- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- 768.04.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the expected effect of a return of John Wilkes to parliament. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust, as members flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton, holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute, emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of Wilkes/Hercules."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Two lines of text below image: The figure on the pedestal is the symbol of bribery, corruption & hypocrisy., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon [1767-1772], v. 2 (1768), page 193., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence -- Emblems: Speaker's mace -- Bags of money -- Personifications: Bribery, Corruption and Hypocrisy -- Weapons: mace.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Cust, John, Sir, Baronet, 1718-1770, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Medusa (Greek mythology), Britannia (Symbolic character), Interiors, Ceremonial maces, Money, and Pedestals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hercules cleaning the Augean stable [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- 768.12.00.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title and companion image., Copy, with changes and additions to design, of no. 4183 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: American colonies as a native woman -- Emblems: Maltese Cross -- Weapons: spears -- Weapons: daggers -- Dutchmen.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Its companion [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- 768.11.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption above image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Two lines of quote below image: His wit all seesaw between that & this; and he himself one vile antithesis. Pope., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), page 257., and Temporary local subject terms: Debts: national debt -- Hell -- Riots: reference to St. George's Fields, May 10, 1768 -- Reference to John Wilkes, 1725-1797 -- Personfications: Folly -- Zanies -- Devil -- Seesaws -- Whips -- Literature: quotation from Alexander Pope.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788, Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The balance master [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- 768.12.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Two images on one plate, each with a distinctive title., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in Stephens: 1767., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), p. 321., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: American colonies as a native woman -- Globes -- Amputation -- Emblems: British oak -- Ships with brooms at topmasts, i.e., for sale -- Emblems: laurel branch -- Mottoes: Date obolum Bellisario -- Reference to beggary -- Reference to the American colonies: Virginia -- Reference to the American colonies: New York -- Reference to the American colonies: New England -- Reference to the American colonies: Pennsylvania -- Emblems: Maltese Cross -- Weapons: spears -- Daggers -- Dutchmen.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The colonies reduced Its companion / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- 768.12.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Two images on one plate, each with a distinctive title., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in Stephens: 1767., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 3 (1768), p. 321., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: American colonies as a native woman -- Globes -- Amputation -- Emblems: British oak -- Ships with brooms at topmasts, i.e., for sale -- Emblems: laurel branch -- Mottoes: Date obolum Bellisario -- Reference to beggary -- Reference to the American colonies: Virginia -- Reference to the American colonies: New York -- Reference to the American colonies: New England -- Reference to the American colonies: Pennsylvania -- Emblems: Maltese Cross -- Weapons: spears -- Daggers -- Dutchmen.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The colonies reduced Its companion / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- 768.09.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A pair of scenes on one plate, each with its own title, from The Political Register, September 1768, facing page 129. The scenes satirise the unpopularity and the alleged corruption and disloyalty of Lord Bute as he embarked on a trip to France. In the upper scene Bute is shown with a witch on a broomstick, laden with large bags of money, flying across the Channel, “over the Water to Charly” (an allusion to the Young Pretender in exile). Dover Castle is shown on top of a cliff on the left and Calais in the distance on the right. On the shore below Princess Augusta faints lamenting “Ah me what Shall I do Sawny is flown & with him all my Joy”. She is comforted by an attendant who hopes he will come again, a man beside her calls out to Bute ”Won’t you take Madam with you”. Others on the shore remark on his departure, one sailor says “Now he has got all our Dollars let him go.”, another would like to throw him to the shark, a boy throws stones and a man shoots at him, a satyr aims a bow saying “I’ll reach you my L(or)d where ever you go” Britannia sitting on the right advises her children to let him go so that she may recover. In the lower design Bute is shown being greeted outside the well guarded fort at Calais by the Young Pretender who calls him cousin and thanks him for his services. Bute, bonnet in hand and bowing , responds “I have sett the 3 Kingdoms at variance for your Sake my Prince now is your time or never”. The Mayor of Calais comes forward to welcome Bute effusively telling him of “the grand Monarqe’s” love; three monks on the left assure each other that Bute is not a heretic (Protestant) as he has demonstrated this by giving France such an advantageous peace. On the right an old woman in raptures is sure all the English ladies love him, while a Scot with a wooden leg plays on his fiddle singing “And the King shall enjoy his own again”. A British sailor deplores the respect Bute is shown while another tells him that “why Should they do otherwise he was allway their Friend”."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Two separately titled images on one plate; titles engraved above image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon [1767-1772], v. 3 (1768), page 195., and Temporary local subject terms: Dover -- Calais -- Brooms -- Bags of money -- Satyrs.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Arrivals & departures, Forts & fortifications, Monks, Musical instruments, Peg legs, Sailors, British, Violins, and Witches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The flight from Dover The arrival at Calais / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- 768.06.00.02 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Two lines of quote below image: The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, and fed the hounds that helped him to pursue. Dryden., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p.385., Temporary local subject terms: Riots: reference to St. George's Fields, Southwark -- Weapons: dagger., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- J. Almon
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Gout, Crutches, Surgery, and Tableware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The operation [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].
- 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].