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1.
Sunday evening [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike. For an earlier issue of the plate, published ca. 1828, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 772.12.07.04., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 5084 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and On leaf 53 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Tables, Chairs, Candles, Books, Sleeping, Dogs, and Cats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sunday evening [graphic]

2.
Laugh and grow fat cry and go lean. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[between 1829 and 1831]
Call Number:
828.00.00.71
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Cry and go lean
Description:
Title from text below and above image., Date based on known years of publisher's activity., Image is presented as an inversion illusion. Title portion above image inscribed upside down: Cry and grow lean., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St., Strand and Printed by C. Ingrey
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Laugh and grow fat cry and go lean. [graphic]

3.
A labourer in the good cause [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately March 1828]
Call Number:
828.03.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Eldon stands with his shirt-sleeves rolled up, carrying a great stack of petitions under each arm. On his head is a porter's knot made of a pair of green bags (emblem of 'Old Bags', see British Museum Satires No. 12883); on this rests a third pile of bulky parchments. Round his right leg is an unfastened garter inscribed '. . . d Expects Every Man will do' [his duty]. He puffs; sweat streams down his forehead; he says: 'Hard work this--got plenty more to bring down yet--.' The petitions are inscribed 'Petition' [five times]; 'against Concession' [twice]; 'Petition against'; '30.000 Inhabitants'; 'Humbly Sheweth'; 'Petition against Concession--' [twice] '3.00 Inhabitants'; '4000 of the . . .'; 'signed by 130.000 Men Women & Children ; 60,000 Respectable Inhabitants'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to: 40 x 30.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bags, Head-carrying, and Lifting & carrying
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A labourer in the good cause [graphic]

4.
Artillery bringing up the field pieces [graphic].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[5 May 1824]
Call Number:
828.00.00.78+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
'Artillery bringing up the field pieces (14730). A hussar leads a pretty coquettishly dressed girl, holding a rake, from a hay-field, pointing to a waiting post-chaise. Behind (right) a second soldier carries off a girl in his arms. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 13078
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue, Description based on imperfect impression; imprint partially erased with loss of publisher name., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: A salute.
Publisher:
41 Piccadilly [i.e. S.W. Fores]
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Artillery bringing up the field pieces [graphic].

5.
Jemmy Green buying an unter [graphic]

Creator:
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.80+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Have you an idea he will go well?" ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: Cockney sportsmen on a strong scent. No. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1828 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jemmy Green buying an unter [graphic]

6.
Ideas of pioneers [graphic]

Creator:
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.82+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Vell, I say Villiam you know ve citizens hav'nt much idea of milintary tic-tac ...", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., With: Ides of satisfaction. No. 5., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1826.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1828 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ideas of pioneers [graphic]

7.
Not so flattering [graphic]

Creator:
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.62+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Pray thur have thu any idea vhether I could thute thum partridgeth about here?" ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., With: A flattering idea. No. 3., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1828.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1828 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Not so flattering [graphic]

8.
Easter-Monday-to wit [graphic].

Creator:
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.60+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from other plates in this series signed: T. Jones fec., Text below title: Have you an idea a pair of spurs would be of use here, eh? ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With: An essay on hunting. No. 1.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1828 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Easter-Monday-to wit [graphic].

9.
Case of frightful destitution the fatal effects of getting out of chancery!!! / [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately January 1828]
Call Number:
828.01.00.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powdered wig. Beside him (left) lies an empty and dilapidated bag inscribed The Old Bagg [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12883]. He looks down with a gloomy scowl, and from his closed lips rise the words: Pity the sorrows of a poor old man [cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 13991, 16236]--vide beggars petition, Tricked out of Work by a Soldier. Round his neck is tied a placard reaching below the waist, and inscribed: Pity a poor Old Man out of Place, at the age of 78 [76], and though extremely anxious, for employment, disappointed in, all his expectations of procuring the Same. His pension is only 4.000 P A [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10714] and not a Dinner has been dressed in his house within the memory of man! He has a wife to support, and a Son to provide for, who holds only Eight Appointments! Beside him an emaciated dog stands on its hindlegs holding a begging-dish, with a piteous expression."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To a benevolent public
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Beggars, Poor persons, Staffs (Sticks), Wigs, Bags, Dogs, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Case of frightful destitution the fatal effects of getting out of chancery!!! / [graphic]

10.
The march of intellect [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1828]
Call Number:
828.04.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An aspirational dustman in ragged clothes, a monocle hanging from his hat, and smoking a cigar, sits in a chair before the hearth reading a book, "An introduction to the pleasures of ... schince by Barnart Botherum [...] dedicated to the majesty of the people". On the table are bowl, a goblet and a bottle of Port. On the wall hangs a landscape and on the mantel a bust of Shakespeare. The dog at his feet stares at the fire, the bones of fish dinner on a plate beside him. A large bell sits on the floor beside the dustman
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate 1"--Upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published April 1828 by S. Maunder, 10 Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Dustmen, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Interiors, Fireplaces, Smoking, and Reading
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The march of intellect [graphic]

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