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1. French-telegraph making signals in the dark [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 January 1795]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A newly invented French telegraph (semaphore) stands on the coast, with the head of Fox, in back view but looking to the right with a fiercely determined expression. The crossbeam represents his arms and the arms of the semaphore; the raised right hand holds a lantern which lights up the French fleet (in full sail for England) and a fort on the French coast flying a large tricolour flag inscribed 'République'. The left hand points downwards and to the left to a dark cluster of roofs and spires dominated by St. Paul's. The base of the telegraph is circular and of brick. An arched opening shows the interior, in it is a pile of daggers. In the sky is a waning moon."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.4 x 36.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Mounted on leaf 48 of volume 3 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Lanterns, Ships, and Telegraph
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > French-telegraph making signals in the dark [graphic]
2. French-telegraph making signals in the dark [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 January 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.01.26.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A newly invented French telegraph (semaphore) stands on the coast, with the head of Fox, in back view but looking to the right with a fiercely determined expression. The crossbeam represents his arms and the arms of the semaphore; the raised right hand holds a lantern which lights up the French fleet (in full sail for England) and a fort on the French coast flying a large tricolour flag inscribed 'République'. The left hand points downwards and to the left to a dark cluster of roofs and spires dominated by St. Paul's. The base of the telegraph is circular and of brick. An arched opening shows the interior, in it is a pile of daggers. In the sky is a waning moon."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Lanterns, Ships, and Telegraph
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > French-telegraph making signals in the dark [graphic]
3. The French King's scheme for an invasion [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- colour'd 1756.
- Call Number:
- 756.02.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An engraving showing the head of Louis XV in the image of the coast of France with the ports of Dunkirk and Boulogne shown. From his mouth come the words: "O! O! O! me d' Pompedour." The French navy is shown towing small forts across the Channel towards England. Flanking the French fleet are three British ships. The to on the left are labelled Anson, and the one on the right is labelled Hawk
- Description:
- Title from text above design., Publisher at this address: George Bickham., With a verse in two columns at foot of design: "A false creation"., and See Horace Walpole's letter to Mann 23 February 1756, vol. 20, p. 529-535.
- Publisher:
- Sold in May's Buildings
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and France
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Naval operations, Foreign relations, Campaigns & battles, Forts & fortifications, and Ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The French King's scheme for an invasion [graphic].
4. The fort [graphic]
- Creator:
- Shepheard, George, 1770-1842, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 January 1796]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 95. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A sailor looks at a soldier on duty on a fort by the sea, while a civilian couple look out through a telescope."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One of a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury that were first published by Thomas Macklin., For a mention of the reissued set of plates published 1 January 1809 by J. Deeley, see no. 11456 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Mounted on page 95 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Published Jany. 10th, 1796, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Forts & fortifications, Sailors, Soldiers, Couples, Telescopes, Ships, Rifles, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fort [graphic]
