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1. All alive, or, The political churchyard [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Aug. 9, 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.08.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In a churchyard, tombstones, adorned on top with the heads of prominent politicians, are engraved with epitaphs in their memory
- Alternative Title:
- Political churchyard
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image. and Mounted to 30 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub according t [sic] Act by B. Pownall. No. 6 Pallmall
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Churches, and Cemeteries
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > All alive, or, The political churchyard [graphic].
2. An ordinance dream, or, Planing of fortifications [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.03.07.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duke of Richmond (left) sleeps in an arm-chair beside a table on which are playing-cards and bits of broken tobacco-pipes arranged to represent fortifications. On the right are two cannons, one on a gun-carriage ; a cat sits on its muzzle miaowing at Richmond, one paw on the table. By his side (left) are plans on rollers and a box of long tobacco-pipes. On the wall hang two pictures on rollers as if they were plans. In one (left) soldiers with wheelbarrows, &c. work on the sea-shore, off which dismantled ships lie at anchor. In the other, cannons and cannon-balls with one sentry lie along the sea-shore, off which are ships at anchor with brooms at their mast-heads to show that they are for sale. Richmond's hat, overcoat, and sword hang on the wall between the two pictures. At his feet is an open book inscribed 'Trial of Colol Debbeig'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Planing of fortifications and Planning of fortifications
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: House of Cards -- Card players -- Bill to fortify Portsmouth -- Fortifications -- Furniture -- Pictures that amplify subject -- Matches -- Pets., Horace Walpole refers to subject of print in his letter to Mann dated March 16, 1786., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman?
- Publisher:
- Published March 7th, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs, Sleeping, Tables, Playing cards, Pipes (Smoking), Cats, and Pictures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An ordinance dream, or, Planing of fortifications [graphic].
3. Billy the Bamboozler robbing the cobler the portrait of him taken just before he was turnd. off. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [9 January 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.09.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt in the guise of a robber who is about to be hanged. He aims a pistol at the head of a cobbler, saying, "You Rascall, You keep a Shop, and shall pay for it". The cobbler, kneeling hat in hand, in profile to the left, says, "Lord Sir, mines only a Stall, Have mercy on my Wife & Family". Part of his bulk or stall appears behind him (right). Behind Pitt (left) Richmond kneels on the ground, holding out his cocked hat for the coins which the former drops into it; he points to houses of playing-cards which are round him on the ground and represent his scheme of fortifications ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Billy the Bamboozler robbing the cobbler
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Caption below image: Some account of the life and behavior of William Pett alias Billy the Bamboozler., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., DeGrey's manuscript note on verso., and Watermark: initials F N D [...]
- Publisher:
- Publishd. January 9th 1789 by H. Humphries, New Bond Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Card games, Shoemakers, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Billy the Bamboozler robbing the cobler the portrait of him taken just before he was turnd. off. [graphic]
4. Britannia's support of the conspirators defeated [art original].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 14 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 70
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Wales ..., sword in hand, gallantly protects Britannia against the attack of three conspirators: Pitt raises a headsman's axe in both hands; Grafton, holding a conspirator's lantern, is about to strike her with a dagger; Richmond ... fires a musket, resting one knee on a cannon. The Prince wears a coronet with three ostrich feathers, he holds out his shield behind Britannia, who cowers towards him in terror."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print for which this is the original drawing
- Description:
- Titled by the artist in brown ink below image., Attributed to Rowlandson., Original drawing for a print of the same title published by H. Holland on 7 February 1789. Cf. No. 7503 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 247.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia's support of the conspirators defeated [art original].
5. Brunswick triumphant!, or, The battle of the blood's, pure & contaminated [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 May 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.05.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A pugilistic encounter between the Duke of York (left) and Lt.-Col. Charles Lennox (right), both stripped to the waist. The Duke stands with both fists clenched, saying, "Come on my Lad! don't fall without a Blow! I'll tickle your Mazzard, if you dare to stand up like a Man!" Lennox, on one knee, clutches the arm of his second, the Duke of Richmond, saying, "O save me Nunkle! - O Lord! - O Lord! - O Lord! Your H--h--ss is above my Match! - O Lord - I'm not fit to fight any body above your Footman". Richmond puts out a hand to restrain his nephew, saying with an expression of alarm, "For heavens sake, forbear! we are nothing but a brood of Bastards! Bastards begot - Bastards instructed - Bastards in Mind - Bastards in Valour - in every thing illegitimate - we are neither of Blood, or of Honor, to cope with your Hi-h--ss!!" The Prince of Wales, on the extreme left, is his brother's second; he says, with a contemptuous expression, "Fredrick! cant you tip his bottle holder a sly plump in the Bread-basket?" Behind him is a Union flag; behind Richmond are fortifications flying a French flag, symbolizing his French descent and title ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Battle of the bloods, pure & contaminated and Battle of the bloods, pure and contaminated
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image, following title: Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur, run back & bark because he was with-held, who being suffer'd in the bears fell paw, hath clap'd his tail between his legs & cry'd., "Price 1 sh.", Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Duke of York and Lt.-Col. Lennox, May 26, 1789 -- Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to Charles II -- Flags -- Union Jack -- French flag -- Boxing., and Watermark: countermark S. Lay.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 23d, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brunswick triumphant!, or, The battle of the blood's, pure & contaminated [graphic].
6. Charles, Duke of Richmond &c. 1778 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Watson, James, 1740-1790, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, Decr. 21st, 1778.
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait seated in profile to left reading book within rectangular frame, wearing dark coat, ruffles and his hair tied with ribbon, tree behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Scratched-letter state; plate was later reworked and republished by W. Dickinson and T. Watson on 21 December 1782, with the text below image reengraved and expanded. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0520.259., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 168 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charles, Duke of Richmond &c. 1778 [graphic]
7. Charles, Duke of Richmond, &c. Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Master-General of the Ordnance, &c. &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Watson, James, 1740-1790, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 December 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait seated in profile to left reading book within rectangular frame, wearing dark coat, ruffles and his hair tied with ribbon, tree behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Second state, with plate reworked and new inscriptions engraved. For earlier scratched-letter state published in 1778, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.6494., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 580., Mounted on page 218 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Decr. 21st, 1782, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street, & T. Watson, No. 33 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charles, Duke of Richmond, &c. Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Master-General of the Ordnance, &c. &c. / [graphic]
8. Dissolution [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [6 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.06.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George III, seated in an open car pushed across the clouds by Pitt, Thurlow, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Sydney, aims a "thunder of dissolution" at the Coalition ministers represented by Fox, Lord North, and Burke, who fall backwards into the abyss and flames below the clouds
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as [the] act directs, Feby. 6, 1784 by B. Walwyn No. 9 Pedlars Acre West Bridge
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800., and Zeus (Greek deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dissolution [graphic].
9. Fox in the block-shop, or, The heads of the propositions rejected [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 30th, 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.08.30.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Heads of the propositions rejected
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on ministerialists, 1785 -- Barber's blocks -- Allusion to Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Allusion to Edward, Baron Hawke, 1705-1781 -- Earl of Mulgrave, 1755-1831 -- 3rd Duke of Montrose, 1755-1836., Watermark (partial): initials LVG below shield., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, by Moore, Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Galloway, John Stewart, Earl of, 1736-1806, Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Rose, George, 1744-1818, and Carrington, Robert Smith, Baron, 1752-1838
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fox in the block-shop, or, The heads of the propositions rejected [graphic].
