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2.
The head master turning out the incorrigibles [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. May 1831]
Call Number:
831.05.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"William IV stands, very erect and stern, in profile to the right, holding at arm's length a birch-rod inscribed 'Reform'. Behind him, as ushers, on the extreme left, Brougham and Grey stand in consultation. The King says to a body of discomfited scho...
Alternative Title:
Headmaster turning out the incorrigibles
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1831 by S. Gans, Southampton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Sadler, Michael Thomas, 1780-1835, Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, Twiss, Horace, 1787-1849, Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1781-1875, Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835, Wilson, Robert, Sir, 1777-1849, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, Taxation, School principals, School children, and Punishment devices
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The head master turning out the incorrigibles [graphic]

3.
Cuthbert Simpson tortured on the rack in the Tower of London [graphic].

Creator:
Neagle, John B., approximately 1796-1866, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1830]
Call Number:
830.00.00.161
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man, wearing only a loincloth, is shown being stretched on a rack. Two men, on the right and left edges of the image, work the mechanism of the torture device. Three men observe from the far side of the rack, the central figure wearing aristocratic ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
J.J. Woodward
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Martyrs, Punishment & torture, and Punishment devices
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cuthbert Simpson tortured on the rack in the Tower of London [graphic].

4.
The stool of repentance; the scorn of the world!! [graphic].

Published / Created:
[10 January 1821]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print shows personifications of Europe, Africa, America, and Asia pointing their fingers at a blushing Britannia paying penance for corruption atop a stool of repentence along with Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; King George IV; Robert Ba...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 10, 1821, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Westminster Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Symbols, Corruption, Punishment devices, Punishment & torture, Politicians, Embarassment, Bowls (Tableware), and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The stool of repentance; the scorn of the world!! [graphic].

5.
Punishment of the Tcha [graphic]

Creator:
Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 April 1796]
Call Number:
796.04.12.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man in a pillory; river and boat in the background."--Wellcome Library no. 579902i
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol
Subject (Geographic):
China.
Subject (Name):
Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801.
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Punishment devices, and Pillories
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Punishment of the Tcha [graphic]

6.
Constitution d'Angleterre [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1789]
Call Number:
793.00.00.20
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire against England: Pitt strides forward holding a flag next to a crown, while chained figures cringe at his feet, and a scaffold and executioner occupy the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
History, Public opinion, Foreign relations, Axes, Calumets, Chains, Crowns, Gallows, Punishment devices, and Shackles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Constitution d'Angleterre [graphic].

7.
Ancient music [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 May 1787] and [not before 1801]
Call Number:
Drawer 787.05.10.01.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The King and Queen (left), seated under a canopy decorated with a crown and the royal arms, listen enraptured to a concert; the performers are arranged in a pyramid on the right. Numbers on the figures refer to notes engraved beneath the design. Geor...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd May 10th, 1787 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1749-1789, Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Mawbey, Joseph, Sir, 1730-1798, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Jefferyes, Elizabeth, active 1787-1791, Ashbridge, John, -1799, Bates, Joah, 1741-1799, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
Subject (Topic):
Canopies, Concerts, Wreaths, Jewelry, Dogs, Demons, Sleeping, Musical instruments, Books, Birds of prey, Baskets, Fish, Swine, Lawyers, Judges, Shovels, Brooms & brushes, Punishment devices, Buttocks, and Cats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ancient music [graphic].

8.
The macaroni schoolmaster [graphic].

Published / Created:
[7 December 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man standing in profile to the right. He holds a book in his right hand, a strap in his left. He wears a short, tightly curled wig, and a light flowered dressing-gown over dark clerical clothes."--British Museum online cata...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Decr. 7, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Punishment devices, Teachers, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni schoolmaster [graphic].

9.
The macaroni schoolmaster [graphic].

Published / Created:
[7 December 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.5 plate 17
Collection Title:
Leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man standing in profile to the right. He holds a book in his right hand, a strap in his left. He wears a short, tightly curled wig, and a light flowered dressing-gown over dark clerical clothes."--British Museum online cata...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Decr. 7, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Punishment devices, Teachers, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni schoolmaster [graphic].

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