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19. The patriot exalted [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 March 1792]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 53. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Catherine II places in its niche the bust of Fox which is being hauled into position by a rope over a pulley held by a Russian bear, who crouches (right) beside the steps on which the Empress stands. She is in back view, very stout, wearing ermine-trimmed robes with a laurel wreath in place of the usual crown. On each side of the bust is a larger alcove for whole length statues of 'ΔΕΜΟΣΘΕΝΗΣ' and 'M.T. CICERO'. These statues are stepping down from their niches, looking apprehensively at Fox. Their eyes have the blankness of sculpture, but their faces express indignant alarm. Cicero holds a scroll: 'In Cata[linam]'. Fox's head is that of life rather than of sculpture. Above it is an oval picture or bas-relief inscribed 'Regulus'; a number of men are imprisoning a victim in a large cask lined with spikes. Demosthenes (left) steps down from his niche on to one of two large packing-cases inscribed 'Houghton Collection For The Emp[ress of] Russia' and 'Hough . . .' (Catherine having bought pictures from the collection of Sir Robert Walpole). Beside them stands a bust of Paul Jones, wearing a cocked hat and looking up at Fox with a sinister glare. Cicero steps down on to the arm of the Imperial throne, which is formed by the neck of a vulture; the legs of the throne are those of a bird of prey. On its seat lies a scroll inscribed: 'Memorial Ambassador extraordinary Sheweth That your Memorialists are attached to your Majesty and have opposed the Armament, divided against the Minister [ ? leaving him in a] small Majority, rai[led] against the Balance [of] Power, chalked up [on] the Walls in capital [letters] No Russian War.' (The right edge of the document is cut off by the margin of the design, leaving some of the words to be supplied by the reader.) Under the chair lies a dog. The vulture's claw which forms a leg of the throne is planted on a large map across the word 'Oczak[ow]'; 'The Bog', 'The Neister', and 'Black Sea' are also shown. The Russian bear is crouching on this map."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Symbols: Russian bear -- Birds -- Furnishings: Throne with vulture's heads and legs -- Statues -- Busts -- Maps: Russia's expansions westward -- Pictures amplifying subject: Regulus tortured by Carthaginians -- Art collections: allusion to Catherine II's purchase of Sir Robert Walpole's collection., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 38.9 x 27.7 cm, on sheet 40.2 x 28.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 53 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 15th March 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792, Cicero, Marcus Tullius., Regulus, Marcus Atilius, -250 B.C.?, and Demosthenes.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bears, Vultures, Thrones, Sculpture, Pulleys, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The patriot exalted [graphic]
20. The patriot exalted [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 March 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.03.15.02+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 53. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Catherine II places in its niche the bust of Fox which is being hauled into position by a rope over a pulley held by a Russian bear, who crouches (right) beside the steps on which the Empress stands. She is in back view, very stout, wearing ermine-trimmed robes with a laurel wreath in place of the usual crown. On each side of the bust is a larger alcove for whole length statues of 'ΔΕΜΟΣΘΕΝΗΣ' and 'M.T. CICERO'. These statues are stepping down from their niches, looking apprehensively at Fox. Their eyes have the blankness of sculpture, but their faces express indignant alarm. Cicero holds a scroll: 'In Cata[linam]'. Fox's head is that of life rather than of sculpture. Above it is an oval picture or bas-relief inscribed 'Regulus'; a number of men are imprisoning a victim in a large cask lined with spikes. Demosthenes (left) steps down from his niche on to one of two large packing-cases inscribed 'Houghton Collection For The Emp[ress of] Russia' and 'Hough . . .' (Catherine having bought pictures from the collection of Sir Robert Walpole). Beside them stands a bust of Paul Jones, wearing a cocked hat and looking up at Fox with a sinister glare. Cicero steps down on to the arm of the Imperial throne, which is formed by the neck of a vulture; the legs of the throne are those of a bird of prey. On its seat lies a scroll inscribed: 'Memorial Ambassador extraordinary Sheweth That your Memorialists are attached to your Majesty and have opposed the Armament, divided against the Minister [ ? leaving him in a] small Majority, rai[led] against the Balance [of] Power, chalked up [on] the Walls in capital [letters] No Russian War.' (The right edge of the document is cut off by the margin of the design, leaving some of the words to be supplied by the reader.) Under the chair lies a dog. The vulture's claw which forms a leg of the throne is planted on a large map across the word 'Oczak[ow]'; 'The Bog', 'The Neister', and 'Black Sea' are also shown. The Russian bear is crouching on this map."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Temporary local subject terms: Symbols: Russian bear -- Birds -- Furnishings: Throne with vulture's heads and legs -- Statues -- Busts -- Maps: Russia's expansions westward -- Pictures amplifying subject: Regulus tortured by Carthaginians -- Art collections: allusion to Catherine II's purchase of Sir Robert Walpole's collection., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Published 15th March 1792 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792, Cicero, Marcus Tullius., Regulus, Marcus Atilius, -250 B.C.?, and Demosthenes.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bears, Vultures, Thrones, Sculpture, Pulleys, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The patriot exalted [graphic]
21. The tomb at Park Place [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1792]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication information from the book in which the print was published., Plate from: Robertson, A. A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. London : Printed for the author; and William Faden, 1792., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 192 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Publisher:
- Archibald Robertson and William Faden
- Subject (Geographic):
- Berkshire (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Park Place (Berkshire, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tomb at Park Place [graphic].
22. View of Tantalon Castle, the Bass-Rock and the River Forth [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1792]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 792.02.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Figures by a boat and rocks in the foreground; the ruins of Tantallon Castle to the left; the Firth of Forth stretching to the distance; Bass Rock on the horizon; boats throughout the scene
- Alternative Title:
- View of Tantallon Castle, the Bass-Rock and the River Forth
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Titled 'View of Tantalon Castle, the Bass Rock, and the River Forth, by J. Farington; engraved by Dodd, 1792.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Febry. 1792 by F. Jukes, No. 10 Howland Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland, Forth, Firth of, Forth, Firth of., and Forth, Firth of (Scotland)
- Subject (Name):
- Tantallon Castle (Scotland)
- Subject (Topic):
- Excavations (Archaeology) and Castles & palaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View of Tantalon Castle, the Bass-Rock and the River Forth [graphic]
23. Westminster Bridge [graphic].
- Creator:
- Malton, Thomas, 1748-1804, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 June 1792]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 125+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of Westminster Bridge from the Bankside, Southwark, with Westminster Abbey just visible beyond; a large pulley system in foreground, for lifting stone blocks; a man tends to a cart horse while another two stand by a cart, a number of other small groups of people converse by the river bank"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802].
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 30, 1792, by T. Malton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Bridges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Westminster Bridge [graphic].
