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1. The western address [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [11 October 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.10.11.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire plainly inferring that those in power will represent things as they pelase; for as all occurarences are deduced form them; both the Prince and the people are equally deceived
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Plate numbered '40' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: In vain to hard'ned vice your wrongs you'll plead / There is but one who will those wrongs redress ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Addresses: 'Western Address' to George II, 1756., and Mounted to 16 x 26 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Oct. 11th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford in the Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The western address [graphic].
2. The sea lyon [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.82.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Sea lion
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., Caption below image: Mores homines., Plate numbered '7' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on Admiralty -- Gambling: royal die and dice box -- Emblems: anchor -- Pictures amplifying subject: EO table -- Clubs: allusion to White's Club -- Animals: sea-lions -- Playing cards., and Mounted to 20 x 25 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The sea lyon [graphic].
3. The rostrum [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [24 November 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '50' in upper right corner of image., Two lines of text under image: But in thier [sic] own defence sure they may mount the rostrum and plead thier [sic] pardon from the people., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Pulpits., and Mounted to 14 x 24 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Novr. 24, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rostrum [graphic].
4. The rostrum [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.68
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '50' in upper left corner of design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of text below image: But in their own defence sure they may mount the rostrum and plead their pardon from the people., Plate for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Reversed copy of No. 3424 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rostrum [graphic].
5. The mirrour, or, The British Lion's back friends detected [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publishd according to act of Parliament, Oct. 26, 1756.
- Call Number:
- 756.10.26.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- British Lion's back friends detected and Mirror
- Description:
- Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's statement following publication date: to be had at the Star on Holborn Hill. Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Peacocks -- Addresses -- Shackles., and Mounted to 28 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- T. Kitchin
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The mirrour, or, The British Lion's back friends detected [graphic].
6. The eaters [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.83
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., Satire on William Hogarth, 1697-1764., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of statement of responsibility., Six lines of verse below image: Window, wheels, house & churches, where [sic] to them as geese & turkeys ..., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The eaters [graphic]
7. The dis-card [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Barrington suggesting that their conduct of the war is influenced by, respectively, corruption and incompetence, with reference here to the disgrace of General Fowke and Admiral Byng."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Discard
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: I've heard of times (pray God defend us, we're not so good but he may mend us) ..., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Literature: Shakespeare., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Thrones, and Eagles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dis-card [graphic].
8. The devil turn'd drover [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as [the] act directs, [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Devil turned drover
- Description:
- Title from item., Publisher's statement following publication information: to be had [the] corner of [the] West Passage of the Royal Exchange in Castle Alley. Price 6d., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Devil -- Mythology: Cerberus., and Corners cropped.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The devil turn'd drover [graphic].
9. The constitution card The lyon of [the] sea ; The French dressers, or, England made odious. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.31
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically
- Description:
- Titles from items., Caption under top design: --well done quoth Whackum., Caption under center design: Mores homines., Two lines of verse below bottom design: And shall the substitutes of power our Genius thus bedecks ..., Copies of, nos. 3398, 3493, and 3543 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Money: bag of money -- Pictures amplifying subject: hawk attacking cock -- Newcastle Administration -- Axes -- Signboards: inn sign -- Blazing comet -- Masks -- Satire on Admiralty -- Royal die and dice box -- Emblems: anchor -- Pictures amplifying subject: EO table -- Clubs: allusion to White's Club -- Animals: sea-lions -- Trades: fishwomen -- Female dress: French dress, ca. 1756 -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Containers: fishwoman's tub for pickled salmon.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Gallows, and Gambling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The constitution card The lyon of [the] sea ; The French dressers, or, England made odious. [graphic]
10. The cole heavers [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as [the] act directs, [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., Publisher's statement following publication information: To be had [the] corner of [the] West Passage of [the] Royal Exchange in Castle Alley., Two lines of verse below image: Since honesty is but an empty name, He that cheats the least is most to blame., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster Abbey -- Westminster Quay -- Westminster Hall -- Slang: cole (money)., and Ms. annotations in an unidentified contemporary hand at bottom of sheet identifying subjects.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cole heavers [graphic].
