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1.
Arithmetical terms being a frontispiece to "The tutors assistant". [graphic]

Published / Created:
[between 1832 and 1836?]
Call Number:
Maidment Un58 no. 14
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consisting of twenty-six small images, each with a caption below. The images are scenes punning on the mathematical terms of the captions
Description:
Title from text at top of design.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Lifting & carrying, Decapitations, Families, Alligators, Fencing, Singing, Wounds & injuries, Bandages, Counters, Peg legs, Amputees, and Mathematics
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Arithmetical terms being a frontispiece to "The tutors assistant". [graphic]

2.
John Bull carrying the Whigs into office [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"First panel: John Bull carrying four Whigs on his back; second panel: Duke of Wellington with willow on his his hat feeding another politician on all fours like a donkey."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles from item.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Lifting & carrying, and Eating & drinking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull carrying the Whigs into office [graphic]

3.
The body snatchers, or, The resurrection of the Whigs [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Queen and the King exhuming the Whigs' corpses in the night and carrying them away."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Resurrection of the Whigs
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Graves, Dead persons, Lifting & carrying, and Lanterns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The body snatchers, or, The resurrection of the Whigs [graphic]

4.
A labourer in the good cause [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately March 1828]
Call Number:
828.03.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Eldon stands with his shirt-sleeves rolled up, carrying a great stack of petitions under each arm. On his head is a porter's knot made of a pair of green bags (emblem of 'Old Bags', see British Museum Satires No. 12883); on this rests a third pile of...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bags, Head-carrying, and Lifting & carrying
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A labourer in the good cause [graphic]

5.
Too late to repent [graphic].

Published / Created:
[November 1820?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline: the Devil, holding a green bag, carries off Bergami [or George IV?] on his shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Benbow, 169 Strand
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron.
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Bags, Remorse, and Lifting & carrying
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Too late to repent [graphic].

6.
The slough of despond [graphic]

Published / Created:
[ca. March 1809]
Call Number:
809.03.00.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Wardle, in back view in civilian dress, walks off with Mrs. Clarke seated on his right shoulder; a paper, 'C. Wardle', projects from his pocket. She looks back to point derisively down at the Duke of York who is falling into a watery swamp. She says:...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Wetlands, Falling, Signs (Notices), Lifting & carrying, Temples, and Truth
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The slough of despond [graphic]

7.
[Man carrying a boat on his head] [art original].

Published / Created:
[1805?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 25 Box D160
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man dressed only in tattered shorts with a sack tied around his waist carries a long canoe balanced on his head and a secondary supporting pole
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Bermuda Islands and Bermuda Islands.
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Porters, Lifting & carrying, and Canoes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Man carrying a boat on his head] [art original].

8.
[Woman carrying a bag of laundry on her head] [art original].

Published / Created:
[1805?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 24 Box D160
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman wearing a colorfully-dyed dress carries a large bag of laundry on her head while a toddler walks by her side
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Bermuda Islands.
Subject (Topic):
Children, Laundresses, Women, Lifting & carrying, and Laundry
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Woman carrying a bag of laundry on her head] [art original].

9.
[Man carrying a bundle of sticks on his head] [art original].

Published / Created:
[1805?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 23 Box D160
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man dressed in tattered clothes and smoking a pipe carries a bundle on his bald head
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Bermuda Islands
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Porters, and Lifting & carrying
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Man carrying a bundle of sticks on his head] [art original].

10.
Sailing to the house, wind full north [graphic].

Published / Created:
[10 April 1782]
Call Number:
782.04.10.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lord North, carrying a large sack labelled "budget, small beer, soap, tobacco, insurance, carriages, tea", references to his proposed taxes of 1782. The Devil stands behind helping support the sack, as North approaches an open window at which a fox (C...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 10th, 1782 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Economic conditions, Lifting & carrying, Devil, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sailing to the house, wind full north [graphic].

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