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1.
A new emblematical print lately exhibited at the Hague [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image., A reduced version in reverse of British Museum satires no. 3471; used as a frontispiece to the Literary Magazine, 15 February-15 March 1757., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 13., and Mounted to 24 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, and Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von, 1700-1763
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches and Drawbridges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A new emblematical print lately exhibited at the Hague [graphic].

2.
Amsterdam in a dam'd predicament, or, The last scene of the republican pantomine [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fantastic theatre scene, showing stage, orchestra, and two boxes on each side of the stage. On the stage the fall of Amsterdam is represented by a number of frogs (burghers) who hasten obsequiously to submit to the Stadholder. William V, much caricatured as a short fat man wearing military dress with plumed helmet, gorget, and jack-boots, stands with an uplifted sabre, dripping blood, about to cut the throat of a frog, who kneels, holding out a purse in each hand. His sabre is inscribed 'W. de V'; he straddles across the decapitated heads and limbs of his frog-subjects; under his left foot is a standard decorated with three storks. A mutilated frog jumps from the stage into the orchestra from which rise the flames of Hell. Other frogs disappear into the flames, where demons act as musicians; one plays a gridiron with a pitchfork, two others sing. Dominating these musicians is the half length figure of a lean military officer playing the flute, in gauntlet gloves, his eyes fixed on the stage. The frogs who hasten towards the Stadholder have expressions of terror and are dressed as Dutchmen. One proffers a large key inscribed 'Stadt House', another a pail of 'Milk', another a beehive, another a cask of 'Butter', another a keg of 'Holland Gin'. Behind William V the Princess of Orange (left) stands with her hands on her hips, smiling coquettishly over her shoulder at her husband, the word 'Kiss' issuing from her mouth. Suppliant frogs fawn upon her. The background of this scene is a city wall (right) (Amsterdam) and clouds (left), across which straddles a grotesque figure of Fame blowing two trumpets. Above the proscenium the words 'Sic transit Gloria Mundi' replace the customary 'Veluti in Speculum'. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Last scene of the republican pantomine
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state of a plate originally issued with the title: The surrender of Amsterdam, or, The Duke of Brunswick in a bustle. Other changes include the addition of crosshatching, the replacement of the Duke of Brunswick's head with that of William of Orange, and the addition of an inscription on the sabre., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch Patriot Party, 1787 -- Flag of the Dutch Patriot Party -- Demon musicians -- Personification: Fame blowing two trumpets -- Mottoes: Sic transit gloria mundi -- Emblem: Storks for Holland -- French interest: defeated at Amsterdam -- Club of British Oak -- Sabres -- Purses -- Fools cap: Hapsburg eagle -- Snuff boxes -- Stags -- Arms -- Flames of hell -- Cask of gin: Holland -- Pail of milk -- Cask of butter -- beehives -- Stadthouse keys -- Horace Walpole refers to subject -- Harem of veiled women -- Fredericka Sophia Wilhemina, Princess of Orange, 1751-1820., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 33.6 x 45.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Frogs, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Amsterdam in a dam'd predicament, or, The last scene of the republican pantomine [graphic].

3.
Amsterdam in a dam'd predicament, or, The last scene of the republican pantomine [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1787]
Call Number:
787.11.01.02.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fantastic theatre scene, showing stage, orchestra, and two boxes on each side of the stage. On the stage the fall of Amsterdam is represented by a number of frogs (burghers) who hasten obsequiously to submit to the Stadholder. William V, much caricatured as a short fat man wearing military dress with plumed helmet, gorget, and jack-boots, stands with an uplifted sabre, dripping blood, about to cut the throat of a frog, who kneels, holding out a purse in each hand. His sabre is inscribed 'W. de V'; he straddles across the decapitated heads and limbs of his frog-subjects; under his left foot is a standard decorated with three storks. A mutilated frog jumps from the stage into the orchestra from which rise the flames of Hell. Other frogs disappear into the flames, where demons act as musicians; one plays a gridiron with a pitchfork, two others sing. Dominating these musicians is the half length figure of a lean military officer playing the flute, in gauntlet gloves, his eyes fixed on the stage. The frogs who hasten towards the Stadholder have expressions of terror and are dressed as Dutchmen. One proffers a large key inscribed 'Stadt House', another a pail of 'Milk', another a beehive, another a cask of 'Butter', another a keg of 'Holland Gin'. Behind William V the Princess of Orange (left) stands with her hands on her hips, smiling coquettishly over her shoulder at her husband, the word 'Kiss' issuing from her mouth. Suppliant frogs fawn upon her. The background of this scene is a city wall (right) (Amsterdam) and clouds (left), across which straddles a grotesque figure of Fame blowing two trumpets. Above the proscenium the words 'Sic transit Gloria Mundi' replace the customary 'Veluti in Speculum'. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Last scene of the republican pantomine
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state of a plate originally issued with the title: The surrender of Amsterdam, or, The Duke of Brunswick in a bustle. Other changes include the addition of crosshatching, the replacement of the Duke of Brunswick's head with that of William of Orange, and the addition of an inscription on the sabre., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Dutch Patriot Party, 1787 -- Flag of the Dutch Patriot Party -- Demon musicians -- Personification: Fame blowing two trumpets -- Mottoes: Sic transit gloria mundi -- Emblem: Storks for Holland -- French interest: defeated at Amsterdam -- Club of British Oak -- Sabres -- Purses -- Fools cap: Hapsburg eagle -- Snuff boxes -- Stags -- Arms -- Flames of hell -- Cask of gin: Holland -- Pail of milk -- Cask of butter -- beehives -- Stadthouse keys -- Horace Walpole refers to subject -- Harem of veiled women -- Fredericka Sophia Wilhemina, Princess of Orange, 1751-1820.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Frogs, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Amsterdam in a dam'd predicament, or, The last scene of the republican pantomine [graphic].

