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1. A hint for an escape at the next spring meeting [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 March 1792]
Call Number:: 792.03.16.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Publisher's announcement following the imprint: where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in Europe, admittance 1 shilling., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Jockey Club -- Horse-racing -- Trades: jockeys -- Bullock, T., fl. 1792., and Watermark: I Taylor.
Publisher:: Pubd. Mrch [sic] 16, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Bunbury, Thomas Charles, Sir, 1740-1821, and Chifney, Samuel, ca. 1753-1807
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A hint for an escape at the next spring meeting [graphic]

2. A peace offering to the genius of liberty and equality dedicated to those lovers of French freedom who would thus debase their country. [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 February 1794]
Call Number:: 794.02.10.04+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: On the right a grotesque figure representing the French Republic sits on a pile of gin barrels, serpents writhing in her hair as flames -- labelled Rapine, Murder, Famine, Atheism -- spit from their mouths. At her feet lies the decapitated figure of Justice. Approaching her from the left are Stanhope carrying a model of the House of Lords, a crown, sceptre and the Holy Bible. Following him is Sheridan carrying a model of the Bank of England and Fox who carries a model of India House and the royal arms. The British lion walks in the opposite direction away from the arms. Next, Whitbread hauls three barrels labelled "Whitbreads intire", the Duke of Bedford a promisary note, and finally Erskine carries a pile of books labelled "Treason / Law of / Libel / Misprisons of ..."
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Publ" in imprint partially burnished from plate., and Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.; caricatures partially identified on mount.
Publisher:: Publ. Feby 10, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Subject (Topic):: Justice (Virtue), Sansculottes, History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Foreign relations
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A peace offering to the genius of liberty and equality dedicated to those lovers of French freedom who would thus debase their country. [graphic]

3. A peep at the Parisot with Q in the corner! [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 May 1796]
Call Number:: 796.05.07.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A corner of the opera house. A dancer is poised on her right toe, while she leans forward, both arms extended, her left leg extended horizontally towards the audience. Her head is turned full-face. Those in the pit are peering under her skirt, which, falling limply almost to her ankles, defines her figure. In the front row of the pit sit (left to right) the Duke of Queensberry peering through an opera-glass; Sheridan, biting his thumb apprehensively (probably fearing competition with Drury Lane); Fox, leaning back laughing, while Pitt stands behind him, holding his shoulders, and staring intently at the dancer. Among the heads behind are Burke on the extreme right, Bedford next him, then Loughborough and Erskine (?) in their legal wigs. In a box on the first tier sit two ladies and a man, looking down upon the dancer, except that one of the ladies stares at the man she sits next through a glass. A door giving on to the stage is open, through which two men are staring up at the dancer. Behind stands a prim-looking man wearing spectacles. A scene of trees and foliage forms a background to the stage."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., The dancer is possibly Madame Rose Parisot?, and Matted to 47 x 62 cm.; printmaker's name and a key identifying subjects printed on mat below image.
Publisher:: Pub. May 7, 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic):: Audiences, Dancers, French, Performances, Opera houses, and Theatrical productions
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A peep at the Parisot with Q in the corner! [graphic]

4. Diversions of purley, or, Opposition attending their private affairs [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: June 5, 1797.
Call Number:: 797.06.05.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Opposition attending their private affairs
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Seamstresses -- Cribs -- Washer tubs -- Crowns -- Bonnet rouge., Watermark: J Whatman., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, and Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Subject (Topic):: Demons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Diversions of purley, or, Opposition attending their private affairs [graphic].

5. Drawing for twelfth-cake at St. Annes Hill !! [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: Janry. 16, 1799.
Call Number:: 799.01.16.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures let out., Temporary local subject terms: Opposition -- St. Anne's Hill -- Emblems: tree of liberty as cake decoration -- Twelfth Night -- Furniture: dining table -- Armchairs -- Food: cake -- Bonnets rouges -- Pictures amplifying subject: placard with "Rules to be observed at this meeting.", Watermark: Strasburg lily dated below 1797., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:: Pubd by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, and Byng, George, 1764-1847
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Drawing for twelfth-cake at St. Annes Hill !! [graphic].

