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1. A full and true account of the surprising trial and condemnation of his most Christian Majesty Louis XVI ...

Published / Created:: [1793]
Call Number:: File 82 793F+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Description:: Caption title., The woodcut shows a man under the guillotine with the executioner's hand on the rope ready to release the blade., Not in ESTC., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Printed and sold by S. White
Subject (Geographic):: France
Subject (Name):: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and France. Convention nationale.
Subject (Topic):: History, Executions, and Guillotines (Punishment)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A full and true account of the surprising trial and condemnation of his most Christian Majesty Louis XVI ...

2. A list of the regicides, who voted in the National Convention, for the murder of Louis XVI. King of France, and their fate

Published / Created:: [1795?]
Call Number:: Drawer 82 795R
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Abstract:: "Broadside on the execution of Louis XVI; with a hand-coloured aquatint pasted to a list printed in four black-bordered columns, the (printed) title as above. Fortune, blindfolded, with winged feet, pushes her wheel on the summit of the globe, which emerges from clouds and is decorated by three large fleur-de-lis. She runs in profile to the right, her draperies floating behind her. On the lower left circumference of the wheel, about to move upwards, are a crown and a cross; on its summit are two papers inscribed 'Tallien' and 'Merlin'. On the right, and beginning to descend, is a bonnet-rouge. On the lower right circumference, about to be crushed, are papers inscribed 'Collot d'Herbois' and (almost at the lowest point) 'Barrere'. Each column is again divided into four, headed: 'Names', 'Departments', 'When arrested', 'Fate'. Beneath this long list are two shorter ones: 'A List of those, who, without having Voted for the King's Murder, have made themselves eminent in the French Revolution, and have been recompensed', i.e. have been guillotined or have committed suicide. This is followed by a list of 'French Republican Generals, who have received a reward for their services, during the French Revolution'. Most have been guillotined, others have died by suicide or otherwise, some have merely been arrested. 'Dumourier' appears as 'Deserter'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Price below imprint: Price Three Shillings., With an engraved and coloured symbolic illustration pasted at the head., Watermark: J. Whatman 1794., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Printed for the author, by H. Reynell, No. 21, Piccadilly, and sold by S.W. Fores, No. 3, Piccadilly, near the Hay-Market
Subject (Geographic):: France
Subject (Name):: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):: Regicides and History
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A list of the regicides, who voted in the National Convention, for the murder of Louis XVI. King of France, and their fate

3. A new French bussing match, or, More cursing & swearig [sic] for the Assembly [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 July 1790]
Call Number:: 790.07.16.01.1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A satirical representation of the fraternity shown at the Fête de la Fédération in the Champ de Mars on 14 July 1790. The central figure of Louis XVI embraces a group of five men, four of whom form two couples who are kissing and embracing. Weeping, the King says, "This is what I have long desired: my wish is at length accomplished. The nation & the King from hence foward will be but one." One of the men in his embrace responds, "Point de deux Chambres." One of another couple, in the act of picking the pocket of his friend, says, "Point de République." The other couple weeps, "I'll furnish tears to drown the King" while his friend adds "And I the Dauphin and the Queen." On the right a man wearing spectacles hugs a pillar, saying, "Vive le Roi. Vive la Nation Vive liberté."
Alternative Title:: More cursing & swearig for the Assembly, More cursing & swearing for the Assembly, and More cursing and swearing for the Assembly
Description:: Title from item., Earlier state, with incorrect spelling in title. Cf. No. 7661 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.6., and Watermark: I Taylor.
Publisher:: Pub. July 16, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: France
Subject (Name):: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):: History and Bastille Day
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A new French bussing match, or, More cursing & swearig [sic] for the Assembly [graphic]

4. A new French bussing match, or, More cursing & swearing for the Assembly [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 July 1792]
Call Number:: 790.07.16.01.2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: More cursing & swearing for the Assembly
Description:: Title from item., State with corrected spelling in title., 'London' written out and publication date transcribed in British Museum catalogue as 1790., Temporary local subject terms: French Revolution -- Fête de la Fédération, 14 July 1790 -- French monarchy: establishement of the constitutional monarchy, 1790 -- French nobility: abolition of hereditary nobility, June 1790 -- Emotions: crying., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
Publisher:: Pub July 16, 1792, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A new French bussing match, or, More cursing & swearing for the Assembly [graphic]

