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1. A disunion, or, The family compact disturbed [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [26 February 1791]
Call Number:: 791.02.26.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Family compact disturbed
Description:: Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Bourbon Family Compact treaty, 15 August 1761 -- Berkeley Square: Lansdowne House -- Joseph Jekyll, M.P., as a monkey -- John Morris, M.P., as a bear -- Bears -- Monkeys., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 32 x 43 cm.
Publisher:: Pub. Feb. 26, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain, Politics and government, and Trained animals
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A disunion, or, The family compact disturbed [graphic]

2. An English hobby horse, or, Who pays the piper? [graphic].

Published / Created:: [11 May 1791]
Call Number:: 791.05.11.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A bull (John Bull) in profile to the right sinks, snorting with distress, under the weight of five persons. The foremost, astride the animal s neck, is the Emperor Leopold; he holds the legs of Catherine II, a stout virago, who sits on his shoulders, brandishing her orb and sceptre. She says, "Where's all your boasting now my old Bull! by St George I knew I could bring you upon your knees! ay, and before I have done riding you I'll make you knock under." Behind Leopold sits George III, saying, "Don't mind, don't mind, don't mind [a parody of the King's manner of conversation], he'll soon recover, It's all sham, his stumbling". Frederick William of Prussia sits behind George III, wearing regimentals with jack-boots. Behind him sits a fat Dutchman (Holland) smoking a pipe. Behind, and on the left, is a group of three persons on a smaller scale. Pitt, in profile to the left, seizes by the collar a lean and ragged British citizen (John Bull), saying, "No grumbling, you rascal! You must pay the Piper to be sure. What the devil, surely you couldn't expect the great folks that represent you to contribute a shilling! Besides you are a damn'd saucy fellow, master Bull, and you must be tam'd." Bull answers, "Tam'd: why, good God, Sir, I have scarcely a morsel of bread to eat, and even the Small Beer is Tax'd above my purchase!" On the extreme left a lean man kneels, blowing a trumpet and looking up at Pitt; he is perhaps an ironical representation of Fame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Who pays the piper?
Description:: Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title, imprint and publisher's advertisement. Title and publication information from British Museum catalogue., Attributed to H.W., i.e., either Henry Wigstead or William Holland, in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Russian Armament -- Bulls -- Crowns -- Scepters -- Walking staves -- Musicians: pipers -- Musical instruments: pipes -- Smoking pipes -- Holland.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 11, 1791, by Willm Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1747-1792, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Great Britain, and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An English hobby horse, or, Who pays the piper? [graphic].

3. Bacchanels, or, The friendly drop [graphic].

Creator:: Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:: April 6th, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.04.06.01 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, lying on the ground with his head next to a cask of wine, drinks the wine pouring from the hole in it. He looks up at the naked figure of Lord North covered only with garlands of grapes and grape leaves and sitting astride the cask. North holds a bunch of grapes in one hand and in the other an open bottle of wine that he pours over Fox
Alternative Title:: Friendly drop
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 26 x 33 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd by E. Hedges, N 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain, Politics and government, Barrels, Wine, Eating & drinking, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bacchanels, or, The friendly drop [graphic].

4. Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [29 November 1795]
Call Number:: 795.11.29.01 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protrudes from his coat-pocket. His scanty audience is behind him, on each side of a fireplace, for the most part asleep. A broken candle on the chimney-piece drops wax into the mouth of a sleeping man (right), to the amusement of his neighbour. Over the chimney-piece is a large clock-face, the hands indicating 10.56; above it is a carved owl and the words 'About your business'. Beneath the design: 'Gemtnen At a General Meeting, you impowered me whenever the situation of public affairs ran down & the main spring of good order broke, then Gemmen as I before said you rmpowerd me to call you together; now is your time, & a moment lost belike may never be Regaind, unless you exert yourselves to unhing [sic] that bold Monster Sedition who Stalks abroad in broad day light Gemmen to destroy our glorious Constitution & throw the balance of power from its place & canker our principles with the rust of democracy, Gemmen its unknown the villany thats abroad there are wheels within wheels that regulate the encreasing tide of traitorous measures in this here big Town therefore in order to check this growing evil I have called you together, that we may know how and about it.'
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Eleven lines of text below image and above title: Gemmen, at the general meeting you impowered [sic] me ..., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Watermark: center of sheet.
Publisher:: Pub. Nov. 29, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Great Britain, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address [graphic]

5. Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [29 November 1795]
Call Number:: 795.11.29.01 Impression 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protrudes from his coat-pocket. His scanty audience is behind him, on each side of a fireplace, for the most part asleep. A broken candle on the chimney-piece drops wax into the mouth of a sleeping man (right), to the amusement of his neighbour. Over the chimney-piece is a large clock-face, the hands indicating 10.56; above it is a carved owl and the words 'About your business'. Beneath the design: 'Gemtnen At a General Meeting, you impowered me whenever the situation of public affairs ran down & the main spring of good order broke, then Gemmen as I before said you rmpowerd me to call you together; now is your time, & a moment lost belike may never be Regaind, unless you exert yourselves to unhing [sic] that bold Monster Sedition who Stalks abroad in broad day light Gemmen to destroy our glorious Constitution & throw the balance of power from its place & canker our principles with the rust of democracy, Gemmen its unknown the villany thats abroad there are wheels within wheels that regulate the encreasing tide of traitorous measures in this here big Town therefore in order to check this growing evil I have called you together, that we may know how and about it.'
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Eleven lines of text below image and above title: Gemmen, at the general meeting you impowered [sic] me ..., and Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Publisher:: Pub. Nov. 29, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Great Britain, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address [graphic]

6. Doctor Rock's speech to the political mob in Covent-Garden [graphic].

Published / Created:: [2 April 1743]
Call Number:: Print10090
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Date and place of publication from item., Description from British Museum website: A broadside satire on the quack Richard Rock shown standing on the foot board of his chaise in Covent Garden; the horse, somewhat cross-eyed, standing quietly. He is finely dressed and holds a cup in one hand. His medicine chest stands open behind him, and his hat hangs inside the hood of the chaise. To the right of the chaise is a hunchbacked (?) man, possibly Rock's assistant, or toady, under whose arm is a package of books lettered "Dr. Rock 52 ways f[ro]m Ratlife" . Among the the crowd gathered around Rock are, on the left, two soldiers, one with a sword and wearing spatterdashes who may be intended as a blind man, has his hand on the shoulder of a bald man who holds his hat in his hand, gazing distractedly at Rock; behind Rock is a man apparently on horseback; on the right, a pregnant gin seller who has a large open basket slung from her waist in which are glasses and wicker bottles, the basket is lettered "S[an]d[y]'s Public spirit" (a reference to the recent Act of Parliament relaxing the law against gin), a another poorly clad woman with a large fish (?) basket resting against her leg, and a man offering a coin to Rock. To the right of the chaise can be seen the pillar with a sun-dial and globe which stood in Covent Garden market. Below, letterpress text satirising Rock with allusions to contemporary political affairs, including a probable reference to George II's frequent visits to Hanover, described as "an itch for Rambling"., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:: Published April 2d, 1743, according to Act of Parliament, by G. Foster, at the White Horse, on Ludgate-Hill, and G. Bickham in May's-Buildings, Cove[nt-Garden, London--lacking]
Subject (Name):: Rock, Richard, 1690?-1777.
Subject (Topic):: Quacks and quackery, Great Britain, Politics and government, Physicians, Spectators, Medicine shows, Selling, and Horses
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Doctor Rock's speech to the political mob in Covent-Garden [graphic].

