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1.
The wise men of Gotham puzzled, or, Great doubts about the thing!!!

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 April 1810]
Call Number:
810.04.21.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A discussion on how to deal with the problem of the execution of the Speaker's warrant against Burdett, here called 'the Thing'. Ministers are grouped at a table (left) on which stands a truncated egg-shaped object supported on three legs, two of whi...
Alternative Title:
Great doubts about the thing!!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 21st, 1810, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844., Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Dundas, David, Sir, 1735?-1820, Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829, Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Lethbridge, Thomas Buckler, 1778-1849., Ryder, Richard, 1766-1832, Mulgrave, Henry Phipps, Earl of, 1755-1831., and Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Politicians and Tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wise men of Gotham puzzled, or, Great doubts about the thing!!!

2.
The triumph of truth, or, The ghost of Diogenes, more hair on end [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[May 1810]
Call Number:
810.05.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Diogenes stands in the House of Commons between the two front benches; both arms are thrown out towards Burdett with a dramatic gesture; in one hand is his lantern, illuminating the patriot at close range; small clouds at his feet indicate that he is...
Alternative Title:
Ghost of Diogenes, more hair on end
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1810 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Diogenes, -approximately 323 B.C., Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829, Lethbridge, Thomas Buckler, 1778-1849., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Politicians, Ghosts, and Lanterns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The triumph of truth, or, The ghost of Diogenes, more hair on end [graphic].

3.
A new game of shuttle cock as played by his Majestys servants for the mausement [sic] of John Bull

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 April 1810]
Call Number:
810.04.22.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Ministers and others strike at a shuttlecock above their heads inscribed 'Speakers Warrant'; among the feathers sits a little man holding a crowned staff; he says: "Curse this game I dont Like it I never experienced Such boning about in my life, I wo...
Alternative Title:
New game of shuttlecock as played by his Majesty's servants for the amusement of John Bull
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 22 Apl. 1810 by Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Colman, Francis John, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829, and Lethbridge, Thomas Buckler, 1778-1849.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Badminton, and Games
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A new game of shuttle cock as played by his Majestys servants for the mausement [sic] of John Bull [graphic].

4.
Overthrow of the republican-Babel [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1809]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 6
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Tower of Babel is represented by a vast pile of bundles of documents tied by tricolour ribbon, culminating in the allegations of Mrs. Clarke against the Duke of York. It is being destroyed by the Speaker, Abbot, who swoops down upon it from a clo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Earl of, 1779-1869, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, and Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overthrow of the republican-Babel [graphic]

5.
A plumper for Paul!, or, The little taylor done over! [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[13 March 1807]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 6
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in the House of Commons. In the foreground is the space outside the bar, filled with burlesqued supporters of Paull's petition against Sheridan's return for Westminster (see BMSat 10619, &c). These are struck by darts of fire, lightning, and ...
Alternative Title:
Little taylor done over and Little tailor done over
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 13th, 1807, by H. Humphrey, S. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829, Paull, James, 1770-1808, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Clifford, Henry, 1768-1813, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A plumper for Paul!, or, The little taylor done over! [graphic]

6.
The modern Hercules, cleansing the Augean stable [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 April 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a stable. On the right are horses with human heads ; behind, in a niche and partly cut off by the left margin, stands a mitred abbot. He is 'The Abbot of Saint Stephen' (the Speaker). In the foreground (left) stands Whitbread, a brawn...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 23, 1805, by T. Rowlandson, Adelphi
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The modern Hercules, cleansing the Augean stable [graphic].

7.
The sense of the nation [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 14, 1803.
Call Number:
803.06.14.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Williamson, 20 Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sense of the nation [graphic]

9.
The marches of the British armies in the peninsula of India during the campaigns of 1790, and 1791

Creator:
Rennell, James, 1742-1830, cartographer
Published / Created:
Feb. 21, 1792.
Call Number:
1982 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 32 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
J. Rennell
Subject (Geographic):
India, South
Subject (Topic):
History, Military
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The marches of the British armies in the peninsula of India during the campaigns of 1790, and 1791

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