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1. A bundle of Guy Fawkes' [graphic].

Creator:: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1833]
Call Number:: Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Group of Tories hanged over a fire stired up by rolls of papers representing corruption, orangism, tithes and plots; delighted men and politicians dancing and feeding the fire."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Three columns of verse below title: Remember, remember, good people, remember, these times of King Bill and the fifth of November ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and No. 113.
Publisher:: Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606. and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):: Politicians, Hangings (Executions), Gallows, and Fire
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A bundle of Guy Fawkes' [graphic].

2. Execution of two celebrated enemies of Old England & their dying speeches, Nov. 5th, 1813 [art orignal].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [1813]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 22 Box D305
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The arms of two gibbets extend symmetrically, high above a bonfire; between them is an equally high post supporting a board on which the title is etched. From one (right) dangles a realistic effigy of Napoleon (scarcely caricatured) in cocked hat, uniform, and Hessian boots. From the other hangs a ruffianly fellow holding a dark lantern. They face each other in profile
Description:: Title from ink annotation, centered at the top of the sheet within the design., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and Preliminary pencil sketch of a print published by R. Ackermann on 27 November 1813. Cf. No. 12103 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9.
Subject (Name):: Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Hangings (Executions), Gallows, and Bonfires
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Execution of two celebrated enemies of Old England & their dying speeches, Nov. 5th, 1813 [art orignal].

3. Execution of two celebrated enemies of old England and their dying speeches Novr. 5 1813 [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [27 November 1813]
Call Number:: 813.11.27.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The arms of two gibbets extend symmetrically, high above a bonfire; between them is an equally high post supporting a board on which the title is etched. From one (right) dangles a realistic effigy of Napoleon (scarcely caricatured) in cocked hat, uniform, and Hessian boots. From the other hangs a ruffianly fellow holding a dark lantern. They face each other in profile. The fire is under Napoleon; smoke and flames drift towards Guy Faux. Country people cheer the bonfire, with two boys capering hand in hand in the centre foreground. Below the design (an alternative title): 'Bonfire at Thorpe Hall near Louth Lincolnshire on 5th Novr 1813 given by ye Revd W. C. to the boys belonging to the Seminary at Louth in consequence of the arrival of news of the Decisive Defeat of Napoleon Buonaparte by the Allies [see No. 12093] at 11 O Clock P M on ye 4th & Louth Bells Ringing all night.' Below is etched in two columns (left): 'GUY FAUX'S DYING SPEECH I Guy Vaux meditating my Country's ruin by the clandestine and diabolical means of Gunpowder Plot, was most fortunately discovered and brought to condign punishment by Old England and here I bewail my fate.' / 'NAPOLEON BUONAPARTES DYING SPEECH [right]. I Napoleon Buonaparte flattered by all The French Nation that I was invincible, have most cruelly and most childishly attempted the subjugation of the World, I have lost my fleets, I have lost the largest and finest armies ever heard of, and I am now become the indignation of the World, and the scorn and sport of boys. Had I not spurned the firm wisdom of the Right Hon. Wm Pitt I might have secured an honourable Peace. I might have governed the greatest Nation but Alas my ambition had decieved me and Pitts plans have ruined me.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker's name suggested in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Explanatory text engraved below image., Temporary local subject terms: Gibbets., and In contemporary hand in ink at top of print: 130.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 27, 1813, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):: Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Executions, Hangings (Executions), Gallows, Bonfires, and Lanterns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Execution of two celebrated enemies of old England and their dying speeches Novr. 5 1813 [graphic].

4. A new leaf for an old book of common prayer [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 June 1807]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 87. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Buckingham (left), holding a dark lantern, advances conspiratorially towards the closed door of the House of Commons, a high narrow chapel with arched windows, flanked by narrow buttresses and a spire and crenellated parapet. In the cloudy sky is a small crescent moon. A beam of light descends on him from the spy-glass held to the eye of the King in the upper left corner of the design, obliterating the ray from the dark-lantern."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Eight lines of verse below image, four on either side of title: Guy Faux and his treason are now out of season ..., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 26.1 x 19.1 cm, on sheet 28.2 x 19.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 87 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Published y [sic] 4th June 1807 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):: Lanterns and Telescopes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A new leaf for an old book of common prayer [graphic]

