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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 l...
Description:
Title from text below image.
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 lo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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...
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."
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...
Alternative Title:
Long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather
Description:
Title etched below image.
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 S...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
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.
Frost Fair ephemera collection

Published / Created:
[1814]
Call Number:
646 814 F939
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
A collection of four Frost fair keepsakes in letterpress printed at the 1814 Frost Fair held on the River Thames, London, when it froze over in February 1814. Two of the pieces include poems on the subject of the frozen ice
Description:
Collection title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Thames River., and Thames River (England)
Subject (Topic):
Fairs, Freezes (Meteorology), Environmental conditions, Coats of arms, National emblems, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frost Fair ephemera collection

7.
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...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
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].

8.
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 ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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].

9.
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 ...
Description:
Title from item.
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

10.
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 o...
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image.
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]

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