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1. A new emblematical print lately exhibited at the Hague [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., A reduced version in reverse of British Museum satires no. 3471; used as a frontispiece to the Literary Magazine, 15 February-15 March 1757., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 13., and Mounted to 24 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, and Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von, 1700-1763
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches and Drawbridges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new emblematical print lately exhibited at the Hague [graphic].
2. Optimus Britons behold the best of kings. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.86
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Address of partners Darly & Edwards in 1756. See DNB entry for Matthew Darly., Plate numbered '41' in upper right corner., Nine lines of text below title: Beloved by the bravest of people, justly admire by all ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 17 x 16 cm.
- Publisher:
- To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Optimus Britons behold the best of kings. [graphic]
3. The apparition [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [14 August 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.08.14.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Admiral Byng; Byng, in fetters, is visited by the ghost of his father, the naval hero George Byng, Viscount Torrington, who harangues him in verse; on a table are books lettered "Spanish Armada" and "Matthews and Lestock"; on the wall behind the figures are two pictures, one in which Byng addresses the Duke of Newcastle, "Pray your Grace let me be sent", and the other in which a figure of Justice points to a mob carrying an effigy of Byng, labelled "I Could not Fight", towards a gallows at the foot of which lies a sheet of paper lettered, "Gazetta B[yng']s Letter Lyes and Nonsence"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image, above verses., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two columns of verse below title: Oh, thou whose timid cow'ring heart, by low born fear's betray'd ..., Temporary local subject terms: Personfications: figure of Justice., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 35 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Aug. 14, 1756, by J. Smith at Hogarth's Head, Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Subject (Topic):
- Ghosts, Shackles, Justice, Gallows, and Effigies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The apparition [graphic].
4. The dis-card [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Barrington suggesting that their conduct of the war is influenced by, respectively, corruption and incompetence, with reference here to the disgrace of General Fowke and Admiral Byng."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Discard
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: I've heard of times (pray God defend us, we're not so good but he may mend us) ..., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Literature: Shakespeare., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Thrones, and Eagles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dis-card [graphic].
5. France. [graphic] / Plate 1st
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 8th, 1756.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 756.03.08.01.3+ Impression 2 Box 200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the coast of France outside a tavern on the coast of France a group of emaciated soldiers are preparing to sail for England. On the right a soldier roasts frogs over a fire on the blade of his sword; above a flag with the words "Vengence et le Bon Bier et Bon Beuf de Angletére." In the center of the design, a monk tests the edge of an axe as he bends to over a horse-drawn sledge laden with instruments of torture, a statue of St. Antony, and a plan for a monastery at Blackfriars. In the distance on the left a line of soldiers are being forced on board a ship. Above them on the cliffs, women are seen ploughing a field. The sign above the tavern advertises Soup meagre and identifies itself as "La Sabot Royal."
- Alternative Title:
- Invasion. Pl. I. France
- Description:
- Title engraved above image. The 'N' in France has been engraved backwards., Four columns of verse below image: With lanthern jaws, and croaking gut, See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen strut, and call us English dogs! ... But should they sink in coming over Old Nick may fish 'twixt France & Dover And catch a glorious dinner., Title from Paulson: The invasion. Pl. I. France., Companion print: England. Plate 2d., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and 1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 317 x 388 mm, on sheet 405 x 506 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Public opinion, Eating & drinking, Clergy, Soldiers, Taverns (Inns), and War
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > France. [graphic] / Plate 1st
6. France. [graphic] / Plate 1st
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 8th, 1756.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 756.03.08.01.3++ Impression 1 Box 305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the coast of France outside a tavern on the coast of France a group of emaciated soldiers are preparing to sail for England. On the right a soldier roasts frogs over a fire on the blade of his sword; above a flag with the words "Vengence et le Bon Bier et Bon Beuf de Angletére." In the center of the design, a monk tests the edge of an axe as he bends to over a horse-drawn sledge laden with instruments of torture, a statue of St. Antony, and a plan for a monastery at Blackfriars. In the distance on the left a line of soldiers are being forced on board a ship. Above them on the cliffs, women are seen ploughing a field. The sign above the tavern advertises Soup meagre and identifies itself as "La Sabot Royal."
- Alternative Title:
- Invasion. Pl. I. France
- Description:
- Title engraved above image. The 'N' in France has been engraved backwards., Four columns of verse below image: With lanthern jaws, and croaking gut, See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen strut, and call us English dogs! ... But should they sink in coming over Old Nick may fish 'twixt France & Dover And catch a glorious dinner., Title from Paulson: The invasion. Pl. I. France., Companion print: England. Plate 2d., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Public opinion, Eating & drinking, Clergy, Soldiers, Taverns (Inns), and War
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > France. [graphic] / Plate 1st
7. France. [graphic] / Plate 1st
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 8th, 1756.
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 55K(a) Box 215
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the coast of France outside a tavern on the coast of France a group of emaciated soldiers are preparing to sail for England. On the right a soldier roasts frogs over a fire on the blade of his sword; above a flag with the words "Vengence et le Bon Bier et Bon Beuf de Angletére." In the center of the design, a monk tests the edge of an axe as he bends to over a horse-drawn sledge laden with instruments of torture, a statue of St. Antony, and a plan for a monastery at Blackfriars. In the distance on the left a line of soldiers are being forced on board a ship. Above them on the cliffs, women are seen ploughing a field. The sign above the tavern advertises Soup meagre and identifies itself as "La Sabot Royal."
- Alternative Title:
- Invasion. Pl. I. France
- Description:
- Title engraved above image. The 'N' in France has been engraved backwards., Four columns of verse below image: With lanthern jaws, and croaking gut, See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen strut, and call us English dogs! ... But should they sink in coming over Old Nick may fish 'twixt France & Dover And catch a glorious dinner., Title from Paulson: The invasion. Pl. I. France., Companion print: England. Plate 2d., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Public opinion, Eating & drinking, Clergy, Soldiers, Taverns (Inns), and War
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > France. [graphic] / Plate 1st
8. The east prospect of the abby of St. Peter & of the parish church of St. Margaret, Westminster [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cole, Benjamin, 1696 or 7-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1756?]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 120+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- East prospect of the abbey of St. Peter & of the parish church of St. Margaret, Westminster
- Description:
- Title from text below image. and Questionable date of publication from manuscript annotation in pencil at bottom on sheet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Abbey, and St. Margaret's Church (Westminster, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches and Abbeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The east prospect of the abby of St. Peter & of the parish church of St. Margaret, Westminster [graphic]
9. A view of Twickenham [graphic]
- Creator:
- Green, James, 1729-1759, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1756]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View in Twickenham; two men fishing in river surrounded by reeds in foreground to right; trees and shrubbery on the left; grand houses fronting river running across centre of view."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Names of the owners of the represented houses are engraved in lower margin above title: Lord Radnor's; Mr. Hudson's; Mr. Pope's now Sr. Wm. Stanhope's; Lady Ferrers's; Mrs. Backwell's., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 178 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
- Subject (Topic):
- Houses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Twickenham [graphic]
