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1. La cuisine de la poste [art original]
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1770]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 17 Box D200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a kitchen in a French inn, with figures including that of a curé conversing in a bland way with a man who, standing in huge sabots, holds a glass of drink; his hat is of a peculiarly extravagent shape. A woman with both hands under her apron is bowing to the curé; next to her a very tall and lean postillion is taking snuff from his box; he wears the customary enormous boots of his class. A boy in big wooden shoes clatters across the floor and wears a long queue
- Description:
- Title, artist, and date form inscription below design., Published etching based on this drawing is described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4764, and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boys, Clergy, Coach drivers, and Kitchens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La cuisine de la poste [art original]
2. The descent of the air balloon [graphic]
- Creator:
- Lodge, John, -1796, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.12.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An air balloon, shown as a globe, lands in front of a cottage causing panic among those who were watching its progress. A cleric, holding a crucifix and a bible, attempts to exorcise the evil while the sheep, the cock, and the goose that travelled in the balloon's basket escape unharmed. A monkey looks on from a nearby tree. Below the image is a brief description of Montgolfier's experiment
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Plate from: European magazine, October 1783, p. 272., and Sequel to no. 6334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1783, by J. Fielding, Pater Noster Row
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810.
- Subject (Topic):
- Balloons (Aircraft), Spectators, Animals, and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The descent of the air balloon [graphic]
3. The zenith of French glory The pinnacle of liberty : religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell! / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 February 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.02.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A ragged sansculotte sits astride a lamp brackets high above a square where a crowd, all wearing bonnets-rouges and all watching the beheading of Louis XVI. He fiddles as he smiles down at the scene. Hanging below him from the same lamp post are two monks and a bishop, their hands bound. Further in the distance are more hung bodies and a cathedral in flames
- Alternative Title:
- Pinnacle of liberty
- Description:
- Title etched below image, left., One line of text below title: Religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell!, and Mounted to 47 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 12th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Sansculottes, History, Clergy, Crowds, Fires, Guillotines (Punishment), Hangings (Executions), Liberty cap, Revolutions, and Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The zenith of French glory The pinnacle of liberty : religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell! / [graphic]