6. The Westminster mountebank, or, Palace yard pranks [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 November 1795]
Call Number:: 795.11.20.04+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox, as a quack doctor, addresses a mob from the front of a platform which rests upon five beer-barrels inscribed 'Whitbreads entire' (cf. BMSat 8638). Four other mountebanks are performing. Fox wears the full wig and old-fashioned laced coat and waistcoat of a doctor; he points to a young man (Bedford) behind him (left) who stands on his head, coins pouring from his pocket into a box. A Pierrot (Grey) stands behind the platform holding a trumpet and saying: "Turn me Grey Gemmen if I dont read you the particulars of his curing 30,000 Patients in one day; when Brother cit. has done tumbling". On a slack-rope stretching across the left part of the platform is little Lord Lauderdale, holding a balancing pole. He and Bedford are dressed as acrobats. On the right is the doctor's zany, Sheridan, wearing a fool's cap and a tunic and trousers dotted with representations of the Devil. He scatters, and kicks towards the spectators below him, a shower of paper scrolls inscribed: 'An Infaliable cure for a bad constitution'; 'Aether for Arguments'; 'Caustics for Crimps' [cf. BMSat 8484]; 'Mercury for Ministers'; 'Preparations against Prosecution'; 'Powder [cf. BMSat 8629] for Placemen' [twice]; 'Pain for the Poor' [cf. BMSat 8146]; 'A Rope for Reeves' [cf. BMSat 8699]; 'Gibets for Justices' [cf. BMSat 8686]; 'Aqua Regis for Royalists'. The crowd (right), who are three-quarter length, eagerly hold out their hands to catch the papers. Next the platform is a well-dressed man resembling Grafton. The man on the extreme right is a butcher wearing a bonnet-rouge. Fox says: "Dis is de first Tumbler in de Vorld Gemmen, dat is Citoyen de Bedforado, who vas stand so long upon his head dat all de money vas Tumble out of his pockets; de Next is Citoyen Van Lathertalo, who's trick upon de slack rope are delightfull it is expected he vil von Day dance on de Tight Rope ha ha!!" The men and women composing the crowd on the left all raise a hand in affirmation; all are shouting. A man dressed as a militiaman, standing prominently beside the platform, raises a hand from which two fingers are missing; he shouts "All. All." Perhaps Edward Hall, 'Liberty Hall'."--British Museum online catalogues
Alternative Title:: Palace yard pranks
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker identified by British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: NB folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Quacks' zanies -- Acrobats -- Pierrot -- Rope-walking -- Musical instruments: trumpet -- Reference to the meeting in Palace Yard, November 16, 1795 -- Bills: reference to Seditious Meetings and Treasonable Practices bills -- Fool's cap - Money: coins -- Allusion to Samuel Whitbread, 1764-1815., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials E & P 1794 below., and Mounted on top and bottom to 32 cm.
Publisher:: Published No. 20, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Subject (Topic):: Medicine shows, Quacks & quackery, Politicians, Acrobats, Aerialists, Clowns, Money, Barrels, and Spectators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster mountebank, or, Palace yard pranks [graphic].

7. The duel, or, Charley longing for a pop [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: June 1, 1798.
Call Number:: 798.06.01.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Charley longing for a pop
Description:: Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: NB. Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Pitt & Tierney, May 27, 1798 -- Putney Heath -- Gibbets -- Birds: crows -- Allusion to the execution of highwayman Abershaw -- Guns: pistols -- Blunderbuss., and Watermark: E & C T Russell 1797.
Publisher:: Published by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The duel, or, Charley longing for a pop [graphic]

8. The modern Leviathan!! [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 March 1796]
Call Number:: 796.03.08.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue., Four lines of text below title: The Leviathan among all creatures of the Crown ..., Printseller's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Pensions: Edmund Burke's pension -- Mourning -- Monsters -- Tombstones -- Literature: quotation from Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 8, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The modern Leviathan!! [graphic].

