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1. All among the Hottentots - capering a shore [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 July 1830]
- Call Number:
- 830.07.19.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- King William IV dressed as a sailor dances in the centre of a semicircle of ministers who have black bodies and are partially draped. Among the ministers are Peel and Scarlett on the left, Lyndhurst and Wellington on the right both of whom wear nose-rings. Scarlett encircles Ellenborough, who, with Sugden, is behind the King. Their tribal dance celebration alludes to the relief that the ministers must have felt to be able to retain their positions with the new reign. William IV was a popular King and a stark contrast to George IV and was liable to wild bursts of passion as is suggested here. He and the Duke of Wellington (then prime minister) got on very well, hence the retainment of his ministers. He is dressed in sailor garb in reference to his years in the navy. The tribal dress of the ministers refers to the far-flung shores that William visited
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 19, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britian.
- Subject (Name):
- William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1781-1875, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852., Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850., Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863., and Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818.
- Subject (Topic):
- politicians, Kings, Politicians, and Costume
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > All among the Hottentots - capering a shore [graphic]
2. His Excellency the Marquess Wellesley, K.G. Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1827]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, whole length, standing to right, looking to front, his right hand on his hip, holding plumed hat in the left, over a chair; wearing Garter robes and chain with George; sword and mace on cloth embroidered with coat of arms at left, fluted column and curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Proof"--Lower left corner of plate., Dedication etched beneath title: To His Most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth, King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. this engraving is humbly dedicated by His Majesty's faithful and devoted subject, Andrew Robertson., and Bound in opposite page 634 (leaf numbered '78' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published 1st Feby. 1827, by Messrs. Colnaghi Son & Co., Pall Mall East, London; R. Milliken & J. Allen, Dublin
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britian.
- Subject (Name):
- Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,
- Subject (Topic):
- Governors, British, Politicians, Robes, and Ceremonial maces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > His Excellency the Marquess Wellesley, K.G. Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]
3. William Wilberforce Esq. Member of Parliament for the County of York / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vendramini, Giovanni, 1769-1839, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 October 1809]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of William Wilberforce, half-length, seated in armchair, directed and looking to the right, reading a book that he is holding close to his face with both hands, wearing double breasted coat with eyeglass on a ribbon hanging around his neck; vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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 510 (leaf numbered '105' 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 Oct. 27, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britian.
- Subject (Name):
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Philanthropists, and Abolitionists
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > William Wilberforce Esq. Member of Parliament for the County of York / [graphic]
4. [William Wilberforce Esq.] [Member of Parliament for the County of York]. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, James, 1757-1834, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of William Wilberforce, MP, half-length seated at a table on which stand the 'Parliamentary Register' and 'Debates', holding folded in his hand the 'Slave Trade Abolition Bill'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by the late John Russell Esqr. R.A., crayon painter to the King, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of York ; engraved by James Heath A.R.A., Proof before all letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "Published Novr. 26, 1807, by William Faden, Geographer to the King &c., Charing Cross, John Hatchard, Bookseller to the Queen, 190 Piccadilly, and William Russell, 17 Newman Street," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1899,0805.4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 512 (leaf numbered '107' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Later ink annotation below print, on mounting sheet: William Wilberforce (Slave Abolitionist).
- Publisher:
- William Faden, John Hatchard, and William Russell
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britian.
- Subject (Name):
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Philanthropists, and Abolitionists
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Wilberforce Esq.] [Member of Parliament for the County of York]. [graphic]
