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1. "Improvement in weights & measures", or, Sir John Seeclear discovering [the] ballance of [the] British flag [graphic] / Js. Gillray invt. & fect.

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Sinclair, tall and thin, stands full-face, holding up in his right hand a balance (steelyard, or stilliard) inscribed 'Vive le Egalité'. A large British flag at the right end of the beam much outweighs a bunch of objects at the other; three documents: [1] 'Navy of England to be retaind viz: 50000 Seamen & half a Dozen Ships of War - 500000 Sailors to be sent to plant Potatoes.' [2] '10 000 heavy reasons for giving the Enemy a fair chance of getting out of their Ports.' [3] 'Advantages of cold oeconomy'. Below these are bunches of turnips, carrots, a cabbage, the whole terminating in a pendent bonnet-rouge. Sinclair is fashionably dressed, wearing a hat, half-boots, ill-fitting coat, and overcoat almost to the ankles. On a heavily draped writing-table (right) are three large volumes: 'Improvements in the Art of Political Dunging and Pursuits of Agriculture.' A paper: 'The Apostate Laird - a Parliamentary Romance - together with Loss of the Agricultural Arm' Chair. On the wall (right) is a picture of three pigs feeding at a trough of 'Democratic Verbosity'; this is 'Pigs Meat: or new method of feeding the Swinish Multitude' [see BMSat 8500, &c.]. Beside it is a placard: 'Table of Weights & Measures laid down upon the true democratic Principle of the Stilliards of Egalité'. A patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:: "Improvement in weights and measures" and Sir John Seeclear discovering the ballance of the British flag
Description:: Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Sinclair, John,--Sir,--1754-1835--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Improvement in weights & measures", or, Sir John Seeclear discovering [the] ballance of [the] British flag [graphic] / Js. Gillray invt. & fect.

2. A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1791 July 23
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "The------ [King's] Head, here!" Fox sits in the centre, raising his glass, his right hand on his heart; he looks up ecstatically, saying, "My Soul & Body, both, upon this Toast!!!" On his right. sits Sir Cecil Wray, saying, "O Heav'ns! why I would empty a Chelsea Pensioners small-beer barrel in such a cause!!" [see BMSat 7892]. On the extreme left Sheridan bends forward, avidly filling his glass from a decanter of Sherry; he says, "Damn my Eyes! but I'll pledge you that Toast tho Hell gapes for me." On Fox's left sits Horne Tooke, saying, "I have not drank so glorious a Toast since I was Parson of Brentford, & kept it up with Balf & McQuirk!" (He had tried to secure the execution of these two 'bludgeon men' for murder at the Middlesex Election of 1768; though convicted they were pardoned, see BMSats 4223-4226.) He grasps a decanter of 'Holland[s]' (perhaps indicating attachment to Fox, after previous hostility, cf. BMSat 7652). On the extreme right sits Dr. Lindsey, with (like Sheridan) a drink-blotched face; he drinks, saying, "Amen! Amen!" Before him are two decanters of 'Brandy'. Behind Horne Tooke and Lindsey stands a group of sanctimonious dissenters, with lank hair, much caricatured; three say respectively: "Hear our Prayers: & preserve us from Kings & Whores of Babylon!!!"; "Put enmity between us & the ungodly and bring down the Heads of all Tyrants & usurpers quickly good Lord - Hear us good Lord". and "O! grant the Wishes of thine inheritance". On the wall above Foxs head is a picture of St. Paul's Cathedral; from the façade emerge the heads of three pigs feeding from a trough. This is 'A Pig's-Stye \ a View from Hackney' (an allusion to Priestley's congregation at the Gravel Pit chapel. Hackney, where he had succeeded Price)."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:: S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Lindsey, Theophilus,--1723-1808--Caricatures and cartoons., Priestley, Joseph,--1733-1804--Caricatures and cartoons., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Tooke, John Horne,--1736-1812--Caricatures and cartoons., and Wray, Cecil,--Sir,--1734-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].

3. A natural crop, alias, A Norfolk dumpling [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1791 September 21
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "A whole length satirical portrait of the Duke of Norfolk, directed to the right; in his left hand is the baton of Earl Marshal; his right hand is in his waistcoat pocket. He wears top-boots, a slouched hat, and his hair is closely cropped. Earlier caricatures show the Duke wearing his own hair without powder, hanging on his neck."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:: Norfolk dumpling
Description:: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:: H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Norfolk, Charles Howard,--Duke of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A natural crop, alias, A Norfolk dumpling [graphic].

