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1. A stir in the city, or, Some folks at Guild-Hall [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1754]
- Call Number:
- 754.04.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the election of April 1754; the elected candidates chaired to Guildhall; the first state without the results of the poll in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Some folks at Guild-Hall
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Earlier state, without "Ministers of propagation" inscribed below a group of clergymen in upper left background., Eight stanzas of verse in four columns below title: O! see my raree shew good folks, all you who love election jokes ..., Plate numbered 'No. 3' on lower right., and Temporary local subject terms: Lottery: allusion to profits from lottery -- Shows: allusion to raree show -- Bills: Jews Naturalization Bill, 1753 -- Societies: Propagation of the Gospel -- Silversmiths: B. Jiffles -- Buildings -- Trades: butchers -- Newspapers: The Public Advertiser -- City of London: contest for representation of the City -- Quackery -- Livery of London: address to the Livery of London by A. Freeport, Feb. 1754 -- Literature: Address to the Livery of London by Andrew Freeport, 1754 -- Elections: parliamentary elections, 1754 -- Bridges: allusion to the Blackfriars Bridge -- Armine Wodehouse, 5th bt., ca. 1714-1777
- Publisher:
- Sold by John Smith at Hogarths Head, opposite Wood Street, Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Bethel, Slingsby, 1695-1758, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Barnard, John, 1681-1770, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Calvert, William, Sir, ?1703-1761, Ladbroke, Robert, Sir, 1713-1773, Glyn, Richard, Sir, 1711-1773, Gascoyne, Crisp, Sir, 1700-1761, Gardiner, Richard, 1723-1781, Ward, Joshua, 1685-1761, Squires, Mary, -1762, Carnarvon, James Brydges, Marquis of, 1731-1789, Gideon, Sampson, 1699-1762, Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, Henley, John, 1692-1756, Freeport, Andrew, Sir, and Guildhall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Jews, Clergy, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A stir in the city, or, Some folks at Guild-Hall [graphic].
2. The liveryman's levee [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, April 1754.
- Call Number:
- 754.04.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of price information., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: tailor -- Cuckoldsd -- Aldermen -- Slingsby Bether, 1695-1758, 'Buzzard' -- Sir Robert Ladbroke, 1713-1773 -- Sir William Clavert, ?1703-1761., and Watermark: countermark W.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Glyn, Richard, Sir, 1711-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The liveryman's levee [graphic].
3. The p-nt-ary race, or, The city jockies [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1754]
- Call Number:
- 754.03.07.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- City jockies and Parliamentary race
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., 'Price 6d.', Eight stanzas of verse in four columns below image: O! Shade of Durfey grant me vit-a / To sing these jockies of the City ..., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: parliamentary elections, 1754 -- Elections: contest for representation of the City of London -- Bills: Jews Naturalization Bill, 1753 -- Jews: pedlar -- Race: horse race -- Jockies -- Gin-seller -- Elections: candidates -- Horses -- Grand stands -- Slingsby Bether, 1695-1758, 'Buzzard' -- Sir Robert Ladbroke, 1713-1773 -- Sir William Clavert, ?1703-1761 -- Allusion to Mary Squires, d. 1761., and Watermark: countermark I V.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1754, and sold by M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater Noster Row
- Subject (Name):
- Barnard, John, 1681-1770, Glyn, Richard, Sir, 1711-1773, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Gascoyne, Crisp, Sir, 1700-1761, and Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The p-nt-ary race, or, The city jockies [graphic].
