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11.
Protheus on privileges [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
Feby. 1st 1791.
Call Number:
791.02.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: The Attic miscellany, v. ii, p. 177., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster election, 1790 -- Maces: House of Commons' mace -- Petitions: Westminster petition -- Mythology: Protheus., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Protheus on privileges [graphic]

12.
Tale of a tub. "Every man has his price!" Sir R. Walpole [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st, 1791.
Call Number:
791.01.01.06.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dr. Price preaches from a ramshackle tub inscribed 'Political Gunpowder', his arms outstretched to the right; from his pocket projects a document inscribed 'Revolution Toasts'. His sermon hangs over the edge of the tub, the upper sheet headed 'Bind the Kings with chains &c.' The tub rests on a large book: 'Calculations' (an allusion to Price's works on population and finance). Beneath the title is engraved : '"Every Man has his Price!" Sir R. Walpole'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. Series title above image., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., and Plate from the Attic miscellany, v. ii, page 118.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
Price, Richard, 1723-1791 and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tale of a tub. "Every man has his price!" Sir R. Walpole [graphic]

13.
The pugilistic duke [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1791?]
Call Number:
791.00.00.04.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Cf. No. 7958 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Dogs: mastiffs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Ruffians -- Orders: Star of the Thistle.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, Duke of, 1756-1799
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The pugilistic duke [graphic]

14.
The ruffian duke [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1791]
Call Number:
791.00.00.04.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Above the image: Attic miscellany., and Temporary local subject terms: Mastiffs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Ruffians -- Orders: Star of the Thistle -- Norfolk.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, Duke of, 1756-1799
Subject (Topic):
Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ruffian duke [graphic]

15.
Chesterfield's principles of politeness [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 November 1790]
Call Number:
790.11.16.01++ Impression 1 Boxed
Image Count:
1
Description:
Title engraved below images on second and third sheets., Text below title: This plate, from an original drawing by Samuel Collings Esq., is dedicated with permission to the Right Honorable Philip Stanhope ..., Thirteen designs on four plates, each individually captioned., Sheets trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Mockery of etiquette -- Carving knife and fork -- Fiddle -- Cello -- French horn., and Sheets mounted on a secondary support, rolled and stored in a box.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 16, 1790, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.
Subject (Topic):
Board games, Clothing & dress, Clocks & watches, Cooking utensils, Military uniforms, British, Musical instruments, and Playing cards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chesterfield's principles of politeness [graphic]

16.
A Demosthenean attitude [graphic].

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 1790.
Call Number:
790.05.01.14
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A half length portrait of Fox, looking to the left, in his accustomed attitude when speaking: legs bent, hat in his right hand with his right arm raised as if to make a downward thrust. His hair is unkempt, his stockings ungartered, his shoes unlatched, and he holds the end of his shirt which escapes from under his waistcoat"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. i, p. 285., Temporary local subject terms: Speaking -- Reference to Demosthenes, 384-322 B.C., Collings's signature not present, probably cropped. Cf. George., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm., mounted to 37 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Demosthenean attitude [graphic].

17.
Chancellors taught law & bishops divinity [graphic].

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 June 1789]
Call Number:
789.06.18.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Chancellors taught law and bishops divinity
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Debates: Stanhope, House of Lords, June 9, 1789 -- Bills: defeated bill for relieving members of the Church of England, June 9, 1789 -- Furniture: chairs -- Coronets -- Fool's cap -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Parody of a schoolroom -- Clergy: bishops -- Lawyers: chancellors -- Wheelbarrows -- Spades -- Pick-axes., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Published June 18, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 23 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chancellors taught law & bishops divinity [graphic].

18.
The first of April, or, A meeting of creditors [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 March 1785]
Call Number:
785.03.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left, Charles James Fox sits on a chair, his gouty left foot resting on a stool, his right hand holding a crutch. Behind him is a paper which reads "Plan to discharge the Nation[al] Debt". His right arm reaches out to a group of angry citizens confronting him with their complaints and pleas for relief. He says to them: "Gentlemen! I have been looking over my affairs, and give you my word of Honor you shall all be paid this day twelve month." A butcher, baker, orphan child, a nurse, and other troubled citizens voice their complaints in separate speech bubbles
Alternative Title:
Meeting of creditors
Description:
Title from caption below image., "SC" is the monogram of Samuel Collings., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
As the act directs published March 28, 1785 by W. Humphrey, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Public, History, Butchers, People, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The first of April, or, A meeting of creditors [graphic]

19.
Alas poor Werter! [graphic] Collings fec

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 June 1785]
Call Number:
785.06.24.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Beds -- Bed curtains -- Paintings amplifying the subject: portrait of Charlotte -- Tables -- Letters (Correspondence) -- Pistols -- Suicide attempts -- Chamber pots -- Literature: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Sorrows of Werter., and Watermark center left of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. 24 June 1785 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Alas poor Werter! [graphic] Collings fec

20.
Country revenge, or, A warning piece to political boys [graphic].

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1785]
Call Number:
785.02.00.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Warning piece to political boys
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker, place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Commutation Tax, 1785 -- Soap tax -- Tax on lights -- Tax on windows -- Signs: sign-posts -- Trades: washerwomen -- Vehicles: tumbrels -- Windows -- Pitt's speech -- Gallow ropes., and Partial watermark in upper right of plate: fleur-de-lis on shield with initials L V G.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Taxes, Traffic signs & signals, Gallows, Foxes, Horses, Farmers, and Pitchforks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Country revenge, or, A warning piece to political boys [graphic].