4.
Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.40
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
Description:
Titles etched below each image., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., and None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas ; Prussia mounting the German Eagle. [graphic]

5.
German luxury, or, Repos a l'allemande [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 77. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Repos a l'allemande
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike; plate originally issued no earlier than 1800, which is the publication year for the print by Gillray of which this is a reversed copy. Cf. No. 9510 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 77 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, German, Beds, Pipes (Smoking), Daggers & swords, Hats, Portraits, and Chamber pots
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > German luxury, or, Repos a l'allemande [graphic]

6.
German-luxury, or, Repos a l'allemande [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 January 1800]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A German officer lies on his back on a truckle bed in a poverty-stricken room. He smokes a long curved pipe, emitting clouds of smoke. His bare feet project from the striped duvet which is his only covering; on his nightcap is an insect. The plaster has fallen from the wall leaving large patches of brick; on it hang his sword, cloak, cocked hat, and a bust portrait of Frederick the Great inscribed 'F. 11'. The only objects on the boarded floor are a close-stool (left) with a torn 'Brussells Gazette', a chamber-pot, and pair of jack-boots (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Repos a l'allemande
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: delapidated cottage -- Furniture: truckle bed -- Close-stool -- Chamberpots -- Newspapers: Brussels Gazette -- Smoking: pipe -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Frederick II -- Military uniforms: German uniform -- Emblems: two-headed Habsburg eagle -- Germany: German Legion (York Hussars)., 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.0 x 34.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 22th [sic], 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > German-luxury, or, Repos a l'allemande [graphic].

7.
German-luxury, or, Repos a l'allemande [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 January 1800]
Call Number:
800.01.22.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A German officer lies on his back on a truckle bed in a poverty-stricken room. He smokes a long curved pipe, emitting clouds of smoke. His bare feet project from the striped duvet which is his only covering; on his nightcap is an insect. The plaster has fallen from the wall leaving large patches of brick; on it hang his sword, cloak, cocked hat, and a bust portrait of Frederick the Great inscribed 'F. 11'. The only objects on the boarded floor are a close-stool (left) with a torn 'Brussells Gazette', a chamber-pot, and pair of jack-boots (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Repos a l'allemande
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: delapidated cottage -- Furniture: truckle bed -- Close-stool -- Chamberpots -- Newspapers: Brussels Gazette -- Smoking: pipe -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Frederick II -- Military uniforms: German uniform -- Emblems: two-headed Habsburg eagle -- Germany: German Legion (York Hussars).
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 22th [sic], 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > German-luxury, or, Repos a l'allemande [graphic].

8.
Picture of Europe for July 1772 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[July 1772]
Call Number:
772.07.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: First partition of Poland, 1772 -- Allusion to Russo-Prussian Treaty, February 17, 1772 -- Allusion to first Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 -- Maps: map of Poland -- Scales -- Imprisonment.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Picture of Europe for July 1772 [graphic].

