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1. "What ever is, is right. Pope! A weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [April 1821]
- Call Number:
- 821.04.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene in the House of Commons, showing the Ministerial benches, with the Speaker's Chair and the Table partly cut off by the right margin. The Speaker (Manners Sutton) and one of the Clerks are just within the design. Castlereagh is speaking; he stands in profile to the right, hat in hand, with the Pope on his shoulders. The Pope holds crosier and keys, and wears an odd tiara. A demon crouches on his shoulders dressed as an acolyte, but displaying a cloven hoof; a mask with bland features (a device deriving from Gillray, cf. British Museum Satires No. 11384) is tied in front of his black horned head; he holds up a lighted candle, and clutches the Pope's hair. Castlereagh, with a blandly disingenuous smile: "I have the authority of the Head of the Catholic Church, for saying that there is no solidity in the objection taken on the other side: thus I am legislating with the Pope at my back!!!" The benches behind Castlereagh are crowded; the members listening intently; all wear hats, except Peel who sits immediately behind Castlereagh's empty seat, on the corner of which he has put a hat, inscribed 'Peel'. He looks up to say: "I hope that when the noble Lord observed that [he was legislating with the Pope at his back] he had no allusion to me, even if the noble Lord were willing to put the Popedom in Commission, I should not be willing to accept the office of one of the Commissioners." Men look down from the gallery. On the floor is a paper: 'St Steevens March 28 1821'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whatever is, is right. Pope! and Weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Watermark: J. Whatman 1820.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780-1845, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholic emancipation, Legislative bodies, Politicians, Public speaking, Popes, Crosiers, Keys (Hardware), Demons, Masks, and Candles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "What ever is, is right. Pope! A weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation / [graphic]
2. A beast of prey [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [29 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.29.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In an outdoor setting, Charles James Fox with the body of a fox and a human head runs to the left
- Alternative Title:
- Tally ----- Tally -- Ho
- Description:
- Title etched above image; caption etched below image. and Mounted to 37 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- First sketch published Jany. 29 1784 as the act directs, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Foxes and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A beast of prey [graphic].
3. A key for Mr. Copley's plate of the Death of the late Earl of Chatham [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [26 December 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.12.26.01 Boxed, shelved in Object Room C:A
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Key plate to the print of the Death of the Earl of Chatham, in the Upper Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, 1778, with 55 members identified
- Description:
- Title engraved at top of image., John Singleton Copley's oil painting on which the engraving was based, was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780 and is now held at the Tate Gallery, London., and Mounted on linen, bordered in silk; rolled with silk ties.
- Publisher:
- Published by John Singleton Copley, R.A., Decr. 26, 1791, and sold at Parr's Print Warehouse, No. 52 Pall Mall
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Copley, John Singleton, 1737-1815., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A key for Mr. Copley's plate of the Death of the late Earl of Chatham [graphic].
4. A very extraordinary motion [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [December 1744]
- Call Number:
- 744.12.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on George II's reluctance to accept an inter-party ("Broad-Bottom") government which included Tories suspected of Jacobite sympathies. The king, in the centre. leans across a table crying out, "Hounsfoot me no Stomach him!" as Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, and his brother Henry prepare to cram the Tory John Hinde Cotton into his mouth; Newcastle remarks, "His Bottom's dam'd Broad". Six other former opposition members hoping for office, including Lords Cobham (saying "I'll Protest no more") and Lyttelton ("You are right Cuz"),and William Pitt ("We drive a fine Trade"), lie on a shelf ready to be treated in the same way as Cotton, one of them saying, "Burn the Yellow List." The kings breeches are lowered and he is evacuating Lord Hobart. Others who have presumably emerged in the same manner leave the scene to left complaining that they have been turned out of office. They include Sir John Rushout saying, "Rusht-out with a Fizzle", and, kneeling in the foreground, Lord Winchelsea who has dropped his spectacles, complaining, "Bes[hi]t without a Job". In the foreground to right, stand two other gentlemen address the oppositiion members, one saying "Consider Your Oaths", and the other, holding a large key, "Remember The Healths"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption above image., Printmaker George Bickham the Younger and publication date 1744 from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 34 x 49 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Buckinghamshire, John Hobart, Earl of, 1693-1756, Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Rushout, John, Sir, 1684-1775, and Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769
- Subject (Topic):
- Broad-bottom, Politics and government, Defecation, and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A very extraordinary motion [graphic].
