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1. [Portrait of George Griffith] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [17--?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 17 Box D155
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of George Griffith after Robert White, half length in an oval, long hair, wearing bands and gown, holding a book; curtain in the background to left, bookshelf to right, with inscribed motto 'Most gladly would I Learne & gladly Teach'.
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local record., Copy of 17th century engraving by Robert White. Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 390., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Griffith, George, 1601-1666,
- Subject (Topic):
- Portrait drawings and Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Griffith] [art original].
2. [Much too fast] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1821]
- Call Number:
- 826.00.00.59
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Pleasure of riding in company (one would stop if the other could)
- Description:
- Title from manuscript annotation on mount., Text at bottom of image: The pleasure of riding in company (one would stop if the other could)., Printmaker and publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1209.33-75., Plate from: Humourous specimens of riding, &c. &c. London : Thomas McLean, 1821., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Manuscript annotation on mount: Much-too-fast.
- Publisher:
- T. McLean
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Much too fast] [graphic].
3. [Man in profile walking] [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1770]
- Call Number:
- 770.00.00.39
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on A dictionary of English costume by C. Willett Cunnington et al., London : A. & C. Black [1960], p. 249., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Man in profile walking] [graphic]
4. Washing the Blackamoor [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jully [sic] 24, 1795.
- Call Number:
- 795.07.24.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Variant state, without words "Ich dien" on Princess of Wales's headdress. Cf. No. 8667 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to mulatto -- Furniture: dressing table -- Pictures amplifying subject: miniature of the Prince of Wales -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Dishes: water bowls., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of plate, mostly cut of: S.W.F.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, London
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Washing the Blackamoor [graphic]
5. Unlawful union!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 25, 1807.
- Call Number:
- 807.02.25.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: N. 13., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Unlawful union!! [graphic]
6. Twelfth night [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 January 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.01.10.02.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: N. 10., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Twelfth Night., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Published Janr. 10, 1807, by Thomas Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Twelfth night [graphic]
7. The road to London, or, The countryman and the Quakers! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.04.22.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Countryman and the Quakers
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 17., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 22d, 1807 by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The road to London, or, The countryman and the Quakers! [graphic]
8. The rival pigs [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 June 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.06.15.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Pigs -- Guillotines -- Interiors: clubs -- Gambling -- Debts: Charles James Fox's indebtness., Watermark: J Whatman., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 15, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 the corner of Sackville St., Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival pigs [graphic].
9. The quornites disturb'd, or, Startling the game [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 December 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.12.10.02+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Startling the game and Quornites disturbed
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom admittance one shilling., Watermark: J Whatman., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 39 x 50 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Deccr. [sic] 10, 1791 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The quornites disturb'd, or, Startling the game [graphic]
10. The quornites disturb'd, or, Startling the game [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 December 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.12.10.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Startling the game and Quornites disturbed
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom admittance one shilling., and Matted to 47 x 63 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Deccr. [sic] 10, 1791 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The quornites disturb'd, or, Startling the game [graphic]
11. The modern Hercules, or, A finishing blow for poor John Bull [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.17.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Finishing blow for poor John Bull
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to West in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to taxes -- Reference to Prince of Wales's debt -- Reference to subsidies -- Reference to pensions -- Bills: Convention Bill., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Nov. 17, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The modern Hercules, or, A finishing blow for poor John Bull [graphic].
