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1. A peace offering to the genius of liberty and equality dedicated to those lovers of French freedom who would thus debase their country. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.02.10.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right a grotesque figure representing the French Republic sits on a pile of gin barrels, serpents writhing in her hair as flames -- labelled Rapine, Murder, Famine, Atheism -- spit from their mouths. At her feet lies the decapitated figure of Justice. Approaching her from the left are Stanhope carrying a model of the House of Lords, a crown, sceptre and the Holy Bible. Following him is Sheridan carrying a model of the Bank of England and Fox who carries a model of India House and the royal arms. The British lion walks in the opposite direction away from the arms. Next, Whitbread hauls three barrels labelled "Whitbreads intire", the Duke of Bedford a promisary note, and finally Erskine carries a pile of books labelled "Treason / Law of / Libel / Misprisons of ..."
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Publ" in imprint partially burnished from plate., and Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.; caricatures partially identified on mount.
- Publisher:
- Publ. Feby 10, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Justice (Virtue), Sansculottes, History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Foreign relations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peace offering to the genius of liberty and equality dedicated to those lovers of French freedom who would thus debase their country. [graphic]
2. An artistocrat [graphic].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 September 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.09.02.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length view of a very sad looking French aristocrat, facing the viewer with his hat under his left arm and a copy "Burke on the French Revolution" in his right hand. From his right pocket, a paper entitled "Capture of the French King." In the foreground left, a pile of medals and ribbons (symbols of royal orders) is labeled "Sacred to the National Assembly."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from companion print: A Democrat., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Countermark: I A.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Sepr. 2, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Captivity, History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Upper class
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An artistocrat [graphic].
3. Contrasted opinions of Paine's pamphlet [graphic].
- Creator:
- Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 May 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.05.26.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Eight figures in two rows are depicted reading Thomas Paine's pamphlet The Rights of Man, each gesturing dramatically and each with a lengthy quote above his head either praising or denouncing the ideas expressed. On the top row are Edmund Burke (reading the passages referring to himself), Charles Fox, George III, and Charles Jenkinson. In the second row, Queen Charlotte, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, William Pitt, and Richard Sheridan seem to address each other in a similarly lively debate of contrasting responses to Paine's arguments
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to F.G. Byron. See An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age .../ Iain McCalman. Oxford : Published by Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 20., Below image on right: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe. Admitte. on shilg, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., For further information, consult library staff., and Pencil annotations identify each of the caricatures, but identifies Mary Wollstonecraft as Hannah More. Questionable printmaker attribution in local card catalog: R. Newton f.?
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 26, 1791 by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797, Jenkinson, Chalres, 1727-1808., Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Contrasted opinions of Paine's pamphlet [graphic].
4. L'homme de la Cour 1791 ; L'homme du peuple 1789. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1791?]
- Call Number:
- 791.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire against Barnave as a Janus-headed figure, holding the civil list as a tied sack in his hand, with 3-line verse below."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Homme du peuple 1789
- Description:
- Title from item., "Janus" etched below image in lower left; "Brutus" etched below image in lower right., Illustration from an unidentified book with another portion of an illustration on verso., Text below image begins: Tantot froid, tantot chaud, tantot blanc ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Declaration of Rights of Man -- Mythology: reference to Janus -- Literature: allusion to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar -- Allusion to French Revolution., Watermark (partial); probably fleur-de-lis in an oval frame., and With a stamp of Bibliotheca Lindesiana in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Barnave, Antoine, 1761-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, Janus (Roman deity), and Bags
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > L'homme de la Cour 1791 ; L'homme du peuple 1789. [graphic]
5. New morality, or, The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes with the homage of Leviathan and his suite [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.08.01.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The design closely follows George Cannings "New Morality".
