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1.
A representation of Governor Wall ordering Serjeant B. Armstrong, without a trial, to be tied to a

Published / Created:
[1802]
Call Number:
File 63 802 R425
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
An illustrated handbill describing the execution of Joseph Wall, former Governor of Goree, for unlawful execution in 1782 of Serjeant B. Armstrong. The large woodcut illustration depicts the punishment devised by Wall and shows the victim being whippe...
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Gate, London
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Whipping, and Enslaved people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A representation of Governor Wall ordering Serjeant B. Armstrong, without a trial, to be tied to a gun, at Coree, in Africa, and inhumanly flogged by Black slaves, who were changed every twenty-five lashes

2.
Back-gammon [graphic].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 July 1823]
Call Number:
823.07.23.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man stripped to the waist is dragged at the cart's tail while a man flogs him ferociously with a cat-o'-nine-tails. The scene is a dusty suburban road, with one house and trees. Boys run up cheering; a fish-woman stands to jeer."--British Museum on...
Alternative Title:
Backgammon
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. July 23, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's & 74 New Bond St.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches and Whipping
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Back-gammon [graphic].

3.
Gentle measures, or, Voluntary confessions [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
Sept. 1st 1798.
Call Number:
798.09.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Voluntary confessions
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Whipping
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gentle measures, or, Voluntary confessions [graphic].

4.
Joanna Southcott the prophetess excommunicating the bishops [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 September 1814]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title:
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Joanna Southcott and Tozer drive before them a crowd of fat bishops, who flee to the right in wild confusion. She uses a birch-rod, he wields a flail, inscribed 'Revd Roger Towser's Flail'. Joanna holds by the toe the hindmost bishop, who wears a pap...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 20th, 1814, by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814 and Tozer, William, approximately 1770-1828
Subject (Topic):
Women prophets, Prophets, Bishops, Crosiers, Miters, Medals, Chalices, Boxes, Wigs, Beating, Whipping, Whips, and Demons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Joanna Southcott the prophetess excommunicating the bishops [graphic].

5.
Peasants of the Vale of Langollen [graphic]

Creator:
Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 November 1783]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 6. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 47. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman standing looking to front while a man whips the donkey behind her, as they travel along a road to left, a cottage at right and a high view across a forest beyond the fence at left; oval design, after Bunbury, from a series."--British Museum o...
Alternative Title:
Peasants of the Vale of Llangollen
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 2, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Peasants, Donkeys, Pack animals, and Whipping
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Peasants of the Vale of Langollen [graphic]

6.
Peasants of the Vale of Langollen [graphic]

Creator:
Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 November 1783]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 6. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 47. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman standing looking to front while a man whips the donkey behind her, as they travel along a road to left, a cottage at right and a high view across a forest beyond the fence at left; oval design, after Bunbury, from a series."--British Museum o...
Alternative Title:
Peasants of the Vale of Llangollen
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 2, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Wales.
Subject (Topic):
Peasants, Donkeys, Pack animals, and Whipping
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Peasants of the Vale of Langollen [graphic]

7.
The Corsican whipping top in full spin!!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 April 1814]
Call Number:
814.04.11.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A (tricolour) top with the head of Napoleon spins, above the ground, savagely lashed by representatives of the Allies. His arms and his legs have already been severed from his body, now represented only by the madly spinning top. The most violently a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 11th, 1814, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Strt
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Schwarzenberg, Karl Philipp, Fürst zu, 1771-1820, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815, and William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843
Subject (Topic):
Campaigns of 1813-1814, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Carriages & coaches, Crowns, Demons, Emperors, Kings, Military uniforms, Tops (Toys), Victories, War allies, and Whipping
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Corsican whipping top in full spin!!! [graphic]

8.
The caneing in Condiut [sic] Street dedicated to the flag officers of the British Navy. [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1796]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout naval officer (right) is attacked by a taller and slimmer officer (left), who siezes him by the coat and raises his cane to strike. A civilian stands between them holding back the aggressor. The stout officer, Captain Vancouver, wears an enor...
Alternative Title:
Caneing in Condiut Street, Caneing in Conduit Street, and Caning in Conduit Street
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 and Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1775-1804
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Hides & skins, Otters, Sailors, British, and Whipping
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The caneing in Condiut [sic] Street dedicated to the flag officers of the British Navy. [graphic]

9.
The caneing in Condiut [sic] Street dedicated to the flag officers of the British Navy. [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1796]
Call Number:
796.10.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout naval officer (right) is attacked by a taller and slimmer officer (left), who siezes him by the coat and raises his cane to strike. A civilian stands between them holding back the aggressor. The stout officer, Captain Vancouver, wears an enor...
Alternative Title:
Caneing in Condiut Street, Caneing in Conduit Street, and Caning in Conduit Street
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 and Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1775-1804
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Hides & skins, Otters, Sailors, British, and Whipping
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The caneing in Condiut [sic] Street dedicated to the flag officers of the British Navy. [graphic]

10.
The devil paid his due [graphic].

Creator:
Barrow, J., active 1782-1785, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 6, 1784.
Call Number:
784.03.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Justice (left) flogs Fox at the tail of an elephant, as culprits were then flogged at the cart's tail. The elephant is in profile to the right. Fox is stripped to the waist, a rope round his neck is attached to the animal's tail, his hands are on the...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Whipping, and Elephants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The devil paid his due [graphic].

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