12. The lover's leap [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kingsbury, Henry, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 March 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.03.21.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Engraver from unverified card catalog record., Figure on the left, seated at a table in background: All I desire of mortal man is for to love whilst he can., Figure on the right seated at a table in background: Well said Robby-- his father will broom stick him., Temporary local subject terms: Pellegrine Treves -- Nobodies -- Mottoes: 'Ich Dien' -- Brooms -- Morganatic marriages -- Pictures amplify subject -- Emblems: 3 ostrich feathers for Prince of Wales -- Lighting: Chandelier -- Cats out of the bag -- Flastaff -- Venus (Mythological character)., Watermark: J Whatman., and In pencil on verso: George T. Stubbs attrib. by J. Riely, 7-9-83.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 21, 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No.3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Robinson, Mary Darby, 1758-1800
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lover's leap [graphic]
13. The lame & blind beggar, or, The lawyer & [the] oyster a tale. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1767 and 1778]
- Call Number:
- 767.00.00.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Lame and blind beggar, Lawyer & the oyster, and Lawyer and the oyster
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date based on printer's business address. See Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., In lower left corner of plate: Price 6 pence., Two columns of verse below title: Two vagrants, as they hobbling stray pop on an oyster in their way ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Beggars -- Lawyers -- Law: lawyer's clients -- Male dress: legal robes -- Architectural details: windows -- Tablecloth -- Window curtain -- Food: oysters -- Writing implements: inkwell and quill -- Amputees -- Peg legs -- Blindness -- Medical: crutches., Imprint mostly burnished from plate., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Printed for T. Kitchin at No. 59 on Holborn Hill
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lame & blind beggar, or, The lawyer & [the] oyster a tale. [graphic]
14. The humours of St. Giles's [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 July 1803]
- Call Number:
- 803.07.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched on image., Date portion of imprint emphasized in contemporary ms. hand., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where prints and drawings are lent out on the plan of a library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 10, 1803 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boys, City & town life, Dogs, Fighting, Gambling, Intoxication, Pickpockets, Poor persons, Seduction, Street vendors, Taverns (Inns), and Urination
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The humours of St. Giles's [graphic]
15. The host of dissenters and St. Charles their black convert routed by the Church canon. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 March 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.03.04.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Unverified attribution to Dent from local card catalog., Publication information from the Library of Congress copy. Cf. LC 3:42., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dissenters -- Symbols: dove of peace -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Dice and dice-box -- Reference to St. Stephen's Chapel -- Reference to the House of Commons -- Literature: reference to Richard Price's Observations on civil liberty -- Literature: reference to Edmund Burke's A philosophical inquiry into the origin of the sublime and beautiful -- Acts: repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Thirty-nine articles -- Votes: majority 189 on repeal of Test and Corporation Act., and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Dent
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Defecation, Gambling, Playing cards, and Vomiting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The host of dissenters and St. Charles their black convert routed by the Church canon. [graphic]
16. The fox and stork [graphic]
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 January 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.01.14.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A stork with the head of Shelburne is shown with its beak buried in the long neck of a glass jar labeled "The Treasury Jar". He smiles triumphantly as he picks up the gold guineas at the bottom; around his neck is the Garter ribbon. To his left is a fox with the bushy eyebrows, bulbous nose, and hairy chin of Charles Fox; he stands with his paws on the jar and a melancholy expression at the inaccessible treasure
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Originally published in 14 January 1783 by William Richardson. Cf. No. 6166 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Humphrey Jany. 14, 1783, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Great Britain. Treasury.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox and stork [graphic]
17. The famous battle between Richard Humphreys & Daniel Mendoza, fought at Odiham in Hampshire, January 9th, 1788 ... [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 January 1788]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Humphreys on the left, Mendoza on the right, squaring up in a boxing pen, with Trink in the left foreground holding a bottle, Jonson behind Humphreys, Moravia and Allen standing with pocket watches on the left and Jacobs and Isaacs standing behind Mendoza, a large crowd of spectators below."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from first words of descriptive text etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Text below image continues: ... allowed by all judges of this gymnastic art to have been the most scientific ever exhibited ..., Figures in the design are identified by inscriptions etched at the bottom of the image; the Latin motto 'Sic transit gloria mundi' is etched below the four lines of descriptive text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Tom Tring, fl. 1788 -- Tom Johnson, fl. 1788 -- Jacobs -- Isaacs -- Moravia -- Allen -- Latin motto: "Sic transit gloria mundi" -- Spectators -- Boxing: Umpires -- Jews -- Boxing: Bottle holder -- Boxing ring., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.6 x 39.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 45 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Humphries, Richard, -1827. and Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boxing
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The famous battle between Richard Humphreys & Daniel Mendoza, fought at Odiham in Hampshire, January 9th, 1788 ... [graphic].
18. The famous battle between Richard Humphreys & Daniel Mendoza, fought at Odiham in Hampshire, January 9th, 1788 ... [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 January 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.01.11.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Humphreys on the left, Mendoza on the right, squaring up in a boxing pen, with Trink in the left foreground holding a bottle, Jonson behind Humphreys, Moravia and Allen standing with pocket watches on the left and Jacobs and Isaacs standing behind Mendoza, a large crowd of spectators below."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from first words of descriptive text etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Text below image continues: ... allowed by all judges of this gymnastic art to have been the most scientific ever exhibited ..., Figures in the design are identified by inscriptions etched at the bottom of the image; the Latin motto 'Sic transit gloria mundi' is etched below the four lines of descriptive text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Tom Tring, fl. 1788 -- Tom Johnson, fl. 1788 -- Jacobs -- Isaacs -- Moravia -- Allen -- Latin motto: "Sic transit gloria mundi" -- Spectators -- Boxing: Umpires -- Jews -- Boxing: Bottle holder -- Boxing ring., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Humphries, Richard, -1827. and Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boxing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The famous battle between Richard Humphreys & Daniel Mendoza, fought at Odiham in Hampshire, January 9th, 1788 ... [graphic].
