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10. 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].
11. Orator H-y laying the independent rump ghosts [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- according to a late act, 1746 Novr. 5.
- Call Number:
- 746.11.05.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Orator Henley laying the independent rump ghosts
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of text below image: Chairman, a solicitor refusing to drink King George's health. He leaning on the chair is Jackey of York, an attorney his hackney fool ..., Temporary local subject terms: Nicknames: Jackey of York -- Ghosts: independent rump -- Imps carrying dust basket -- Containers: dust basket -- Jacobites -- Tools: butcher's steel -- Wine bottles -- Executioner's axe -- Lighting: candlestick -- Smoking: clay tobacco pipes -- Food: marrowbone -- Furniture: chair -- Executions: Kennington Common, July 30 1746 -- Trades: bill man -- Executioner -- Butchers -- Woolen draper -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Wine glasses with sign -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Law: rebel barrister -- Elections: Westminster -- Designs: design copied from 'The Punishment Inflicted on Lemuel Gulliver' by William Hogarth, 1697-1764 -- George Fletcher, d. 1746 -- Thomas de Viel, 1684-1746 -- John Smith 'Buckhorse', fl. 1732-1746 -- Mr. Charlton (butcher), fl. 1746., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746, Henley, John, 1692-1756, Morgan, David Thomas, ca. 1695-1746, and Towneley, Francis, 1709-1746
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Orator H-y laying the independent rump ghosts [graphic].
12. Orator Humbug to Admiral Bungy [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [4 November 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.04.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '43' in upper right corner., Fifteen lines of verse in rebus below image: No soon[er] came [I] un[to] [sticks] / [but] quite convinc'd of [all] our tricks ..., The following words within the quoted verse are represented by a rebus: 'er' in sooner by an ear, I by an eye, 'to' in unto by a toe, sticks by a bunch of sticks, but by a butt, all by an awl., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 17 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Novr. 4th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Henley, John, 1692-1756
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Orator Humbug to Admiral Bungy [graphic].
