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1. End of the Irish farce of Catholic emancipation [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 May 1805]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 6
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A burlesqued illustration of the quotation from 'Paradise Lost' etched below the design ... In the upper left corner of the design, and in the background, an aged St. Peter holds open a small arched door, putting one of his three massive keys into th...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 17th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic):: Catholic emancipation and Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > End of the Irish farce of Catholic emancipation [graphic]

2. Malagrida driving post [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 March 1792]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A carriage (right) drives at a gallop towards the gateway of St. James's Palace; Lord Lansdowne, in peer's robes, puts his head out of the window to call to the coachman, who is lashing the pair of horses: "Drive you dog! drive! - now, or never! - ah...
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: Pub. March 16th by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Malagrida driving post [graphic]

3. Taming of the shrew, Katharine & Petruchio, the modern Quixotte, or, What you will [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 April 1791]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Pitt as Don Quixote (and Petruchio) bestrides a sorry rosinante, the white horse of Hanover, scarred and decrepit and apparently at the point of death. Behind him sits the King of Prussia. Holland, as Sancho Panza, on the animal's hind-quarters, clas...
Alternative Title:: What you will and Modern Quixote
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 20th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1747-1792, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain and Foreign relations
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Taming of the shrew, Katharine & Petruchio, the modern Quixotte, or, What you will [graphic].

4. The Whigs turn'd out [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 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The King points at a Whig being taken away by a beefeater; the Duke of Wellington tries on the crown; a chancellor hides
Alternative Title:: Whigs turned out
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Name):: William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):: Politicians and Great Britain
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Whigs turn'd out [graphic]

5. The balance of power, or, "The posterity of the immortal Chatham turn'd posture master" [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 April 1791]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Pitt, very thin and elongated, poises on one toe on a tight-rope; he holds a long balancing-pole in both hands, on one end (left) sits the Sultan, on the other (right) Catherine II. The Turk, whose end of the pole is slightly the lower, clutches it d...
Alternative Title:: Posterity of the immortal Chatham turned posture master
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Publishd. April 21st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond St.
Subject (Name):: Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain and Foreign relations
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The balance of power, or, "The posterity of the immortal Chatham turn'd posture master" [graphic].

6. The coming-on of the monsoons, or, The retreat from Seringapatam [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [6 December 1791]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Cornwallis, [It has been suggested that he is William Monson (1760-1807), then serving under Cornwallis, but as a captain in the 52nd he was not of sufficient note in England for caricature and Cornwallis's star removes all doubt of his identity. 'Mo...
Alternative Title:: Retreat from Seringapatam
Description:: Title from text in top part of image.
Publisher:: Pubd. Decr. 6th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805 and Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The coming-on of the monsoons, or, The retreat from Seringapatam [graphic].

7. The faith of treaties exemplified, or, John Bulls last effort to oblige his false friends [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 July 1794]
Call Number:: 794.07.17.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A huge bull, snorting fire, rushes with lowered head towards a French fort (left) from which cannon-balls descend upon him. Beneath the fort sansculottes on one knee fire at the bull while standing French soldiers, correctly dressed, also fire. On th...
Alternative Title:: John Bulls last effort to oblige his false friends
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pub. July 17, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Mack von Leiberich, Karl, 1752-1828, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794., Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797., and Mack von Leiberich, Karl, 1752-1828.
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain, Foreign relations, John Bull (Symbolic character), Bulls, Ethnic stereotypes, Caricatures and cartoons, English wit and humor, Pictorial, and Satire, English
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The faith of treaties exemplified, or, John Bulls last effort to oblige his false friends [graphic].

8. The fall of the Wolsey of the Woolsack [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 May 1792]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Thurlow, seated on the Woolsack, and George III who stands on the extreme left, tug at the bag of the Great Seal, while Pitt and Grenville (right) attempt to dislodge the Chancellor. The King, in profile to the right, tugs with both hands, saying, "W...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 24th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The fall of the Wolsey of the Woolsack [graphic].

9. The state auction [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [26 March] 1784.
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: William Pitt, acting as an auctioneer in the dissoluted Parliament, sells from the rostrum decorated with Royal Arms "useless valuables," such as "Magna Charta." Cornwall, the Speaker sitting below the rostrum, records bids in the "Sundry acts." In fr...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 26th by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Auctions, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The state auction [graphic].