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1. The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca, with Adl. B--g's plea before his examiners [graphic].

Published / Created:: publish'd according to act of Parliament, [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 34. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on the ineffective conduct of the Seven Years' War. The British lion has lost a foot labelled 'Minorca' and the French cock is tearing up the Union flag; two Frenchman discuss their aim to acquire British colonies in North America as well. The...
Alternative Title:: English Lion dismembered and Voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca
Description:: Title engraved below image.
Publisher:: Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):: Byng, John, 1704-1757
Subject (Topic):: Flags, British, Lions, Roosters, Petitions, and Shackles
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca, with Adl. B--g's plea before his examiners [graphic].

2. British resentment, or, The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg [graphic]

Creator:: June, John, printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd according to act of Parliament 25 Sepbr. 1755. and [printed 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 34. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: French fairly coopt at Louisbourg and French fairly cooped at Louisbourg
Description:: Title etched above image.
Publisher:: Printed for J. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & Jno. Bowles & Son, in Cornhil [sic] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Cannons, Ships, Lions, and Daggers & swords
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > British resentment, or, The French fairly coopt at Louisbourg [graphic]

3. The European state jockies running a heat for the ballance of power with various designs adapted for the year 1740 / [graphic]

Published / Created:: publish'd according to act of Parliament 25 March 1740 [that is 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 33. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on the jockeying for position of the European powers in early 1740. A race-course on the sea-shore with a variety of animals and riders representing different countries: first comes Cardinal Fleury (France) falling from his fox which has stumb...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
Subject (Topic):: Coastlines, Ships, Riding, Racing, Foxes, Devil, Scales, Wolves, Lions, Bears, Elephants, Daggers & swords, Monkeys, Horses, Swine, Clergy, Crowns, Bulldogs, and Shields
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The European state jockies running a heat for the ballance of power with various designs adapted for the year 1740 / [graphic]

4. The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [ca. 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 16. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, riding a lion, and William Pitt, on a white horse, face each other in the House of Commons, in front of the vacated Speaker's chair. Fox, holding a whip in one hand and a bridle in the other, tries to convince Pitt to dismount the untamed...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 31st, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer]
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Dissolution, Politics and government, Horses, Lions, Coats of arms, Chairs, and Crowds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Hanoverian horse and British lion [graphic].

5. Argus [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 7. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "George III, wearing a crown and ermine-trimmed robe is seated in an arm-chair asleep. The tassels of his girdle are thistles, indicative of Scottish influence. Round his neck is a chain from which hangs a cross, indicating the Romanizing tendencies o...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 15th, 1780, by W. Renegal [i.e. Field & Tuer]
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Commerce, Sleeping, Beehives, Harps, and Lions
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Argus [graphic]

6. Daniel in the lion's den [graphic].

Creator:: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1833]
Call Number:: Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Politician as Daniel in a cell sitting among trained lions and the King and the Queen watching him through the bars."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, and Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849
Subject (Topic):: Politicians, Lions, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Daniel in the lion's den [graphic].

7. The struggle, or, A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather [graphic]

Creator:: Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 March 1827]
Call Number:: 827.03.16.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Canning and Eldon, both in shirt-sleeves and about equally matched, face each other in a small boat: Cabinet. Cock Boat. The very ornate boat resembles a Canadian canoe in general shape; the paddles go through big apertures encircled by the points of...
Alternative Title:: Long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 16, 1827, by S.W. Fores - Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Canning, George, 1770-1827 and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):: Catholic emancipation, Rowboats, Ceremonial maces, Flags, Ship figureheads, Unicorns, Lions, National emblems, and Sunrises & sunsets
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The struggle, or, A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all'togather [graphic]

8. Destruction of the furious elephant at Exeter Change [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:: [6 March 1826]
Call Number:: 826.03.06.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The death of Chunee, a large Asian elephant, kept at the Exeter Change menagerie; to the left; a group of soldiers and others, all carrying guns; some observing and others firing on Chunee to the right; who, roaring, breaks the bars of his wooden cag...
Alternative Title:: Destruction of the furious elephant at Exeter Exchange
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 6th, 1826, by J. Harrison, 56 Long Acre
Subject (Topic):: Elephants, Lions, Rifles, Tigers, and Zoos
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Destruction of the furious elephant at Exeter Change [graphic]

9. [A lion] [art original].

Creator:: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1824]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of a lion as viewed from the side, facing right; in an oval. Based on an the original intaglia image on sardonyx, possibly part of a ring, in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
Description:: Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Art collections, Lions, and Jewelry
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A lion] [art original].