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11.
The comet [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
18th Feby. 1789.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 49. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A comet traverses the design diagonally and downwards from right to left across an aquatinted background; the head is that of the Prince Wales in a star, the tail contains the heads of his disappointed followers. This broadens as it recedes from the ...
Description:
Title etched in image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buccleuch, Henry Scott, Duke of, 1746-1812, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Watson, Richard, 1737-1816, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, and Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815
Subject (Topic):
Regency and Comets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The comet [graphic]

12.
To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 January 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 48. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table ...
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter blindfolded N.B. he is in training for sev[era]l other useful purposes ; also a very curious monkey who can read & write a little & imitates the human voice ; also several very extraordinary rats from Holland, Buckinghamshire, Wilton, Poole & other places / [graphic]

13.
A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 January 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his ...
Alternative Title:
Misfire at the Constitution
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

14.
Revolution pillar [graphic].

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[January 1789]
Call Number:
789.01.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fox, wearing a coat, hangs in profile to the right from a very high gibbet. His large brush is inscribed 'Hereditary Right' (cf. British Museum Satires 7381); he is excreting, the ordure being inscribed 'Run my Mead'. Above the gibbet is a scroll: ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Dent and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Regency, Politics and government, Gallows, Justice, and Liberty
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Revolution pillar [graphic].

15.
Barataria [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 March 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 51. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales is seated in a magnificent dining-hall before a bare table. The Duke of Leinster (right) offers him across the table a dish of 'Potatoes from Leinster'; the Prince extends his arms to take them, but turns his head to look at the f...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th March 1789 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Bears, Dogs, Dining rooms, Knives, Interiors, Plates (Tableware), and Potatoes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Barataria [graphic]

16.
A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
14 Jany. 1789.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]

17.
The Regency twelfth cake not cut up "And all the people rejoiced and said "Long live the King

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
19 Febry. 1789.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 50. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox and his party (three quarter length) surround a Twelfth Night cake which Weltje was about to cut into portions. The cause of a sudden check to this proceeding is indicated by a broad ray of light (which strikes the cake and the bystanders) and by...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publ. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Cakes, and Knives
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Regency twelfth cake not cut up "And all the people rejoiced and said "Long live the King" / [graphic]

18.
The comet [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
18th Feby. 1789.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 49. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A comet traverses the design diagonally and downwards from right to left across an aquatinted background; the head is that of the Prince Wales in a star, the tail contains the heads of his disappointed followers. This broadens as it recedes from the ...
Description:
Title etched in image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Buccleuch, Henry Scott, Duke of, 1746-1812, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Watson, Richard, 1737-1816, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, and Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815
Subject (Topic):
Regency and Comets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The comet [graphic]

19.
To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 January 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 48. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A spirited horse, wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales in his headband, stands on his hind legs, a pen in his fore-foot, writing a letter while Sheridan (right) guides the pen; his blinkers cover his eyes. Sheridan, who leans across the table ...
Alternative Title:
To be seen at Mr. Sheridan's menagerie the wonderful learned Hanover colt ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 27 Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, Aubrey, John, Sir, 1739-1826, Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Animal shows, Horses, Writing, Rats, Cages, and Monkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > To be seen at Mr. S------n's menagerie the wonderful learned Han---r colt who writes a letter blindfolded N.B. he is in training for sev[era]l other useful purposes ; also a very curious monkey who can read & write a little & imitates the human voice ; also several very extraordinary rats from Holland, Buckinghamshire, Wilton, Poole & other places / [graphic]

20.
A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 January 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 47. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox (right) has just fired a musket at the British Lion (left), who lies beneath a cushion on which are the crown and sceptre; in his paws is a large scroll: 'The Rights of the People'. Fox takes deliberate aim, resting his musket on the back of his ...
Alternative Title:
Misfire at the Constitution
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publ. 12th Jany. 1789 by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Crowns, Horses, Rifles, Scepters, Slogans, National emblems, British, and Hanoverian
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A mis-fire at the Constitution [graphic]