4. Aquila Hapsburghiensis [graphic].

Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Satirical armorial ridiculing Lord Denbigh's claim to descend from the Habsburg family.
Description:: Artist identified as 'Lord de Ferrars' in the British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched at bottom of plate: Humbly dedicated to Garter King at Arms and all other the officers of the College of Arms, London., Four lines of text in Latin below title: Monstrum, horrendum informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum. Quale portentum neque militaris, aaunia in latis alit esculetis, nee jubae tellus generat, &c. &c., Publication date from contemporary manuscript note in lower left margin: Publish'd 27th May 1780., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Denbigh, Basil Fielding,--Earl of,--1719-1800., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Townshend, George Townshend, Marquess, 1755-1811, artist.
Subject (Topic):: Coats of arms. and Eagles.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Aquila Hapsburghiensis [graphic].

5. Guy-Vaux discovered in his attempt to destroy the King & the House of Lords [graphic] : his companions attempting to escape.

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1791 May 14
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Fox as Guy Vaux kneels on one knee beside a pile of three barrels which he is about to fire with a lighted paper inscribed 'Rights of Man', holding up a dark lantern in his left hand. Burke, dressed as a watchman, rushes towards him and seizes Fox's left wrist, turning the rays of the lantern on his face, while he springs the rattle in his outstretched right hand. His long staff rests on his shoulder and he wears a long coat with a triple collar, badged on the left sleeve with a crown. He says, ""Hold Miscreant - I arrest thee in the name of the British Constitution, which thou art undermining - I arrest thee in the name of human nature, which thou hast most cruelly outraged; - I arrest thee in the name of that Monarch whom thou dost wish to deprive of dignity, & of that people whom thou hast most basely deluded! - Nay, no fawning: - thy Tears & thy hypocrisy make no impression on the mind of truth & Loyalty: - therefore, Enemy of all good! yeild to that punishmt which has long waited those "crimes which are left as yet unwhipt of Justice"". Fox, who wears a slouch hat and a long cloak buttoned over his mouth, says, "O Lord! O Lord! that ever my aim should be discover'd when I had taken such pains to disguise myself - for Heavens sake, Watchman, what have I done that I should be apprehended? - what have I done only answer me that! - dare you accuse me only for what you think I intended to do ? - have I ever assassinated the King, or blown up the Lords ? - as to this Gunpowder here, I only intended to set fire to it merely to clear the Nation of Buggs: - for goodness sake do let me go: - or if I must suffer do let it be without holding up my own dark Lanthorn in my Face, for my Eyes are so weak with crying to think I should be charged with such Villainy, that I cannot bear the Light." Large tears fall from his eyes. The barrels are inscribed 'Gunpowder', one 'for the King', another 'for the House of Lords'. Behind, Sheridan escapes up a flight of steps, he follows another conspirator whose leg is visible on the extreme right. He says, I must be off while I can; as to my Friend there, why, if he does go to pot there's the more room for me! - I wish I could squeeze out a Tear or two as well as he, it might impose on the Mob, if they should stop me: - but I've come that humbug so often before, that my Eyes - Da-n my Eyes! there's not one drop left in them." ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: NB his associates were all taken afterwards & executed., and Title from text in lower right corner of image.
Publisher:: H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Kirgate, Thomas,--1734-1810--Ms. notes., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., and Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Guy-Vaux discovered in his attempt to destroy the King & the House of Lords [graphic] : his companions attempting to escape.

6. Modern-elegance [graphic] : a portrait.

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1795 May 22
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: A lady sits in an armchair, her head titled back to the side so that she can see her reflection in the large mirror on the wall behind her. She wears a loose high-waisted dress, giving the appearance of pregnancy, her full figure and large breasts are well-defined. She is wearing gloves and a turban adorned with ostrich feathers. Long locks of hair escaped from the turban, and she holds a fan in her right hand. Beneath the chair is a patterned carpet.
Description:: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:: H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bury, Charlotte Campbell,--Lady,--1775-1861--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress--England--1790-1800.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Modern-elegance [graphic] : a portrait.

