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1.
A modern cherub vide, Peters. [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 November 1791]
Call Number:
791.11.16.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The head and shoulders of a woman, caricatured, in profile to the right, singing with upturned eyes, holding up a paper in both hands. A wing, foreshortened, and very freely sketched, extends diagonally across her shoulder, and has some resemblance to a part of her dress; her hair is loosely arranged, but its contour is fashionable; her face is blotched with drink. Clouds and a ray of light are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Cherubs -- Reference to Matthew William Peters, 1742-1814.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond St.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A modern cherub vide, Peters. [graphic]

2.
A sudden squall in Hyde Park [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 August 1791]
Call Number:
791.08.01.10++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in Hyde Park showing the effects of a storm on a range of social types: A man rings out a woman's drenched hair and nearby an old portly gentleman looks at the scene with the help of an eye glass. Another man face down on the ground, trips a woman who falls over him. In the backgrond, the Prince of Wales on horseback rides toward Carlton House while Lord Barrymore drives his Phaeton through the frantic crowd
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication supplied by Nicholas J.S. Knowles., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
S.W. Fores
Subject (Geographic):
Hyde Park (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793, and Carlton House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Parks, Crowds, Winds, and Carriages & coaches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sudden squall in Hyde Park [graphic]

3.
Coràm, quem quaeritis, adsum. Virg. [graphic]

Creator:
Birnie, Frederick, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1791?]
Call Number:
791.00.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sheet full of dozens of images of men and women's caricatured heads, after Hogarth's Characters ; Caricaturas?
Description:
Title from quotation etched below image., Frederick Birnie was active in London from 1787-1792. See British Museum catalogue., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Physiognomy and Heads (Anatomy)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Coràm, quem quaeritis, adsum. Virg. [graphic]

4.
English barracks [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 August 1791]
Call Number:
791.08.12.02++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the interior of a busy English barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (left); beside her, one soldier brushes his britches while another adjusts his helmet. A second woman (center) carries a child on her back as she hands a drink to a soldier who sits on a bunk; a basket of rolls (?) hangs from her arm. A third woman (left) stands at a washing tub wringing out clothes as she looks up approvingly at a young boy dressed as a soldier; beside her a handsome, well-dressed solder holds a baby who smiles at the scene
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: French barracks., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Army
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Arms & armament, Barracks, British, Breast feeding, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Laundry, Soldiers, English, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > English barracks [graphic]

5.
French barracks [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 August 1791]
Call Number:
791.08.12.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: English barracks., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
France. Armée
Subject (Topic):
Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > French barracks [graphic]

6.
Frying sprats vide royal supper ; Toasting muffins : vide royal breakfast. [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 November 1791]
Call Number:
791.11.28.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Queen, much caricatured, sits over a fire in profile to the right, toasting sprats on a gridiron (then called a saveall, see BMSat 6965); a plate of fish stands on a high trivet beside her. She wears over-sleeves, a check apron over an under-petticoat on which hangs a pocket, bulging with guineas, but patched."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles etched below images., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Identical imprint etched below each image., One line of text across the length of the plate: Ah! sure a pair was never seen, ... so justly formed to meet by nature!, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Parsimony -- Utensils: forks -- Knives -- Dishes: plates -- Furniture: trivets -- Gridirons -- Fireplaces: ovens -- Bags of money.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 28th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frying sprats vide royal supper ; Toasting muffins : vide royal breakfast. [graphic]

7.
Inn yard on fire [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 August 1791]
Call Number:
Drawer 791.08.01.09
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 1st, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Inn yard on fire [graphic]

8.
Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
12th May 1791.
Call Number:
791.05.12.02+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

9.
Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
12th May 1791.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., and Mounted on page 74.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

10.
Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
12th May 1791.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An allegorical representation of the thesis of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution as seen through Burke's spectacles. Fox dressed as Cromwell stands ready to strike a tree with an axe, the blade of which is labelled "Rights of man". In the tree are many emblems: a crown, a star of the Garter, a snuffer, the Holy Bible with mitre and chalice, escutcheons representing hereditary nobility and the arms of the Portland and Cavendish families
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges., Two lines of verse etched below title: Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true. Shakespeare., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 37.2 x 26.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Politics and government, Eyeglasses, Demons, Escutcheons (Heraldry), Trees, Axes, Crowns, Bibles, and Skeletons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Burke's pair of spectacles for short sighted politicians [graphic]