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31.
The great Milan leech [graphic]

Creator:
Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately November 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 23. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to a printed broadside. An enormous leech with the head and wig of Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740) advances menacingly upon three little men (right) who flee. Three others (left) register disgust, holding their noses. They say: "Tom T--dman's cart is nothing to compare to it; It stinks worse than a Pole-cat; D--n it what a Stench." A woman staggers backwards, saying: "Bring me a Smelling Bottle or I shall Die." One man lies on the ground fainting or dead. The leech is backed by clouds of smoke. Below the title: "The common damn'd shun its society, and think themselves fiends less foul." The text describes 'the Great Black Leech lately discovered at Milan . . .' procured 'at a great expense, at the special instance of the State "Doctor" [Sidmouth], . . . for 'the performance of an operation to relieve the Great Man's complaint' (a troubled mind). It was abortive and he is 'worse than ever'. Attempts to check its 'vicious propensities' were vain 'until Dr. Hone skilfully applied some "printer's ink" to it'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with roulette ; plate mark 10.2 x 18 cm, on sheet 12.1 x 19 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet has been cut in half, with bottom portion (12.6 x 18.5 cm) containing most of the letterpress text mounted separately beside upper portion containing the engraved plate. Imprint statement has also been trimmed away., and Mounted on page 23 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
Leach, John, 1760-1834, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Judges, Worms, Chasing, Fear, and Odors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The great Milan leech [graphic]

32.
The great Milan leech [graphic]

Creator:
Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately November 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 23. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to a printed broadside. An enormous leech with the head and wig of Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740) advances menacingly upon three little men (right) who flee. Three others (left) register disgust, holding their noses. They say: "Tom T--dman's cart is nothing to compare to it; It stinks worse than a Pole-cat; D--n it what a Stench." A woman staggers backwards, saying: "Bring me a Smelling Bottle or I shall Die." One man lies on the ground fainting or dead. The leech is backed by clouds of smoke. Below the title: "The common damn'd shun its society, and think themselves fiends less foul." The text describes 'the Great Black Leech lately discovered at Milan . . .' procured 'at a great expense, at the special instance of the State "Doctor" [Sidmouth], . . . for 'the performance of an operation to relieve the Great Man's complaint' (a troubled mind). It was abortive and he is 'worse than ever'. Attempts to check its 'vicious propensities' were vain 'until Dr. Hone skilfully applied some "printer's ink" to it'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 42 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Leech [sic]" identified in black ink below image; date "1820" written in lower right corner of sheet. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
Subject (Name):
Leach, John, 1760-1834, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Judges, Worms, Chasing, Fear, and Odors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The great Milan leech [graphic]

33.
The itinerant chancellor [art original]

Creator:
M., M. S., artist
Published / Created:
[March 1839]
Call Number:
Drawings M999 no. 1 Box D205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy of the caricature of the British Statesman and High Lord Chancellor Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), that appeared in the center of an print that was published on 1 October 1834 in Every body's album & caricature magazine, no. 19. He is depicted as a very thin traveller wearing a Scottish tam over his wig and using a broom as a walking stick; his shoe is worn through. He carries a wooden post labelled "Scratching post", a box stamped "Containing the freedoms of all the Scotch towns" and a bag with the words "Broken victuals the leavings of the Edinburgh blow out". Around his waist is another bag, "Oat meal". Above the image framed in lines in gold ink: “I flatter myself I've made a tolerable good job by my “Starring it” with Old Grey in the North! Sold all my numbers of the Penny Magazine, and well puff'd it through every town I went. Made little less than one hundred speeches about, I forget now, Received some score of Burgesses, Freedoms, and Invitations to as many dinners, where I blew my own trumpet & obtained plenty of orders from our Usefull Knowledge Society! Now, woe to the unstamn'd when I get home! I must have a good scrub at my skin presently; I reckon I have got a taste of the fiddle through my itch for travelling!
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Drawn after a print by C.J. Grant, published ca. 1833 by G. Drake as No. 56 in The political drama series; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.11156. A nearly identical image also appears among several designs in Every body's album & caricature magazine, No. 19 (1 October 1834); see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.10.01.01+., and Additional text written within speech box above image: I flatter myself I've made a tolerable good job ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Government officials, and Judges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The itinerant chancellor [art original]

34.
"Returning Justice lifts aloft her scale." Pope [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 1st, 1821.
Call Number:
821.06.01.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An emblematical and composite scene, with a realistic background intended for Lake Como, with the Villa d'Este (right), decorated with dancing figures as in British Museum satires no. 14171. In the foreground the Queen, between Bergami and Wood, falls from the tilting summit of a breaking pillar, supported on insecure props. She falls to the left, with Bergami, whose arm is round her waist. Wood, who holds her left hand, falls to the right, weighed down by a block inscribed 'Log' chained to his ankle. A small figure of Justice holding scales descends through the air towards them. The pillar resolves itself into separate blocks on each of which is a letter: 'M O B / I L I T Y'. A board resting on a ram's head forms the tiny platform from which the trio are falling. The pillar rests on a slab inscribed 'Adultery'. This is supported on the bewigged head of Brougham which is raised on three props: a massive broom, and two beams poised on a rectanglar cage in which sits a second and much smaller lawyer (Denman). The beams are respectively 'Sham Addresses' and 'Hired Processions' [see British Museum satires no. 14182]. These props are flanked by two ladders resting against the 'Adultery' slab, by which Bergami (see British Museum satires no. 14183) and Wood (see British Museum satires no. 13734) have reached the Queen. One (left) is inscribed 'Brass'; from it dangle emblems of Bergami: a postilion's boot, a whip, and a Maltese cross, see British Museum satires no. 13810. The other (right) is 'Wood'; from it dangle a bottle, a pestle and mortar, and a porter's knot. In the foreground (right) are thistles, emblem of 'Thistle-Wood', see British Museum satires no. 14146. On Lake Como sails (left) a one-masted vessel with a tent on its deck, the polacca, see British Museum satires no. 13818. Beyond its shores and on the extreme left are tiny buildings representing Jerusalem. A lake-side signpost, 'To Jerusalem', points in the same direction, and near it the Princess and Bergami ride side by side on asses (see British Museum satires no. 13918, &c.). On the right is a travelling-carriage, with two horses and a postilion; in it sit the same couple. On the door are the letters 'C·B'. In the lake behind it the pair are seen bathing, two nude figures standing waist-deep, holding hands. Near them is an empty rowing-boat inscribed 'Como'.."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
Como, Lake (Italy),
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854
Subject (Topic):
Justice, Adultery, Boats, Brooms & brushes, Cages, Carriages & coaches, Judges, Ladders, and Nudes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Returning Justice lifts aloft her scale." Pope [graphic].