11. The burning pit [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [4 December 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.12.04.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text at top of image., Plate numbered '71' in upper left corner., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: How vain the efforts of the tribe, who thro' the dirty paths have trod ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 18 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Decr. 4, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford in the Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The burning pit [graphic].
12. The burning pit [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.71
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '71' in upper right corner., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: How vain the efforts of the tribe, who thro' the dirty paths have trod ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Reversed copy of No. 3462 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The burning pit [graphic].
13. The bankrupts with anecdotes [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [26 November 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.26.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from first etched line., Plate numbered '52' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 18 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Novr. 26, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bankrupts with anecdotes [graphic].
14. The bankrupts with anecdotes [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.69
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from first line of text in image., Plate numbered '52' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Copy of No. 3429 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bankrupts with anecdotes [graphic].
15. The Western Address [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '40' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below title: In vain to hard'ned vice your wrongs you'll plead / There is but one who will those wrongs redress ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Reversed copy of No. 3392 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Addresses: 'Western Address' to George II, 1756.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Western Address [graphic].
16. The Greenwich farce as acted by a renowned admiral and other great personages. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [9 September 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.09.09.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military -- Soldiers' uniforms -- General Evening Post -- Bills & petitions: address from the City of London on the loss of Minorca -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry VIII, 2.353-59 -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet i.5.9 -- Reference to Greenwich., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sepr. 9, 1756, to be had at the Lyon near St. Paul's
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757, Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Subject (Topic):
- Soldiers, British, Military uniforms, Newspapers, and Devil
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Greenwich farce as acted by a renowned admiral and other great personages. [graphic]
17. Punch's opera with the humours of Little Ben the Sailor [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.63
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of text below image: These figures gem'men & ladies are the richest & largest in Europe ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Reversed copy of No. 3394 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Mr. Punch -- Personifications: Punch's wife, Joan -- Literature: reference to Bardolph in Shakespeare's Henry IV.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Punch's opera with the humours of Little Ben the Sailor [graphic].
18. Punch's opera with the humours of LIttle Ben the Sailor [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [15 October1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.10.15.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., Plate numbered '37' in upper right corner., Four lines of text below image: These figures gem'men & ladaes [sic] are the richest & largest in Europe ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Punch -- Punch's wife, Joan -- Literature: reference to Bardolph in Shakespeare's Henry IV., and Mounted to 16 x 26 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Oct. 15, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at [the] Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Punch's opera with the humours of LIttle Ben the Sailor [graphic].
19. Occasional conformity [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [11 November 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.11.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '44' in upper right corner of image., Two lines of verse below image: No matter let merrit plead in vain, he gains his end who tugs the chain., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Thomas Villiers -- John, Viscount Bateman -- Richard Edgcumbe -- John Cleveland., and Mounted to 13 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Nov. 11, 1756, Darly & Edwards facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Bessborough, William Ponsonby, 2d Earl of, 1704-1793, and Rowley, William, Sir, 1690?-1768
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Occasional conformity [graphic].
20. Occasional conformity [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.66
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the alleged corruption of the Lords of the Admiralty; they are shown chained by the nose to Anson, the first Lord (shown as a sea lion) who is in turn chained by the nose to a powerful man who demands preferment for his son."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In the British Museum catalogue, it is suggested that the young man in question may be Joshua Rowley, son of the sea lord William Rowley, who was appointed to comman the 'Harwich' in January 1756., Plate numbered '44' in upper right corner., Two lines of verse below title: No matter let merrit plead in vain, he gains his end who tags the chain., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Reversed copy of No. 3495 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, England and Wales. Admiralty., and Rowley, William, Sir, 1690?-1768
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Occasional conformity [graphic].
21. Next sculls at the Adm**ty [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1744]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Next sculls at the Admiralty
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: Huzza, boys! A fare: who can first get to port? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster -- Buildings: Admiralty Building -- Admiralty Board members -- Naval uniforms: sailor -- Lord Archibald Hamilton., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Cockburn, John, ca. 1679-1758, Lee, George, Sir, 1700-1758, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Norris, John, Sir, 1660?-1749, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Next sculls at the Adm**ty [graphic].