9.
Sketch of politicks in Europe 24th January 1786, birth day of the King of Prussia : toasts upon

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[10 February 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A confused design: in the centre the kings of England (left) and Prussia (right) sit together under a canopy; they turn their heads in profile, gazing intently at each other. Behind George III's chair a British sailor lounges, behind Frederick's a Prussian grenadier with a musket stands erect. Frederick holds the ends of two chains attached to the necks of the Habsburg eagle beneath the feet of the two kings; the two beaks of the bird hold a scroll inscribed 'Universal Monarchy'; with its claws it strikes fiercely at the prostrate bodies of a man and woman, evidently intended for inhabitants of the United Provinces. Beneath the bird is the word 'Austria'. On the sides of the canopy under which the kings sit are shields, one (left) inscribed 'Hanover Brunswick Hesse', the other (right), 'Saxony Deux Pont Mayence &c', representing German States under the control or influence of England and of Prussia. On the left and right of the two kings, as if supporters to an escutcheon, are whole length figures on a large scale of military officers; each holds the hilt of his sword, saying, "Whilst you agree I am ready". One (left) is the 'Reigg Duke of Brunswick', the other 'Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick'. In the lower right corner of the design a Frenchman wearing a bag-wig milks a cow inscribed 'Holland'; a dog barks at him angrily. Next the cow a man seated on the ground, probably intended for the Stadtholder, holds up his hands imploringly to the two kings, saying, "Pray protect me". Isolated figures round the two sides and upper edge of the design represent the other Powers of Europe: a crowned bear (left) inscribed 'Russia', couchant, looks greedily towards a much smaller bear inscribed 'Poland'. Russia says, "Tortur'd by Ambition - back'd by Brother Joseph"; Poland answers, "I am not muzzled". The bust of an oriental wearing a turban (Turkey) looks over its shoulder (across Poland) towards Russia, saying, "By the great Prophet thou art but a Woman". A crowned monkey with a sceptre and shield, representing Louis XVI, is seated on a globe inscribed 'Holland', saying, "Mundus vult decipi". Down the right side of the print are three crowned busts looking towards the two kings: Sardinia says, "You shall not Settle without me"; Spain says, "Oh. give me the Rock" (cf. BMSat 6025, &c), Portugal says, "Oh! buy my Wine" (an allusion to the preference to Portuguese wines, given by the Methuen treaty and threatened by the pending commercial treaty with France). On the left side Sweden says, "I am in the pay of France"; Denmark says, "I lay by at present"."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.0 x 36.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10th 1786 by S. Hedges No. 91 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, 1735-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, 1726-1796, Maria I, Queen of Portugal, 1734-1816, Gustav III, King of Sweden, 1746-1792, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sketch of politicks in Europe 24th January 1786, birth day of the King of Prussia : toasts upon the occasion ...

10.
Sketch of politicks in Europe 24th January 1786, birth day of the King of Prussia : toasts upon

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[10 February 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A confused design: in the centre the kings of England (left) and Prussia (right) sit together under a canopy; they turn their heads in profile, gazing intently at each other. Behind George III's chair a British sailor lounges, behind Frederick's a Prussian grenadier with a musket stands erect. Frederick holds the ends of two chains attached to the necks of the Habsburg eagle beneath the feet of the two kings; the two beaks of the bird hold a scroll inscribed 'Universal Monarchy'; with its claws it strikes fiercely at the prostrate bodies of a man and woman, evidently intended for inhabitants of the United Provinces. Beneath the bird is the word 'Austria'. On the sides of the canopy under which the kings sit are shields, one (left) inscribed 'Hanover Brunswick Hesse', the other (right), 'Saxony Deux Pont Mayence &c', representing German States under the control or influence of England and of Prussia. On the left and right of the two kings, as if supporters to an escutcheon, are whole length figures on a large scale of military officers; each holds the hilt of his sword, saying, "Whilst you agree I am ready". One (left) is the 'Reigg Duke of Brunswick', the other 'Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick'. In the lower right corner of the design a Frenchman wearing a bag-wig milks a cow inscribed 'Holland'; a dog barks at him angrily. Next the cow a man seated on the ground, probably intended for the Stadtholder, holds up his hands imploringly to the two kings, saying, "Pray protect me". Isolated figures round the two sides and upper edge of the design represent the other Powers of Europe: a crowned bear (left) inscribed 'Russia', couchant, looks greedily towards a much smaller bear inscribed 'Poland'. Russia says, "Tortur'd by Ambition - back'd by Brother Joseph"; Poland answers, "I am not muzzled". The bust of an oriental wearing a turban (Turkey) looks over its shoulder (across Poland) towards Russia, saying, "By the great Prophet thou art but a Woman". A crowned monkey with a sceptre and shield, representing Louis XVI, is seated on a globe inscribed 'Holland', saying, "Mundus vult decipi". Down the right side of the print are three crowned busts looking towards the two kings: Sardinia says, "You shall not Settle without me"; Spain says, "Oh. give me the Rock" (cf. BMSat 6025, &c), Portugal says, "Oh! buy my Wine" (an allusion to the preference to Portuguese wines, given by the Methuen treaty and threatened by the pending commercial treaty with France). On the left side Sweden says, "I am in the pay of France"; Denmark says, "I lay by at present"."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 27.5 x 37.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10th 1786 by S. Hedges No. 91 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, 1735-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, 1726-1796, Maria I, Queen of Portugal, 1734-1816, Gustav III, King of Sweden, 1746-1792, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sketch of politicks in Europe 24th January 1786, birth day of the King of Prussia : toasts upon the occasion ...

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