35.
"Returning Justice lifts aloft her scale." Pope [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 1st, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An emblematical and composite scene, with a realistic background intended for Lake Como, with the Villa d'Este (right), decorated with dancing figures as in British Museum satires no. 14171. In the foreground the Queen, between Bergami and Wood, falls from the tilting summit of a breaking pillar, supported on insecure props. She falls to the left, with Bergami, whose arm is round her waist. Wood, who holds her left hand, falls to the right, weighed down by a block inscribed 'Log' chained to his ankle. A small figure of Justice holding scales descends through the air towards them. The pillar resolves itself into separate blocks on each of which is a letter: 'M O B / I L I T Y'. A board resting on a ram's head forms the tiny platform from which the trio are falling. The pillar rests on a slab inscribed 'Adultery'. This is supported on the bewigged head of Brougham which is raised on three props: a massive broom, and two beams poised on a rectanglar cage in which sits a second and much smaller lawyer (Denman). The beams are respectively 'Sham Addresses' and 'Hired Processions' [see British Museum satires no. 14182]. These props are flanked by two ladders resting against the 'Adultery' slab, by which Bergami (see British Museum satires no. 14183) and Wood (see British Museum satires no. 13734) have reached the Queen. One (left) is inscribed 'Brass'; from it dangle emblems of Bergami: a postilion's boot, a whip, and a Maltese cross, see British Museum satires no. 13810. The other (right) is 'Wood'; from it dangle a bottle, a pestle and mortar, and a porter's knot. In the foreground (right) are thistles, emblem of 'Thistle-Wood', see British Museum satires no. 14146. On Lake Como sails (left) a one-masted vessel with a tent on its deck, the polacca, see British Museum satires no. 13818. Beyond its shores and on the extreme left are tiny buildings representing Jerusalem. A lake-side signpost, 'To Jerusalem', points in the same direction, and near it the Princess and Bergami ride side by side on asses (see British Museum satires no. 13918, &c.). On the right is a travelling-carriage, with two horses and a postilion; in it sit the same couple. On the door are the letters 'C·B'. In the lake behind it the pair are seen bathing, two nude figures standing waist-deep, holding hands. Near them is an empty rowing-boat inscribed 'Como'.."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.3 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 23 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 79 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Bergami," "Caroline," and "Wood" identified in ink below image; date "1 June 1821" written in lower right corner of sheet. Typed extract of twenty-seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
Como, Lake (Italy),
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854
Subject (Topic):
Justice, Adultery, Boats, Brooms & brushes, Cages, Carriages & coaches, Judges, Ladders, and Nudes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Returning Justice lifts aloft her scale." Pope [graphic].

36.
[The Hon. Robert Dundas] [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1799] and [printed not before 1877]
Call Number:
799.00.00.50
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Numbered '129' in lower right of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Robert, 1758-1819
Subject (Topic):
Judges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The Hon. Robert Dundas] [graphic]

37.
[The Hon. Robert Dundas] [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1799] and [printed not before 1842]
Call Number:
799.00.00.50.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842 ed.)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Robert, 1758-1819
Subject (Topic):
Judges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The Hon. Robert Dundas] [graphic]

38.
[William Murray, Earl of Mansfield] [graphic]

Creator:
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, three-quarter length seated directed to right, looking towards the viewer, right hand on the arm of his chair, left hand holding a letter, resting on a table beside an inkpot, wearing a jacket with two buttons fastened over the chest and a chin-length wig, shirt ruffles at the cuffs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Crest bearing the motto "Uni Aequus Virtuti" etched below image, beneath which is a quotation from Horace: Virtutis verae Custos, Quo multae magnaeque secantur Judice lites. Hor., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 261 (leaf numbered '76' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 1, 1791, by T. Payne, Mews Gate
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793,
Subject (Topic):
Judges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [William Murray, Earl of Mansfield] [graphic]

39.
Justice Welch from an original sketch by Hogarth in the collection of Saml. Ireland 1781. The

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1788]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 87K(c) Box 125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after a painted sketch by Hogarth; head and shoulders to right, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a gown with a plain cravat and full-bodied jaw-length wig
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st 1788 by Molton & Co. 132, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Welch, Saunders, 1711-1784,
Subject (Topic):
Judges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Justice Welch from an original sketch by Hogarth in the collection of Saml. Ireland 1781. The portrait was began & finished within an hour by which a considerable bet was won / [graphic]

40.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
Description:
Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 9"--Below frame., Ninth plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life., and On page 139 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.5 34.6 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9

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