19. The exciseman sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Bannister, Mr. Dignum, and Mr. Taylor. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.00.00.31
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text printed below plate., Plate numbered '488' in the upper left corner., Date of publication and artist from British Museum catalogue., Forty lines of verse printed on broadside portion: To a village that skirted the sea, an exciseman one midsummer came, but prudence, between you and me, forbids me to mention his name ..., and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill.
- Publisher:
- Published by R.H. Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The exciseman sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Bannister, Mr. Dignum, and Mr. Taylor. [graphic]
20. The double disaster, or, New cure for love [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- July 10th, 1807.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.1
- Collection Title:
- V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "In a country wash-house an old woman (left) feeds the fire under a large round copper, from which a youth emerges, raising the loose wooden lid. A young woman (right) deluges him with water from a pump. Another young woman, astonished, leaves the pitcher of beer which she has been filling from a beer-barrel to overflow. A cat runs off with a mouse."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- New cure for love
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "E 3" in upper right corner., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.5 x 27.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 43 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by T. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The double disaster, or, New cure for love [graphic]
21. The double disaster, or, New cure for love [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- July 10th, 1807.
- Call Number:
- 807.07.10.01
- Collection Title:
- V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "In a country wash-house an old woman (left) feeds the fire under a large round copper, from which a youth emerges, raising the loose wooden lid. A young woman (right) deluges him with water from a pump. Another young woman, astonished, leaves the pitcher of beer which she has been filling from a beer-barrel to overflow. A cat runs off with a mouse."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- New cure for love
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "E 3" in upper right corner., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by T. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The double disaster, or, New cure for love [graphic]
22. The double disaster, or, New cure for love [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- July 10th, 1807.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Collection Title:
- V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "In a country wash-house an old woman (left) feeds the fire under a large round copper, from which a youth emerges, raising the loose wooden lid. A young woman (right) deluges him with water from a pump. Another young woman, astonished, leaves the pitcher of beer which she has been filling from a beer-barrel to overflow. A cat runs off with a mouse."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- New cure for love
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "E 3" in upper right corner., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 20.1 x 26.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by T. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The double disaster, or, New cure for love [graphic]
23. The dissolution, or, The alchymist producing an aetherial representation [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 May 1796]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt as an alchemist, but dressed as usual, sits in his laboratory blowing a furnace with bellows formed of a royal crown. The furnace heats a large glass retort in which the House of Commons is being dissolved: the galleries are collapsing, the Speaker's chair is breaking, he and the clerks are asleep, the broken mace drops from the table, the books fly into the air and ascend with documents, &c, into the curving neck of the retort: 'Coke', 'Acts', 'Statutes', 'Rights of Parliament', 'Magna Charta', 'Bill of Rights', a cap of 'Libertas', the scales of Justice are flying upwards. The Ministerial members applaud; the Opposition are dismayed. Sheridan and Fox, though tiny, are conspicuous on the front bench. A stream of vapour issues from the mouth of the retort containing tiny grovelling figures of abject members who fill both sides of another House of Commons above and behind the alchemist's head, and prostrate themselves before a miniature Pitt, who sits on a throne which replaces the Speaker's chair, and is inscribed 'Perpetual Dictator'. He sits arrogantly, holding a sceptre; his legs are those of a bird of prey (cf. BMSat 7478), one foot is planted on 'Mag[na] C[harta]' and 'Acts of Parl[iament]'. His throne is surmounted by his crest, a stork holding an anchor, with the addition of a crown on the bird's head. A smaller retort on the extreme left, inscribed 'Aqua Regia', adds its vapour to that produced by Pitt. (Aqua Regia, used punningly, with a double meaning, is a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids which converts metals, even gold, into chlorides.) Pitt (the Alchemist) and the figures he is evoking, as well as the ministerialists in the dissolving House, wear the blue coat with red facings of the Windsor uniform. He sits in profile to the right on the model of a high rectangular building, 'a bastille', having a row of windows on the top story only; it is a 'Model of the new Barracks'. From his pocket hangs a paper: 'Receipe - Antidotus Republica'. On the right of the circular furnace is a coal-scuttle, inscribed 'Treasury Cole' (cf. BMSat 6213), and overflowing with guineas. On the other side is a pestle and mortar in which is Britannia's shield, about to be broken up. From the roof hang emblems of nefarious wizardry: a crocodile, a headsman's axe, a scorpion, a bull's head, a locust (cf. BMSat 8669), an asp issuing from an egg, a bat. On the wall are three rows of large jars, some with inscriptions: 'Ointment of Caterpillars' (beside Pitt's head, cf. BMSat 8676), '[Univer]sal Panacea', 'Oil of Influence', 'Extract of British Blood', 'Spirit of Sal: Machiavel.