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1.
Bribery A m-n-l forge ; The two guardians. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.37
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles etched above images.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, and Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bribery, Forge shops, Scales, Fools' caps, and Money
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bribery A m-n-l forge ; The two guardians. [graphic]

2.
With a fool's head at the tail : the other side of the zebray : in reply to the ludicrous song upon

Published / Created:
[August 1762]
Call Number:
762.08.00.08
Image Count:
1
Description:
Title and publication date from from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Ewart opposite Northumberland Street, Strand, and sold at all the print and pamphlet sellers
Subject (Name):
Howard, H. (Henry)
Subject (Topic):
Zebras and Fools' caps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > With a fool's head at the tail : the other side of the zebray : in reply to the ludicrous song upon the Queen's ass : to the tune of Balance a straw

3.
The City carriers [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.07.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804, Trecothick, Barlow, 1718?-1775, and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Fools' caps, Mules, Guards, Crowds, Parades & processions, Effigies, and Petitions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The City carriers [graphic].

4.
A certain personage in the character of a fool as he perform'd it at Whitchurch & elsewhere

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.08.00.09
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on the the criminal conversation between the Duke of Cumberland and Lady Grosvenor with Cumberland wearing a fool's cap; a servant spills a glass of wine on the Duke. The scene takes place in a bedchamber with a curtain around the bed, with a t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790 and Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Interiors, Fools' caps, Fools & jesters, Table settings & decorations, Bottles, Drinking vessels, Wine, Intoxication, Poultry, and Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A certain personage in the character of a fool as he perform'd it at Whitchurch & elsewhere [graphic].

5.
A certain great personage learning to spell [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on the Duke of Cumberland's poor spelling with references to his criminal conversation with Lady Grosvenor. He is shown at a table with a satyr holding a fool's cap over his head as a tutor stands beside the table where the Duke works. Also bes...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Oxford magazine
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Monkeys, Fools' caps, Tutoring, Clergy, Tables, and Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A certain great personage learning to spell [graphic]

6.
Chevalier Vatkens Louis [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1773]
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.6 plate 9
Collection Title:
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man wearing a furred livery gown and a double-peaked fool's cap with bells. His head is turned slightly to the right. In his left hand is a watchman's rattle. He is Sir Watkin Lewes, a recently knighted alderman and city pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
M. Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, City council members, Fools' caps, and Robes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chevalier Vatkens Louis [graphic].

7.
Chevalier Vatkens Louis [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1773]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man wearing a furred livery gown and a double-peaked fool's cap with bells. His head is turned slightly to the right. In his left hand is a watchman's rattle. He is Sir Watkin Lewes, a recently knighted alderman and city pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
M. Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, City council members, Fools' caps, and Robes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chevalier Vatkens Louis [graphic].

8.
Guy Vaux [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 June 1782]
Call Number:
782.06.15.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Guy Vaux [graphic].

9.
Guy Vaux [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 15 June 1782]
Call Number:
782.06.15.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Guy Vaux [graphic].

10.
Guy Vaux [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 15 June 1782]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Guy Vaux [graphic].

11.
The only booth in the fair Portland & Co late Shelburne [graphic] / I. Boyne invet. & exc

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 9, 1783.
Call Number:
783.04.09.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On a podium in front of a booth signed "Treasury," Lord North offers a "Coalition Pay" ladle filled with coins to Charles Fox (depicted with fox's body and human face) sitting in a contraption with a slit for mail and signed "American Letter Box." Mor...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs No. 2 Shoe Lane Fleet St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Coins, Spectators, Fools' caps, and Hats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The only booth in the fair Portland & Co late Shelburne [graphic] / I. Boyne invet. & exc

12.
Popular frenzy, or, The demolition of St. Stephs. Chapel [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 March 1784]
Call Number:
784.03.04.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At the top of a ladder placed against the House of Commons and inscribed, "back stairs," stands a female figure of Folly in a fool's cap, with a flag signed "aristocracy." Below her, a man attempts to pull down a stone from the frieze with a grappling...
Alternative Title:
Demolition of St. Stephs. Chapel and Demolition of St. Stephen's Chapel
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. March 4, 1784, by W. Wells, N. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Fools' caps, Liberty cap, Ladders, Demolition, and Cobblestone streets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Popular frenzy, or, The demolition of St. Stephs. Chapel [graphic]

13.
The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 March 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 789.03.16.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste a...
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Donkeys, Traffic signs & signals, Clergy, Bishops, and Fools' caps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].