9. The quarrell [sic] about pensions amicably settled [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [13 April 1796]
Call Number:: 796.04.13.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Quarrel about pensions amicably settled
Description:: Title from item., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of carecatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Pensions: Edmund Burke's pension., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:: Pub. April 13, 1796, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The quarrell [sic] about pensions amicably settled [graphic].

10. The raft in danger, or, The republican crew disappointed [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: Janry. 28, 1798.
Call Number:: Drawer 798.01.28.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Leaders of the Opposition (left) turn a windlass which drags towards the shore a fantastic and enormous raft laden with French troops. They push against horizontal levers which pass through the broad centre-post on which the rope is wound; on the top of this Lauderdale, in Highland dress and on a smaller scale than the others, plays the bagpipes, from which issue the words: 'Over the Water & over the Sea, And over the Raft to Charlie.' He capers to his tune; a tricolour flag flies from his instrument. The most prominent figure is Fox, advancing full-face, and looking to the raft with a satisfied smile; he says, "Pull away Citizens". Behind him, the rope between them, is Bedford in riding-dress; under his arm is a book: 'Bedford on Agriculter' (cf. BMSat 8648). Opposite Fox is Tierney, saying, "We must take care to keep clear of the Rope". From his pocket hangs a paper: 'Borough Influence' (he was M.P. for Southwark, 'the Borough', cf. BMSat 9045). Sheridan, pushing hard in profile to the left, says: "Ah! The Rope We must avoid it if possible". Norfolk, on the extreme left, puts a hand on Tierney's lever; he says: "Hark Ther's a Storm coming. I hear Thunder." They walk on a circular track by the edge of a cliff. On the ground is a large open book: 'President of the Directory CIF. [Fox] Deputy a Bedfordshire Bull [cf. BMSat 8684]'. On it lies a 'Norfolk Cheese'. Behind (left) is a gallows inscribed 'Tierney' (almost obliterated) from which hangs a corpse. In the background is a hill on the summit of which is an encampment with massed troops flying the British flag. The raft nears the shore but is about to be overwhelmed by vast waves blown up by blasts from the mouths of Dundas, the King, and Pitt, whose heads emerge from dark clouds. Dundas, in profile to the left, aims his blast at the windlass; in it (right to left) are the names: 'Jack Ketch'; 'Addington, Bond, Staples [Bow Street justices]'; 'Macnamara Fugion, Macmanus, Townsend, Jelous' [Bow Street officers or 'runners']. The King and Pitt aim directly at the raft; from the mouth of the former (full-face) issue the names 'St Vincent, Pasley, Duncan, Pellew, Nelson'; from that of Pitt (in profile to the right): 'Trollope, Thomson, Bridport, Onslow, Pringle'. In the centre of the raft is a massive fortress manned with troops; from it flies a huge tricolour flag inscribed 'Liberty and Equality'. The fort is surrounded by tents; outside there are soldiers in close formation with bayonets. The outer edge is flanked by turrets, each having a (tricolour) flag inscribed: 'Plunder'; 'Regecides Paricides'; 'Deism Atheism'; 'Robbery'; 'Murder & Ravishmt'; 'Torture'; 'Blood & Rapine'; 'Cruelty & lust'; 'Barbar[ity]'. The motive force is given by wheels worked by windmills, and by large oars. In the bows is a guillotine surmounted by a bonnet-rouge; another guillotine decorates the stern. Behind the raft (left) advance ships of war. In the foreground, flying over the agitated sea like stormy petrels, are three winged heads (right to left): Erskine, Stanhope, and (?) Thelwall. Lauderdale, Fox, Sheridan, Norfolk, and Stanhope wear bonnets-rouges."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Republican crew disappointed
Description:: Title etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., and Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:: Published by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and Thelwall, John, 1764-1834
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The raft in danger, or, The republican crew disappointed [graphic]