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1. A Gallic idol [graphic]
- Creator:
- Barth, J. S., active 1797-1808, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 20 Augt. 1803.
- Call Number:
- 803.08.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A symbolical bust of Napoleon, dressed as a Roman emperor, is on a rectangular base on which are title and inscription : 'Symbolical of the Effects produced by that Cause which the enlightened [image of a fox] in [the] Eighteenth Century sagaciously predicted would ultimately prove a Stupendous Monument of Human Wisdom!!!' The head is turned in profile to the left; the features are conventional but express ferocity, with glaring eye and fierce frown. It wears a fantastic helmet wreathed with laurel from which blood drips. The wreath is entwined by serpents, whose (three) heads are clustered at the back with words in large letters issuing from their jaws: 'Rapine', 'Lust', 'Murder'. The word 'Invasion' issues in the same manner from the mouth. Above the wreath the helmet is encircled by a band on which are quasi-zodiacal signs: a scorpion, a sickle, a crescent, an arrow, a caduceus, a goat-like monster. On the helmet sits a grinning Devil, playing a fiddle and spreading his webbed wings over the idol's head, while from under one wing Death, a skeleton, peers out; he holds a javelin poised to strike and a cup of poison inscribed 'Jaffa' [see British Museum Satires No. 10063]. The shoulders are covered by drapery, drawn aside to reveal (rotten) ribs and a torn and bleeding heart which is transfixed by a dagger and a barbed spear. A scroll floats from the dagger inscribed 'Wilsons Narrative'; the spear has a scroll inscribed 'British Press' and is surmounted by a cap of Liberty. Fragments torn from the heart are inscribed 'Acre' [see British Museum Satires No. 9412], 'Egypt' [see British Museum Satires No. 9250, &c], and 'Irel[and]', while in the middle of the heart is a triangular patch: 'England'. The heart is surmounted by a crown made of blood-stained daggers with a central fleur-de-lis."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., With an accompanying sheet of letterpress text describing: The crest, The helmet, and The heart., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
- Publisher:
- Published by R. Cribb and Printed by Cox and Baylie, Great Queen Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Wilson, Robert, Sir, 1777-1849.
- Subject (Topic):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Foreign relations, Devil, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Gallic idol [graphic]
2. A [four dice] macaroni gambler [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- July 2d, 1772.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Whole length portrait of a man with a dejected expression; his head is turned in profile to left. In his right hand is a money bag, and in his left a paper: "Scotch Bill for 10,000L". The four dice indicate that he is Alexander Fordyce, the most active partner in the firm of London bankers, Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down; he absconded in 1772
- Alternative Title:
- Fordyce macaroni gambler and Macaroni gambler
- Description:
- Title etched below image; four dice are depicted, suggesting the words "four dice" or the name "Fordyce"., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner., and First of three plates on leaf 77.
- Publisher:
- Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Fordyce, Alexander, 1729-1789
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, and Gamblers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A [four dice] macaroni gambler [graphic].
3. A [four dice] macaroni gambler [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- July 2d, 1772.
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.3 plate 16
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Whole length portrait of a man with a dejected expression; his head is turned in profile to left. In his right hand is a money bag, and in his left a paper: "Scotch Bill for 10,000L". The four dice indicate that he is Alexander Fordyce, the most active partner in the firm of London bankers, Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down; he absconded in 1772
- Alternative Title:
- Fordyce macaroni gambler and Macaroni gambler
- Description:
- Title etched below image; four dice are depicted, suggesting the words "four dice" or the name "Fordyce"., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "16" in upper right corner., and For a later state with additional numbering, see no. 5016 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Fordyce, Alexander, 1729-1789
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, and Gamblers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A [four dice] macaroni gambler [graphic].
4. A [letter] [to] Sir L------e Dund[as] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1877]
- Call Number:
- 762.00.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Letter to Sir Laurence Dundas
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker from an unverified card catalog record., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: 1762., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., An engraved letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: "letter" by an envelope, "to" by a toe, "as" in Dundas by an ass., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2, Appendix, additional plate no. 357., and Temporary local subject terms: Devil.