5. A new leaf for an old book of common prayer [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 June 1807]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 87. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Buckingham (left), holding a dark lantern, advances conspiratorially towards the closed door of the House of Commons, a high narrow chapel with arched windows, flanked by narrow buttresses and a spire and crenellated parapet. In the cloudy sky is a small crescent moon. A beam of light descends on him from the spy-glass held to the eye of the King in the upper left corner of the design, obliterating the ray from the dark-lantern."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Eight lines of verse below image, four on either side of title: Guy Faux and his treason are now out of season ..., and Mounted on page 104.
Publisher:: Published y [sic] 4th June 1807 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):: Lanterns and Telescopes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A new leaf for an old book of common prayer [graphic]

6. A new leaf for an old book of common prayer [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 June 1807]
Call Number:: 807.06.04.01+
Collection Title:: Leaf 87. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Buckingham (left), holding a dark lantern, advances conspiratorially towards the closed door of the House of Commons, a high narrow chapel with arched windows, flanked by narrow buttresses and a spire and crenellated parapet. In the cloudy sky is a small crescent moon. A beam of light descends on him from the spy-glass held to the eye of the King in the upper left corner of the design, obliterating the ray from the dark-lantern."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Eight lines of verse below image, four on either side of title: Guy Faux and his treason are now out of season ..., Mounted to 51 x 31 cm., and Collector's annotations on mount.
Publisher:: Published y [sic] 4th June 1807 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):: Lanterns and Telescopes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A new leaf for an old book of common prayer [graphic]

7. Meeting of the gunpowder plot conspirators, Guy Fawkes, Catesby, &c. &c. at a house which they had hired to consult & swear fidelity to each other, at the back of St. Clements Church, Strand, & which has lately been pull'd down to make way for the new improvements. [graphic]

Published / Created:: Feby. 1, 1803.
Call Number:: 803.02.01.03
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Taken from an original picture in the possession of Mr. Caufield"--Below image., "Wonderful museum"--Above image., and Temporary local subject terms: Strand-House St. Clement's Church: Rear -- Rooms: Interior Design -- Gunpowder Plot Conspirators -- Panelled Walls -- Leaded windows -- Male Costume: 17th Century Conspirators.
Publisher:: Published by Alex Hogg, 16 Paternoster-row
Subject (Name):: Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Caulfield, James, 1764-1826., and Catesby, Robert, 1573-1605
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Meeting of the gunpowder plot conspirators, Guy Fawkes, Catesby, &c. &c. at a house which they had hired to consult & swear fidelity to each other, at the back of St. Clements Church, Strand, & which has lately been pull'd down to make way for the new improvements. [graphic]

8. The Westminster canvass [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: Marh [sic] 31st, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.03.31.03.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A smiling Charles Fox, as Guy Vaux, seated in a chair resting on two poles, is carried by Hall, the apothecary, and Sam House, two of his staunch supporters. He holds in one hand a dark lantern, inscribed, "amor patriae," and in the other a bundle of matches "for the new Parliament." Sam House, dressed in his customary open shirt and ungartered stockings, wears a hat with an election favor signed, "Vaux." Hall has on his head a mortar with pestle instead of a hat. Anti-Fox verses are etched below the image
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., House, Samuel, -1785., Hall, Edward, active 1784-1790., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Political elections, Chairs, Lanterns, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster canvass [graphic]

9. Guy Vaux or F- blowing up the Par-t House !!! [graphic].

Published / Created:: 1784.
Call Number:: 784.01.30.01+
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Charles Fox, with a helmet-like cover on his head, and a little demon standing on top of it, watches the House of Commons rise in the air after an explosion. Below the building float sheets of paper inscribed, "Pitt's India Bill" and "Mutiny Bill". A "train of false patriotism" leads from the House to Fox's feet. From his pocket hangs a letter from Louis XVI, a list of votes referring to the defeat of Pitt's India Bill and a "Satan Spe[ech]". He holds a flaming torch signed "oratory," in one hand, and the "cloak of deceit" in the other. In the center of the image a group of "conspirators" watches the explosion. Among them are Lord North, Burke dressed as a Jesuit, and Keppel with the flag with the date of the battle of Ushant on it.
Alternative Title:: Guy Vaux or Fox blowing up the Parliament House and Guy Fawkes or Fox blowing up the Parliament House
Description:: Title etched below image. and Mounted to 40 x 29 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606., and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Explosions, Torches, and Demons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Guy Vaux or F- blowing up the Par-t House !!! [graphic].