -- Ireland: reversion -- Emblems: white horse of Hanover -- Cricket-bat -- Altar -- Halberd -- Da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1520: travesties.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, Mendip, Welbore Ellis, Baron, 1713-1802, and Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Equestrian statues, Drums (Musical instruments), and Musicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The recruiting serjeant, or, Brittanniais happy prospect [graphic] / Leonardo da Vinci invt
52. The recruiting serjeant, or, Brittanniais happy prospect [graphic] / Leonardo da Vinci invt
- Creator:
- Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1757]
- Call Number:
- 757.04.00.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Brittanniais happy prospect and Britannia's happy prospect
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication attributed in an unverified card catalog record to Edwards & Darly, Acorn, at Hungerford Market., Temporary local subject terms: Travesties: military -- Military uniforms: recruiting sergeant's uniform -- Recruit's uniform -- Royal drum -- Paddle -- Drummer -- Bribery -- Ribands -- Protest against militia -- Bombshelled globe -- Temples -- Ireland: reversion -- Statues: equestrian statue -- Emblems: white horse of Hanover -- Cricket-bat -- Altar -- Halberd -- Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, 1713-1802 -- Da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1520: travesties., and Watermark: countermark IV.
- Publisher:
- To be had facing Hungerfd. Market, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, and Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Musical instruments, and Musicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The recruiting serjeant, or, Brittanniais happy prospect [graphic] / Leonardo da Vinci invt
53. The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. May, 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.00.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Britannia and America embrace, while France and Spain try to pull America away, Holland watches their efforts, and Fox points out the struggle to Keppel." A reference to attempts by Russia and Fox to mediate the conflict in 1781-82.
- Description:
- Title from item., A probable earlier state of no. 5989 without the Humphrey imprint. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Artist and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 44 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. Colley No. 5 Acorn Court Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane Old England
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, United States, and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, History, Colonies, Liberty cap, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The reconciliation between Britania and her daughter America [graphic].
54. The rebellion displayed most humbly inscribed to his sacred Majesty King George. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament 1 Nov. 1748.
- Call Number:
- 748.11.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left James II, seated on a throne of "hereditary right" and holding manacles, turns left to shake the hand of a monk who tramples on an open volume labeled "Holy Bible". From under the throne dragons or serpents devour the "Magna Carta", "Toleration Act", "Common and Statute Law" and "Acts of Parliament" while slaves bow before the King and Furries with torches and whips dance before him. On an obelisk is inscribed: "The Foundation of the Roman Hierarchy; implicit faith; apostalical succession; infallibility; pardons and indulgences; decrees of council; massacres; private murders; perjury and the inquisition ..." At foot of the obelisk is the Pope preaching "Hereditary indefeasible right and my bull to sanctify thy claim" addressed to the Pretender ...
- Description:
- Title engraved in cartouche below image., Later state, with publisher's address erased and date altered to 1748. Originally published by J. Collyer in Ludgate Street, 1 November 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., and Mounted to: 31 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- James II, King of England, 1633-1701, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals, Clergy, Demons, Justice, Martyrs, Monks, Shackles, and Enslaved people
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rebellion displayed most humbly inscribed to his sacred Majesty King George. [graphic]
55. The raree show a political contrast to the print of the Times by Wm. Hogarth. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [October 1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.10.08.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Following imprint: Pr. 6 pence., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Four columns of verse below image: See here my good masters a fine raree show, will please ev'ry one from the high to the low ...
- Publisher:
- Sold at Sumpters Political Printshop, Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, and D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Britannia (Symbolic character), Bagpipes, Clergy, Devil, Hangings (Executions), National emblems, French, Scottish, Newspapers, Puppet shows, Signs (Notices), Theatrical productions, and Wheelbarrows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The raree show a political contrast to the print of the Times by Wm. Hogarth. [graphic]
56. The raree show a political contrast to the print of the Times by Wm. Hogarth. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [October 1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.10.08.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the negotiations leading to the Peace of Paris in response to Hogarth's "The Times Part 1", but also with visual echoes of his much earlier print, "Southwark Fair". In the centre is a large theatrical booth advertising "The Full and Whole Play of Dido and Aeneas" with a show-cloth on which the lovers are depicted taking shelter in a cave; below is platform on which stand Bute and Princess Augusta accompanied by a zany, a drummer (Arthur Murphy) and a trumpeter (Tobias Smollett). Hogarth, portrayed as an ape, stands on a ladder painting a sign-board with a portrait of Pitt (echoing the sign painter in "Beer Street"); at the foot of the ladder another ape, representing the Duke of Bedford, ambassador to Paris, sits on a small table holding a sheet marked "Prelim Peace". Henry Fox looks out of a window at the top of the booth. On the left, Bute stands on stilts playing the bagpipes with a large bag of money hanging from his neck; he is supported by admiring Scotsmen and adored by a group of bishops. Behind him is an inn with the sign of the thistle advertising "Geud Scrubbing for Mon and Horse"; an ass peers throuh a window and an ass's skull hangs above. Beyond, Scotsmen rejoice as buildings burn, while three fireman sleep beside their engine; an owl representing the French ambassador, the Duke de Nivernois, flies overhead carrying on olive branch (in place of Hogarth's dove with the olive branch) . In the foreground a mastiff urinates on an impression of Hogarth's "The Times Part 1"; Charles Churchill gestures towards a bonfire on which is burning "The Wandsworth Epistle" and "The Briton" (Smollett's newspaper) while a sailor, watched by Britannia, brings a wheelbarrow laden with other journals (echoing the barrow containing "The North Briton" in Hogarth's print). Behind this group, William Beckford draws the attention of Pitt, Temple and Newcastle to the happy Scots; Cumberland, bald-headed, shakes his fist. The British lion grasps a dead French cock in his jaws and looks angrily at a Frenchman who hands coins to a Dutchman leaning on a bale marked "Neutrality" (a similar Dutchman in Hogarth's print sits on a bale smoking contentedly). Behind the lion, George Whitefield, arms outspread and a devil blowing with bellows into his ear, preaches from a three-legged stool to an old woman with a prayer-book and a man with the head of an ass. On the left, three further show-cloths hang on the wall of a house, referring to performances at "Punch Political Poppet Show with a Scotch Uproar": "Then", with the figure of Fame crowning a British commander; "Now", with a Scotsman at the prow of a boat foundering on the rocks of "New Lost Land"; "Alive from France & England" with a clown raising his fist and his foot at a Frenchman (echoing the sign, "Alive from America", in Hogarth's print); at the top of the house a Spaniard and a Frenchman, both grinning, look out of a window."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Variant state without imprint and with different price, added in top right corner. See British Museum catalogue., In upper right corner: Price 1 sh., and Four columns of verse below image: See here my good masters a fine raree show, will please ev'ry one from the high to the low ...