- Alternative Title:
- Promis'd installment of the high priest of the Theophilanthropes and Promised installment of the high priest of the Theophilanthropes
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Statement following publisher's name: ... for the Anti-Jacobin magazine & review., Five columns of verse etched under title: "Behold! The directorial lama, sovereign priest Le Paux whom atheists worship ...", Plate from: Anti-Jacobin magazine & review, v. 1, p. 115., and Sheets trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. August 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, No. 169 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., France, Great Britain, England, and London
- Subject (Name):
- Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Canning, George, 1770-1827., Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, La Revellière-Lépeaux, Louis-Marie de, 1753-1824, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804, Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Wakefield, Gilbert, 1756-1801, and Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobites, Theophilanthropism, Leviathan, Newspapers, Philanthropy, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Religious aspects, Politics and government, and Periodical illustrations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > New morality, or, The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes with the homage of Leviathan and his suite [graphic]
6. Reform advised. Reform begun. Reform compleat [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 January 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.01.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A design in three compartments, each with its title. [1] John Bull (left), very corpulent, a frothing tankard in his hand, sits in an arm-chair beside a table loaded with beef, pudding, and 'Home Brew'd'; he is approached by three famished Frenchmen, who lean eagerly towards him, cap in hand. He points to the table, saying: "The blessed effects of a good Constitution." The three say: "I am your Friend John Bull you want a Reform"; "My Honble Friend speaks my Sentiments"; "John Bull you are too Fat." Below: [2] The three Frenchmen, ragged, bare-legged, and fierce-looking, two with bludgeons and one with a dagger, advance menacingly to John Bull, who holds out a frog, saying: "A Pretty Reform indeed you have deprived me of my Leg and given me nothing but Frogs to eat I shall be Starved I am no Frenchman." He has a wooden leg, is less stout than in [1], and his clothes are ragged. The Frenchmen say: "Eat it you Dog & hold your Tongue you are very happy"; "Thats right my friend we will make him Happier still" (his cap is inscribed 'Ca ira'); "He is a little leaner now." Below: [3] John Bull lies prostrate screaming "O - H - O - H"; two frantic Frenchmen holding firebrands trample fiercely on him. One (left) says: "now he is quite happy I will have a Jump"; the other adds, "Oh Delightfull you may thank me you Dog for sparing your Life - thank me I say."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Reform begun and Reform compleat
- Description:
- Title from text etched above each image., Attributed to Rowlandson by the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Food: roast beef -- Beverages -- Dishes: tankards -- Jugs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Wooden legs -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Frenchmen.
- Publisher:
- Pulished [sic] as the act directs, Jany. 8th, 1793, by Jno. Brown, No. 2 Adelphi
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Obesity, Meat, Beer, Pitchers, Daggers & swords, Frogs, and Peg legs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reform advised. Reform begun. Reform compleat [graphic].
7. Rights of man alias French liberty alias entering volunteers for the republic [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 May 1791, that is 1793?]
- Call Number:
- 791.05.07.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three grotesque French officers forceably recruit a gang of emaciated, terrified-looking Frenchman. Of the several men who have been thrown over the back of a horse, one has had a pole thrust into his posterior; at the top of the pole is a liberty cap. The wife and children of one man who has been tied to the back of the horse, cling in desperation to his ragged clothes, as they are dragged along behind him
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication year possibly an engraver's error for 1793 as the Republic was not proclaimed until 22 September 1792 and while the first execution by guillotine took place in April 1792, it was, early on, called La Louisette. See C.D. Hazen's French Revolution (1932), i., page 384 and British Museum catalogue v. 6, no. 7853., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen a compleate model of the guilotine [sic], also the largest collection of caracaturs [sic] in the Kingdm., the head & hand of Count Streuenzee, &c. Admit. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: F & P.
- Publisher:
- Pub. May 7, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, Guillotines (Punishment), Liberty cap, and Starvation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Rights of man alias French liberty alias entering volunteers for the republic [graphic]
8. The contrast 1792 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [December 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.12.00.03.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two medallions side-by-side contrast British Liberty and French Liberty. On the left Britannia is seated under a large oak looking out to sea at a ship under full sail. At her feet lies the British lion, in her hands the scales of justice and a copy of the Magna Charta. On the right French Liberty, Medusa-like, tramples on a decapitated body, as she holds a trident impaled with a head and two hearts. In the background a body hangs from a street lamp shaped like a gibbet. Beneath the images, a list of contrasting virtues and vices of the two countries
- Description:
- Title etched above images., Printmaker, artist, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Text in lower right corner of plate, preceded by the word "Price" that has been mostly burnished out: Plain 3d coloured 6., Six lines of text below each image. Under the image of British Liberty: Religion, morality, loyalty ... Under the image of French Liberty: Atheism, perjury, rebellion ... At the lower edge, below both columns: Which is best., and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Medusa (Greek mythology), Britannia (Symbolic character), Decapitations, Hangings (Executions)., Liberty cap, Liberty, Scales, Ships, History, and Foreign public opinion, British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The contrast 1792 [graphic].
9. The democracy of France [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act diricts [sic] Feby 3, [17]94.
- Call Number:
- 794.02.03.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A large naked monster sits astride a large cup, which is balanced on a dagger held in the mouth of a small sansculotte juggler who exclaims, " By Gar tis var heavy, O dear! O dear! It will fall!" The monster holds in his hands the heads of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. On his head five daggers meet at a point to form a cap labelled "Cap of Liberty." He grins showing sharp teeth, two labels issuing from his mouth, " Ca ira, ca ira, ca ira" and "Hold me well up or I will bit off your head."
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Word "of'" in title etched over "!!" The original title appears to have been "Democracy!!", and Earlier state, with earlier date and without publisher's name. Cf. No. 8446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Foreign public opinion, British, Sansculottes, Decapitations, Liberty cap, and Monsters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The democracy of France [graphic].