- Publisher:
- Adam and Charles Black
- Subject (Name):
- Dundas, Lawrence, Sir, ca. 1710-1781
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A [letter] [to] Sir L------e Dund[as] [graphic]
5. A [letter] from an auction[ear] in [town] [toe] his friend [eye]n the count[rye] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [13 November 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.13.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Letter from an auctioneer in town to his friend in the country
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '42' in upper right corner of image., An engraved letter in the form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'letter' by an envelope, 'eer' in 'auctioneer' by an ear, 'town' by a panorama of a town, 'to' by a toe, 'i' in 'in' by an eye, 'ry' in 'country' by a sheaf of rye., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Seven Years War: reference to Fort Mahon., and Mounted to 27 x 30 cm., with Bowditch's ms. annotations.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Nov. 13, 1756, by Darly and Edwards at [the] Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A [letter] from an auction[ear] in [town] [toe] his friend [eye]n the count[rye] [graphic].
6. A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [after 25 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.25.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, as Harlequin, and Lord North, as Pantaloon, perform on stage for the members of their party. Fox, standing on one leg, holds the Harlequin's 'magic' wand above the head of a bust of George III. Above the wand hangs the royal crown suspended from an air balloon. Behind his back, Fox passes to a smiling North a piece of paper inscribed, "Prerogative." The audience, that includes on the left, in the box, the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson, and in the pit, among the others, Keppel and Burke, applauds the performance. The back wall of the stage is decorated with a portrait of Cromwell. On the wall facing the King's bust hangs a map of the United States
- Alternative Title:
- Harlequin
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark, imprint burnished out., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Title partially in the form of a rebus.
- Publisher:
- E. Hodges?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Pantomimes, Balloons (Aircraft), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] [graphic].
7. A sermon preach'd before royalty by the Revd. Mr. O[mare]a [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 26. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Heading to a rebus engraved below the design, giving the text of the sermon. An ugly parson (right) preaches in close proximity to the canopied pew of the Duke of York, in which the Duke sprawls, with one leg along the edge of the pew. Mrs. Clarke, between them, leans with folded arms on the edge of the pew, facing the Duke. O'Meara says: "Mrs Clark is the Text". The rebus or pictograph, sometimes anagrammatic, would be scarcely comprehensible without the key, unlike the usual 'hieroglyphic letter', e.g. British Museum Satiries No. 11228, &c. The text is on a printed slip: 'Grant me, I beseech you, O great and mighty Lord of the Land of Oats [Oatlands], a Bishopric; or, if it be more agreeable to your Royal Mind, let me be immediately made a Dean. O dearest Angel, Mrs. Clark! as you are my only Refuge in the Time of Trouble, and as you are the only Great Giver of Places in Church and State, let me entreat your Interest in my behalf! . . . [&c. &c.].'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sermon preached before royalty by the Reverend Mr. O'Meara
- Description:
- Title etched below image; second syllable of the name "O'Meara" is represented by an image of a mare within the letter "O"., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, published ca. April 1809, see no. 11294 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 26 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Name):
- Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, and O'Meara, Reverend, active 1809
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy and Preaching
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A sermon preach'd before royalty by the Revd. Mr. O[mare]a [graphic].
8. An answer [to] the [Devil] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1877]
- Call Number:
- 762.00.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Answer to the Devil
- Description:
- Title from item., An engraved letter in the form of a rebus., Printmaker from another impression, published in Kay's Original portraits., Original publication date in Stephens: 1762., Plate from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2, Appendix, additional plate no. 358., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: to by a toe, Devil by a half-length figure of a devil., and Temporary local subject terms: Devil.
- Publisher:
- Adam and Charles Black
- Subject (Name):
- Dundas, Lawrence, Sir, ca. 1710-1781
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An answer [to] the [Devil] [graphic]
9. An answer to smoak the [Bute] a political, satirical & hieroglyphical dialogue [be]tween [Jockey] Mc(Cloud) and [Britannia]. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publs'd according to act of Parliament, 1761.
- Call Number:
- 761.01.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Answer to smoke the [Bute]
- Description:
- Title etched at top of image., A letter in form of a rebus., The following words in the title are represented by images: Lord Bute by a boot, 'be' in 'between' by a bee, Jockey by a figure of a jockey, 'Cloud' in 'McCloud' by clouds, Britannia by a figure of Britannia., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 35 x 26 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An answer to smoak the [Bute] a political, satirical & hieroglyphical dialogue [be]tween [Jockey] Mc(Cloud) and [Britannia]. [graphic]
