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1.
Peace treaties and covenants between England and France, [ca.1515-1528].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1515-1528]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 697
Image Count:
209
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of peace treaties and other documents
Description:
Script: copied by four scribes.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Treaties, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peace treaties and covenants between England and France, [ca.1515-1528].

2.
Sir Philip Sidney correspondence, 1573-1581

Creator:
Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586
Call Number:
Osborn fa14
Image Count:
241
Abstract:
A collection of 65 letters written on paper during the last two of Sidney's three years on the Continent and the first year after his return to England (June 1573-June 1576), plus another dated 10 October 1581. Authors include Johannes Lobbetius (19 l...
Description:
In Latin, French, and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Poland, France, and Italy
Subject (Name):
Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586., Languet, Hubert, 1518-1581., Lobbetius, Johannes., Zündelin, Wolfgang., Paullus, Andreas., Vulcob, Jean de, -1607., Wacker, Matthew, active 16th century., Perrot, Francis., Banosius, Theophilus., Ursinus, Zacharias, 1534-1583., Solms, Otto, Graf zu., Dohna, Fabian, Burggraf und Graf zu, 1550-1621., Peurbach, Georg von, 1423-1461., Slavata, Vilém, hrabě, 1572-1652., and Bizzarri, Pietro, 1525?-1586?
Subject (Topic):
Monarchy, Protestantism, History, Protestants, Catholics, Kings and rulers, Church history, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir Philip Sidney correspondence, 1573-1581

3.
Commonplace book of political and military material, circa 1629-1632

Creator:
Holles, John, Earl of Clare, ca. 1565-1637
Call Number:
Osborn b32
Image Count:
357
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 85 copies of primarily political documents pertaining to events between 1592 and 1632. The volume includes speeches and letters relating to the murder of Thomas Overbury and the trial of Walter Ra...
Description:
In English, French, and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
England., France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Chaloner, Thomas, 1595-1661., Holles, John, Earl of Clare, ca. 1565-1637., Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613., and Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
Subject (Topic):
Huguenots, History, Nobility, Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, Treason, Trials, Wills, Foreign relations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book of political and military material, circa 1629-1632

4.
The [Cha]mpion, or Even[ing] adver[tiser] [graphic]

Published / Created:
[not before 30 September 1744]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A medley of representations of newspapers, playing cards, and letters (To Mr. Geo. Bickham, engraver & drawing mar. ...). The newspaper ornament includes the figure of Cardinal Fleury who grasps a label "Dunkirk". George II is depicted as the King of ...
Alternative Title:
Champion, or Evening advertiser and His political creed
Description:
Title engraved within image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The [Cha]mpion, or Even[ing] adver[tiser] [graphic]

5.
The description of [the] loss of His Majesty's ship [the] Northumberland taken by [the] French May

Published / Created:
according to act of Parliamt. Jany., 28, 1744-5.
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four vignettes showing the battle between His Majesty's ship the Northumberland and the French frigates Content, Le Mars, and Happy
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Northumberland (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The description of [the] loss of His Majesty's ship [the] Northumberland taken by [the] French May [the] 8th 1744 : humbly inscrib'd to His Grace the Duke of Bedford first Lord of [the] Admiralty / [graphic]

6.
The French King's scheme for an invasion [graphic].

Published / Created:
colour'd 1756.
Call Number:
756.02.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraving showing the head of Louis XV in the image of the coast of France with the ports of Dunkirk and Boulogne shown. From his mouth come the words: "O! O! O! me d' Pompedour." The French navy is shown towing small forts across the Channel towar...
Description:
Title from text above design.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Naval operations, Foreign relations, Campaigns & battles, Forts & fortifications, and Ships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The French King's scheme for an invasion [graphic].

7.
Family compact [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1778]
Call Number:
778.00.00.35+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A very tall thin gentleman with elongated wig and dour expression sits facing left on a block labelled "Stool of repentance" as he pulls a frog apart by its legs. Strapped to him by a belt around the waist is an old long-haired and bearded man, with b...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Spain, France., France, Spain., and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, Foreign relations, and Sailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Family compact [graphic].

8.
How do you like it Monsieur [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before April 1782?]
Call Number:
782.04.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fat English military officer resembling George III marches behind a thin French officer also resembling Louis XVI pulling the latter's queue and kicking him in the rear. Possibly a reference to Rodney's 1782 naval victory over the French
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, France., France, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Kicking, Military uniforms, British, and French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > How do you like it Monsieur [graphic].