7. The Bengal levee [graphic] / etch'd by Js. Gillray, from an original drawing made on the spot by an amateur.

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:: 1792 November 9
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Lord Cornwallis holds a levee in Government House, Calcutta, in a large room divided by a panelled partition which stretches across the design from left to right and is broken by three wide doorways, showing an inner room, crowded with guests, with three large windows between which are pier-glasses in ornate frames. In the spaces between the doorways are four candle-sconces placed above four of Thomas Daniell's 'Views of Calcutta', either the originals or (more probably) the aquatints. [Published by him at Calcutta 1786-8, reproduced in W. Corfield's 'Calcutta Faces and Places'. Cf. also 'Memoirs of William Hickey', iii. 327, 342.] In the nearer portion of the room the figures are dispersed; Cornwallis stands in the inner room on the right, his right hand on his breast, left in his breeches pocket. He is talking to Cudbert Thornhill, a grotesque-looking civilian who faces him in profile to the right. Behind Thornhill, waiting to approach Cornwallis, is King Collins wearing regimentals. Behind this group is a crowd of unidentified guests. The figures in the foreground (left to right) are: Lt.-Col. Alexander Ross, secretary to Cornwallis, who is talking to Colonel John Fullarton, senior officer at the Presidency ('East India Kalendar', 1791, p. 14). Next, a stout civilian, with legs thick to deformity, holds both hands of a very slim and foppish civilian; they are John Haldane and Claud Benizett, [Identified by Wright and Evans as John Wilton.] Sub-Treasurer. The centre figures are a very stout colonel talking to a thin and grotesque civilian holding a long cane; both wear spectacles. They are Colonel Auchmuty and William Pye, Collector of the Twenty-four Pergunnahs. A grotesquely ugly little civilian, standing alone in profile to the left, taking snuff, is W. C. Blaquiere. [Identified by Wright and Evans] On the extreme right an obese man and a cadaverously thin man, both civilians, take each other's hands in an affected manner; they are Robert MacFarlane, Clerk of the Market, and John Miller, Deputy of Police. From MacFarlane's pocket hangs a long paper: 'Price Current Calcutta Market Grain Rice Bran Paddy Agent'. Behind Pye stands the Rev. Thomas Blanshard, a very stout man in profile to the left with his hands behind his back. Behind him a civilian grasps the hands of a Greek priest wearing robes and a high hat. They are Edward Tiretta of the Bazaar and Father Parthanio. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:: Artist reputed to be General Stevenson. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:: H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis,--Marquis,--1738-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., Gillray, James, 1756-1815, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50033402, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97861435, Ross, Alexander,--1742-1827--Caricatures and cartoons., and Teignmouth, John Shore,--Baron,--1751-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Bengal levee [graphic] / etch'd by Js. Gillray, from an original drawing made on the spot by an amateur.

8. The Bishop of A Tun's breeches, or, The flaming eveque purifying the house of office [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "The interior of a latrine; a procession, headed by Talleyrand holding up a crozier, advances towards the seat; through the circular aperture looks out the head of a demon, saying, "Ca Ira! Ca Ira!" Talleyrand, as Bishop of Autun, wears mitre, lawn sleeves, long robes; he puts one knee on the seat, showing that his leg above the knee is bare, revealing him a sans-culotte; to his crozier are suspended his blazing breeches. He is followed by a French fish-wife, walking in profile to the right, and carrying a flaming torch inscribed 'Inflammatory Epis[tle]'; in her right hand is a document inscribed 'Instructions from the National Assembly to their Diplomatique'. Two fish hang from her waist. Behind and on the extreme left walk three small and ruffianly Frenchmen with tricolour caps carrying a lighted brazier, a red-hot poker, &c. On the wall (right), partly obscured by the smoke from the breeches and in danger of destruction, is a picture of 'The House of Commons'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:: Bishop of Autun's breeches and Flaming eveque purifying the house of office
Description:: Dedication etched below title: To the patriots of France & England, this representation of the burning zeal of the holy "Attachè a la Mission," and his colleague "L'Envoié des Poissardes," is most respectfully dedicated., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Chauvelin, Bernard-François,--marquis de,--1766-1832--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de,--prince de Bénévent,--1754-1838--Caricatures and cartoons., Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ms. notes., and Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):: Demons.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Bishop of A Tun's breeches, or, The flaming eveque purifying the house of office [graphic].

9. The dead shall live, the living die [graphic] : Handel.

Creator:: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:: [1784]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B28 804
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: Prints & Photographs
Abstract:: "Subscribers ticket to the Handel Centenary Commemoration held in Westminster Abbey in 1784; a woman seated on a lion, gesturing towards an obelisk behind her, that is inscribed 'Handel'; a cherbu by her side placing a garland on a pedestal; in oval with ribbion inscribed 'The dead shall live the living die', and on scroll between horsn and pipes, 'May 29 / Messiah / 1784'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:: Sheet trimmed within design, resulting in loss of imprint. and Title from image.
Publisher:: [s.n.]
Subject (Name):: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The dead shall live, the living die [graphic] : Handel.