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1.
Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[20 May 1804]
Call Number:
804.05.20.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia
Description:
Title etched below image. and In paper frame: 450 x 330 mm. Stamped in upper right corner: "84."
Publisher:
Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

2.
[Le bonnet rouge] [graphic].

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 January 1789] and [probably printed 1794]
Call Number:
789.01.12.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Printed on one sheet with: A mis-fire at the Constitution., Originally printed on a separate sheet and included with a set of eight satirical portraits published in May 1794 in which the members of the Opposition are travestied as French republicans. The sheet was cut along the lower edge of the cap in order to place it on the head of each of the portrayed politicians. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., nos. 8450-7., Variant state of No. 8449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Sans culottes -- French Revolution., and Mounted to 49 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany, 1789, by Thos. Cornell
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Le bonnet rouge] [graphic].

3.
The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 January 1789]
Call Number:
789.01.03.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A vulture with the head of Pitt (in profile to the left) grasps in the left claw the Crown and sceptre, in the other (outstretched) the coronet of the Prince of Wales; the latter he crushes under the weight of his powerful talons, while he bites at the Prince's feathers, one of which he has already plucked out. The gorged bird's bulging breast is inscribed 'Treasury'; under the crown lies 'Magna Charta', torn. The spread of the creature's wings and the stretch of its long heck towards the feathers give an impression of savage rapacity."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue. Cf. No. 7478 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Numbered '41' in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 3d 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830. and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Scepters, and Vultures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].

4.
The Right Honorable Lord John Townshend [graphic]

Creator:
Jones, John, -1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1767); almost half-length slightly to right within rectangular frame, looking to left, wearing frilled cravat, plain coat, partially fastened, and his hair powdered; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Dedication engraved beneath title: To the Noblemen & Gentlemen of the Whig Club and the Electors of the City & Liberty of Westminster, this plate is dedicated by their most obedient faithful humble servt. Willm. Austin., and Bound in opposite page 211 (leaf numbered '26' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Mar. 25, 1789, by Wm. Austin, private teacher of drawing & etching, in York Street, near St. James's Church & the Surry side of Westminster Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Townshend, John, 1757-1833,
Subject (Topic):
Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honorable Lord John Townshend [graphic]

5.
The Right Honorable William Pitt Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury &c

Creator:
Kingsbury, Henry, 1775-1804, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[15 July 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, almost half-length in a rectangular frame, as a young man, directed to left, wearing a jacket with a high collar fastened with two buttons across the chest, with a frilled cravat and powdered hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Third state, with statement of responsibility "Painted & engrav'd by H. Kingsbury" burnished from plate., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 286 (leaf numbered '112' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publised [sic] July 15, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806,
Subject (Topic):
Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honorable William Pitt Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Lord of the Treasury &c. [graphic]

6.
Scene in the School for scandal [graphic].

Published / Created:
7 April 1789.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Collection Title:
Volume 1, opposite page 182. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Probably a later state, with imprint altered and plate number added, of a print published in 1783 by R. Sayer and J. Bennett. For the early state of a print from the same series, see Colonial Williamsburg online collection, object number: 1973-381., Plate numbered "160" beneath lower left corner of image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 182 (leaf numbered '222' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Subject (Topic):
Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scene in the School for scandal [graphic].

7.
Scene in the School for scandal "Lady Teazel! by all that's damnable". [graphic]

Published / Created:
Decr. 5th, 1789.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Collection Title:
Volume 1, after page 182. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Later state, with alterations to imprint and addition of plate number. For an earlier state lacking plate number and with the imprint "London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map, chart & printsellers & globe-makers, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs, Decr. 5th, 1783", see Colonial Williamsburg online collection, object number: 1973-381., Plate numbered "161" beneath lower left corner of image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted after page 182 (leaf numbered '223' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Subject (Topic):
Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scene in the School for scandal "Lady Teazel! by all that's damnable". [graphic]

8.
A rat catcher [graphic]

Creator:
Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 January 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 70. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 17. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man, accompanied by two dogs, carries a cage of live rats in his right hand and in his left hand, a sharp, wooden stick on which dead rats are impaled
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate was engraved by either John Baldrey or his brother Joshua Kirby Baldrey., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 17 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving, etching, and engraving on wove paper ; sheet 38.0 x 29.0 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Janry. 26th, 1789, by W. Dickinson, New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Pest control, Rats, Cages, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A rat catcher [graphic]

9.
The fruits of early industry & oeconomy [graphic]

Creator:
Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1789]
Call Number:
789.11.01.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman wearing a large feathered hat, supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left"--British Museum online catalogue and A large painting on the back wall shows a large country estate which amplifies the subject of the print
Alternative Title:
Fruits of early industry and oeconomy and Fruits of early industry and economy
Description:
Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance, you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., and Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Interiors, Families, Writing materials, Wealth, Servants, Dogs, and Piers & wharves
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fruits of early industry & oeconomy [graphic]

10.
The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

Creator:
Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1789]
Call Number:
789.07.01.03++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confined! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconomy.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Interiors, Families, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

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