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1.
O tempora, o mores! [graphic]

Creator:
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[January 1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text on bottom edge; imprint and statements of responsibilty from impression in the Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810232., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 75 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1787 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Subject (Topic):
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > O tempora, o mores! [graphic]

2.
Cicero against Verres [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
Feby. 7th, 1787.
Call Number:
787.02.07.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Burke, in the voluminous robes of a Roman senator, stands looking to the left, making a speech, his right arm extended, left hand on his hip. He is bald-headed, wears spectacles, and his feet are bare. Behind him (right) the heads and shoulders of Fox and North are seen above a barrier or partition. Fox watches Burke with cynical but melancholy impassivity; North reads shortsightedly, his back to Burke. In the middle distance (left) Britannia is seated on the ground, her arm protectingly round the shoulders of another woman, evidently intended for India; she points to the left. Beneath the design the words of Burke's speech are engraved: 'The time is come, Fathers, when that which has long been wished for, towards allaying the envy, your House has been subject to, & removing the imputations against trials, is (not by human contrivance, but superior direction) effectually put in our power. An opinion has long prevailed, not only here at home, but likewise in foreign countries, both dangerous to you, and pernicious to the state, viz. That, in prosecutions, men of wealth are always safe, however clearly convicted. There is now to be brought upon his trial before you, to the confusion, I hope of the propagators of this slanderous imputation, one, whose life and actions condemn him in the opinion of all impartial persons; but who, according to his own reckoning, and declared dependance upon his riches, is already acquitted; I mean W------H------. I have undertaken this prosecution, Fathers, at the general desire, and with the great expectation of the British People, with the direct design of clearing your justice and impartiality before the world. For I have brought upon his trial, one, whose conduct has been such, that, in passing a just sentence upon him, you will have an opportunity of re-establishing the credit of such trials; of recovering whatever may be lost of the favour of the British People; and of satisfying foreign states and kingdoms in alliance with us, or tributary to us. I demand justice of you, Fathers, upon the robber of the public treasury, the oppressor of Asia, and the invader of the rights & privileges of'Britons, the scourge and curse o/Indostan. If that sentence is passed upon him which his crimes deserve, your authority, Fathers, will be venerable & sacred in the eyes of the public. But if his great riches should bias you in his favour, I shall still gain one point, vis. To make it apparent to all the world, that what was wanting in this case was not a criminal, nor a prosecutor; but justice, & adequate punishment.'"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Below image: Fourteen lines from Burke's speech., and Mounted to 43 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pub'd by Boyne & Walker, No. 11 Great Turnstile, Lincolns Inn Fields
Subject (Geographic):
India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cicero against Verres [graphic]

3.
Employment during recess le-gagne-petit ; poisson-sale. [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jan. 22d, 1787.
Call Number:
787.01.22.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in two compartments, each based on one of the familiar 'Cries of London': In 'Le--Gagne--Petit' (left) Fox is a knife-grinder busily sharpening a headsman's axe. Arranged along his barrow are four knives of various shapes inscribed respectively 'Enquiry', 'inversion', 'sarcasm' (with a notched blade), 'incrementum'. A horn attached to the barrow is inscribed 'Fluidity', a box 'Collective Ideas'. In the background (left) is the gateway of St. James's Palace with two sentries. Behind Fox (right) is the house at the SW. corner of 'St James's St'. He wears a cap and a waistcoat showing a ragged shirtsleeve. Beneath the design is engraved: 'To be Sirs Ingenious I'll tell you my Mind 'tis for What I can get Makes me Willing to Grind.' [2] 'Poisson-Salé'. Burke walks (left to right) along Pall Mall carrying bundles of stock-fish on a pole across his shoulder; he bends forward supporting himself with a stout stick. His only garment, except hat and short wig showing his own hair, is a coat worn back to front, his legs being bare. On a wall behind him (left) are two play-bills: 'Much-Ado about Nothing Principle Performer Mr B------e with The Fathless Irishman', and 'Impeachment of Warren Hastings a Farce, as performed by the Tools of Faction St Stephens Chaple'. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Salt Fish ho 'tis I Who late Amused you all by Crying Hastings.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gagne petit and Poisson salé
Description:
Title from text between the two designs; subtitles from text above each design., Later reissue of no. 6994 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.6., Temporary local subject terms: Knife grinder -- Barrow -- Gateway of St. James Palace -- Travesty of Cries of London -- Pall Mall., and Mounted to 29 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Boyne & Walker, Great Turnstile
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Fishmongers, Knives, Occupations, Puns (Visual works), and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Employment during recess le-gagne-petit ; poisson-sale. [graphic]

4.
Hamlet [graphic].

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1787?]
Call Number:
787.00.00.20+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Shown before the gate of a castle, Hamlet is supported by two men as the ghost of his father, dressed in armour the knees of which are etched with the masks of Comedy and Tragedy, appears before him
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines from Shakespeare Hamlet quoted below title: "Still I am called .. unhand me gentlemens [sic]. By heaven I'll make a ghost of him that lets me"., Date based on publisher's address. See Maxted, I. The London book trades, 1775-1800., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Pro patria.
Publisher:
Published by Boyne & Walker, Turnstile, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Armor, Gates, Ghosts, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hamlet [graphic].