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Alchymist producing an aetherial representation
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Parliament dissolutions -- Alchemists -- Allusion to Treasury -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.4 x 26.2 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 4 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 21st, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The dissolution, or, The alchymist producing an aetherial representation [graphic]
24. The dissolution, or, The alchymist producing an aetherial representation [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 May 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.05.21.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt as an alchemist, but dressed as usual, sits in his laboratory blowing a furnace with bellows formed of a royal crown. The furnace heats a large glass retort in which the House of Commons is being dissolved: the galleries are collapsing, the Speaker's chair is breaking, he and the clerks are asleep, the broken mace drops from the table, the books fly into the air and ascend with documents, &c, into the curving neck of the retort: 'Coke', 'Acts', 'Statutes', 'Rights of Parliament', 'Magna Charta', 'Bill of Rights', a cap of 'Libertas', the scales of Justice are flying upwards. The Ministerial members applaud; the Opposition are dismayed. Sheridan and Fox, though tiny, are conspicuous on the front bench. A stream of vapour issues from the mouth of the retort containing tiny grovelling figures of abject members who fill both sides of another House of Commons above and behind the alchemist's head, and prostrate themselves before a miniature Pitt, who sits on a throne which replaces the Speaker's chair, and is inscribed 'Perpetual Dictator'. He sits arrogantly, holding a sceptre; his legs are those of a bird of prey (cf. BMSat 7478), one foot is planted on 'Mag[na] C[harta]' and 'Acts of Parl[iament]'. His throne is surmounted by his crest, a stork holding an anchor, with the addition of a crown on the bird's head. A smaller retort on the extreme left, inscribed 'Aqua Regia', adds its vapour to that produced by Pitt. (Aqua Regia, used punningly, with a double meaning, is a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids which converts metals, even gold, into chlorides.) Pitt (the Alchemist) and the figures he is evoking, as well as the ministerialists in the dissolving House, wear the blue coat with red facings of the Windsor uniform. He sits in profile to the right on the model of a high rectangular building, 'a bastille', having a row of windows on the top story only; it is a 'Model of the new Barracks'. From his pocket hangs a paper: 'Receipe - Antidotus Republica'. On the right of the circular furnace is a coal-scuttle, inscribed 'Treasury Cole' (cf. BMSat 6213), and overflowing with guineas. On the other side is a pestle and mortar in which is Britannia's shield, about to be broken up. From the roof hang emblems of nefarious wizardry: a crocodile, a headsman's axe, a scorpion, a bull's head, a locust (cf. BMSat 8669), an asp issuing from an egg, a bat. On the wall are three rows of large jars, some with inscriptions: 'Ointment of Caterpillars' (beside Pitt's head, cf. BMSat 8676), '[Univer]sal Panacea', 'Oil of Influence', 'Extract of British Blood', 'Spirit of Sal: Machiavel.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Alchymist producing an aetherial representation
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Parliament dissolutions -- Alchemists -- Allusion to Treasury -- Uniforms: Windsor uniform., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 21st, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dissolution, or, The alchymist producing an aetherial representation [graphic]
25. The courier [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1765]
- Call Number:
- 765.05.19.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A courier on horseback blows his horn as he approaches a small building with a sign board dangling from its post "Popularity, The Blown Bladder by W P". A bandaged foot (gouty) resting on a stool is sticking out the door; crutches resting against the side of the hovel. Behind the rider is a cushion with a royal crown, decorates with thistles labeled B-e (for Lord Bute) and M-d (for the Earl of Mansfield). Three young trees on the lower right represent the three British kingdoms. A quotation from Book II of Virgil's Aeneid in lower right corner of image
- Description:
- Title etched at top of image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with the large cushion substituted for the public house behind the duke; It intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., A satire intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 23., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The courier [graphic].
