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3.
A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 June 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 11. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip, is depicted riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil...", a saddle bag labelled "enjoyments" before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower left corner and with scatology removed from image. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6239 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. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 48., Temporary local subject terms: Prudery., and On leaf 11 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 3d, 1783, by J. Williams, Strand, No. 227 and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic]

4.
A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 June 1783]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip, is depicted riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil...", a saddle bag labelled "enjoyments" before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with roulette on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.4 x 34.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 3d, 1783, by J. Williams, Strand, No. 227
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].

5.
A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 June 1782]
Call Number:
782.06.03.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip, is depicted riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil...", a saddle bag labelled "enjoyment" before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printmaker from earlier state. Cf. No. 6239 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 3d. 1782, by J. Williams, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].

6.
A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 June 1783]
Call Number:
783.06.03.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles James Fox, brandishing a whip, is depicted riding the old White Horse of Hanover into a ravine, with the words "Aut Cromwell aut nihil...", a saddle bag labelled "enjoyments" before him, and a basket behind, labelled "hopes and expectations" which contains George III's head on a pike, a crown pierced by a sword, and a torn Magna Carta. Refers to Fox's alleged sympathies with French and Spanish interests
Description:
Title from item. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 3d, 1783, by J. Williams, Strand, No. 227
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sun setting in a fog, with the old Hanover hack descending [graphic].

7.
An English buck L'Anglomane / [graphic]

Creator:
Sansom, Francis, active 1784-1799, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 April 1798]
Call Number:
798.04.07.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Anglomane
Description:
Titles from item, Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Where prints and drawings are lent on the plan of a library., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Lewis Walpole prints 798.04.07.01: Publication date erased from the print and supplied in contemporary hand as "Apl. 7, 1798."
Publisher:
Pub. Apl. 7, 1798, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An English buck L'Anglomane / [graphic]

8.
An essay on hats [graphic]

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 May 1781]
Call Number:
781.05.16.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men, two on horseback, wearing new-fashioned hats. The centre figure is seen in back view on horseback, he wears a large hat with a high cylindrical crown round which are spaced six hat-bands. In the foreground (right) is a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat whose crown is shaped like an inverted flower-pot. He is looking through a small telescope. These two both carry knotted sticks. The third man who is cantering (left to right) in the middle distance (left) wears a similar hat. All three wear spurred top-boots in the fashion of the moment, with very long tops descending well below the calf of the leg."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's dates from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to design and into imprint.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16, 1781 by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Top hats, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An essay on hats [graphic]

9.
Coxheath ho! [art original].

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1779?]
Call Number:
Drawings B87 no. 5 Box D105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Rumsford [Coxheath]. She is followed by her husband who is dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces which were frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group
Description:
Title from text inscribed in contemporary hand on verso., Date based on publication date of James Bretherton's etching after this drawing., The signpost depicted in the drawing reads 'Rumford' while the Bretherton etching changes the text to 'Coxheath', and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, Militias, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Coxheath ho! [art original].

10.
Curate going on duty [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before 1808]
Call Number:
808.00.00.36
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date conjectured from period of printer's activity., Later, altered version of no. 6153 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Print based on "A journeyman parson going on duty".
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, England, Horseback riding, Taverns (Inns), and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Curate going on duty [graphic].