9.
Sans-culottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 January 1793]
Call Number:
793.01.12.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At the center of the sheet stands John Bull, hands clasped in prayer, as Sheridan and Fox force the bread of liberty into his wide open mouth as they pick his pocket. On either side of the three stands a gallows and the Temple Bar. In each of the fo...
Alternative Title:
Sansculottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 12st [sic], 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Girondists, Sansculottes, Liberty, Liberty cap, Popes, History, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sans-culottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty [graphic].

10.
Sans-culottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 January 1793]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At the center of the sheet stands John Bull, hands clasped in prayer, as Sheridan and Fox force the bread of liberty into his wide open mouth as they pick his pocket. On either side of the three stands a gallows and the Temple Bar. In each of the fo...
Alternative Title:
Sansculottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 12st [sic], 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Girondists, Sansculottes, Liberty, Liberty cap, Popes, History, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sans-culottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty [graphic].

11.
Nuts with thick rinds for grown children [graphic].

Published / Created:
[27 November 1797]
Call Number:
797.11.27.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Eight puzzle-pictures arranged in two rows, in general of a punning character, e.g., 'Specimens of Poetry', 'A' lying across two walking-sticks (acrostics). The first, however, 'An Obstruction to Peace', is the collar and shoulders of a coat, the blu...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 27th, 1797, by S. W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, France., France, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Taxation, and Picture puzzles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Nuts with thick rinds for grown children [graphic].

12.
La vaccine en voyage [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
Print01120
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Vaccination, Smallpox vaccine, Quacks and quackery, France, Foreign relations, Anti-vaccination movement, Carriages, Cows, Horses, Medicine shows, Soldiers, Children, and Turkeys
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > La vaccine en voyage [graphic].

13.
La vaccine en voyage [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1800]
Call Number:
Print10153
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
chez Dépeuille Rue des Mathurins Sorbonne aux deux Pilastres d'Or
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Vaccination, Smallpox vaccine, Quacks and quackery, France, Foreign relations, Anti-vaccination movement, Carriages, Cows, Horses, Medicine shows, Soldiers, Children, Turkeys, Dogs, and Spectators
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > La vaccine en voyage [graphic].

14.
Taking leave [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 November 1802]
Call Number:
802.11.12.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fox (right), hat in hand, bows humbly before Bonaparte (left), who stands arrogantly, arms akimbo, head in profile to the right. The First Consul wears military uniform, boots, an enormous sword; on his head is a mural crown decorated with a cannon an...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 12, 1802 by W Holland No. 11 Cockspur Street, (removed from Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Bowing, Emperors, France, Politicians, and Great Britain
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Taking leave [graphic].

15.
A Gallic idol [graphic]

Creator:
Barth, J. S., active 1797-1808, printmaker
Published / Created:
20 Augt. 1803.
Call Number:
803.08.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A symbolical bust of Napoleon, dressed as a Roman emperor, is on a rectangular base on which are title and inscription : 'Symbolical of the Effects produced by that Cause which the enlightened [image of a fox] in [the] Eighteenth Century sagaciously ...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Cribb and Printed by Cox and Baylie, Great Queen Street
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Wilson, Robert, Sir, 1777-1849.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Foreign relations, Devil, and Skeletons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Gallic idol [graphic]

16.
Britons to arms! : among the various threats used by the tyrannical and insidious enemy, who is

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
File 63 803 B862+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Hatchard, No. 190, Piccadilly and J. Brettell, printer
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Propaganda, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britons to arms! : among the various threats used by the tyrannical and insidious enemy, who is attempting our destruction and overthrow, the plunder of our country! is held out as the reward to the armies which are to invade us, .... But we dare to conquer!.

17.
Olympic games, or, John Bull introducing his new ambassador to the Grand Consul [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 16, 1803.
Call Number:
803.06.16.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Napoleon (right) stands between two Russians; one (left) he strikes on the chin with his fist, saying, "There Sir take that, and tel your Master, I'll thras every one who dares to speak to me I'll thrash all the World D -me I'll, I'll I,'ll be King o...
Alternative Title:
John Bull introducing his new ambassador to the Grand Consul
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
France, Russia., Russia, and France.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, and Markov, Arkady Ivanovich, 1747-1827
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, John Bull (Symbolic character), Boxers (Sports), and Insults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Olympic games, or, John Bull introducing his new ambassador to the Grand Consul [graphic]

18.
Loyal songs. No. 5.

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
File 763 803 L923+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Asperne, (successor to Mr. Sewell,) at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, by J. Adlard, Duke Street, Smithfield
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Loyal songs. No. 5.

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