5. Alexander Baron Loughborough, Lord High Chancellor afterwards created Earl of Rosslyn : from the original picture by James Northcote, Esq. R.A. in the possession of his nephew, the present Earl / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 December 1812]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, when Baron Loughborough; three-quarter length, seated directed to left, looking towards the viewer, his left elbow on the arm of his chair; mace on a table beside him at left; wearing chancellor's robes decorated with brocade, lace bands and long white wig."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 408 (leaf numbered '21' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published Dec. 7, 1812, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
- Subject (Topic):
- Lawyers, Politicians, Robes, and Ceremonial maces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Alexander Baron Loughborough, Lord High Chancellor afterwards created Earl of Rosslyn : from the original picture by James Northcote, Esq. R.A. in the possession of his nephew, the present Earl / [graphic]
6. Alexander, Lord Loughborough Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1800]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, three-quarters length seated directed to left, looking towards the viewer, left elbow on the arm of his chair, his hand on the edge of his robes, right hand on the chancerial burse, propped on his knee, with the mace on a table beside him, wearing robes decorated with gold brocade, lace bands and long white wig; a column and curtain behind to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., For an earlier state with scratched production details only, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1768., and Bound in opposite page 371 (leaf numbered '187' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published 1st Feby. 1800 by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
- Subject (Topic):
- Lawyers and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Alexander, Lord Loughborough Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain / [graphic]
7. Anticipation, or, The approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 January 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.01.16.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The interior of the House of Commons, the Speaker in his chair, the two clerks, Hatsell and Ley, writing at the table on which is the mace. The members are represented by dogs, some having human faces; in the foreground four ministerial hounds (left) and four opposition leaders (right) tear violently at a paper inscribed 'Commercial Treaty'. On the right benches opposition hounds are in hungry cry after their leaders, on the left the ministerialists are gnawing bones with eyes fixed on the contest. The four Government dogs, who have human faces, are Pitt, a lean greyhound, his collar inscribed 'Fawning-Billy'; next him Dundas, his collar 'Treasurer Navy'; next Pepper Arden, his collar 'At. Gen', and last, Archibald Macdonald, his collar 'Sol. G.' Opposite these are North, wearing his ribbon, gnawing greedily, and Fox tearing ferociously (these two have quasi-human heads), Burke, a dog wearing spectacles, and Sheridan, his collar inscribed 'Sc. for Scan[dal]'. Three yelping puppies fawn on Fox, one of whom is probably intended for Grey. Behind the Speaker's chair stand members of the House of Lords, scandalized at the uproar. Spectators look down from the galleries."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Approaching fate of the French Commerical Treaty
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Wright., and Mounted to 31 x 49 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 16th 1787 by Mrs. Jackson, Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Dogs, Interiors, Politicians, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anticipation, or, The approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty [graphic].
8. Anticipation, or, The approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before January 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.01.16.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The interior of the House of Commons, the Speaker in his chair, the two clerks, Hatsell and Ley, writing at the table on which is the mace. The members are represented by dogs, some having human faces; in the foreground four ministerial hounds (left) and four opposition leaders (right) tear violently at a paper inscribed 'Commercial Treaty'. On the right benches opposition hounds are in hungry cry after their leaders, on the left the ministerialists are gnawing bones with eyes fixed on the contest. The four Government dogs, who have human faces, are Pitt, a lean greyhound, his collar inscribed 'Fawning-Billy'; next him Dundas, his collar 'Treasurer Navy'; next Pepper Arden, his collar 'At. Gen', and last, Archibald Macdonald, his collar 'Sol. G.' Opposite these are North, wearing his ribbon, gnawing greedily, and Fox tearing ferociously (these two have quasi-human heads), Burke, a dog wearing spectacles, and Sheridan, his collar inscribed 'Sc. for Scan[dal]'. Three yelping puppies fawn on Fox, one of whom is probably intended for Grey. Behind the Speaker's chair stand members of the House of Lords, scandalized at the uproar. Spectators look down from the galleries."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Approaching fate of the French Commerical Treaty
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication based on imprint from earlier state that has been scored through but is still visible: Pubd. Jany. 16th 1787 by Mrs. Jackson, Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Hatsell, John, 1743-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Dogs, Interiors, Politicians, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anticipation, or, The approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty [graphic].
9. Boadicea, Queen of Britain, overthrowing her enemies humbly dedicated to Caroline, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [November 1820]
- Call Number:
- 820.11.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caroline, in royal robes and crown, stands in her chariot, driving it and her pair of horses over the prostrate bodies of King, Ministers, Archbishop, and witnesses, while the royal troops flee in disorder and 'the People' led by Wood (in armour) and the Queen's lawyers advance with a banner: Victory, with laurel wreath and bonnet rouge. The Queen, her spear poised above the King, says Dieu et Mon Droit; the scythe of her chariot-wheel menaces the King's neck."--British Museum catalogue and "Caricature with Caroline as Boadicea in a chariot riding over her accusers, followed by a crowd of supporters."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published November 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Boadicea, Queen, -62
- Subject (Topic):
- Chariots, Politicians, Witnesses, Lawyers, Bishops, and Liberty cap
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Boadicea, Queen of Britain, overthrowing her enemies humbly dedicated to Caroline, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. [graphic]