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, and D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Bagpipes, Clergy, Devil, Hangings (Executions), National emblems, French, Scottish, Newspapers, Puppet shows, Signs (Notices), Theatrical productions, and Wheelbarrows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The raree show a political contrast to the print of the Times by Wm. Hogarth. [graphic]
57. The r-l cock and chickens, or, The father of his people!!! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [12 December 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi Soit," holding a bottle labeled "Peoples Tears," and sitting with his mistress, "Care-away Cunningham" i.e., Lady Conyngham. In the background, to the left is a line of armed cavalry "Civil Gentleman or a Rod in Pickle," at center sits Britannia covering her face in shame, and on the right, beneath "A Storm gathering," are huddled "The People."
- Alternative Title:
- Royal cock and chickens and Father of his people!!!
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 31 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "12 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- Published Decr. 12, 1820, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Adultery, Politics & government, Gout, Bandages, Horns (Anatomy), Wings (Anatomy), Bottles, Mistresses, and Cavalry
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The r-l cock and chickens, or, The father of his people!!! [graphic].
58. The quere which will give the best heat to a British Constitution Pitt, Newcastle or Scotch coal / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Butler, S., active 1760, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- 760.12.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Quaere which will give the best heat
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., Publication place and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm., mounted again to 33 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Mylne, Robert, 1734-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The quere which will give the best heat to a British Constitution Pitt, Newcastle or Scotch coal / [graphic]
59. The posts when Scotchmen govern & while B--- bears sway, the post of honour is a private pension / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jones, David, active 1762, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Sepr. 7th 1762.
- Call Number:
- 762.09.07.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ten images, each with its own title., Two lines of verse below each image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: of whom may be had The asses of Gr--- Br----n, The laird of the Boot, Without & within, & The fall of Mortimer., Temporary local subject terms: Punishment: flogging -- British Lion -- Buildings: Treasury., and Mounted to 31 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Williams, bookseller next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Gallows, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The posts when Scotchmen govern & while B--- bears sway, the post of honour is a private pension / [graphic]
60. The political strugle [sic] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.08.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Princess of Wales and the Earl of Bute drag the British Lion, or George III, in a small car, such as children use, decorated with a big Thistle; on the king's head is a very large jack boot, which, falling over his face, blinds him. Pitt leans over the balcony and endeavours to remove the boot, i.e. to deliver the British Lion from the influence of Bute. The Duke of Cumberland, very fat, wearing the costume supposed to be appropriate to Roman generals, rushes forward to aid the king, his nephew. A soldier, a sailor, and a lawyer endeavour to hold back a wheel of the car, pulling at a rope attached to it. A number of persons, male and female, stand under the balcony and look on. In the background a harbour is indicated by the masts of ships. On our left is "THE OLD BRITISH WARE HOUSE", from which merchants are despatching bales of goods to "Pondicherry", "Martinico 1'', "Guadeloup", "Louisbourg", and "Quebec". These are the names of places captured from the French during the war which it was proposed to conclude by the peace promoted by Lord Bute, and agreed to in 1762. A Frenchman and a Spaniard, colonists (?), are receiving these goods in an amicable way. ... This satire was doubtless designed to induce the ministry of Lord Bute to desist from surrendering the places in question to the French as, even thus early in the negotiations, it was rumoured they intended to do. ...The minister and the princess drag the car towards a "Hosptial for Scoth pensioners." On our right, at the windows, three Scotchmen appear. Hogarth, mounted on a ladder, is busily painting a Scotch Thistle on the sign of the hospital. On his paint-pot is written: "500 250". This refers to Hogarth as the recipient of a pension, or rather as Serjeant-Painter to the king, and especially to the publication of "The Times. Plate I” ..."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Political strugle and Political struggle
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Cf. No. 3885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- 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,, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774,, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, City & town life, National emblems, British, Scottish, Taxes, and Warehouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political strugle [sic] [graphic].