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1.
The parade [graphic]

Creator:
Scott, Edmund, approximately 1746-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 April 1783]
Call Number:
783.04.25.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An obese sergeant with a pike in his left hand stands in front of two lines of soldiers, their bayonetted muskets shouldered. He is watching a pretty young girl holding out a dish that an elderly woman sitting on the ground fills with cherries she wei...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 25th 1783 by T. Macklin, No. 39 Fleet Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The parade [graphic]

3.
Raising the royal George [graphic]

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1783]
Call Number:
783.01.21.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
George III, submerged in water, his head and hands raised in supplication above the waves, is being pulled out by four men standing in "Victory's Boat." They are, from left to right, Admiral Keppel, Lord Shelburne, John Dunning, and the Duke of Richmo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 21st. Jan. 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., and Royal George (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Diving bells, Shipwrecks, Boats, Ropes, Drowning, Crowns, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Raising the royal George [graphic]

4.
Thomas Martin, No. 44 Gracechurch Street, London wholesale hardwareman, pocket book maker, printer

Creator:
Martin, Thomas, active 1783-1795
Published / Created:
[between 1783 and 1795?]
Call Number:
File 66 783 M379
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
A trade card for Thomas Martin, illustrated around the perimeter with tools of his trade including various kinds of knives and a fork, scissors, pocket books, belt buckles, and cocks. Also in three corners are images of a composer seated before type ...
Description:
Title from text in central oval of the design.
Publisher:
Thomas Martin
Subject (Topic):
Faucets, Knives, Looms, Occupations, Printers, Printing, Printing presses, Typesetting, and Weaving
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thomas Martin, No. 44 Gracechurch Street, London wholesale hardwareman, pocket book maker, printer & silk weaver ... / [graphic]

5.
The ascent of the aerial balloon [graphic]

Creator:
Lodge, John, -1796, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1783]
Call Number:
783.11.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bewildered group of French people watches in amazement the rising air balloon shown as a perfect globe attached to the handle of a basket in which travel a sheep, a cock, and a goose. The observers include members of all social classes, from the loc...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1st, 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Spectators, Animals, Telescopes, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ascent of the aerial balloon [graphic]

6.
The descent of the air balloon [graphic]

Creator:
Lodge, John, -1796, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1783]
Call Number:
783.12.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An air balloon, shown as a globe, lands in front of a cottage causing panic among those who were watching its progress. A cleric, holding a crucifix and a bible, attempts to exorcise the evil while the sheep, the cock, and the goose that travelled in ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1783, by J. Fielding, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810.
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Spectators, Animals, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The descent of the air balloon [graphic]

7.
Caroline, queen of George II [graphic]

Creator:
Lodge, Edmund, 1756-1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1783]
Call Number:
Portraits C292 no. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full length portrait of Queen Caroline, holding a scepter; in a frame wrapped in ribbon on the top and bottom
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Alexander Hogg
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Caroline, queen of George II [graphic]

8.
The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1783]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Ru...
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and India.
Subject (Name):
Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].

9.
The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1783]
Call Number:
783.01.21.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Ru...
Alternative Title:
Lord Advocates amusement
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and India.
Subject (Name):
Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].

10.
[The enraged musician] [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1783 and 1793?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in London, possibly near St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, shows a musician at an open window holding his ears against the noise of the street; a pregnant ballad-seller chants while her baby cries and a parrot above her head on the lamp post squawks...
Description:
Title based on published original.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Blocks (Toys), Cats, Children, City & town life, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Musical instruments, Musicians, Noises, Occupations, Parrots, Street vendors, and Urination
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The enraged musician] [graphic]

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