5. Amsterdam in a dam'd predicament, or, The last scene of the republican pantomine [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 November 1787]
Call Number:: 787.11.01.02.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A fantastic theatre scene, showing stage, orchestra, and two boxes on each side of the stage. On the stage the fall of Amsterdam is represented by a number of frogs (burghers) who hasten obsequiously to submit to the Stadholder. William V, much caricatured as a short fat man wearing military dress with plumed helmet, gorget, and jack-boots, stands with an uplifted sabre, dripping blood, about to cut the throat of a frog, who kneels, holding out a purse in each hand. His sabre is inscribed 'W. de V'; he straddles across the decapitated heads and limbs of his frog-subjects; under his left foot is a standard decorated with three storks. A mutilated frog jumps from the stage into the orchestra from which rise the flames of Hell. Other frogs disappear into the flames, where demons act as musicians; one plays a gridiron with a pitchfork, two others sing. Dominating these musicians is the half length figure of a lean military officer playing the flute, in gauntlet gloves, his eyes fixed on the stage. The frogs who hasten towards the Stadholder have expressions of terror and are dressed as Dutchmen. One proffers a large key inscribed 'Stadt House', another a pail of 'Milk', another a beehive, another a cask of 'Butter', another a keg of 'Holland Gin'. Behind William V the Princess of Orange (left) stands with her hands on her hips, smiling coquettishly over her shoulder at her husband, the word 'Kiss' issuing from her mouth. Suppliant frogs fawn upon her. The background of this scene is a city wall (right) (Amsterdam) and clouds (left), across which straddles a grotesque figure of Fame blowing two trumpets. Above the proscenium the words 'Sic transit Gloria Mundi' replace the customary 'Veluti in Speculum'. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Last scene of the republican pantomine
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state of a plate originally issued with the title: The surrender of Amsterdam, or, The Duke of Brunswick in a bustle. Other changes include the addition of crosshatching, the replacement of the Duke of Brunswick's head with that of William of Orange, and the addition of an inscription on the sabre., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Dutch Patriot Party, 1787 -- Flag of the Dutch Patriot Party -- Demon musicians -- Personification: Fame blowing two trumpets -- Mottoes: Sic transit gloria mundi -- Emblem: Storks for Holland -- French interest: defeated at Amsterdam -- Club of British Oak -- Sabres -- Purses -- Fools cap: Hapsburg eagle -- Snuff boxes -- Stags -- Arms -- Flames of hell -- Cask of gin: Holland -- Pail of milk -- Cask of butter -- beehives -- Stadthouse keys -- Horace Walpole refers to subject -- Harem of veiled women -- Fredericka Sophia Wilhemina, Princess of Orange, 1751-1820.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790
Subject (Topic):: Daggers & swords, Frogs, and Musical instruments
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Amsterdam in a dam'd predicament, or, The last scene of the republican pantomine [graphic].

6. An artistocrat [graphic].

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:: [2 September 1791]
Call Number:: 791.09.02.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Full length view of a very sad looking French aristocrat, facing the viewer with his hat under his left arm and a copy "Burke on the French Revolution" in his right hand. From his right pocket, a paper entitled "Capture of the French King." In the foreground left, a pile of medals and ribbons (symbols of royal orders) is labeled "Sacred to the National Assembly."
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from companion print: A Democrat., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Countermark: I A.
Publisher:: Pub. Sepr. 2, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: France and France.
Subject (Name):: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Captivity, History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Upper class
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An artistocrat [graphic].

