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1. John Wilkes Esqr four times elected, member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex & alderman of the ward of Farringdon Without. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [between 1763 and 1794]
Call Number:: Portraits W682 no. 6
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait, whole-length wearing fur-trimmed coat, standing facing front, looking away to right, left hand to hip, leaning with right hand holding quill on a volume which lies on a table to left, beside an ink-tray with a letter on which is written 'The Liberty of all Peers.'
Description:: Title from caption below image., Date of publication from similar print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.7363, and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: Printed for J. Smith at No. 35 Cheapside & R. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes Esqr four times elected, member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex & alderman of the ward of Farringdon Without. [graphic]

2. Mr. Yeates in the character of Launce in the Two gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab [graphic]

Creator:: Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1783 and 1790]
Call Number:: 763.00.00.128
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The full length figure of Mr. Yates in the character of Launce from Two gentlemen of Verona stands center with his right hand holding the leash of his dog Crab while he points down to the dog with his left. Launce's shoes and hat lie on the ground in front and to the left while a tall staff stands in the ground to the right. Bushes and trees form the backdrop. Engraved below the image are 11 lines from Act II, Scene III beginning: Nay 'twill be this hour ere I have done weeping ...
Alternative Title:: Mr. Yates in the character of Launce in the Two Gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab
Description:: Title from item., Publication date inferred from William Richardson's business address. See The London book trades, 1775-1800 / Ian Maxted, p. 187, Later state of a print originally published by Roberts in 1763. See British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
Subject (Name):: Yates, Richard, 1706?-1796, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):: Performances, Characters, Launce, Actors, British, and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Yeates in the character of Launce in the Two gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab [graphic]

3. George the Third King of Great Britain, &c., &c., &c. / [graphic]

Creator:: Woollett, William, 1735-1785, printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1763 and 1764]
Call Number:: Portraits G347 no. 6 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Half-length portraits of King George III of Great Britain facing left and in profile
Alternative Title:: George III
Description:: Title from caption below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3073., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > George the Third King of Great Britain, &c., &c., &c. / [graphic]

4. John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd according to act of Parliament, May [the] 16, 1763.
Call Number:: Paulson 763.05.16.07.1+ Impression 6
Collection Title:: Plate 57. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes, drawn at the time of his second trip to Westminster Hall for slander. He is shown full-length and seated, holding the Staff of Maintenance mounted with a vessel similar to the Cap of Liberty against his shoulder. Copies of the North Briton newspapers ("North Briton Number 45" and "North Briton Number 17"), which allude to Wilkes's attack on Hogarth and King George III, rest on the table to his left, alongside a feather pen and ink well
Description:: Title engraved below image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Price 1 shilling."--Lower left corner of plate., 1 print : etching ; sheet 35 x 22.5 cm., Printed on laid paper., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; window mounted to 44 x 28 cm.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):: Libel & slander, Liberty cap, and Legislators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]

5. [A satire on Hogarth and the Rev. C. Churchill] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1763]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Churchill (right) in the form of a huge bear, wearing clerical neck-bands, as in Hogarth's "The Bruiser", turns a snarling fiercely at a small dog (Hogarth) like his Trump. The bear has one raised paw and the other rests on a piece of paper entitled "Epistle to Wm. Hogarth", beside a pen and ink well. The dog barks back at the bear, his front paws rest on an artist's palette with the words "Line of beauty" written across it. Etching in the left background, are the words "Pannel Painting."
Alternative Title:: Poet and the painter
Description:: Title and date from British Museum catalogue., Additional title from local card catalog., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 291 in volume 3.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764 and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):: Artists' materials, Bears, and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A satire on Hogarth and the Rev. C. Churchill] [graphic].

6. The young politicians [graphic].

Published / Created:: [approximately 1763]
Call Number:: 763.00.00.132
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two boys shown half-length, the nearest on the left glancing at the viewer and holding a copy of the 'The North Briton / no. 45', his hat under his arm, while the other young man reads over his shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., "This is derived from a composition in the same direction by Abraham Bloemaert of two singing boys, engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert (Hollstein 292; Roethlisberger 397)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint from lower edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 2010,7081.2206.
Publisher:: Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):: Boys and Reading
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The young politicians [graphic].

7. The bruiser, C. Churchill (once the Revd.!) in the character of a Russian Hercules, regaling himself after having kill'd the monster Caricatura that so sorely gall'd his virtuous friend the heaven born Wilkes / [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd according to act of Parliament, August 1, 1763.
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Plate 73. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A re-working of Hogarth's self-portrait of 1749 (Paulson 181); the artist has been replaced by a bear representing Charles Churchill wearing preaching bands and holding a tankard of beer in one paw and a knotty club in the other; the knots in the club are labelled 'Lye 1, Lye 2, Lye 3 ... Fallacy, Lye 10 ... ". The oval canvas rests on two books, on top is 'Great George Street : a list of the subscribers to the North Britons' and below 'A new way to pay old debts, a comedy by Massenger.' The dog Trump is urinating on a copy of Churchill's "Epistle to Hogarth". Leaning on the palette is a framed satirical print showing Hogarth himself (in a white hat) whipping a dancing bear (Churchill) and a monkey (John Wilkes) in front of a projected tomb for William Pitt from which a cannon fires at the dove of peace."--British Museum onlne catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., State and publisher from Paulson., Caption below title: But he had a Club this Dragon to Drub, or he had ne'er don't I warrant ye., "Price 1s. 6d."--Following Hogarth's name., Imperfect impression; price erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 37.8 x 28.3 cm, on sheet 47.3 x 33.9 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 73 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):: Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Bears and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The bruiser, C. Churchill (once the Revd.!) in the character of a Russian Hercules, regaling himself after having kill'd the monster Caricatura that so sorely gall'd his virtuous friend the heaven born Wilkes / [graphic]

8. John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd according to act of Parliament, May [the] 16, 1763.
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Plate 57. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes, drawn at the time of his second trip to Westminster Hall for slander. He is shown full-length and seated, holding the Staff of Maintenance mounted with a vessel similar to the Cap of Liberty against his shoulder. Copies of the North Briton newspapers ("North Briton Number 45" and "North Briton Number 17"), which allude to Wilkes's attack on Hogarth and King George III, rest on the table to his left, alongside a feather pen and ink well
Description:: Title engraved below image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Price 1 shilling."--Lower left corner of plate., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 35.3 x 23.1 cm, on sheet 40.6 x 28.5 cm., Mounted on leaf 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 57 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):: Libel & slander, Liberty cap, and Legislators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]

9. The poet and the painter [graphic]

Published / Created:: [approximately 1763]
Call Number:: 771.00.00.08
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Publication date inferred from the earliest issue of the periodical for which this plate, originally published without title and statement of responsibility in 1763., Cf. No. 4086 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Window mounted to 19 x 25 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764
Subject (Topic):: Artists' materials, Bears, Dogs, and Inkstands
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The poet and the painter [graphic]