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28. Mrs. H-y The Dorking hero. [graphic]

Published / Created:: July 1, 1783.
Call Number:: 783.07.01.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Mrs. Elizabeth Hankey and Lt.-Col. Turner Straubenzee. Their elopment to Dorking occasioned a criminal conversation suit by John Hankey
Alternative Title:: Mrs. Hankey and Dorking hero
Description:: Title from item. and From the "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1783, p. 389 [i.e., 289].
Publisher:: Publish'd by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Name):: Straubenzee, Marwood Turner, 1746-1823.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. H-y The Dorking hero. [graphic]

29. Mrs. W-ll-ms The nautical cornuter. [graphic]

Published / Created:: 1 May 1783.
Call Number:: 783.05.01.02 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of a Mrs. Williams and Captain (later Admiral of the White) Joseph Peyton
Alternative Title:: Mrs. Williams and Nautical cornuter
Description:: Title from item., From the "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1783, p.177., and Mounted to 18 x 26 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Name):: Peyton, Joseph, -1804.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. W-ll-ms The nautical cornuter. [graphic]

30. Mrs. W-n The careful commander. [graphic]

Published / Created:: Sepr. 1, 1783.
Call Number:: 783.09.01.01 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of a Mrs. Watson and Sir Guy Carleton, commander at New York
Alternative Title:: Mrs. Watson and Careful commander
Description:: Title from item. and From the "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1783, p. 401.
Publisher:: Publish'd by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Name):: Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. W-n The careful commander. [graphic]

31. Mrs. W-n The generous gallant. [graphic]

Published / Created:: 1 Feby. 1783.
Call Number:: 783.02.01.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actress Sarah Maria Wilson and Viscount Hinchingbrooke, later 5th Earl of Sandwich
Alternative Title:: Mrs. Wilson and Generous gallant
Description:: Title from item. and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1783 p. 9.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Name):: Sandwich, John Montagu, 5th Earl of, 1744-1814. and Wilson, Sarah Maria, c.1752-1786?
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. W-n The generous gallant. [graphic]

32. Over with him [graphic].

Published / Created:: [28 February1783]
Call Number:: 783.02.28.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, with a fox's head in a wig, tilts to one side a wheelbarrow in which Lord Shelburne (William Petty) lies on his back, his arms and legs uncomfortably outstretched. Above them, Lord North as Boreas among the clouds, directs a strong blast on Shelburne's face. The text below the title, "The Devil can't Stand against A Double force. Vide the Votes of H: C: on ye. 18. [i.e., 17th] of Feby 1783," refers to the first of the two votes that, following the new coalition between Fox and North, led to Shelburne's resignation on February 24, 1783
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet mounted to 43 x 30 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. by E. D. Achery [sic]. Feb. 28. 1783 St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):: England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):: Wheelbarrows, Winds, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Over with him [graphic].

33. Patent saddles invented solely for the ease of Boreas & Reynard [graphic].

Published / Created:: [29 May 1783]
Call Number:: 783.05.29.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox and Lord North follow the post sign to "St. James 5 Miles." The surface of their saddles is covered with large projecting spikes. Lord North, holding a roll signed, "Taxation" under his arm, has lost his stirrup and holds on to the saddle of his fast trotting horse with an expression of anguish. Fox behind him holds a roll signed, "Coalition." In an attempt to relieve his awkward position, he has dropped the reins and tries to support his weight by leaning on the horse's withers and rump
Alternative Title:: True Englishmans toast, a hard trotting horse, a porcupine saddle, a cobweb pair of breeches, for the enemies of Great Britt-an
Description:: Title from item., Possibly a reissue of no. 6236 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Possibly by Gillray.
Publisher:: Pubd by H Humphery, May 29, 1783 N 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Horseback riding, and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Patent saddles invented solely for the ease of Boreas & Reynard [graphic].

34. The Portland sharks, or, The ministry upon a broad bottom [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1 June 1783]
Call Number:: 783.06.01.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Lying on his stomach, a giant Lord North appraises the ship Britannia which is heeling over by the shore, as he encourages the members of his cabinet to pillage it. Diminutive figures of Fox, Portland, possibly Stormont, and Burke, stand on his back holding large sacks of loot. To the right on the ground stands "Sir" Jeffery Dunstan, the popular "Mayor of Garratt," and used wig seller, saying, "Old Whigs and Sham Whigs."
Alternative Title:: Ministry upon a broad bottom
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., From The Rambler's magazine. See British Museum catalogue., and Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796., and Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Ships, Robberies, Peddlers, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Portland sharks, or, The ministry upon a broad bottom [graphic].

35. The Robin Hood Society [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1783?]
Call Number:: 783.05.25.02.2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the right, the chairman of the Robin Hood Society leans over a rostrum toward the speaker, Jeffery Dunstan, a hawker whose physical deformities and wit led to his election as the "mayor of Garrett" shown in the image behind him on the wall. The caricatured audience, plebeian in its appearance, along with the subject of an upcoming debate announced on the side of the rostrum, further ridicule this well-known debating society
Description:: Title etched at bottom of image. and Cf. No. 6331 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Debates and debating, Audiences, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Robin Hood Society [graphic].

36. The Robin Hood Society [graphic].

Published / Created:: [25 May 1783]
Call Number:: 783.05.25.02.1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the right, the chairman of the Robin Hood Society leans over a rostrum toward the speaker, Jeffery Dunstan, a hawker whose physical deformities and wit led to his election as the "mayor of Garrett" shown in the image behind him on the wall. The caricatured audience, plebeian in its appearance, along with the subject of an upcoming debate announced on the side of the rostrum, further ridicule this well-known debating society
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 18 x 23 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 25, 1783, by W Humphrey, No 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Debates and debating, Audiences, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Robin Hood Society [graphic].