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1.
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]

2.
Phaeton [graphic]

Creator:
Woollett, William, 1735-1785, printmaker
Published / Created:
Septr. 3d, 1763.
Call Number:
Drawer 763.09.03.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Text below title: In the collection of His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell engraver, in Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Phaeton [graphic]

3.
T. Williams at his cabinet upholstery & carpet warehouse in Bow Street, Covent Garden, London

Creator:
Williams, T., active 1763
Published / Created:
[approximately 1763]
Call Number:
File 66 763 W727
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Date based on entry of T. Williams in: Thomas Mortimer 's The universal director; or, The nobleman and gentleman's true guide to the masters and professors of the liberal and polite arts and sciences; ... London, 1763, p. 13., Trade card advertising T. Williams's cabinet, upholstery, and carpet warehouse., Ms. note in contemporary hand on verso., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Williams
Subject (Topic):
Chairs and Cabinets (Case furniture)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > T. Williams at his cabinet upholstery & carpet warehouse in Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, makes & sells all sorts of cabinet work, chairs & looking glasses, upholstery goods, carpets ... [graphic].

4.
Welbore Ellis Lord Mendip sometime one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, Secretary

Creator:
Whessell, John, active 1760-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Portraits M538 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Text on sheet of paper in image: His Majesty's Secretary at War 1763 ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and In paper frame: 379 x 249 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Mendip, Welbore Ellis, Baron, 1713-1802
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Welbore Ellis Lord Mendip sometime one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, Secretary at War, Treasurer of the Navy, Joint Vice Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]

5.
The peace bawler [graphic]

Creator:
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1763?]
Call Number:
763.00.00.126
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man stands full length facing the viewer wearing a hat and large coat, leaning on a walking stick in his right hand. He has a sheaf of papers over his left forearm with the words "Peace French & Spanish terms-". A speech balloon from his mouth reads, "If you dont care we'l [...] you all by St. Andre."
Description:
Title etched below image., "O'Garth" is a pseudonym for the Honorable George Townshend. See British Museum catalogue no. 2847., Publication date inferred from that of the Treaty of Paris to which this print refers., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792. and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 and Peddlers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The peace bawler [graphic]

6.
The pedlars, or, Scotch merchants of London the hum addressers 1763 / [graphic]

Creator:
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
763.05.20.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scotch merchants of London
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Townshend in British Museum catalogue.., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of text below image: This Scotch caricature farce was carried on by a famous Caledonion [sic] catenerian, arch wag og an attorney ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Scots -- Reference to Lord Bute -- Reference to John Wilkes, 1725-1797 -- Reference to George Whitfield, 1714-1770 -- Slang: 'hum'.
Publisher:
Pubd. in Ryder's Court, Leicester Fields, accg. to act
Subject (Name):
Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The pedlars, or, Scotch merchants of London the hum addressers 1763 / [graphic]

7.
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]

8.
Frontis-piss [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1763]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Copy after a Hogarth's design for a frontispiece to a pamphlet against the Hutchinsonians; a witch sitting on top of a crescent moon, pissing a cascade onto the rocks far below, on which lies a bound copy of 'Hutchin', and drowning a group of rats, some of which are gnawing at a bound copy of 'Newton' and a telescope, Title etched below image., Date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4089., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 243., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Copy., and On page 199 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Witches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontis-piss [graphic]

9.
John Wilkes Esqr. drawn from the life & etch'd in aquafortis / [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament May [the] 16, 1763.
Call Number:
Hogarth 763.05.16.06.2+ Box 200
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes 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 and feather pen and ink well are place on the table to his left
Alternative Title:
John Wilkes Esquire
Description:
Engraved title below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., and "Price 1 shilling."
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Liberty cap and Legislators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes Esqr. drawn from the life & etch'd in aquafortis / [graphic]

10.
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:
Sketch of John Wilkes holding a "Staff of Maintenance" wtih the cap of Liberty on top, drawn at the time of Wilkes' second trip to Westminster Hall for slander. On the table beside him are two newspapers -- North Briton Number 45 and North Briton Number 15 -- which allude to Wilkes' attack on Hogarth and King George III
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 (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Libel & slander and Liberty cap
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esqr [graphic]

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