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1. An officer in the light infantry, driven by his lady to Cox-Heath [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs [1778?]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.19+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady, wearing over her dress a military coat with epaulets, stands plying her whip as she drives the two small white ponies who pull her carriage past the Cox Heath signpost. Her clothes mirror those of the fat and elderly militia officer who sleeps in the seat at her side, his hands clasped around his sword. A large dog sits in front of her. Observing the spectacle from a side road are three country travellers in a covered wagon which bears a sign "The Maidstone Common Stage Waggon".
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date erased from print., Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Numbered in lower left of plate 391.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, Military officers, Sleeping, Clothing & dress, Carriages & coaches, Covered wagons, Horses, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An officer in the light infantry, driven by his lady to Cox-Heath [graphic]
2. Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 3. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall, thin gentleman in a military uniform walks across a mountainous landscape carrying on his back an obese parson with a "Tithes" basket full of chickens and a sucking-pig under his left arm and a scourge with three lashes in his right hand. Behind them and in front of his sheaved harvest stands a farmer dressed in a smock, with a branch in his right hand and his hat in the left. He says, "We Farmers have our Bodys Eat up, for the good of our Souls."
- Alternative Title:
- Majesty of the people
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower left corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6209 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?], Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Balaam -- Parsons -- Scourges -- Military uniforms: Militia, colonel., and On leaf 3 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Tithes, Clergy, Farmers, Military officers, British, Clothing & dress, Whips, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic]
3. Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.10.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall, thin gentleman in a military uniform walks accross a mountainous landscape carrying on his back an obese parson with a "Tithes" basket full of chickens and a sucking-pig under his left arm and a scourge with three lashes in his right hand. Behind them and in front of his sheaved harvest stands a farmer dressed in a smock, with a branch in his right hand and his hat in the left. He says, "We Farmers have our Bodys Eat up, for the good of our Souls."
- Alternative Title:
- Majesty of the people
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Tithes, Clergy, Farmers, Military officers, British, Clothing & dress, Whips, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].
4. Commodore St. Jago returning victorious [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, Charles, -1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd Jany. 22d. 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.01.22.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- British and England
- Subject (Name):
- Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Commodore St. Jago returning victorious [graphic]
5. Count de Grasse in the sugar trap [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- May 28th 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.05.28.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Admiral de Grasse stands up to his waist in a large barrel, saying "I shall never more love the Englishmen's sugar and gunpowder." On the left stands an English naval officer with cutlass in hand, and on the right an English sailor. Refers to De Grasse's defeat by Rodney when the French attempted to raid Jamaica in 1782
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Sold by E. Rich, at the little Print Shop opposite Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street and Pubd. by J. Barrow
- Subject (Name):
- Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
- Subject (Topic):
- Barrels, Admirals, French, Military officers, British, Sailors, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Count de Grasse in the sugar trap [graphic].
6. Military eloquence [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 January 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.01.06.03.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An officer (three-quarter length) in regimentals stands in profile to the left, his right arm raised and fist clenched in angry protest. He says: "You Lie, by G------.!""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue., One of a set of eight satirical portraits, each issued separately., One line of text below image: You lie, by G-!, and Mounted to 19 x 13 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Military eloquence [graphic]
7. The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Published as the Act directs [November 10, 1777?]
- Call Number:
- 777.11.10.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
- Alternative Title:
- Lover's larceny
- Description:
- Title from item., Date erased from print., Date from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Numbered in lower left of plate: 366.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and British
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
8. The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs [not before 10 November 1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.11.10.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
- Alternative Title:
- Lover's larceny
- Description:
- Title from item., Date conjectured from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.5, Appendix: Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., Numbered in plate at lower left: 270., Reduced version of British Museum catalogue 4554., and Date burnished from print.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and British
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
9. The association officers, or, City defenders [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 September 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.09.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two military officers on horseback beside a fence, one tall and thin with a walking stick under his arm, following another who is short and corpulent who holds his sword by the blade
- Alternative Title:
- City defenders
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pub by M Darly Sept 1, 1780 (39) Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Horseback riding, Staffs (Sticks), Daggers & swords, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The association officers, or, City defenders [graphic].