Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse in two columns below image: As cannons shoot the higher pitches, the lower we let down their breeches ..., Temporary local subject terms: Guns: cannon -- Personifications: political writer as a cannon -- Slogans: Broad Bottom (taking all parties and people indifferently into the ministry - Horace Walpole's definition) -- Animals: greyhound -- Boxes: strong box -- Lawyers -- Jacobites -- Male dress: peer's robes -- Literature: Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Maddox, Isaac, 1697-1759, Wynne-Williams, Watkin, Baron, 1692-1749, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, containing primarily the beginnings and endings of various sections of the memoirs of political characters and events during the reign of King George II. The focus of the collection, however, is on the drawings and engraved headpieces and tailpieces which appear on these pages. These include a pen drawing by Richard Bentley of Walpole presenting the work to Democritus, with his villa at Strawberry Hill behind him; the head of George II by Johann Muntz, set in a headpiece designed by Bentley; and engravings of William Murray; Henry Pelham; Thomas Pelham-Holles; and Archibald Campbell, many also set in pieces drawn by Bentley. The collection also contains a pencil drawing of Henry Lord Holland, with the annotation, "Sr H. Reynolds pinxt"; an appendix explaining the engravings; and a newspaper notice of the death of William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington
Alternative Title:
Memoirs of King George II.
Description:
In English., Available on microfilm, and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bentley, R. 1708-1782. (Richard),, Campbell, Archibald, 1691-1756., George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, approximately 1690-1756., Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798., Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768., Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Title in letter press above image., Publication date based on the date of Lord Bute's appointment in 1762., Two columns of text, separated with vertical ornamental border, below plate: Explanation., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Coats of arms -- Weapons: guns -- Dress: wooden shoes -- Emblems: thistle -- Executioner's axe -- Scots -- Protestants: reference to protestants -- Mottoes: Ense recidendum me pars sincera trabatur immedicabile vulnus.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subject (Topic):
Firearms, Gallows, Lawyers, Military uniforms, British, and Shackles
Title from item., Publication place and date from book for which this plate was published., Plate numbered '48' in upper right corner., Plate from: The second volume of The British antidote to Caledonian poison London : E. Sumpter, [1764]., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to Gisbal, an hyperborean tale ... -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Monuments: plinth., and Mounted to 27 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
"Satire on the negotiations for the Peace of Paris. A lion and lioness (the King and Queen) look in alarm from the window of a coach (Great Britain) as it crashes against a large rock. Lord Bute, the driver, and Princess Augusta, who has been sitting beside him, fall headlong to the ground and the horses (bearing names connected with British actions in the Seven Years War: "Germany", "Guardeloup", "Pondechery", "America", "Martinico" and "Quebec") run off. Bute cries out, "De'el dam that Havanna Snuff its all most blinded me". The postilion, Henry Fox, lies on the ground having hit his head on a rock labelled "Newfound Land"; a speech balloon lettered "Snugg" emerges from his mouth. Behind him Pitt, holding a whip, grasps the leading horse's reins; the Marquis of Granby gallops up to assist him, together with William Beckford (who was shortly to become Lord Mayor of London) and the Duke of Newcastle. In the foreground is a conflict involving a number of journalists: Bute's supporters, Arthur Murphy and Tobias Smollett shoot their pistols at Pitt, and further to the right Charles Churchill, in clerical robes, fires a cannon labelled "North Briton" at them, causing another man to fall to the ground his arm resting on a copy of the Gazetteer (the fallen man must be either Charles Say, editor, or John Almon, contributor to the Gazetteer, an anti-Bute newspaper), with the headline, "A letter from Darlington" (a reference to Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington, a relation of Bute's by marriage). The British lion beside Churchill urinates on the Scottish thistle. Behind this group, the Duke of Cumberland runs forward anxiously mopping his bald head, having lost his wig. In the background are Lord Mansfield and the Earl of Loudon, the latter suggesting that they retreat (a reference to his failure to capture Louisbourg from the French in 1757). To the right a group of Scotsmen are driven off by two Englishmen with whips; another Scot sits on the ground scratching himself."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Fall of Mortimer, Coach overturned, and Coach overturn'd
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Four columns of verse below image: With raptures Britannia take notice at last, proud Sawney turn'd over by driving too fast ...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, and Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330.
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Politics and government, Cannons, Carriages & coaches, Journalists, National emblems, British, Scottish, and Newspapers
"Satire on the influence of Lord Bute on the young George III, showing the king and queen, as a lion and lionness, in a coach decorated with thistles, driven at speed by Princess Augusta with Bute at her feet whipping on the horses and throwing out coins; Britannia has fallen and is about to be run over by the coach. Henry Fox rides postillion, asking for instructions from Bute who replies that the route is "through [the Princess of] Wales". A Scots footman warns that William Pitt is following; Pitt and Newcastle gallop after the coach while Cumberland has been thrown from the "H[anove]r" horse". Lord Mansfield and another Scottish peer (identified in the verses below as "Jockey Americanus") ride beside the coach "to guard 'em along". A group of Scotsmen in the foreground cheeer Bute on. Etched title and three columns of verse below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of alternate state
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '30' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: See the coach fill'd with Scotish thanes, a female managing the reins ..., Restrike of no. 3898 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, and Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of the British Empire -- Vehicles: coach.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Wonderfull phoenomenon, from the observatory at Scone and Wonderful phoenomenon
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Publication place and publisher identified from the publisher's address., Six lines of verse in theree columns below image: I strike at vice, be't where it will, and what if great foo-s [i.e., fools] take it ill? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Censorship: reference to Scandalatum Magnatum -- Personfications: fame -- Scotia (Symbolic character)., and Watermark: royal cipher (GR).
Publisher:
[M. Darly], to be had in Cranforn Ally
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Printmaker, title, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., and Temporary local subject terms: Peace: peace negotiations with France, 1762.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Saint James's Palace (London, England), Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Drummond, Robert Hay, 1711-1776, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two images side by side., Four lines of verse below each image: Here see the several council met to give up what we all regret ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the capture of Havanna -- Witches., and Watermark:Fleur-de-lys.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808, Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Needs must when the de'el drive and Needs must when the devil drive
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., First published by J. Williams in Sept. 1762. Cf. No. 3898 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dismemberment of the British Empire., and Mounted to 34 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by W. Hannell, printseller under the Royal Exchange
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character) and Carriages & coaches
