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1. Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 20 Apr. 1778.
- Call Number:
- 778.04.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A very fat gentleman on the left paying court to an ugly old lady on the right; both are seated with the gentleman with a small dog beneath his chair and a cat near his feet; the lady is holding a fan and wearing the towering hairstyle of the period. Behind them draperies are pulled aside revealing shelves of books
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Place of publication follows publisher's street address., Numbered in lower left of plate: 382., Variant of George 4557, without verses below design, but with imprint date present., and Contemporary pencil ms. notation identifying subjects: Mr. Mason & Mrs. Montague.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Montague, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800. and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Couples, Interiors, Bookcases, Dogs, and Cats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].
2. Chevalier de l'etoil polaire [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [7 March 1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.6 plate 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The standing figure of a man whose head is that of a double-headed animal, to the left an ass, to the right a bear. With his left hand (which also holds a whip) he leads an elephant whose head and trunk appear from the right. His right hand rests on the pinnacle of a Chinese pagoda ornamented with dragons. Suspended round his neck is the figure of a bear showing that he has the Swedish order of the Polar Star. He wears tartan trousers."--British Museum online catalogue and "A satire on Sir William Chambers, illustrating in detail Mason's 'Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers, Knight,...' which had just appeared, and opens 'Knight of the Polar Star'; it is both a political satire and an attack on Chambers' Dissertation on Oriental Gardening and on the Chinese pagoda which he had built at Kew for the Princess Dowager of Wales. Chambers is said to have been of Scottish descent, he was born in Sweden and was made Knight of the Polar Star by the king of Sweden."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Artist and printmaker names are unidentified pseudonyms., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Verse etched below image: From North to the South, I came forth right, by favor in duplici modo a Knight, in primis an Ass, secundus a Bear, the one is a Fact, the other is a Fair., and Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd by MDarly March 7, 1773, 39 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796 and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Dragons, Elephants, and Pagodas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chevalier de l'etoil polaire [graphic]
3. Letter to Horace Walpole, 1769 May 8.
- Creator:
- Mason, William, 1725-1797
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 163
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letter from Mason to Horace Walpole, in which Mason writes that he has read Walpole's tragedic play, The Mysterious Mother, several times and has provided a sketch of alterations he believes necessary to improve the denouement. The list of alterations accompanies the letter, which consist of dialogic emendations at specific page and line numbers. At the end of the letter, a note signed by Walpole states his reasons against adopting Mason's suggestions, "because they woud totally have destroyed my Object."
- Description:
- William Mason (1724-1797) was a poet, editor, and gardener. In 1747, his poem "Musaeus, a Monody on the Death of Mr. Pope" was published to acclaim and quickly went through several editions. In 1775, he published the Poems of Mr Gray, a friend who was a great influence on his own work. Ten years later, William Pitt nominated him for the post of Poet Laureate, but he turned it down. Among Mason's other works are the historical tragedies Elfrida (1752) and Caractacus (1759), as well as a long poem on gardening, The English Garden (1772-1782). Indeed, Mason was an influential garden designer, designing several flower gardens for his friends and patrons, especially for Richard Hurd, Lord Jersey, and Lord Harcourt. In 1797 he fell and injured his leg while entering his carriage, and died several days later at his rectory in Aston., In English., Typed transcript available in object file., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Mason, William, 1725-1797. and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- English drama (Tragedy), Family, Incest, Religion, and Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Letter to Horace Walpole, 1769 May 8.
4. Mr. Mason [graphic]
- Creator:
- Carter, C., active 1774-1787, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1771]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of William Mason, half-length, in profile to the left, seated on a chair with one hand holding a paper resting on a desk, dressed in a dark frockcoat over his waistcoat with his hair curled."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 71 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Mason, William, 1725-1797,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Mason [graphic]
5. The first levee of the new P-*-R-*-T [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [29 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.29.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt stands in front of the throne to which he points with a hand holding a number of threads attached to the noses of his supporters, who advance through a doorway, the foremost kneeling or prostrating themselves. Across his forehead is a placard inscribed 'Interest'; he says, "Approach & Salute the Broad Bottom of Royalty!!" He holds a large flag inscribed 'Standard of venality' on which are a large earl's coronet indicating Lonsdale (see British Museum Satires No. 6579), two duke's coronets, a mitre, a baron's and a viscount's coronet, and three money-bags, each inscribed 'Cole' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6213), followed by the words 'to be Given Away'. On the ground at Pitt's feet are the words, 'Road to Preferment'. The king kneels on the throne exposing his 'broad bottom' to the Pittites; it is irradiated and to it are attached a pair of small wings; it is further adorned with Garter star and ribbon inscribed 'Honi Soit qui mal...'. He bends forward, his body in a horizontal position, so that his head and shoulders are hidden by a curtain (left) inscribed 'Secret Influence Drying Clouts! Nursing Making toast [cf. British Museum Satires No. 7923] Rocking the Cradle, &c. &c. &c.' The crowd of Pittites advances through a doorway surmounted by a large royal crown flanked by a birch-rod and a sword. Across the doorway is inscribed 'Hall of Prerogative 1784', and over the heads of the members, 'Majority of ye New P------T We are your Devoted Slaves'. Their heads are crudely drawn and few can be identified: a man in the forefront in tartan is evidently Dundas. A man full-face in the centre of the crowd who is inscribed 'Rat Catcher' and has a rat on his forehead is John (or Jack) Robinson, see British Museum Satires No. 6427, &c. Thurlow in wig and gown kneels in profile to the left, and a man on the extreme right resembles Barré. A parson in the foreground is probably Mason, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6485."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- First levee of the new Parliament
- Description:
- Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Parliamentary levees -- Secret influence -- Members of Parliament as slaves -- Royal prerogative -- Homage -- 'Broad Bottom'., Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman., and Mounted to 29 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, May 29, 1784, by T. Hardy, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Lonsdale, James Lowther, Earl of, 1736-1802, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Robinson, John, 1727-1802, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, and Mason, William, 1725-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Thrones, Buttocks, Legislators, Kneeling, Crowns, Flags, and Bribery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The first levee of the new P-*-R-*-T [graphic].
6. The mysterious mother ...
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Published / Created:
- MDCCLXVIII [1768]
- Call Number:
- 49 2528A
- Image Count:
- 143
- Description:
- The postscript is separately paginated., Extra-illustrated, interleaved copy, with Horace Walpole's note on title-page: "With MSS alterations by Mr. Mason." Mason sent his proposed alterations to Horace Walpole in a Ietter, 8 May 1769; Horace Walpole thanked him warmly, but wrote on Mason's letter that he did not wish to adopt the alterations. Mason mentioned the book in his letter to Horace Walpole, 15 May 1781; after Mason's death it is first reported in a letter (tipped in the book) from Lord Carlingford to F.W. Cozens, 8 May 1878, assuring him that the notes are by Mason., Horace Walpole's corrections: p. 8 and 34. Also with unidentified ms. notes., Lower right corner of leaf C2 torn with some loss of text., Bound in red morocco ca.1870 by Jenkins &: Cecil., With the armorial bookplates of C.G. Milnes Gaskell and S.A. Courtauld., and Autograph letter signed Lord Carlingford to F.W. Cosens, 8 May 1878 bound in.
- Publisher:
- Printed at Strawberry-Hill
- Subject (Topic):
- Verse drama, English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The mysterious mother ...