26. The comforts of a modern gala [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 May 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.05.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered in upper left corner: No. 19., Quotation following title: "Where now the routs full myriad clos [sic] the staircase and the door and where thick flies of belles and beaus perspire through every pore.", Earlier state of no. 11471 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 24th, 1807 by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The comforts of a modern gala [graphic].
27. The canonical beau, or, Mars in the dumps [graphic]
- Creator:
- Goldar, John, 1729-1795, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs, 25th Octr. 1768.
- Call Number:
- 768.10.25.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a well furnished room a young, handsome curate is seated at one end of a sofa, surrounded by five admiring women of various ages, drinking tea and eating a biscuit. A little pug is begging for a treat. At the other end of the sofa, sits alone a very disconsolate young man, probably a veteran, with a wooden leg. His only companion is a large dog resting his head on his master's thigh. Between the soldier and the group on his left lies an open book, The Church triumphant - cedunt arma togae. Behind the sofa, a painting on the wall shows an old man being burned at stake by a group of soldiers
- Alternative Title:
- Mars in the dumps
- Description:
- Title from item., Below title: Engraved after an original picture by Mr. John Collett in the possession of Mr. Bradford., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: curate -- Military: soldiers -- Amputees -- Peg legs -- Pets: dogs -- Pictures amplifying subject: a saint(?) burned at stake by soldiers -- Furniture: Chippendale sofa -- Furniture: armchair -- Furniture: upholstered screen -- Furnishings: ornate picture frame -- Furnishings: carpet -- Female dress, 1768 -- Dishes: teacups -- Food: biscuits., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Published by T. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, & H. Parker, No. 82 Cornhill
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The canonical beau, or, Mars in the dumps [graphic]
28. The broom sold!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [July 1827]
- Call Number:
- 827.07.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows George Canning standing on the left holding a broom and a bag of money labeled "Gold" which he is giving to Henry Brougham who wears the dress of a German broom-girl over his parliamentary clothing and "Canning (left), in a court suit with bag-wig and sword, stands outside the door of the Treasury completing a bargain with Brougham. The latter is dressed as a German broom-girl as in British Museum Satires No. 14769, &c, with legal bands and a little cap perched on his barrister's wig, and very clumsy legs and feet. He has handed Canning his broom and takes in return a bag of Gold; his new silk gown is in his left hand. Canning says: Here's Money, and a hansome [sic] Silken Gown. Brougham watches Canning with a penetrating appraising smile; he answers: For my Proom, I could not take mush less."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Matted to: 45 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 1827 by T. McLean, Hay-Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., and Canning, George, 1770-1827.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bribery, Brooms & brushes, Politics & government, Suits (Clothing), Wigs, and Bags
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The broom sold!! [graphic]
29. The battle of Ouessan between the English & French fleets, or, First bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Or+++n's [sic] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.08.04.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- First bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orlean's
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Gillray in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from an impression in the Library of Congress., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom., One line of text below title: where the Duc' upon the begining [sic] of the engagement, cried out in the greatest terror for the crew to carry him below deck ..., Companion print: Second bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orxxxn's., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Naval battles: French vs. English -- Cannons -- French ships -- Battles: Ouessan (Ushant)., Watermark: J Whatman., and Window mounted to 32 x 43 cm., matted to 47 x 61 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- Guns, Ships, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of Ouessan between the English & French fleets, or, First bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Or+++n's [sic] [graphic].
30. The apostate parson [graphic].
- Creator:
- Darling, William, 1737-1789, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 April 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.04.14.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A bishop (right) standing behind an altar-rail, holds out both hands over the head of a kneeling clergyman. A demon kneels on the ground beside the latter; another has crept under his cassock, from which the tips of two wings project. Over the door is a picture of the Last Supper with Judas as a prominent figure. The lid of a large chest (left) is slightly raised, from it hangs a paper inscribed: "I Suit of Scarlet & Gold, I Suit White & Silver, I Suit Blue & Silver, i Suit Flower'd Silk, i Suit Black Silk, I Black Velvet Surtout." On the Chest is pasted a label: "Left to Messrs Panchauld & Fo . . ." Paris. On the ground is a book, 'A Course of Humanity on Miss S------rs'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text above image., One line of text below image: It is true I have suffered the infectious hand of a bishop to be wav'd over me, whose imposition like the sop given to Judas is only a signal for the devil to enter, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Benediction -- Parson -- Coffers., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, April 14, 1772, by W. Darling, engraver, Great Newport Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Bishops, Devil, Interiors, and Chapels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The apostate parson [graphic].