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1. 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]
2. Vicar returning from duty [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.103
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fat parson riding (right to left) on a small horse arrives at the high iron gate of his house, which is seen in the background. He points arrogantly to a groom in livery, who stands (left) holding another horse whose front half appears on the left. The groom raises his hat. A butler stands in front of the gate. In the distance among trees (right) is a church spire
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Later version of a ca. 1782 print after Robert Dighton entitled: A master parson returning from duty. Cf. No. 6154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Butlers, Clergy, Horse grooms, Gates, British, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vicar returning from duty [graphic].
3. Vicar returning from duty [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 808.00.00.37
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fat parson riding (right to left) on a small horse arrives at the high iron gate of his house, which is seen in the background. He points arrogantly to a groom in livery, who stands (left) holding another horse whose front half appears on the left. The groom raises his hat. A butler stands in front of the gate. In the distance among trees (right) is a church spire
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Later version of a ca. 1782 print after Robert Dighton entitled: A master parson returning from duty. Cf. No. 6154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Butlers, Clergy, Horse grooms, Gates, British, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vicar returning from duty [graphic].
4. 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].
5. L'nconvenient des perruques = The inconvenience of wigs / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sansom, Francis, active 1784-1799, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 April 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.04.07.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Inconvenience of wigs and Inconvenient des perruques
- Description:
- Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Where prints and drawings are lent on the plan of a library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: riding habit.
- Publisher:
- Pub. April 7th, 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 > L'nconvenient des perruques = The inconvenience of wigs / [graphic]
6. 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]
7. [Mr. Bird and Miss Snow] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 July 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A thin man and an obese lady, viewed from behind, ride side by side on horses
- Alternative Title:
- Miss Snow
- Description:
- Title and publisher from British Museum catalogue. and Mounted on page 23 with one print.
- Publisher:
- Published 19th July 1783 by H. Bretherton [i.e. James Bretheton], New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mr. Bird and Miss Snow] [graphic]
8. 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].
9. [Mr. Bird and Miss Snow] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 July 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.07.19.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A thin man and an obese lady, viewed from behind, ride side by side on horses
- Alternative Title:
- Miss Snow
- Description:
- Title and publisher from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Published 19th July 1783 by H. Bretherton [i.e. James Bretheton], New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mr. Bird and Miss Snow] [graphic]
