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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. Sir Robert Ladbroke aiming at the peerage [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1770]
- Call Number:
- 770.06.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from image., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., One line of text below image: He walked with Bute but was not., Plate from: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : printed for J. Miller, v. 1 (1770), page 329., Temporary local subject terms: Petitions: Reference to the City of London Petition, March 14, 1770 -- Mythology -- Male dress: alderman's robes -- Scrolls -- Baron's coronet., and Mounted to 33 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Ladbroke, Robert, Sir, 1713-1773 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Satyrs (Greek mythology), Crowns, and Robes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sir Robert Ladbroke aiming at the peerage [graphic].