5.
The meeting of the Legion Club [graphic].

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 June 1787]
Call Number:
787.06.27.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: Such assemblies, you might swear, Meet when butchers bait a bear ..., Later state by a different publisher of No. 7132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Traces of the earlier imprint burnished from plate below image on left., and Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms -- Repeal of the shop tax.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 27th, 1787, by S. Fores, satirist, No. 3 Piccadily [sic]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The meeting of the Legion Club [graphic].

6.
The meeting of the Legion Club [graphic].

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 June 1787]
Call Number:
787.06.27.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: Such assemblies, you might swear, Meet when butchers bait a bear ..., Later state by a different publisher of No. 7132 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Traces of the earlier imprint burnished from plate below image on left., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms -- Repeal of the shop tax., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33.1 x 46.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 27th, 1787, by S. Fores, satirist, No. 3 Piccadily [sic]
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The meeting of the Legion Club [graphic].

7.
A long minuet [graphic]

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[1787?]
Call Number:
Bunbury 787.00.00.25+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Artist's signature from impression in the British Museum., Date of publication based on that of the print from which this design was copied. See no. 7229 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Design consists of ten figures arranged in two rows., Companion to a print of the same title and similar design. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 787.00.00.24+., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet, and sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title., and Temporary local subject terms: Dancing -- Minuet -- Couples.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A long minuet [graphic]

8.
A long minuet [graphic].

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[1787?]
Call Number:
Bunbury 787.00.00.24+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Couples dance the minuet
Description:
Title from caption below image., Artist from signature on companion print in the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication based on that of the print from which this design was copied. See no. 7229 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and artist's signature erased from lower left corner., Design consists of ten figures arranged in two rows., A companion print to no. 7229A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Window mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Couples and Dance
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A long minuet [graphic].

9.
Reformation, or The wonderful effects of a proclamation [graphic].

Creator:
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, printmaker
Published / Created:
Novr. 5, 1787.
Call Number:
787.11.05.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a church (? the Chapel Royal) showing pulpit, side-gallery, and pews beneath the gallery. Wilkes (left) is the preacher, beneath him is his clerk, Pitt. At a right angle to the gallery is the royal pew (right), from which the King looks with earnest attention to the preacher. Queen Charlotte, her fingers to her mouth, also listens attentively. A lady-in-waiting and a courtier with a long wand (Lord Salisbury, the Lord Chamberlain) stand behind. The pew is decorated with the royal arms and has a canopy. In the centre of the gallery sit the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert; he turns away from the preacher, looking at her. Behind him stands George Hanger; behind Mrs. Fitzherbert sits a man looking at Wilkes through a spy-glass. Between him and the royal pew are three men in legal wigs and gowns: Pepper Arden, Dundas, and (?) Kenyon. Between the Prince and the pulpit sit North (asleep) and Burke, looking intently at Wilkes; a lady (? Duchess of Devonshire) attempts to wake North. In the seats under the gallery sit parties of citizens, in general asleep or inattentive. Below the royal pew stands Fox on a low stool as a penitent draped in a sheet; he wears a placard inscribed 'For Playing Cards on the Lord's Day'. A stout lady with an aquiline nose stands near Pitt; with a raised whip she chases a number of dogs out of the church. She has some resemblance to the Duchess of Gordon, a friend of Pitt. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 7935, &c. Immediately behind Mrs. Fitzherbert and between two Gothic windows is a wall-tablet inscribed: 'This Tablet is erected to the memory of the renowned Plenipotentiary who died by the bow string a short time after his return to Algiers. Two maiden ladies of this Parish who tasted exquisite felicity from his Prowess, dedicate this frail memorial to his loved memory'. Cf. BMSat 7935, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wonderful effects of a proclamation
Description:
Title from item., Artist tentatively identified as Henry Wigstead; see British Museum catalogue., Printmaker formerly identified as Rowlandson, but an attribution to F.G. Byron (Andrew Edmunds, February 2021) is noted in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,4.101., The listed publisher "Paddy Whack" probably stands for William Holland; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Congregations -- Piety Proclamation, June 1, 1787., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Paddy Whack, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Chapel Royal (Saint James's Palace, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Religious services, Pulpits, Pews, Dogs, Whips, Signs (Notices), and Windows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Reformation, or The wonderful effects of a proclamation [graphic].

10.
John Earl of Sandwich [graphic]

Creator:
Corner, John, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1787]
Call Number:
523 H11 779cj
Collection Title:
Opposite page vi. Case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, and of his acquaintance with
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, bust-length in profile to left, wearing queue wig, ornate jacket, neckerchief and frill; in oval frame, surrounded by two laurel branches, with ribbon below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Later state, with imprint statement and periodical name burnished from plate. For an ealier state with imprint "Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill" below image and "European Mag." etched in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,0520.145., Plate originally published in The European magazine in 1787; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Bound in opposite page vi in an extra-illustrated copy of: The case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman ...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Earl of Sandwich [graphic]

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