14.
The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 March 1789]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste a...
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Donkeys, Traffic signs & signals, Clergy, Bishops, and Fools' caps
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].

15.
The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 March 1789]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste a...
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Donkeys, Traffic signs & signals, Clergy, Bishops, and Fools' caps
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].

16.
The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[17 December 1803]
Call Number:
803.12.17.01+
Collection Title:
Leaf 83. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the left side of the stage, including part of a stage box on the extreme left. From this leans a figure of Folly wearing a fool's cap with ass's ears, clapping his hands. Within the shadow of the box is the head of a staring owl (cf. Britis...
Alternative Title:
New way to keep one's head above water
Description:
Title etched in lower right corner image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 17th Decr. 1803 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Str
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Stages (Platforms), Dogs, Owls, Fools' caps, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with rapturous applause at Drury Lane Theatre / [graphic]

17.
The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[17 December 1803]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 83. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the left side of the stage, including part of a stage box on the extreme left. From this leans a figure of Folly wearing a fool's cap with ass's ears, clapping his hands. Within the shadow of the box is the head of a staring owl (cf. Britis...
Alternative Title:
New way to keep one's head above water
Description:
Title etched in lower right corner image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 17th Decr. 1803 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Str
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Stages (Platforms), Dogs, Owls, Fools' caps, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with rapturous applause at Drury Lane Theatre / [graphic]

18.
The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[17 December 1803]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 83. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the left side of the stage, including part of a stage box on the extreme left. From this leans a figure of Folly wearing a fool's cap with ass's ears, clapping his hands. Within the shadow of the box is the head of a staring owl (cf. Britis...
Alternative Title:
New way to keep one's head above water
Description:
Title etched in lower right corner image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 17th Decr. 1803 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Str
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Stages (Platforms), Dogs, Owls, Fools' caps, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with rapturous applause at Drury Lane Theatre / [graphic]

20.
Macassar oil an oily puff for soft heads / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 15 May 1814]
Call Number:
814.05.15.01+
Collection Title:
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An obese, elderly man, completely bald, sits in an arm-chair while a shopman pours oil from a bottle (straw-covered like a Chianti flask) on to his scalp, pressing down his head with the left hand. At his feet is a basin to receive the overflow. On t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Baldness, Patent medicines, Hair, Fools' caps, Bottles, Mirrors, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Macassar oil an oily puff for soft heads / [graphic]

21.
Macassar oil an oily puff for soft heads / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 15 May 1814]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 13
Collection Title:
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An obese, elderly man, completely bald, sits in an arm-chair while a shopman pours oil from a bottle (straw-covered like a Chianti flask) on to his scalp, pressing down his head with the left hand. At his feet is a basin to receive the overflow. On t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Baldness, Patent medicines, Hair, Fools' caps, Bottles, Mirrors, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Macassar oil an oily puff for soft heads / [graphic]

22.
Macassar oil an oily puff for soft heads / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 15 May 1814]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.4
Collection Title:
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An obese, elderly man, completely bald, sits in an arm-chair while a shopman pours oil from a bottle (straw-covered like a Chianti flask) on to his scalp, pressing down his head with the left hand. At his feet is a basin to receive the overflow. On t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Baldness, Patent medicines, Hair, Fools' caps, Bottles, Mirrors, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Macassar oil an oily puff for soft heads / [graphic]

