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1. Modern characters [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- according to act of Parliament, June 5th 1746.
- Call Number:
- 746.06.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A broadside satirising seven politicians; with an etching showing a garden with seven statues on plinths in a semi-circle, depicting from left to right Lord Bolingbroke, the Earl of Orford (Sir Robert Walpole), Earl Cholmondeley, the Earl of Bath (William Pulteney), the Earl of Stair, William Pitt (the Elder, Earl of Chatham), and Henry Pelham; with engraved title and inscriptions, and letterpress title and text in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of modern statues and caracters [sic]
- Description:
- Caption title in letterpress below image., Sheet trimmed within etching's plate mark on sides and top resulting in loss of caption title., and Mounted to 40 x 31 cm., mounted again to 42 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and England
- Subject (Name):
- Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1703-1770, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians and Broadsides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Modern characters [graphic].
2. The political libertines, or, Motion upon motion [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 1741.
- Call Number:
- 741.03.07.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Motion upon motion
- Description:
- Title from item., Possibly by Bickham., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had [the] original Reason., Fifteen stanzas of verse in five columns below image: All ye friends to merry ditty, Pray attend and I will fitt ye ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Motion for dismissal of Sir Robert Walpole -- Mottoes: Pro Patria Mori -- Conventions: allusion to the Pardo Convention, 1739 -- Emblems: Commonwealth as a coach -- Fairs: allusion to Bolingbroke's fair -- Buildings: Exchequer -- Signs: signboard -- Clergy: bishop -- Vehicles: coach -- Preferments -- Bills: place bill -- Pension bill -- France as a French ape -- Newspapers -- Allusion to Barcelona -- Literature: allusion to Vindication of the miracles, by Richard Smalbroke, 1672-1741 -- Speeches: allusion to Gage's speech against registering of seamen, December 1740 -- Animals: Viscount Bolingbroke as a bull -- Cardinal Fleury as a fox.
- Publisher:
- Sold by G. Bickham at the Black Moors Head, Exeter Change, by authority
- Subject (Name):
- Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 and Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political libertines, or, Motion upon motion [graphic].
3. The political libertines, or, Motion upon motion [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1741?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Motion upon motion
- Description:
- Title from item., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had [the] original Reason., Fourteen stanzas of verse in five columns below image: All ye friends to merry ditty, Pray attend and I will fitt ye ..., Another state, with imprint and printseller's announcement partially burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2490 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Motions: motion for dismissal of Sir Robert Walpole -- Mottoes: Pro Patria Mori -- Conventions: allusion to the Pardo Convention, 1739 -- Emblems: Commonwealth as a coach -- Fairs: allusion to Bolingbroke's fair -- Buildings: Exchequer -- Signs: signboard -- Clergy: bishop -- Vehicles: coach -- Preferments -- Bills: place bill -- Bills: pension bill -- Emblems: France as a French ape -- Newspapers -- Allusion to Barcelona -- Literature: allusion to Vindication of the miracles, by Richard Smalbroke, 1672-1741 -- Speeches: allusion to Gage's speech against registering of seamen, December 1740 -- Animals: Viscount Bolingbroke as a bull -- Animals: Cardinal Fleury as a fox., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- Sold by G. Bickham [...]
- Subject (Name):
- Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 and Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political libertines, or, Motion upon motion [graphic].
4. The wheel of fortune, or, The Scot's step completed [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1742]
- Call Number:
- 742.03.16.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Scot's step completed
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Five stanzas of verse below title: Fortune's wheel is turning quickly round, and nothing in our court of certainty is found ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Fortune -- Interiors: Court of Request -- Architectural details: tradesmen's stalls -- Shops: bookseller -- Vehicles: fire-engine.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wheel of fortune, or, The Scot's step completed [graphic].
5. The wheel of fortune, or, The Scot's step completed [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1742]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Scot's step completed
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Five stanzas of verse below title: Fortune's wheel is turning quickly round, and nothing in our court of certainty is found ..., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Fortune -- Interiors: Court of Request -- Architectural details: tradesmen's stalls -- Shops: bookseller -- Vehicles: fire-engine., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wheel of fortune, or, The Scot's step completed [graphic].
