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1.
W.A.R a masque. [graphic]

Creator:
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1832]
Call Number:
832.11.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"William IV, as Mars, in Roman armour, stands defiantly in a war-chariot drawn by three galloping horses, ridden by Discord, a virago with serpents for hair, who brandishes a handful of serpents. He holds a shield inscribed 'Signed Protocols', and a levelled spear; on his helmet is a dragon with gaping jaws. The chariot advances upon terrified Dutch soldiers (left), who flee; one drops his musket, but one on the extreme left (William I) stands firm beside the muzzle of a cannon and glares at the King with an obstinate scowl. They have high-crowned hats, with a ribbon inscribed 'Orange'. Facing the chariot-horses (left) are a menacing Russian bear and a Prussian Death's Head hussar with a levelled blunderbuss. Discord, looking sideways at the Prussian though turning away from him, says: 'A word in your Ear! there's nothing meant, its all show just to frighten these Dutchmen a little'. Under the chariot is a document inscribed 'Treatys'; the wheel is about to collide with a large stone inscribed 'Ireland', on which the features of O'Connell are faintly suggested. Behind the chariot are three Furies, with serpents for hair, and holding firebrands and bunches of serpents. Rushing forward, they urge the King on; they are (left to right) Grey, Durham, and Brougham. As a background to the chariot a swarm of countless frogs (French soldiers) is dimly suggested; they rush forward, with a tricolour flag. On the front of the chariot perches a Gallic cock. In the foreground (right) stands John Bull, stout and spectacled; he clutches his 'Reform Bill', and gapes up in horror, saying, 'Hey dey here's a bobbery, just as I was going to look over my Reform Bill quietly, what do they mean not to go to war sure now,!! after suffering Poland to be annihilated & Germany trampled on, Oh nonsense! Nonsense'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Publisher from publisher's statement "Published on the first of every month by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London" on first page of magazine; date of publication from series numbering "Vol. 3rd, Novr. 1st, 1832" on first page of magazine. See British Museum catalogue., Fourth page of a monthly magazine that consisted of four pages., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed resulting in loss of series title and numbering from top edge.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847., Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840, and Mars (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Armor, Chariots, Snakes, Shields, Spears, Firearms, Soldiers, Dutch, Prussian, National emblems, Bears, Frogs, and Roosters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > W.A.R a masque. [graphic]

2.
The old proprietors advice [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 April 1830]
Call Number:
830.04.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Prince Leopold (right), in uniform, puts his head through a glassless aperture in a window in the door of his 'Grecian Establish[ment]--Co[burg]', to look intently at a fat Turk who stands in profile to the right, elaborately dressed and holding a long pipe with smoking bowl. The door, partly cut off by the right margin, is flanked by a Corinthian pillar and set in a wall on which are placards: 'This . Shop!!! will shortly open under entire new Management--Vivant [sic] Rex'; a Union Jack poster (partly covered); the Russian eagle, and a fleur-de-lis, the two last inscribed 'Loan'. The Turk: 'What have you taken the Shop? well if you take my advice you will not give Your Customers too much Credit for I can tell you they are a queer set to deal with by the bye they nearly ruined me--and mind that you look sharp after your Shopmen'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 50 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865
Subject (Topic):
Turks, Ethnic stereotypes, Doors & doorways, National emblems, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The old proprietors advice [graphic]

