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1. A new way to pay the national-debt dedicated to Monsr. Necker / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 April 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.04.21.02++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George III and Queen Charlotte stand before the open gate of the Treasury, from which Pitt has just wheeled a barrow laden with money-bags. Pitt, the straps of the barrow round his shoulders, his coat-pocket bulging with guineas, obsequiously hands the king a money-bag. George III stands full-face, legs astride, a money-bag inscribed '£100000' under his right arm, another in his right hand and all his pockets overflowing with guineas. Queen Charlotte (left) stands on his right taking a pinch of snuff, and looking up at him with a smile of greedy and satisfied cunning; in her apron is a heap of guineas. Military officers wearing high cocked hats with feather trimmings (in a French fashion), and long pigtail queues, stand round the King and Queen, in a semicircle, in front of the spiked gates of the Treasury, playing musical instruments: fifes, bassoons, a horn, &c. The pockets of the two in the foreground (left and right) are crammed with guineas, those of the others, presumably equally full, are concealed. They represent the placemen and Ministerialists of the Treasury Bench. The most prominent (right) is probably Lord Sydney. In the foreground (left) an old sailor, armless and with two wooden legs, sits on the ground, his empty hat before him. On the right the Prince of Wales, in rags, hesitates to take a paper inscribed 'Accept £200000 from your Friend Orleans', which a slim and foppish Frenchman, in bag-wig and 'chapeau-bras', standing on the extreme right, offers him, taking his hand. He is very different from the heavily built Due d'Orléans (who succeeded his father in Nov. 1785) who had recently presented his portrait by Reynolds (now at Hampton Court) to the Prince of Wales. He had adopted the English manner of dress and made it fashionable in France ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Treasury building entrance -- Civil list -- National debt -- Miserliness -- Wooden legs -- Amputees -- Sailors -- Allusion to prodigal son.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 21, 1786, by Willm. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, and Necker, Jacues, 1732-1804
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new way to pay the national-debt dedicated to Monsr. Necker / [graphic]
2. 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]
3. Fashionable follies Les folies á la mode. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [29 July 1788]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 788.07.29.03+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Folies á la mode
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Day in imprint may have been re-etched from 10 to 29., Fourteen persons or groups forming discrete images arranged in two rows, each with caption in English and French., Temporary local subject terms: Lady Sarah Archer -- Captain Barclay., Ms. identifications on mounting sheet by W.S. Lewis., Mounted to 43 x 106 cm., and Attributed to Cruikshank on mat in an unknown hand.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 29 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, Pigot, Hugh, 1721? -1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Townshend, John, Lord, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fashionable follies Les folies á la mode. [graphic] =
4. Fashionable follies Les folies á la mode. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [29 July 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.07.29.03++ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Folies á la mode
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Day in imprint may have been re-etched from 10 to 29., Fourteen persons or groups forming discrete images arranged in two rows, each with caption in English and French., Temporary local subject terms: Lady Sarah Archer -- Captain Barclay., Watermark: J Whatman., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 34.3 x 48.5 cm., on sheet 36 x 55 cm., Incomplete: right plate with French title only., Some subjects identified in margins in an unknown hand., and Attributed to Cruikshank on mat in an unknown hand; attributed to Gillray on print, recto, in an unknown hand.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 29 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, Pigot, Hugh, 1721? -1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Townshend, John, Lord, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fashionable follies Les folies á la mode. [graphic] =
5. France, freedom Britain, slavery. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 July 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.07.28.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A design in two compartments. On the left the triumph of Necker in a land of 'Freedom', in the other that of Pitt in a land of 'Slavery'. Necker (full face), seated in an armchair is carried on the shoulders of distinguished personages, who wave their hats. He holds in his right hand the staff and cap of 'Liberty', in his left a royal crown. He is stout and benevolent. Above his head floats a laurel wreath, irradiated, inscribed 'Necker', and adding a touch of absurdity. Under his feet are a chain and an instrument of torture resembling a harrow. The naval officer (left) wearing a star, -who holds one pole of the chair, is labelled 'Orleans'; his companion, in regimentals, is probably Lafayette; both wave their hats. In the background is a cheering crowd and the massive but broken stone wall of the 'Bastile'. On the right Pitt, lean and arrogant, stands in profile to the left on a royal crown which bends under his weight (as in BMSat 7478). In his right hand is a banner on which are instruments of torture: a narrow, shackles, and scourges; in his left hand, which rests on his hip, are a headsman's axe and chains, the other ends of which are attached to persons who kneel humbly behind him, the most prominent of whom is the King. Other chains are attached to artisans, &c, who kneel abjectly before him. In the background are (left) a gallows from which hang seven nooses, and (right) a high scaffold on which stands a headsman with an axe. From Pitt's pocket projects a large tobacco-pipe inscribed 'Excise'.."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- France, Britain, freedom, slavery and Freedom, slavery
- Description:
- Title from text in and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Instruments of torture -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Transference of customs to excise -- Banners with instruments of torture -- Cheering crowds -- Laurel wreaths -- Chairing of Necker -- Kneeling slaves -- Emblems: pipe as tobacco tax -- Allusion to excise -- Crowns -- Gallows -- Bastille -- Executioners: headsman -- Artisans as slaves -- Emblems: slavery., and Watermark: countermark S. Lay.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 28th, 1789, by J. Aitken, Printseller, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- France and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > France, freedom Britain, slavery. [graphic]
6. Revolution [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 August 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.08.03.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker and publication year from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Crowns - Scepters -- French Constitution -- Reference to John Bull -- Reference to George IV, 1762-1830., Watermark: J Whatman., and Matted to 47 x 63 cm.; subjects identified in a later hand below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 3d by S. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, and Mirabeau, vicomte de, 1754-1795
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Revolution [graphic].
7. Second bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orxxxn's, or, Justification of the first effort of his Royal Highness's courage [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [4 August 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.08.04.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Justification of the first effort of his Royal Highness's courage
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Gillray in an unverified card catalog record., One line of text below title: When the Duc' had ascended in the balloon forty or fifty feet from the Earth in the greatest fright he desired to go down ..., Companion print to: The battle of Ouessan between the English & French fleets., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., and Matted to 47 x 63 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publishd Augt. 4th 1790 by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Field
- Subject (Name):
- Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Balloons (Aircraft)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Second bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orxxxn's, or, Justification of the first effort of his Royal Highness's courage [graphic].
8. Symptoms of courage, or, The tables turned [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 August 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.08.16.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Tables turned
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two images on one plate., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the Kingdom, admittance one shilling., Temporary local subject terms: de Voglas, fl. 1790 -- de la Touche, fl. 1790 -- Military uniforms -- Sentry -- Sentry booths., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis above and initials G R below.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. August 16, 1790, by W.S.[sic] Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of courage, or, The tables turned [graphic].
9. The Newmarket humane society! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Septr. 1, 1788.
- Call Number:
- 788.09.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Publisher's advertisement below title: In Holland's Caricature Exhibition Rooms No. 50, Oxford St. may be seen the largest collection of humorous prints and drawings in Europe. Admittance, one shilling ..., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Baron Munchauson from literature -- Raspe, Rudolph Erich, 1737-1794, allusion to Baron Munchauson -- Allusion to Newmarket races -- Male costume: riding habit, 1788 -- Paddy Whack -- Medical quacks., Mounted to 33 x 48 cm., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Newmarket humane society! [graphic]