7. Malagrida driving post [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 March 1792]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A carriage (right) drives at a gallop towards the gateway of St. James's Palace; Lord Lansdowne, in peer's robes, puts his head out of the window to call to the coachman, who is lashing the pair of horses: "Drive you dog! drive! - now, or never! - aha the Coast is clearing!------drive! drive! you dog!" He has a sly smile. The carriage is decorated with coronets, and on the door is the beehive crest of Lord Lansdowne and the motto 'Ut Ap[es] Geometriam'. The coachman and three footmen who stand behind have enormous feather-trimmed cocked hats in the French fashion, with bag-wigs. Running behind the carriage with outstretched arms are: Fox, saying, "Stop! stop! - & take me in, - Stop!"; Sheridan saying, "And me too! stop", and (very small) M. A. Taylor, saying, "And me". In the background a similar carriage is driving yet more rapidly out of the Palace gateway; the tiny figures are recognizable: Dundas, the coachman, has dropped the reins, the horses are running away; Pitt, terror-stricken, puts his arms through the windows. Both look up at a dove with an olive-branch which flies over their heads towards the gateway. In the background are part of the Palace and the houses at the SW. corner of St. James's Street."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: coaches -- London: St. James's Palace -- Domestic service: footmen -- Coachmen -- Pavement -- Symbols: dove with an olive-branch -- Nicknames: Shelburne as Malagrida -- Allusion to Gabriel Malagrida, 1689-1761., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 39.8 cm., Preceding imprint statement is "1792," written in ink in a contemporary hand., and Mounted on leaf 4 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:: Pub. March 16th by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Malagrida driving post [graphic]

8. Malagrida driving post [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 March 1792]
Call Number:: 792.03.16.03.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A carriage (right) drives at a gallop towards the gateway of St. James's Palace; Lord Lansdowne, in peer's robes, puts his head out of the window to call to the coachman, who is lashing the pair of horses: "Drive you dog! drive! - now, or never! - aha the Coast is clearing!------drive! drive! you dog!" He has a sly smile. The carriage is decorated with coronets, and on the door is the beehive crest of Lord Lansdowne and the motto 'Ut Ap[es] Geometriam'. The coachman and three footmen who stand behind have enormous feather-trimmed cocked hats in the French fashion, with bag-wigs. Running behind the carriage with outstretched arms are: Fox, saying, "Stop! stop! - & take me in, - Stop!"; Sheridan saying, "And me too! stop", and (very small) M. A. Taylor, saying, "And me". In the background a similar carriage is driving yet more rapidly out of the Palace gateway; the tiny figures are recognizable: Dundas, the coachman, has dropped the reins, the horses are running away; Pitt, terror-stricken, puts his arms through the windows. Both look up at a dove with an olive-branch which flies over their heads towards the gateway. In the background are part of the Palace and the houses at the SW. corner of St. James's Street."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: coaches -- London: St. James's Palace -- Domestic service: footmen -- Coachmen -- Pavement -- Symbols: dove with an olive-branch -- Nicknames: Shelburne as Malagrida -- Allusion to Gabriel Malagrida, 1689-1761., Mounted to 33 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:: Pub. March 16th by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain and Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Malagrida driving post [graphic]

9. Mars and Venus, or, Sir Cecil chastised [graphic] / Annibal Scratch fecit

Creator:: Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:: [2 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.02.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A furious veteran with a wooden leg and bandaged eye and a maid servant attack Sir Cecil Wray with a crutch and a broom, respectively. The maid stands on a piece of paper inscribed,"Tax on servants" and in front of a padlocked door to the "Register Off[ice] for Maid Serv[ants]." On the opposite side of the image, in the background, is the crumbling building of the Chelsea Hospital. A reference to Sir Cecil's proposals to tax the employers of maid servants and to close the Chelsea Hospital that housed disabled veterans
Alternative Title:: Sir Cecil chastised
Description:: Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:: Published April 2nd, 1784, by Willm Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):: England and Westminster
Subject (Name):: Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
Subject (Topic):: Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Disabled veterans, Servants, Peg legs, Crutches, Brooms & brushes, and Politicians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mars and Venus, or, Sir Cecil chastised [graphic] / Annibal Scratch fecit