3.
Imperial bears Greece or a peep into futurity [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A bear (right), wearing Cossack trousers and an imperial crown surmounted by a double-headed eagle, runs off to the right. He carries a piece of mountainous country inscribed Greece on which kneels a tiny Greek in profile to the left, exclaiming Save me from my Friends. The bear (the Tsar) tramples on the neck of a turkey, with the bearded, turbaned, and terrified head of the Sultan, which lies on its back. The bear looks fiercely over his shoulder towards an angry English sailor who sits in an open boat with a cannon mounted in the bows. The sailor wears a top-hat with a ribbon inscribed Navar[ino, see BM Satires No. 15507, &c]; he has dropped an oar to lean back, extending his clenched fist towards the bear, and shouting: Halloo--master-drop that, or d--me I'll run along side of you, in no time. Cannon-balls are piled in the stern; above them flies a Union flag topped by oak leaves. On the farther side of the water (left) stands Charles X, a capering French fop in the dress of the ancien régime, with a cane under his arm. He says: By gar he is take away all de Greece. The scene is watched from a distance by the Emperor of Austria, who draws his sword, saying, I should like a bit of that."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Imperial bears grease or a peep into futurity
Description:
Title from caption below image; the letters "a" and "s" in the word "grease" are crossed out and the letters "e" and "c" etched above to form the word "Greece.", Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 223.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Bears, Crowns, Sailors, British, National emblems, Russian, and Turkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Imperial bears Greece or a peep into futurity [graphic]

4.
The struggle, or, A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 March 1827]
Call Number:
827.03.16.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Canning and Eldon, both in shirt-sleeves and about equally matched, face each other in a small boat: Cabinet. Cock Boat. The very ornate boat resembles a Canadian canoe in general shape; the paddles go through big apertures encircled by the points of a star; that of Canning is Deplomatic Sagacity; Eldon uses the mace, which is inscribed Pelf Patronage Parsimony [see British Museum Satires No. 15139]. At each end of the boat is a figure-head, one of the supporters of the Royal Arms, each with a flag-staff set in its head. Behind Canning (left) is the Unicorn; his flag Catholic Supremacy. The Lion is behind Eldon (right), with the flag of Protestant Ascendancy. Canning: I shall be too much for you you are too slow in your Motions. Eldon : I doubt it! The Purse of the Great Seal hangs over the boat beside Eldon, who wears wig and bands. On the extreme right the sun rises (or sets)--it irradiates the sky behind Eldon."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather
Description:
Title etched below image. and Text below title: When two row in the same boat, they may pull different ways; but when two ride on one horse, one must ride behind. A House divided against itself can not stand!!!
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16, 1827, by S.W. Fores - Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Canning, George, 1770-1827 and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Rowboats, Ceremonial maces, Flags, Ship figureheads, Unicorns, Lions, National emblems, and Sunrises & sunsets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The struggle, or, A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather [graphic]

5.
The Saints, or, Patrick, George, Andrew and David! [graphic]

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1825?]
Call Number:
825.00.00.102+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four men, raffishly prosperous, dance forward together in a line, three in tipsy joviality, one dragged forward, ill and dejected. The Irishman and Englishman have their arms entwined, one flourishes a cane, the other a handkerchief. The melancholy Scot holds the Englishman's coat-tail. The jovial Welshman takes the Scot's left arm, waving his hat. Each wears, in top-hat and coat, his national flower: shamrock, rose, thistle, leek. The Scot wears quasi-tartan trousers."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Pyall & Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
Subject (Topic):
Dancers, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Saints, or, Patrick, George, Andrew and David! [graphic]

6.
England. France [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1811?]
Call Number:
811.00.00.46+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left under the title "England" a bear sits at a table enjoying a hearty meal of roast beef and plum pudding while across from him sits a frog in a French uniform with a sword at his waist, a plate of only sauce before him and two turnips to the side. The fox toasts his companion with a glass while the bear holds up a large frothing mug of beer. A wine cooler in the foreground holds four bottles of wine. On the wall behind each figure is a round framed image: two birds above the bear and a woman holding a cross (a saint?) above the frog
Description:
Title from caption above image., Picture caption: England with roast beef & plumb pudding supplies, ... France with her frogs has very fine sauce., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Sold by [...]
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Bears, Eating & drinking, Frogs, National emblems, British, and French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > England. France [graphic].