7. Assassination Versailles, October 6, 1789. [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [19 August 1790]
Call Number:: 790.08.19.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An officer of the Gardes du Corps, wearing the cross of St. Louis, stands with a drawn sword before a door leading to a long room or gallery. Within stands Louis XVI holding the Dauphin by the hand, while Marie Antoinette takes his right arm. Above their heads is etched 'Save us from treatcherous Friends'. The officer says, "I find there's treachery - but I'll defend my King & Family to the last Drop of my blood". In his hat is a favour inscribed 'Vive le Rot'. Hiding behind an arched doorway (right) are two people dressed as women, wearing cloaks and hats; each clutches a dagger, and below the petticoat of the foremost, Orléans, protrudes a spurred boot. He says "Where shall we hide our selves - my Plot is marr'd." His companion, Mirabeau, who is on the extreme right, says, "Damnable fool thus to serve Your purpose & risk - a la Lanterne". They are identified in a contemporary hand as 'O-----ns' and 'M ... b .. u'. Orleans is a recognizable portrait. On the wall between the officer and the conspirators is a crucifix above a receptacle for holy-water."--British Museum catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. also the head & hand of Count Struenzee, admittance 1 shill., Temporary local subject terms: French Revolution -- French military uniforms -- Garde du Corps., Watermark: countermark T W., Upper right corner torn resulting in loss of text., and Orléans and Mirabeau identified in contemporary hand below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. August 19, 1790, by W.S.[sic] Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, and Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de, 1749-1791
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Assassination Versailles, October 6, 1789. [graphic]

8. Chatham's ghost, or, A peep into futurity [graphic].

Published / Created:: [16 May 1780]
Call Number:: 780.05.16.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "George III (left), seated in a chair, is being shown by the ghost of Chatham a procession of figures walking towards a pit (right) inscribed "Chaos". Chatham wears pseudo-classical draperies, a tie-wig crowned with a laurel wreath, and is surrounded by a glory of rays. He holds up a circular glass to the king, who looks through it with an expression of alarm. On the back of the king's chair is a crown surmounted by a weathercock which points to the South, probably to indicate that North's power is over, cf. BMSat 5659. Under his feet are torn county petitions, and an open book, "Lock on Government". The petitions are those of York, Westminster, Middlesex, Hampshire, Surrey. There is also the design of the façade of a building inscribed, "The Elevation of [a] Baby House". The leaders of the procession, who are on the brink of the pit, are the kings of France and Spain. A devil (right) with wings, horns, and a long barbed tail, points into the pit. Behind the two kings come North and Sandwich. North holds a rolled document inscribed "Taxes". Under his arm is a large money-bag with a gaping hole in it, by which is an open book or paper inscribed "New Way to pay old Debts, A Farce by Boreas" (Massinger's comedy had recently been revived at Drury Lane). On his right Sandwich walks with his arms folded, a paper under his arm is inscribed "Catches & Glees Mr Arne" (Arne (1710-78), the musical composer, is generally styled Dr; Sandwich was "the soul of the Catch Club", see BMSat 5342). From his pocket protrude papers, one inscribed "Greenwich Hospital", in allusion to the scandal caused by Captain Baillie's exposure of abuses there, see BMSat 5548. The other is inscribed "Love & Madness"; this is the title of a series of fictitious letters recently published purporting to be the correspondence of Hackman and Martha Ray, Sandwich's mistress, see BMSat 5540, &c, but really by Herbert Croft. See Walpole, 'Letters', xi. 139-40,13 Mar. 1780. Behind come Mansfield, in judge's wig and robes, and Bute in Highland dress, both with expressions of despair; they are being hurried along by a man with the face of a fiend who has seized Mansfield by the arm and Bute by the shoulders. Beside them walks a Dutchman, his hands in his breeches pockets, being propelled from behind by a devil, significant of the unpopularity of the Dutch Republic,"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Peep into futurity
Description:: Title from item. and Trimmed within plate line.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs May 16, 1780, by W. Wells, No. 132 opposite Salisbury Court Fleet Street London
Subject (Geographic):: Netherlands.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788., and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
Subject (Topic):: Demons, Crowns, and Thrones
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Chatham's ghost, or, A peep into futurity [graphic].

9. Death of Louis XVI King of France who was beheaded Jany. 21st, 1793 [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1 September 1793]
Call Number:: 793.09.01.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of text., Two of the men with King Louis are tentatively identified as Santerre and Sanson., Four lines of verse inscribed below title: When on the scaffold he did say, receive my soul O God I pray. Wringing his hands with upcast e[yes], and Oh, forgive my enemies., and Printed on brittle, acid paper.
Publisher:: Published Septr. 1st, 1793 by J. Evans, Long Lane
Subject (Geographic):: France
Subject (Name):: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793,, Santerre, Antoine-Joseph, 1752-1809., and Sanson, Charles Henri, 1738- .
Subject (Topic):: Death and burial, History, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), and Spectators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Death of Louis XVI King of France who was beheaded Jany. 21st, 1793 [graphic].