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1.
A certain great personage learning to spell [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on the Duke of Cumberland's poor spelling with references to his criminal conversation with Lady Grosvenor. He is shown at a table with a satyr holding a fool's cap over his head as a tutor stands beside the table where the Duke works. Also beside his chair is a monkey on his hind legs. On the wall hangs a birch rod
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), page 88., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Oxford magazine
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Monkeys, Fools' caps, Tutoring, Clergy, Tables, and Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A certain great personage learning to spell [graphic]

2.
A certain personage in the character of a fool as he perform'd it at Whitchurch & elsewhere

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.08.00.09
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on the the criminal conversation between the Duke of Cumberland and Lady Grosvenor with Cumberland wearing a fool's cap; a servant spills a glass of wine on the Duke. The scene takes place in a bedchamber with a curtain around the bed, with a table set with a meal including wine bottles, wine glasses, and roasted fowl. On the wall hangs a large mirror
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the periodical for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), p. 75., Text above image: For the Oxford mag., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790 and Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Interiors, Fools' caps, Fools & jesters, Table settings & decorations, Bottles, Drinking vessels, Wine, Intoxication, Poultry, and Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A certain personage in the character of a fool as he perform'd it at Whitchurch & elsewhere [graphic].

3.
A council [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.02.00.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: January 1770., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right., Plate from: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : Printed for J. Miller ... , 1770- , v. 1 (1770), p. 79., and Temporary local subject terms: Councils: Privy Council -- Devil -- Personifications: Folly -- Petitions.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Cornwallis, Frederick, 1713-1783, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Rigby, Richard, 1722-1788, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A council [graphic].

4.
A crown piece for 1770 [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.01.00.06
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Temporary local subject terms: Weeping Britannia -- Emblems: thistle -- Emblems: English rose -- Lightning bolts., and Mounted to 28 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A crown piece for 1770 [graphic]

5.
A late unfortunate adventure at York [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.09.00.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 39 (1770), page 439., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: bed -- Furnishings: bed curtains -- Fireplace: poker -- Fainting -- Money: bank notes -- Pictures amplifying subject: race horse 'Eclipse' -- Pictures amplifying subject: 'The Chast Susanna.'
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
O'Kelly, Dennis, approximately 1720-1787
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A late unfortunate adventure at York [graphic].

6.
A recorder on his pilgrimage [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.10.00.03 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., One line of text below image: A man of honour and a gentleman. Harley., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 39 (1770), p. 522., and Temporary local subject terms: Offices: Recorder of London -- Buildings: Guildhall -- Quotation from speech by Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor of London -- Reference to Serjeant John Glynn -- Reference to John Wilkes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Eyre, James, Sir, 1734-1799
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A recorder on his pilgrimage [graphic].

7.
A scene at St. Ja---'s, or, The courtiers attempting to bridle the tongue of the late worthy Lord

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.12.00.04 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Courtiers attempting to bridle the tongue of the late worthy Lord Mayor and Scene at St. James's
Description:
Title from item., Publication date in Stephens: May 30, 1770., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 266., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: St. James's Palace, Reception Room -- Bridles -- Whips -- Female dress: watch -- Ellis Welbore, Baron Mendip, 1713-1792 -- James Townshend, 1737-1787., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794, Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1722-1785, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene at St. Ja---'s, or, The courtiers attempting to bridle the tongue of the late worthy Lord Mayor [graphic].

8.
A scene in Change Alley among the bulls, bears & lame ducks [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.07.00.06
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), p. 35., Temporary local subject terms: Stock exchange -- Expressions: bull (at stock market) -- Bear (at stock market) -- Lame duck (at stock market) -- Stock brokers -- Jews -- Brass Crosby, 1725-1793., and Mounted to 30 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in Change Alley among the bulls, bears & lame ducks [graphic]

9.
Ambo-dexter for and against is equally alike. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
770.00.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lawyers -- Law: legal fees -- Money: guineas -- Expressions of speech: 'for and against is equally alike' -- Literature: Tenures by Sir Thomas Littleton (1422-1481) -- Literature: The first part of the institutes of the laws of England by Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634)., and Mounted on cardboard, mounted again (with two other prints) to 26 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ambo-dexter for and against is equally alike. [graphic]

10.
Britannia in distress [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.02.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the periodical in which the plate appeared., Text above image: Engrav'd for the Oxford Magazine., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text above image. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 64., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: cap of liberty -- Emblems: staff of liberty -- Weapons -- Masks: bull's head -- Britannia's shield., and Mounted to 20 x 14 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty cap, Petitions, Daggers & swords, Axes, Shields, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia in distress [graphic].

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