7.
Boney and his army in winter quarters [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1807]
Call Number:
807.03.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Russian bear (left), standing on its hindlegs on the edge of a narrow stream, 'The Vistula', holds Napoleon in its forepaws. Talleyrand steps out of the stream on to the further bank (right), blowing a trumpet from which issues a billowing cloud on which he writes a dispatch with a large pen. The upper waters of the stream are inscribed 'The Bug'; a placard on a post in the water is inscribed: 'Hic Jacet - Snug - in the Bug - several thousand of the Great Nation.' The bear says: "Hush a bye! Hush a bye! take it all quietly - you'll soon find yourself as Snug as a Bug in a Rugg". Napoleon, gesticulating wildly towards Talleyrand, says: "Oh D----n the bug. I wish I had never seen it. My Dear Talley - dont tell my faithfull subjects the true state of my Situation - any thing but the truth my Dear Tally. Oh this cursed Russian Bear how close he hug me." Talleyrand, his back to his master, answers, "Leave me alone for a Bulletin." Two clouds issue from his trumpet: the smaller and darker rises: '7,000 Prisoners, 3000 drowned, 12 Eagles taken, 6,000[?] Killed.' The other cloud descends, on it Talleyrand has written, his pen by the final word: 'For Paris Grand Bulletin The august Emperor of the great Nation, informs his faithfull and beloved Subjects, that having performed Wonders on the banks of the Bug. he has now closed a glorious campaign for the season, and retired with Ease and Comfort into Winter Quarters - '. He wears a mitre, bag-wig, a gown over his suit kilted up by a girdle from which swings a rosary and an ink-pot resembling a bowl for holy water. His right leg has a bowed shin, and his shoe is raised on blocks. On the ground by the bear are Napoleon's large bicorne and sword. Behind (left) is part of the façade of a 'State Prison', surmounted by a Russian Eagle, and inscribed 'Prisoners of War.' The races of French prisoners are pressed against heavily barred windows. In the background is a large encampment."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March, 1807 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
Eylau, Battle of, Bagrationovsk, Russia, 1807, National emblems, and Russian
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Boney and his army in winter quarters [graphic].

8.
Desespoir des ennemis de la France a la découverte de leurs complots

Published / Created:
[1804]
Call Number:
804.00.00.20++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A political cartoon with 42 bust caricatures of members of a conspiracy discovered by no. 1 "La Vigilance du Gouvernement Français", a rooster or the Gallic cock, depicted at top center, holding "Correspondance de Mr. Draque - Ambassadeur de la Cour Britannique &c. &c." Those accused of participating in the conspiracy are: no. 2 "Le Prince de Galles" (possibly the Prince of Wales), no. 3 "Parti de l'Opposition", no. 4 "Le Comte d'Artois" (Charles X), no. 5 "Lord Windham", no. 6 "Lord Moira", no. 7 "Lord King", no. 8 "Mr. Vic-Kam", no. 9 "Lord With Wurth", no. 10 "Mr. Pitt", no. 11 "Mr. Drake", no. 12 "Mr. Adington", no. 13 "Le Général Limcol", no. 14 "Mr. Francis", no. 15 "Milord Cathcart", no. 16 "Monsieur, Frère du Roi de France" (Louis XVIII), no. 17 "Spencer Smith", no. 18 "Lord How Kersbury", no. 19 "Le Duc de Cambridge", no. 20 "Charlotte Reine d'Angleterre", no. 21 "Géorges III Roi d'Angleterre", no. 22 "Le Duc d'York" (Prince Frederick Augustus), no. 23 "Lord Windham", no. 24 "Le Comte de Darmouth", no. 25 "Le Duc de Portland", no. 26 "Sidney Smith", no. 27 "Sir Lucas Pepys", no. 28 "Mr. Canning", no. 29 "Fitz Williams", no. 30 "Lord Walsingham", no. 31 "Lord Nelson Admiral", no. 32 "L'amiral Duc Woeth", no. 33 "Mr. Tierney", no. 34 "Le Prince de Conde", no. 35 "Lord Malmesbury", no. 36 "Milord Harrowby", no. 37 "Mr. F. Millman", no. 38 "Heberden", no. 39 "Lord Grandville", no. 40 "Mr. Carnawon", no. 41 "Mr. Carlole", and no. 42 "Sir Robert Taulay."
Description:
Title from item. and Includes key with corresponding numbers identifying the persons depicted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Subject (Topic):
History, National emblems, French, Roosters, Conspiracy, Enemies, and Faces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Desespoir des ennemis de la France a la découverte de leurs complots

