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1.
The monster, 1783 [graphic].

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 April 1783]
Call Number:
783.04.02.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A monstrous creature representing the new ministry (formed on the day of the publication of this print) is shown in the shape of a fox standing on its right hind leg, with eight heads and no fore legs. The central head on top is that of the Duke of Portland, surrounded by other ministerial candidates. Below the fox's raised tail are the heads of Lord North and Charles Fox; above the former issues a blast of air signed "Coalition." Below the design and on both sides of the title are ten verses beginning, "This many-headed Monster of the Land / At present on one Leg is seen to stand."
Description:
Title from item., Questionable attribution to John Boyne from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Uncolored impression, with a pencil drawing of gallows and a noose around the neck of David Murray, Lord Stormont(?), and "the pope" next to it in manuscript. Charles Fox's head is numbered "5" in ms.
Publisher:
Pub. April 2d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, near Temple Bar
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Monsters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The monster, 1783 [graphic].

2.
The monster, 1783 [graphic].

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 April 1783]
Call Number:
783.04.02.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A monstrous creature representing the new ministry (formed on the day of the publication of this print) is shown in the shape of a fox standing on its right hind leg, with eight heads and no fore legs. The central head on top is that of the Duke of Portland, surrounded by other ministerial candidates. Below the fox's raised tail are the heads of Lord North and Charles Fox; above the former issues a blast of air signed "Coalition." Below the design and on both sides of the title are ten verses beginning, "This many-headed Monster of the Land / At present on one Leg is seen to stand."
Description:
Title from item., Questionable attribution to John Boyne from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. April 2d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, near Temple Bar
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Monsters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The monster, 1783 [graphic].

3.
Sleeping dogs from a design in marble by the Honble. Mrs. Damer ... / [graphic]

Creator:
Cary, John, approximately 1754-1835, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 June 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two dogs with curly coats lying intertwined on a drape, a garden beyond a porch at left, in the direction of which the front animal looks, the other resting its head asleep on its back; oval design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Dedication continues from title and is etched below it: ... to whom this plate is respectfully inscribed by her much obliged and obedient servant, Ino. Cary., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the sculpture in marble in the Duke of Richmond's collection at Goodwood., and Mounted on page 183 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
Published June 18, 1785, by J. Cary, map & print-seller, corner of Arundel Street, Strand
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806 and Goodwood House (England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Sculpture, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sleeping dogs from a design in marble by the Honble. Mrs. Damer ... / [graphic]

4.
Sleeping dogs from a design in marble by the Honble. Mrs. Damer ... / [graphic]

Creator:
Cary, John, approximately 1754-1835, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 June 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two dogs with curly coats lying intertwined on a drape, a garden beyond a porch at left, in the direction of which the front animal looks, the other resting its head asleep on its back; oval design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Dedication continues from title and is etched below it: ... to whom this plate is respectfully inscribed by her much obliged and obedient servant, Ino. Cary., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the sculpture in marble in the Duke of Richmond's collection at Goodwood., Mounted on page 234 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; oval image 18.7 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 22.9 x 25.4 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published June 18, 1785, by J. Cary, map & print-seller, corner of Arundel Street, Strand
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806 and Goodwood House (England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Sculpture, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sleeping dogs from a design in marble by the Honble. Mrs. Damer ... / [graphic]

5.
Oh dear, what can the matter be [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 September 1793]
Call Number:
793.09.21.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of Richmond stands between two posts, supporting himself by a hand on each. He looks down and to the right, with a dismayed expression, vomiting a cascade of munitions of war: weapons, cannon, drums, &c, a fortress, a baggage-wagon, a windmill. One post (right) is inscribed '4 Per Chaldron 20,000 pr Anm', the other, 'Heriditary Income D'Aubigne'. A scroll floats towards him from the upper left corner of the design inscribed: 'Thou hast done those things thou ought not to have done And hast left undone those things thou oughfi [sic] to have done.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 21, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806 and Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Arms & armament, and Military
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Oh dear, what can the matter be [graphic].

