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1. Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 March 1787]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents Sa274 no. 2+ Box 200
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 35. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 292 x 230 mm, on sheet 32 x 23 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]
2. Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 March 1787]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 35. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 53 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]
3. Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 March 1787]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 35. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with aquatint and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 29.2 x 22.8 cm, on sheet 31.4 x 24.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 35 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]
4. Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 March 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.03.08.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 35. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then bends downwards, its bulb resting on a table or pedestal (right). A bishop (Pretyman) sits in back view (left) facing the furnace. The retort contains (above the furnace) papers inscribed 'Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France', and also (in the bulb which Watson faces): 'Chemical Deductions' (impolitic prejudicial to the Manufacturers / My Vote against the Treaty.' In the central bulb above his head are small etchings of 'St Paul's' and 'Lincoln' [cathedrals]; between them is etched: 'Some fancy this Promotion odd / As not the handy-work of God / Though e'en the Bishops dissapointed / Must own it made by God's anointed. Swift [i.e. Jonathan Swift].'--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Ms. note in contempory hand at the bottom of the print: Bp. Watson of Landaff speaking against the French commercial treaty.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eloquence founded on chemical principles [graphic]
5. Prince William's defeat, or, The Tr-as-ry stormed [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [27 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.27.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Treasury stormed
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ten lines of Virgil's altered verse inscribed below design., Temporary local subject terms: Regency crisis -- Allusion to the Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to East India Bill -- Allusion to Constitution -- Allusion to Declaratory Bill -- Allusion to Commutation Bill -- Blindfolds -- Banners -- Clergy: bishops -- Ammunition: cannon balls -- Guns: cannons -- Shop taxes -- Treasury -- Window taxes -- Taxes on maidservants -- Swags -- Crowns -- Weapons: pistols -- Literature: altered quotation from Virgil., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield (right side center) and countermark Curiers & Sons (left side center).
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany 27th 1789 by D. Fowler, Soho
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pretyman, George, 1750-1827, and Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Prince William's defeat, or, The Tr-as-ry stormed [graphic].
6. The minister endeavouring to eke out Dr. Pr-ty---n's bisho-prick [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.03.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt (left) holds up the dome of St. Paul's which he is about to place over the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral (right). He stands in a graveyard at some distance, and leans forward, on tip-toe, his right foot resting on a rectangular tombstone inscribed 'Hic jacet' and decorated with a bishop's mitre, a winged skull, and cross-bones"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr. Pretyman's bishopric
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Counterfeit signature; print by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: St. Paul's Cathedral -- Lincoln Cathedral.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1787 by R. Phillips, Southwark
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Cathedrals, Cemeteries, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The minister endeavouring to eke out Dr. Pr-ty---n's bisho-prick [graphic]
7. Upright Billy alias Orator Humbug [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [30 December 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.12.30.01++ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Fee fa fum I smell the cash of the City -- mum!
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen led by the nose -- Placards -- City Committee placard -- Addresses: Treasury address, 1788 -- Literature: quotation from "Jack the Giant Killer" -- Bags of money -- Taxes: shop tax, 1788 -- Scrutiny: Westminster, 1788 -- Tasselled canes -- Wooden legs --- Slang: pepperd, i.e., venereal disease -- Pitt's ministry, 17888 -- Subscriptions: subscription for Pitt, 1788., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publishd Decr. 30th 1788 by H. Humphry, Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Watson, Brook, 1735 -1807, and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Upright Billy alias Orator Humbug [graphic].
