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21.
Rob thief, or, The pilferers in masquerade [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1768]
Call Number:
768.11.00.03 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Pilferers in masquerade
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Publication date in Stephens: October 10, 1768, i.e., the date of the masquerade ball given by the King of Denmark., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 169., and Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Stealing -- Money: bags of money -- Medical: crutch -- Nooses -- Executioners: Jack Ketch -- Executions: reference to Tyburn -- Devil -- Masquerade: masks -- Frenchmen -- Pickpockets -- Reference to the theft of the Duke of Bedford's snuff-box at the King of Denmark masquerade.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Rob thief, or, The pilferers in masquerade [graphic].

22.
The North Star [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
768.08.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 3(1768), p. 65., Temporary local subject terms: Altars: Baal's altar -- Reference to the liberty of the press -- Reference to the Constitution -- Reference to Habeas corpus -- Discharged sailor -- Scourge -- Bags of money -- Allusion to the East India Company -- Allusion to the Bank of England -- Allusion to the American colonies -- Emblems: an earl's coronet -- Pensions: allusion to Lord Chatham's pension., and Mounted to 32 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788, Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Gout, Beggars, Peg legs, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The North Star [graphic].

23.
The operation [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1768]
Call Number:
768.06.00.02 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Two lines of quote below image: The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, and fed the hounds that helped him to pursue. Dryden., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p.385., Temporary local subject terms: Riots: reference to St. George's Fields, Southwark -- Weapons: dagger., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
J. Almon
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Gout, Crutches, Surgery, and Tableware
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The operation [graphic].

24.
Captain Macheath [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1768]
Call Number:
768.03.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Two lines of text below image: The road has done me justice, but the gaming table has been my ruin. Beggars Opera., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p.129., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: Treasury -- Theatrical costumes -- East India Company: directors -- Fire buckets -- Weapons: pistols -- George Dudley, ?1702-1777, Chairman of East India Company -- Robert James, fl. 1768, secretary of East India Company -- Thomas Rouse, d. 1771, Chairman of East India Company -- Literature: quotation from The beggars opera by John Gay., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors and Handguns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Captain Macheath [graphic].

25.
The waistcoat [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1768?]
Call Number:
768.02.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Two lines of quote below image: -- yet be not sad, good brothers / For to speak the truth it very well becomes you. Shakespeare., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), p.66., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: truck -- Pcitures amplifying subject -- Ministries: Grafton Administration -- Male dress: waistcoats -- Influence: Lord Bute's influence -- Punishment: birch rod -- Edward Bright, 1721-1750., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, De Grey, William, Baron Walsingham, 1719-1781, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Willes, Edward, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The waistcoat [graphic].

26.
Harlequin [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1768]
Call Number:
768.01.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved above image., Six lines of verse below image: The man in graver tragick known (though his best part long since was done) ..., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 2 (1768), frontispiece for January issue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Harlequin -- Devil -- Cap of liberty --Staff of maintenance -- Literature: quotation from Written in the beginning of Mazeray's History of France, by Matthew Prior, 1664-1721., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Harlequin [graphic].

27.
The wire master and his puppets [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1767]
Call Number:
767.10.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the original from which this copy was made., Four lines of verse below image: The puppets blindly led away, / Are made to act for ends unknown ..., Reversed copy of No. 4230 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Puppets -- Puppeteers -- Theater: stage -- Devil -- Audiences.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wire master and his puppets [graphic].

28.
The wire master and his puppets [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1767]
Call Number:
767.10.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Four lines of verse below image: The puppets blindly led away, are made to act for ends unknown ..., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 1 (1767)., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Puppets -- Puppeteers -- Theater: stage -- Theater curtain -- Devil -- Audiences -- Wigs: bag wig.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Warburton, William, 1698-1779, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wire master and his puppets [graphic].

29.
The colossus [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1767]
Call Number:
767.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Four lines of verse below image: Why man he doth bestride this narrow world like a colossus; and we petty ministers ..., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : J. Almon, v. 1 (1767)., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Scourges -- Colossi: Colossus of Rhodes -- Emblems: goat as lust -- Snake as fraud -- Praying -- Gout -- Literature: paraphrased quotation from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, i.2., and Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Scott, James, 1733-1814, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The colossus [graphic].

30.
Sampson pulling down the pillars [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1767]
Call Number:
767.08.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Two columns of verse below image: Hitherto .... I have perform'd. Not without wonder ... Samson Agonistes., Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 1 (1767), p. 201., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Westminster Hall -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Personifications: Liberty -- Emblems: cap of liberty -- Emblems: anchor -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the Glorious Revolution -- Reference to the accession of the House of Brunswick -- Musical instruments: lyre -- Emblems: thunderbolts -- Bible: Samson destroying a temple -- Literature: quotation from Samson Agonistes by John Milton, 1608-1674, lines 1640-1659., and Mounted to 37 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sampson pulling down the pillars [graphic].

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