6.
The victorious procession to St. Paul's, or Billy's grand triumphal entry a prelude / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 December 1797]
Call Number:
Drawer 797.12.11.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satirical representation of a procession to St. Paul's for the national thanksgiving for the naval victories. Lord Hawkesbury, Duke of Richmond, Loughborough, Wilberforce, George Rose, Horsely, Bishop of Rochester, John Bull, Pitt, Windham and Dundas (with two companions in traditional Scottish dress) are all recognizable carrying objects that suggest their role in the government policy which led to the tripling of the assessed taxes and the burden of taxation in general
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's statement following the imprint: Folios of caricatures lent., "A prelude" has been burnished from plate and etched in again further to the right, leaving a gap at the end of the first part of the title., and For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 11, 1797 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806, Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Windham, William, 1750-1810
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, History, Parades & processions, and Taxes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The victorious procession to St. Paul's, or Billy's grand triumphal entry a prelude / [graphic]

7.
Fox in the block-shop, or, The heads of the propositions rejected [graphic].

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
Augt. 30th, 1785.
Call Number:
785.08.30.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Heads of the propositions rejected
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on ministerialists, 1785 -- Barber's blocks -- Allusion to Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Allusion to Edward, Baron Hawke, 1705-1781 -- Earl of Mulgrave, 1755-1831 -- 3rd Duke of Montrose, 1755-1836., Watermark (partial): initials LVG below shield., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by Moore, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Galloway, John Stewart, Earl of, 1736-1806, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Rose, George, 1744-1818, and Carrington, Robert Smith, Baron, 1752-1838
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fox in the block-shop, or, The heads of the propositions rejected [graphic].

8.
The countryman's dream of coalescing virtue and vice [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 20th 1784.
Call Number:
784.03.20.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Thomas Powys, sleeping in a chair on the left, and Charles Marsham, with a tankard, two of the country gentlemen urging the union between Fox and Pitt, preside over a maypole dance in front of the "St. Albans" tavern, their meeting place. The maypole is decorated with a sleeping head of George III. Dancers include members of the Coalition cabinet, pictured with devil's horns: Charles Fox, with a fox's body, Burke, dressed as a Jesuit, and the Duke of Portland, and members of the preceding cabinet, pictured with haloes: Lord Thurlow, in a judge's robe, a smiling Lord Shelburne, and the Duke of Richmond. They are watched on the left by the "nurse North," with horns, holding baby Pitt, with a halo, and on the right, by the Prince of Wales, dancing to his own tune he is playing on a pipe and a drum
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Lilford, Thomas Powys, Baron, 1743-1800., and Romney, Charles Marsham, Earl of, 1744-1811.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), May poles, Dance, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The countryman's dream of coalescing virtue and vice [graphic]

9.
The fox hunt [graphic].

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 29th, 1784.
Call Number:
784.01.29.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fox with the face of Charles Fox runs away from a pack of hunting dogs, foremost of which is Pitt, with the key to the Treasury hanging from his collar, with Thurlow, in a Chancellor's wig. They are followed by the dogs representing the Duke of Richmond, Henry Dundas, and Lord Nugent. Behind them, Lord Temple, in a jockey's outfit, rides on an ass with the King's face. Above, a smiling sun with Lord Shelburne's face, casts rays at the hunting party, while the upset-looking Boreas (Lord North) blasts cold air at Pitt's head to impede his progress
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from no. 6387 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. for H. B., as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Lawyers, Dogs, Foxes, Donkeys, Jockeys, Demons, and Fox hunting
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fox hunt [graphic].

10.
The fox hunt [graphic].

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 29th, 1784.
Call Number:
784.01.29.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fox with the face of Charles Fox runs away from a pack of hunting dogs, foremost of which is Pitt, with the key to the Treasury hanging from his collar, with Thurlow, in a Chancellor's wig. They are followed by the dogs representing the Duke of Richmond, Henry Dundas, and Lord Nugent. Behind them, Lord Temple, in a jockey's outfit, rides on an ass with the King's face. Above, a smiling sun with Lord Shelburne's face, casts rays at the hunting party, while the upset-looking Boreas (Lord North) blasts cold air at Pitt's head to impede his progress
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. for H. B., as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Nugent, Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl, 1702?-1788., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Lawyers, Dogs, Foxes, Donkeys, Jockeys, Demons, and Fox hunting
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fox hunt [graphic].

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