A man in ragged clothes stands facing right, hunched forward under the weight of a basket of 'Rents' and 'Taxes' strapped to his back. His legs are shackled, his mouth is closed by a padlock, and his hands are tied behind him. Image enclosed within a circle
Alternative Title:
Freeborn Englishman
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker is likely the publisher Thomas Spence's son William, who was born in the early 1780s and died in 1797. See Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for Thomas Spence., Probably a copy, with alterations, of a print published circa 1795 entitled "A freeborn Englishman, the admiration of the world, the envy of surrounding nations, &c. &c." See description for No. 8710 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Thomas Spence seems to have also issued copper tokens in 1796 with depictions of a similar shackled figure on one side. See for example British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: T.6498., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Publishd. by T. Spence, Turn Stile, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Poverty, Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Shackles, and Taxes
A rotund doctor, holding a cane under his arm and wearing a wig, looks at his watch as he takes the pulse of very thin man in a dressing gown and night cap who jumps on one leg and wears a look of pain on his face. Above the doctor's head: "You are bespoke!!"
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date from ms. notation below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, tracing the geneology of the rulers of Wales and Great Britain, from Cadwalader ap Cadwallon (called Cadwalader Fendigaid, d. 664/682), king of Gwynedd to King George II and Robert Lord Walpole, later the 2nd Earl of Orford to the year 1723. Includes references to nobility and rulers of Europe. Philipps includes brief biographies of some of the more notable descendants
Alternative Title:
Genealogical table of all the kings and princes of Wales from Cadwaladr last King of Britain to Llywelyn last Prince of Wales of the British blood
Description:
A roll (now flattened) made from two sheets laid end to end and mounted on paper adhered to cloth; original sheets rubbed and torn with loss of text at the top and illegible words interspersed throughout., With dedication: To the Right Honourable Robert Lord Walpole this draught is humbly dedicated by My lord, your lordship's most obedient humble servant and kinsman, John Philipps., In English., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Geographic):
Nobility, Great Britain, and Wales
Subject (Name):
Cadwaladr, Vendigaid, -664?, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, -1282., and Walpole family.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table of the Walpole family starting with Robert Walpole, died 1700 and ending with George Walpole ... 12 July 1763
Description:
Title from text at top of first plate (that is, plate 242)., Plates numbered '242' and '243' in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., and Plates numbered '240', '241', and '243' attached to one another. Plate '242' is separate, remounted on later paper. For further information, consult library staff.