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1. The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 January 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 11. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Rumbold's ankles are chained to two weights signed "Sureties," a reference to restriction on his leaving the country before the case was dropped in 1783. He is supported by his son, Captain Rumbold of 1st Life Guards, dressed in his regimentals and wearing a gorget. Behind them, an Englishman gallops on an elephant saddled with an enormous bag signed "Roupees." An Indian sitting behind him is holding a tall parasol above his head
- Alternative Title:
- Lord Advocates amusement
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6169 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Text in upper left margin: Political characters & caracatures of 1783. No. 1., and On leaf 11 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Great Britain, and India.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].
2. Rodney invested, or, Admiral Pig.. on a cruize [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 5. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Admiral Rodney is shown on the shore with Britannia and Neptune, who hand him their staffs, while the British Lion claws at the flag of France on which Rodney stands. Standing out to sea in a toy boat made of playing cards, Admiral Pigot (represented as a pig) views the scene through his spyglass. Refers to Rodney's recall and replacement by Pigot
- Alternative Title:
- Admiral Pigot on a cruize
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner and imprint statement burnished from plate. For original issue with the imprint "Pubd. June 4th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St James's Street, London", see no. 5996 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], "Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. IV"--On left above design., Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 36., and On leaf 5 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Name):
- Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, and Neptune (Roman deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Admirals, British, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Rodney invested, or, Admiral Pig.. on a cruize [graphic]
3. [William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1837-1838]
- Call Number:
- 837.00.00.40
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- From left to right, Lieutenant Doyle, Mr. Sone and Captain Foster, all from the 24th Regiment, walking to the right with three ladies on the North Bridge
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from volume., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
- Publisher:
- Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Doyle, William, active 1784., Sone, Samuel., and Foster, William, active 1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Clothing & dress, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster] [graphic]
4. The borrow'd plume [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.03.00.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Duke of Wellington flys in a cloudy sky on a large quill pen, holding a pair of reins which are attached to the tip of the pen. From the tip hangs a scroll which reads "Bill for the relief of Roman Catholics." The point of the pen strikes George IV's eye; he stands in profile on the far right and exclaims "Oh, my eye the fellow has blinded me." Wellington looks over his shoulder at a bird with the head of Grey who flies after him from the left, beneath the pen's feather. Grey calls, "I say you Old Soldier you have stole one of my feathers! Hollo'a stop thief."
- Alternative Title:
- Borrowed plume
- Description:
- Title etched below image., The artist's signature is an imitation of W. Heath's Paul Pry Esq., but this figure is obese and leans on a cudgel. Cf. British Museum catalogue., and Window mounted to 26 x 35 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- British
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholic emancipation, Anti-Catholicism, Military uniforms, and Pens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The borrow'd plume [graphic]
5. Corporal Cartouch teaching Miss Camp-Love her manual exercise [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- 4th Jany., 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.01.04.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A soldier with a sword in his right hand has his left hand under the chin of a young lady who holds his gun in her left arm. Another soldier grins from behind a chair on which sits a drum. A monkey sits on a music book on a stool
- Description:
- Title from item., Numbered '145' in lower right corner., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published by Robert Sayer, Chart, Map, & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Soldiers, Military uniforms, British, Drums, Parlors, and Pets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Corporal Cartouch teaching Miss Camp-Love her manual exercise [graphic]
6. The savages let loose, or, The cruel fate of the loyalists [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 15 March 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.03.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Three American Indians are shown killing six loyalists as the result of the 1783 peace treaty preliminaries. On the left, an Indian pulling on the rope attached to the nooses of two military officers and two civilians hanged from a limb of a dead tree says, "I have them all in a String." The limb is inscribed, "Recommended to Congress by Lord S___e [Shelburne]." Below, another Indian with a large knife in his hand pulls the hair of a loyalist lying on the ground saying, "I'll scalp him." To their right, a loyalist kneeling on the ground and looking with horror over his shoulder at the Indian with a raised tomahawk says, "O Cruel Fate! is this the Return for Our Loyalty," to which the Indian responds, "I'll tomahawk the Dog."
- Alternative Title:
- Cruel fate of the loyalists
- Description:
- Title from item. and Date, including day, in lower right corner of the design. The day of publication not given in British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Sold by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Hangings, Scalping, Massacres, Clothing & dress, Military uniforms, British, Headdresses, Tomahawks, Politics and government, and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The savages let loose, or, The cruel fate of the loyalists [graphic].
7. The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 January 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.01.21.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Sir Thomas Rumbold is depicted vomiting his ill-gotten wealth into a chamber pot decorated with a thistle. Kneeling beside it and embracing the chamber pot is Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland who oversaw the prosecution of Rumbold in 1782-3. Rumbold's ankles are chained to two weights signed "Sureties," a reference to restriction on his leaving the country before the case was dropped in 1783. He is supported by his son, Captain Rumbold of 1st Life Guards, dressed in his regimentals and wearing a gorget. Behind them, an Englishman gallops on an elephant saddled with an enormous bag signed "Roupees." An Indian sitting behind him is holding a tall parasol above his head
- Alternative Title:
- Lord Advocates amusement
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Text above upper left border has the date "1782" changed to "1783" in manuscript.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jan. 21, 1783, by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Great Britain, and India.
- Subject (Name):
- Rumbold, Thomas, Sir, 1736-1791, Rumbold, Richard William, Captain, 1760-1786, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Gorgets (Military insignia), Coins, Elephants, Vomiting, Chamber pots, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Colonies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The nabob rumbled, or, A Lord Advocates amusement [graphic].
8. A long pull, strong pull, and pull all together [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [9 January 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.01.09.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- William Petty, Lord Shelburne, braces himself against the door to the Treasury in order to resist the pull of the rope tied around his waist. He is helped by John Dunning dressed in legal wig and cloak. The four men attempting to remove Shelburne from the Treasury are, from left to right, Charles James Fox, intent on forming a new administration; Admiral Augustus Keppel and the 3rd Duke of Richmond, both members of the Shelburne administration but opposing Shelburne; and Edmund Burke, later paymaster-general in the Fox-North administration
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and The figure on the right identified by George as Edmund Burke is identified here as Lord John Cavendish.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jan. 9th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Ropes, Tug of war, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government, 1760-1789
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A long pull, strong pull, and pull all together [graphic].
9. Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 33.8 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 36.5 x 26.3 cm, and Mounted on leaf 13 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
