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11.
Voyage to Margate [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 1786.
Call Number:
786.01.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The stern of one of the hoys from London to Margate, with passengers suffering from the effects of a fresh breeze. The steersman, leaning against the tiller, holds up a mug of frothing beer. The eight passengers are in various stages of distress and sea-sickness, except for a naval officer with a wooden leg who holds his wife's forehead and pours the contents of a bottle on her head; a sailor boy proffers a bucket to this couple. A man's hat and wig blow overboard, as does a young woman's large hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Engraver suggested by British Museum catalogue., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed & publish'd by W. Hinton No. 5 Sweetings Alley Road Exchange
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Hats, Military uniforms, British, Resorts, Sailors, Ships, Peg legs, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Voyage to Margate [graphic].

12.
An attempt to land a bishop in America [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the attempt to establish an Anglican episcopacy in the American colonies. A group of angry colonists push away from a quayside a ship named “The Hilsborough” (a reference to Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, Secretary of State who had ordered troops to Boston in June 1768) On the ship is a large carriage with its wheels and a crosier and mitre beside it. A bishop is climbing the rigging saying “Lord, now lettest thou thy Servant depart in Peace” (Archbishop Secker who died in August 1768 had left £1000 to help establish a bishopric in North America). The colonists are shown as advocates of liberty of conscience and religious non-conformism: one waves a large book lettered “Sydney on Government”, another brandishes “Locke”; “Calvins Works” has already been thrown towards the bishop; another colonist waves a flag, topped with the cap of liberty and emblazoned with the words “Liberty & Freedom of Conscience”; a Quaker holds “Barclay’s Apology” saying “No Lords Spiritual or Temporal in New England”. A monkey on the quay holds a stone as if intending to throw it at the bishop. A paper lies on the ground lettered “Shall they be obliged to maintain Bishops that cannot maintain themselves”. The print appeared in the Political Register, 1769, facing p.119."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., and Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 5 (1769), p. 119.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768, Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, and Church of England
Subject (Topic):
Chariots, Clegy, Monkeys, Bishops, Ships, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An attempt to land a bishop in America [graphic]

13.
An exact view of London Bridge since the conflagration of the late temporary bridge

Published / Created:
[approximately 1758]
Call Number:
758.00.00.34++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
A broadside on London Bridge and its partial destruction by fire on 11 April 1758, with an account on the history of bridges on the site and an engraving of the view of London and the River Thames, with the remains of London Bridge in the centre above; engraved title above and letterpress title and text in two columns below
Alternative Title:
Chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark ...
Description:
Title from etched text above the design., Letterpress caption title below image and above the two columns of text: A chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark, 'till the late conflagration of the temporary bridge, the 11th of April, 1758., Titled 'An exact View of London Bridge since the conflagration of the late temporary Bridge, 11th of April, 1758: with an historical account of ditto, sold by W. Herbert' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829., "Price one shilling plain. Colour'd eighteen pence.", Plate mark: 22 x 35 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of price statement from bottom edge., and Mounted to: 57 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by William Herbert, under the Piazzas, on the remains of London-Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), England, London, London., and London (England)
Subject (Name):
London Bridge (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Bridges, Ruins, Ships, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An exact view of London Bridge since the conflagration of the late temporary bridge

14.
The Royal George [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.21
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the ship Royal George, sailing away from the viewer, with a large British flag on the mast in full display at the back
Description:
Title from text in image. and Plate from: The general magazine of Arts and Sciences ... London : W. Owen, [1755-].
Publisher:
W. Owen
Subject (Name):
Royal George (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Ships and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Royal George [graphic]