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1. Minutes of my proceedings during my embassy in Tunis, 1796
- Creator:
- Radstock, William Waldegrave, Baron, 1753-1825
- Call Number:
- 49 2611
- Image Count:
- 31
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript in a single hand, written on vellum, describes in minute detail Waldegrave's negotiations with the Bey and Vizar in Bardo over the exchange of Corsican prisoners held in Tunis after the capture of the Maria Rosa as well as other diplomatic issues arising between Tunis, Algiers, Corsica and Great Britain from the period 22 February 1796 to 19 August 1796. Waldegrave records almost verbatim the negotiations between the Bey and Vizar as well as conversations with the Consul and other British officials and naval officers. Copies of correspondence between Waldegrave, John Jervis, John Sutton, and Gilbert Elliot as well as officers serving on the Barfleur and the French counsel are transcribed at the end of the account which includes details of naval skirmishes fought during this period
- Description:
- William Waldegrave, first Baron Radstock (1753-1825), naval officer, born on 9 July 1753 in Kensington, London, second son of John Waldegrave, third Earl Waldegrave (1718-1784) and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (1724-1784), daughter of the first Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepoint., In English; some French., Spine label: 11790., Written on vellum and bound in blue morocco, gold tooling, with silver clasps., and Blue morocco, with silver clasps. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Corsica (France), Tunisia, Great Britain., Great Britain, and Tunisia.
- Subject (Name):
- Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, 1751-1814., Radstock, William Waldegrave, Baron, 1753-1825., Rance, James P., Captain., St. Vincent, John Jervis, Viscount, 1735-1823., and Maria Rosa (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign relations, and Diplomats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Minutes of my proceedings during my embassy in Tunis, 1796
2. Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. October 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.10.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bust of George III in an oval medallion, the profile (left) an obtuse angle, the face blank, giving an impression of complacent imbecility. The background is shaded to simulate a cameo. From behind the medallion two figures look out: 'Averice' (left), a hag with pendent breasts and serpents for hair, leans forward in profile to the left, holding up a money-bag. On the right is Famine, a thin man wearing a shroud; both are shouting
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Place of publication based on subject., Publication date from Thomas Kirgate's manuscript note on Horace Walpole's impression., A date of 1794 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue, but their online catalogue suggests 1795 based on the reference to a famine., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Corsica (France)
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Avarice, and Famines
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
3. Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. October 1796]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bust of George III in an oval medallion, the profile (left) an obtuse angle, the face blank, giving an impression of complacent imbecility. The background is shaded to simulate a cameo. From behind the medallion two figures look out: 'Averice' (left), a hag with pendent breasts and serpents for hair, leans forward in profile to the left, holding up a money-bag. On the right is Famine, a thin man wearing a shroud; both are shouting
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Place of publication based on subject., Publication date from Thomas Kirgate's manuscript note on Horace Walpole's impression., A date of 1794 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue, but their online catalogue suggests 1795 based on the reference to a famine., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 158 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 16.1 x 17.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., and With manuscript note by Thomas Kirgate below plate line: A vulgar satiric print of George 3d, published in 1796 but inserted here because it happened to be exceedingly like to a piece of flint, found the year before at Brighthelmstone, with a Lusus Naturae resembling the King, and now in this collection.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Corsica (France)
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Avarice, and Famines
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
4. The comet 1757 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Mar.1 [1757]
- Call Number:
- 757.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text etched at top of image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For the appearance of comet, see Gentlemen's magazine, Sept. 1757, p. 392., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below., and Imprint partially burnished from plate.
- Publisher:
- D.P. according to act [...]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Halley's comet., Minorca (Spain), Corsica (France), Flanders., and America.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The comet 1757 [graphic].
