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1.
"Saevis compescuit ignibus ignes" Ov. Met. L2, V313 / [graphic]

Creator:
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1841]
Call Number:
841.00.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An image of Phaethon falling to the earth from overturned chariot of the sun. At the top is the enthroned figure of Zeus with a thunderbolt in hand
Description:
Title from quote in lower left, a quote from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 2, verse 313.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Phaethon (Greek deity), and Zeus (Greek deity),
Subject (Topic):
Chariots and Horses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Saevis compescuit ignibus ignes" Ov. Met. L2, V313 / [graphic]

2.
A princely song of King Richard, : sirnamed [sic] Cordelion, and of his bold courage, and

Published / Created:
[1720?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Princely song of King Richard, sirnamed Cordelion, and of his bold courage and lamentable death
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC.
Publisher:
printed by William Dicey
Subject (Topic):
Chariots, Trumpets, Kings, and Foxes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A princely song of King Richard, : sirnamed [sic] Cordelion, and of his bold courage, and lamentable death. Tune of, You batchelors, &c. Note, as the use of these old songs is very great, ...

3.
An attempt to land a bishop in America [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1769]
Call Number:
769.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the attempt to establish an Anglican episcopacy in the American colonies. A group of angry colonists push away from a quayside a ship named “The Hilsborough” (a reference to Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, Secretary of State who had order...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768, Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793, and Church of England
Subject (Topic):
Chariots, Clegy, Monkeys, Bishops, Ships, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An attempt to land a bishop in America [graphic]

4.
Britania seated in a triumphant car with Neptune, supports a medallion of King Geo. III. Attendant

Creator:
Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 March 1780]
Call Number:
780.03.18.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Allegory, a chariot bearing Neptune and Britannia to right, attended by nymphs and decorated with oval portraits; landscape format"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Britannia seated in a triumphant car with Neptune, supports a medallion of King Geo. III ... and Frontispiece to the fifth volume, engraved for Hervey's Naval History
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published March 18th, 1780, by J. Bew, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Poseidon (Greek deity), and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britania seated in a triumphant car with Neptune, supports a medallion of King Geo. III. Attendant sea nymphs bear portraits of some of the most eminent naval commanders in the glorious war of 1756 [graphic]

5.
Jove in his chair [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 September 1782]
Call Number:
782.09.11.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Shelburne on the left, is seated in a chariot drawn by 2 boney donkeys with the heads of Dunning and General Conway. Before them runs Col. Barré with Mercury's wings on his hat and shoes, while behind the chair stands Pitt, holding a hornbook
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 11, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Hornbooks, Chariots, Donkeys, and Snuff
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jove in his chair [graphic].

6.
The fall of Phaeton [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
6th January 1784.
Call Number:
784.01.06.01.3+
Collection Title:
Leaf 19. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fox is depicted as Phaeton, falling from a chariot drawn by a lion and a unicorn. In Fox's hand is a scroll marked India Reform Bill. Verses from Gray's Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College are inscribed below title
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Phaethon (Greek mythology), Chariots, Lions, Unicorns, and Falling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fall of Phaeton [graphic]

7.
The fall of Phaeton [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
6th January 1784.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 19. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fox is depicted as Phaeton, falling from a chariot drawn by a lion and a unicorn. In Fox's hand is a scroll marked India Reform Bill. Verses from Gray's Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College are inscribed below title
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Phaethon (Greek mythology), Chariots, Lions, Unicorns, and Falling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fall of Phaeton [graphic]

8.
The fall of Phaeton [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
6th January 1784.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 19. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fox is depicted as Phaeton, falling from a chariot drawn by a lion and a unicorn. In Fox's hand is a scroll marked India Reform Bill. Verses from Gray's Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College are inscribed below title
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Phaethon (Greek mythology), Chariots, Lions, Unicorns, and Falling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fall of Phaeton [graphic]

9.
The political strugle [sic] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
762.08.00.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Princess of Wales and the Earl of Bute drag the British Lion, or George III, in a small car, such as children use, decorated with a big Thistle; on the king's head is a very large jack boot, which, falling over his face, blinds him. Pitt leans ov...
Alternative Title:
Political strugle and Political struggle
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772,, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792,, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778,, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774,, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, City & town life, National emblems, British, Scottish, Taxes, and Warehouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The political strugle [sic] [graphic].