23.
Macassar oil an oily puff for soft heads / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1814]
Call Number:
Print00228
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An obese, elderly man, completely bald, sits in an arm-chair while a shopman pours oil from a bottle (straw-covered like a Chianti flask) on to his scalp, pressing down his head with the left hand. At his feet is a basin to receive the overflow. On t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Rowland, Alexander, approximately 1783-1854.
Subject (Topic):
Baldness, Patent medicines, Hair, Fools' caps, Bottles, Mirrors, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Macassar oil an oily puff for soft heads / [graphic]

24.
Tirania [graphic].

Published / Created:
pubd. Novr. 1818.
Call Number:
818.11.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Ferdinand VII, seated on a throne on a low platform inscribed "TIRANIA", is flanked by two advisers, the Devil on the left and a friar on the right. At the friar's feet, in the foreground, a demon burns newspapers with a firebrand. Tortures of the Inq...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Washington
Subject (Name):
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Podiums, Thrones, Crowns, Fools' caps, Scepters, Skulls, Devil, Monks, Axes, Nooses, Demons, Newspapers, Punishment & torture, and Gallows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tirania [graphic].

25.
Blockheads [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately late August-December 1819]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Folding frontispiece to "A Political Lecture on Heads, alias Blockheads!! A Characteristic Poem: . . .Drawn from Craniological Inspection, after the Manner of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim, of Vienna. By Don Juan Asmodeus. London. Printed for the Author...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
John Fairburn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Whips, Handguns, Fools' caps, Bells, Spears, Mortars & pestles, Wigs, Bandages, Spoons, Bowls (Tableware), Tea services, Frogs, Flags, Pens, Snuff, Headdresses, Warships, Hats, Cannons, Daggers & swords, Mistresses, Scepters, Drinking vessels, Crowns, and Demons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Blockheads [graphic].

26.
Milan Commission!!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[July 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Leach (right), the Vice-Chancellor, dressed as a woman, with a trimmed bonnet over his wig, sits on a corded chest inscribed Commissio[n] ; against this leans a book: Justifia et honor. He grasps a moneybag inscribed 10,000, and holds the ear of a fo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by Smolky, 18 Rupert Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Cross dressing, Bonnets, Chests, Foxes, Worms, Parasites, Cannons, Cannon balls, Bayonets, Shackles, Ladders, Gallows, Liberty cap, Monkeys, Mirrors, and Fools' caps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Milan Commission!!! [graphic]

27.
The child of folly, or, Lady Cun-gh-m's favourite dance [graphic].

Published / Created:
[27 December 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
George IV, dressed as a jester, dances at the center of the design with Lady Conyngham, who is dressed similarly. The king wears a fools' cap that has bells at the end and two additional protrusions from the side that resemble horns; he holds a noisem...
Alternative Title:
Lady Cun-gh-m's favourite dance and Lady Cunnigham's favourite dance
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 27, 1820, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Canning, George, 1770-1827, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Dance, Fools' caps, Music ensembles, Musical instruments, Bishops, and Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The child of folly, or, Lady Cun-gh-m's favourite dance [graphic].

28.
[Frontispiece to Sultan Sham and his seven wives] [graphic]

Creator:
Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George IV, dressed as a Turk, marches arrogantly past a row of ladies of his harem, holding a large goblet whose contents are spilling. He wears a jewelled turban with the high peak of a fool's cap, terminating in a bell. The end of his long furred r...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834., Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., and Quentin, Georgina.
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Harems, Mistresses, Drinking vessels, Turbans, Fools' caps, Robes, and Adultery
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Sultan Sham and his seven wives] [graphic]

29.
Caroline Fair, or, Mat Pudding and his mountebank [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 16, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 45. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Alderman Wood, as a zany at a fair, stands on a platform outside a booth addressing a crowd of spectators, half length figures in the foreground forming the base of the design. He points with his right thumb to the Queen (left), who is ready to perfo...
Alternative Title:
Mat Pudding and his mountebank
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Circus performers, Circuses & shows, Stages (Platforms)., Spectators, Honor guards, Trumpets, Banners, Fools' caps, Boots, Documents, Signs (Notices), Crowns, Feathers, Liberty cap, Donkeys, Swings, Show tents, and Flags
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Caroline Fair, or, Mat Pudding and his mountebank [graphic].

