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1. Aeneas in a storm [graphic].

Creator:: Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd pursuant to an act of Parliament, 1737.
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "A ship, apparently bearing 'Aeneas' (George II) is tossed on a stormy sea. On the shore at right, 'Dido' (the figure of Britannia), points and smiles, above the inscription, "She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm". In the sea Neptune near the shore looks at the ship in displeasure. Above in the sky are three Winds, as three young boys, one blowing, one farting, the last kicking a hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved above image., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., Questionable attribution in Paulson's 2nd edition., Lettered below image: Tanta haec mulier potuit suadere malorum., Latin motto below image translated: So much evil can a woman induce., Verse etched in lower right of image: She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., and On page 89 in volume 1.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Dido,, Aeneas (Legendary character),, and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sailing ships, and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Aeneas in a storm [graphic].

2. Association, or, Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view [graphic]

Creator:: S., J., printmaker
Published / Created:: published as the act directs 15 Feby 1780.
Call Number:: 780.02.15.02+
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Several scenes combined in one design. The Associations of various counties to present petitions and form committees to demand reforms are represented in the upper right portion of the plate: A procession of men walks (right to left), their leader holding a standard with the arms of the county inscribed "County of York 30 Decr 1779" (the date of the meeting at which it was agreed to present a petition and prepare a plan for an Association to secure reform). He holds a paper inscribed "Petition" and says, "Virtue & Fortitude shall Guide us". Representatives of the other petitioning and associating counties follow, with the appropriate dates on labels issuing from their mouths: ...". The last man carries an ensign flag on which is inscribed "London Newcastle upon Tyne Bristol Westminster &c. &c. &c." Beneath the procession is engraved "Immortal Gods! What Honor waits the men who save their Country from impending Ruin." The leader is probably intended for Sir George Savile. On the left George III is seated in his closet; a young man stands before him addressing, not the king, but an imaginary audience, saying, "The only Patriot His Power is too Confined". This is perhaps intended for Lord George Gordon's private interview with the King on 27 Jan. 1780; ... . Outside the door of the royal closet and facing the petitioners is a monster with wings and three heads, breathing fire. In the lower right, ... Britannia sits on a ruinous stone pedestal which is being further undermined by a female figure with a forked tail and the legs of a satyr; she is applying a lever to its base saying, "And shall not I, Corruption is my name, Undermine the British Constitution". Lord North attacks the pedestal with a pickaxe, saying, "I will assist you Sister in the same Design". Bute, in Highland dress with the Garter ribbon and star, flourishes a broadsword, while he takes from Britannia the staff and cap of Liberty; he says, "Away wi ye to the Deel Where is your Liberty now". Britannia, holding her shield and 'Magna Carta', says to the marching petitioners above her head, "Tis you alone my Friends who can revive my Drooping Hopes & save me from Distraction". Behind Britannia (left) and in a glory of rays stands a man inscribed "Chatham" with outstretched arms, saying "O Cleanse Yon Augean Stable". He points towards the design beneath the king's closet. This represents the House of Commons (left); the Speaker in his chair, members seated on each side of a table. It is seen through two pillars, up one (right) climbs an alligator, round the other is a serpent with a branch of apples in its mouth. Above is inscribed "Ruled by Powerful Influence". A procession of members walks (left to right) from the House up a path leading to the door of the king's closet above. They carry scrolls inscribed "25 000"; "5000"; "£40,000"; "15,000 £10,000, £50 000". One says, "Secure in the Enjoyment of Places Pensions & Emoluments of Office we fear not the Clamour of Yorkshire Clodpoles"; another says, "God help the Rich the Poor can beg". Their leader carries an "Address of Thanks". Beneath this gang of ministerialists a mythological figure leaning against an anchor and a gushing water-conduit (? Neptune) says,"Is there not some Chosen Curses, ... Public Treasure Wasted in Corrupting the Morals of the People". He is saying, "No New Taxes but a Retrenchment of Public Expences.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Public virtue displayed in a contrasted view
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: Printed for Danl. Wilson at No. 20 Portugal Street Lincolns Inn
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793., and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):: Taxation, Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Petitions, and Dragons
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3. Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 May 1782] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 7. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. Britain's foreign enemies, America (shownas an Indian), France, Spain and Holland run away with the spoils
Alternative Title:: Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:: Title etched below image., Restrike, with "Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner of design. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5987 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 35., and On leaf 7 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic]

4. Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 May 1782]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. Britain's foreign enemies, America (shownas an Indian), France, Spain and Holland run away with the spoils
Alternative Title:: Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from The art of poetry on a new plan by Oliver Goldsmith, 1761, v. 2, p. 147., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.2 x 35.7 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 45.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):: Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

5. Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 May 1782]
Call Number:: 782.05.10.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depicts the new ministry attempting to push down an already headless statue of Britannia. Thurlow and Mansfield on right pull on ropes to keep the statue in place, while Fox (depicted as a fox), Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke and Keppel attack it. Britain's foreign enemies, America (shownas an Indian), France, Spain and Holland run away with the spoils
Alternative Title:: Britannia's assassination, or, The republicans amusement and Republicans amusement
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from The art of poetry on a new plan by Oliver Goldsmith, 1761, v. 2, p. 147., 1 print on wove paper : etching ; sheet 25 x 36 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery, St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):: Caricatures and cartoons, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Vandalism, and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Britania's assassination, or, The republicans amusement [graphic].