22. Next sculls at the Adm**ty [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1744]
- Call Number:
- 744.12.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Next sculls at the Admiralty
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: Huzza, boys! A fare: who can first get to port? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster -- Buildings: Admiralty Building -- Admiralty Board members -- Naval uniforms: sailor -- Lord Archibald Hamilton., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Cockburn, John, ca. 1679-1758, Lee, George, Sir, 1700-1758, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Norris, John, Sir, 1660?-1749, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Next sculls at the Adm**ty [graphic].
23. Magna est veritas et praevalebit [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.10.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '30' in upper right corner., Two lines of verse below image: Aloft in air the loaded scale does mount ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 15 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Magna est veritas et praevalebit [graphic].
24. Hic niger est [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.85
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Acapulca
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Text below image: Acapulca., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Plate numbered '38' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on Admiralty -- Royal die and dice box -- Emblems: anchor -- Playing cards -- Naval battles: seizure of the Acapulca galleon., and Mounted to 18 x 26 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Playing cards, and Anchors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hic niger est [graphic].
25. Exit unworthies. Enter worthies [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [24 November 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.24.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Enter worthies
- Description:
- Titles etched above images., Plate numbered '51' in upper right corner., Two images on one plate, each with a title above the image., Six lines of verse under design: No more thy gracious mind perplex / The vulture now no more shall vex ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 13 x 17 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Novr. 24, 1756, by Darly and Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Exit unworthies. Enter worthies [graphic].
26. Byng's ghost to the triumvirate [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1757]
- Call Number:
- 757.03.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the affair of Admiral Byng, showing his ghost appearing to Newcastle, Anson and Hardwicke who are seen through a transparent screen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: One night to indulge their vile thoughts tete a tete ..., Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings -- Pictures amplifying subject: French rooster carrying off a map of Minorca -- Furniture., and Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- Ghosts, Chandeliers, Screens, and Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Byng's ghost to the triumvirate [graphic].
27. Byng return'd, or, The council of expedients [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.07.31.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the ministerial changes and payments made to out-going ministers; Admiral Byng is shown in chains holding the dispatches referring to his withdrawal from action at Minorca; Earl Sandwich concerns himself only with opera and theatre."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Council of expedients and Byng returned
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse below image: The quacks of government who sate at the unregarded helm of the state ..., Temporary local subject terms: Trials: court-martial of Admiral Byng -- Reference to the Battle of Minorca, 20 May 1756 -- Fetters -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680., Watermark., and Mounted, for further information consult staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Minorca (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Shackles, and Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Byng return'd, or, The council of expedients [graphic].
28. Britannia in distress under a tott'ring fabrick with cumberous load [graphic].
- Creator:
- Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.87.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Britannia in distress under a tottering fabric
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker identified by Richard T. Godfrey, Dec. 13, 1979., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Trade as a caryatide -- Personifications: Public credit as a caryatide -- Subsidies., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia in distress under a tott'ring fabrick with cumberous load [graphic].
29. Bribery A m-n-l forge ; The two guardians. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.37
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Titles etched above images., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Sticks: wand -- Bag of secret service money -- Newcastle's bribery, 1756 -- Parliament: corruption of Parliament by Newcastle -- Newcastle Administration -- Allusion to William, Baron Blakeney, 1672-1761 -- Interiors: forge -- Tools: farrier's tools -- Forgery: Admiral Byng as victim of forgery -- Trials: allusion to Admiral Byng's court-martial for neglect of duty -- Money for Hanover -- Addresses: subsidiary treaties -- Scales: weighing addresses against money -- Taxes: 1756.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, and Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
- Subject (Topic):
- Petitions, Bribery, Forge shops, Scales, Fools' caps, and Money
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bribery A m-n-l forge ; The two guardians. [graphic]
30. Birdlime for bunglers, or, The French way of catching fools [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Nov. 25 [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.00.06+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the corruption of Newcastle's government suggesting that it accepted French bribes; Byng, crushed by Hardwicke and Fox, is treated with some sympathy."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- French way of catching fools and Oh! How are the mighty fallen?
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Bribes -- Pictures amplifying subject: spider-web covered painting of Justice -- Emblems: French fleur-de-lis -- Gambling: EO table., Note by E. Truman filed with the print., and Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
- Publisher:
- Sold at the Star on Holborn Hill
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Birdlime for bunglers, or, The French way of catching fools [graphic].