30.
Caroline Fair, or, Mat Pudding and his mountebank [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 16, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 45. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Alderman Wood, as a zany at a fair, stands on a platform outside a booth addressing a crowd of spectators, half length figures in the foreground forming the base of the design. He points with his right thumb to the Queen (left), who is ready to perfo...
Alternative Title:
Mat Pudding and his mountebank
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Circus performers, Circuses & shows, Stages (Platforms)., Spectators, Honor guards, Trumpets, Banners, Fools' caps, Boots, Documents, Signs (Notices), Crowns, Feathers, Liberty cap, Donkeys, Swings, Show tents, and Flags
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Caroline Fair, or, Mat Pudding and his mountebank [graphic].

31.
The effusions of a troubled brain, or, Evil communications corrupt good manners [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 10, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fantastic and complicated design. Queen Caroline leans back in an arm-chair, pen in hand, staring as if at a vision, her black locks flying outwards and upwards. Above her head, as if sprung from it, is an owl with the cross of the Order of St. Car...
Alternative Title:
Evil communications corrupt good manners
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
Writing materials, Owls, Fools' caps, Bells, Snakes, Devil, Robes, Liberty cap, Carriages & coaches, Justice, Banners, Tables, Boxes, Bottles, Figurines, Newspapers, and Sketchbooks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effusions of a troubled brain, or, Evil communications corrupt good manners [graphic].

32.
The school of reform [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[February 1831]
Call Number:
831.02.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Grey as schoolmaster stands on a low dais in profile to the right, addressing nine schoolboys (Tories); he holds an open book, 'Reformers First Primer', and leans on his desk, saying, 'Say after Me I Shou'd Reform Thou Shoudst Reform He Shoud Reform ...
Alternative Title:
Conjugation of the verb To reform
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1831 by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Lecterns, Teachers, Books, Reform, Students, Chairs, and Fools' caps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The school of reform [graphic]

33.
The school of reform [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[February 1831]
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 5 Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Grey as schoolmaster stands on a low dais in profile to the right, addressing nine schoolboys (Tories); he holds an open book, 'Reformers First Primer', and leans on his desk, saying, 'Say after Me I Shou'd Reform Thou Shoudst Reform He Shoud Reform ...
Alternative Title:
Conjugation of the verb To reform
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1831 by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Lecterns, Teachers, Books, Reform, Students, Chairs, and Fools' caps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The school of reform [graphic]

34.
The last scene of the triumph of reform, or, The fall of the boro'mongers [graphic]

Published / Created:
August 1832.
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 10 Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the stage (right) with pit and orchestra in the left foreground, the royal box on the stage with a box above it, adjoining the gallery, below which is a large grand tier-box. The audience applaud and laugh, the Royal box excepted; the orche...
Alternative Title:
Fall of the boro'mongers and Fall of the boroughmongers
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. MacLean, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Theaters, Theater audiences, Theatrical productions, Stages (Platforms), Politicians, Daggers & swords, Poisons, Fools' caps, Castles & palaces, Banners, Liberty cap, and Reform
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the triumph of reform, or, The fall of the boro'mongers [graphic]

35.
Turtle doves and turtle soup! or, A try-o between Geordie, a northern lassie, and Sir Willey, O

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 31. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in the Royal yacht. George IV kneels at the feet of 'Lady Hell-fling-stone' who is seated (left), expressing delighted acceptance. The King wears Highland dress with a very short kilt and cavalry boots (see British Museum Satires No. 14220) o...
Alternative Title:
Try-o between Geordie, a northern lassie, and Sir Willey, O!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 10, 1822, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill [i.e. Field & Tuer]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Elphinstone, Janet, Lady, -1825, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Subject (Topic):
Kilts, Pots & pans, Soups, Sausages, and Fools' caps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Turtle doves and turtle soup! or, A try-o between Geordie, a northern lassie, and Sir Willey, O!! [graphic].

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