9.
An hieroglyphic, describing the state of Great Britain and the continent of Europe, for 1804

Published / Created:
[1804]
Call Number:
804.00.00.19+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three symmetrically prancing lions (left) and Napoleon (right) as 'The Beast' face each other across a narrow channel. In the background (left) John Bull, an obese citizen, sits surrounded by casks and bales (one marked 'I' or 'L M') under the Tree of the 'Constitution'. This has three branches: in the uppermost is a royal crown, the others (presumably) represent the Lords and Commons, ... Behind him are symbols of industry: men reaping, a bee-hive, a thatched farm-house. Above the tree flies an angel with a flaming sword ... Napoleon's head is scarcely caricatured, but has two horns - on one is poised an imperial crown, on the other the Papal tiara. In his dragon's claws he holds up a dagger and three short chains (for the lions); he is branded '666', and his tail is triply barbed. He has webbed wings, scaly shoulders, and a tiger-like body. Under his feet are broken fragments of crowns, sceptres, and crosiers. ... In the background (right) two demons fly above a breaking staff surmounted with the cap of liberty; at its feet lies a man in chains. A firing squad aims at women and children; buildings are in flames. The (printed) 'Explanation: 'JOHN BULL is sitting under his favourite Oak, supported by Commerce and Industry reaping the Fruits of his Labors, and protected by the power of God, whilst France is enslaved under their Tree of Liberty, which is falling to the Ground - the Honors and Independence of Nations are broken and trampled underfoot, and all the Horrors of War are extending their Ravages with unremitting fury. - Bonaparte is considered as the Dragon, the Beast, and the false Prophet, Rev. xvi. 13, xiii. II, and following verses, xix. 20 - and also as Gog, Ezek. xxxviii. and xxxix. - His brutal and ferocious Dispositions are represented by the Body and Feet of a Tyger; his inordinate Desires, by the Chest, Wings, and Claws of a Dragon, holding out Death or Slavery; his Head with two Horns represents his civil and ecclesiastical Authority; and is intended to point out, that though a Dragon and a Tyger have been the most dreadful and destructive of all real and imaginary Creatures, yet even their horrid Natures are surpassed by the sanguinary and rapacious Dispositions of that implacable Tyrant. - The THREE LIONS represent the united Naval, Regular and Volunteer Force of England, Scotland, and Ireland, watching the Monster's Motions, and springing forth eager to meet him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., "Price 1s. coloured, --6d. uncoloured"--Following imprint., and Illustration to a pamphlet.
Publisher:
Printed by C. Stower, Charles Street, Hatton Garden, for the "Prophetic mirror, or A hint to England" by L. Mayer and Sold by Parsons and Son, Ludgate Hill; Vidler, 349 Strand; and Marsom, 187 High Holborn; Major, Duke Street, West Smithfield; and Fairburn, 146 Monories
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), National emblems, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An hieroglyphic, describing the state of Great Britain and the continent of Europe, for 1804 [graphic]

10.
An emblem of Wales [graphic].

Published / Created:
[3 November 1800]
Call Number:
800.11.03.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications -- Crowns: Prince of Wales's crown -- Emblems: goat as a symbol of Wales -- Mountains.
Publisher:
Published 3d Novr. 1800, by Haines & Son, No. 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane
Subject (Topic):
National emblems and Welsh
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An emblem of Wales [graphic].

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