6. By his majestys royal letter patent the new invented method of punishing state criminals. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [12 October 1780]
Call Number:: 780.10.12.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: New invented method of punishing state criminals
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and Mounted to 27 x 33 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the Act directs Octr. 12th, 1780 & sold by J. Russell, No. 7 Blewets Buildings Fetter Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Foreign relations, Politics and government, Horses, Whips, and Liberty cap
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > By his majestys royal letter patent the new invented method of punishing state criminals. [graphic]

7. Coalition arms [graphic]

Published / Created:: [8 March 1784]
Call Number:: 784.03.08.01.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "North and Fox as supporters of the Coalition Arms (cf. BMSat 6369 (5)), which rest on the prostrate body of the king, on whom North rests his left foot and Fox his right. North stands (left) dexter, holding in his right hand a flag on which are two demons and the word 'Coalition'; the staff is surmounted with a skull; in his left is a small flag with thirteen oblique stripes, an allusion to the loss of the Colonies, which forms part of the first quarter of the arms. Fox holds a ragged cap of Liberty on its staff; his right hand, resting on the escutcheon, holds a small axe which forms part of the second quarter of the arms. The crest is formed of the heads of North and Fox back to back, in profile, right; from their mouths comes a ribbon with the word 'Faction'. The motto which supports the figures of Fox, North, and I the king, is 'Neck or Nothing'. Beneath the plate is a printed explanation of the Coalition Arms: 'Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two Illustrious Persons for their numerous and distinguished Virtus "Go and do thou likewise". They are thus emblazoned: First Quarter. A Standard with the Thirteen Stripes of the American States; Base, Edmund St Omer's [Burke], like a skilful Dentist, drawing the Teeth of a Lion. Second. Quarterly, First and Fourth, Implements of Gambling; Sinister Chief, a declining Axe; Dexter base, the head of Charles, Martyr; Fesse Point Arms of H--ll--d [Holland, the arms of Fox, cf. BMSat 6423]. Third. A Gallows, Two Halters charged Proper. Fourth. Britannia Renversed. Crest. Janus, with the motto Faction. Supporters. Dexter, the Promoter of Independence with the Flag of Coalition. Sinister; the Man of the People, with a Liberty Cap worn Threadbare; both Supporters trampling on an injured------[King] who is extricating Himself from their Oppression.' The arms are as described: Burke (half length) applies a pair of forceps to the teeth of a lion, seated passively. Above them is a paper inscribed 'Reform Bill' (cf. BMSat 5645, &c). The implements of gambling are dice-box, dice, and cards. From the gallows hang a fox (left) and North (right). Britannia, seated head downwards, holds out an olive-branch, emblematical of the peace and the loss of America."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Original issue of no. 6441 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; with the printmaker's initials and date intact., The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Key to the coalition arms," and ends with: "These arms were given from the Herald's Office to the two men, for their many and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'", and Mounted to 38 x 27 cm.
Publisher:: Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Coalition arms [graphic]

8. Coalition arms [graphic].

Published / Created:: [8 March 1784]
Call Number:: 784.03.08.01.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The shield of the Coalition Arms rests on the prostrate figure of the King who tries to free himself from his burden. His efforts are resisted by two supporters of the shield, Lord North (dexter) and Charles Fox (sinister) who each press him down with a foot. North holds a flag with two dancing devils and sign "Coalition," and a small flag with thirteen stripes. Fox holds a stick with a tattered liberty cap on its top. The shield is divided into four quarters. In the first one, Burke, standing under the sign, "Reform bill," pulls a lion's teeth. In the second, the "implements of gambling" are combined with an axe and the head of "Charles Martyr" [i.e., Charles I]. In the third, Fox, shown as a fox, and North, hang from a gallows. In the fourth, a seated figure of Britannia with an olive branch is drawn upside down. The whole is supported by a motto, "Neck or nothing."
Description:: The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two illustrious persons for their numerous and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'" and "Price one shilling."
Publisher:: Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Coalition arms [graphic].

9. Lo-d Sand-g drove from his moorings, or, Tack about is fair play [graphic].

Published / Created:: [March 1782]
Call Number:: 782.03.00.02+
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Three outgoing ministers are being knocked off their seats by their successors. The ministers are or have been seated on stones resembling mile-stones, engraved with the title of their office. They are all in profile to the left, facing their successors. Sandwich (centre), on a stone inscribed "First Lo--d of the Adm--ty", is being knocked backwards by Admiral Keppel, his successor, who threatens him with clenched fists, saying, "Strike your false Colours". Sandwich is saying "That broadside has broke my Bowsprit". From his pocket falls a small paper, "List of the navy". Round his waist is a rope with a broken end, the other end of which is still attached to an anchor which lies on the ground beside him, inscribed "Rotten for want of care". Lord North (right), very short and fat, is being knocked backwards by Fox, who has a fox's head. His stone is inscribed "Prime Minis--r"; he says, "O Reynard if I fall I shall burst". Fox says to him, "Buss Constable". By this stone He two bars inscribed "Soap" and a cask inscribed "12 Shilling Small Beer", to indicate the taxes recently proposed by North, see BMSat 5964, &c. To the left Lord Amherst, in general's uniform and wearing spurred top-boots, is seated on the stone inscribed "[Gen]eral of al[l] the Land Forces". Conway stands opposite him, threatening him with his fists and saying, "That Staff shall be mine". Amherst says, "Where's my reserved courage--oh-- its in my breeches". In the foreground (left) sits Britannia, her shield beside her, holding her spear and stretching out an arm towards Keppel. She says Britons strike home."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Tack about is fair play and Lord Sandwich drove from his moorings
Description:: Title from item. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:: Sold by W. Humphrey no. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795.
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Fighting, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Lo-d Sand-g drove from his moorings, or, Tack about is fair play [graphic].