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10. Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 15th 1747 [i.e. not before 1794?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 794.00.00.187 Box 130
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a graveyard with tombstones and sarcophagi, a headless ghost in a monk's robes (crucifix and rosary hanging round his neck) carries his head in his left arm as he walks left toward a sarcophagus inscribed "This monument was erected by Simon Lord Fraser of Lovat &c. &c."; the lefy side is also inscribed "To the memory ofThomas Lord Fraser of Lovat."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Re-issue after plate cut down, removing Molteno's publication address?, Lettered below the title, six lines of verse in three sections: Disguis'd thro' life, a layman at [the] block, My headless trunk resumes [the] monkish frock. Doom'd for my crimes in pilgrimage to roam. With weary steps I seek my native home, Where vanity inscribes my Father's tomb, But Justice now denies my carcase room., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed), p. 306., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 147.
- Publisher:
- R. Faulder and J. Egerton?
- Subject (Name):
- Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
- Subject (Topic):
- Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Monks, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Sarcophagi, and Skull & crossbones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]
11. Sorrowful lamentation, and last farewell to the world : of the five unfortunate men, viz. Joseph Caddie, John Stunnell, Evar Price, James Messenger, and Charles Kelly, who are to be executed at Tyburn on Monday next
- Published / Created:
- [17--?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Verse begins: "All you now are passing by,"., In two columns with woodcut and title centered above both., Mounted on leaf 48. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Topic):
- Last words, Death's head, Skull & crossbones, Hourglasses, and Flags
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sorrowful lamentation, and last farewell to the world : of the five unfortunate men, viz. Joseph Caddie, John Stunnell, Evar Price, James Messenger, and Charles Kelly, who are to be executed at Tyburn on Monday next
12. The Congress, or, A device to lower the land-tax : to the tune of Doodle, doodle, do, &c.
- Published / Created:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliamt. [August 1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.09.09.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A letterpress broadside with verses of a song in two columns satirizing the Bute administration's overtures for peace with France, suggesting that making peace and handing English conquests to France are motivated by the Duke of Bedford's personal interest to escape paying the Land Tax to support the war. With an etching at top showing Lord Bute on the left offering a scroll to two Frenchmen who are holding the British lion on a chain. One holds a flag with a large jack-boot, the emblem of Lord Bute. In the lower left a tomb decorated with a skull and crossbones and the words "British glory obit 1762".
- Alternative Title:
- Device to lower the land tax
- Description:
- Caption title in letterpress., Publication date from Stephens., "Price sixpence.", Etching at top of sheet: plate mark 18.6 x 19.2 cm. Imprint etched in lower left: Publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Six stanzas of song in two columns: Here you may see the happy congress, all now is done with such a bon grace ..., and Watermark: countermark I V.
- Publisher:
- Printed for the author and sold by all the printsellers in London and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Skull & crossbones, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Congress, or, A device to lower the land-tax : to the tune of Doodle, doodle, do, &c.
13. The Congress, or, A device to lower the land-tax : to the tune of Doodle, doodle, do, &c.
- Published / Created:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliamt. [August 1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.09.09.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A letterpress broadside with verses of a song in two columns satirizing the Bute administration's overtures for peace with France, suggesting that making peace and handing English conquests to France are motivated by the Duke of Bedford's personal interest to escape paying the Land Tax to support the war. With an etching at top showing Lord Bute on the left offering a scroll to two Frenchmen who are holding the British lion on a chain. One holds a flag with a large jack-boot, the emblem of Lord Bute. In the lower left a tomb decorated with a skull and crossbones and the words "British glory obit 1762".
- Alternative Title:
- Device to lower the land tax
- Description:
- Caption title in letterpress., Publication date from Stephens., "Price sixpence.", Etching at top of sheet: plate mark 18.6 x 19.2 cm. Imprint etched in lower left: Publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Six stanzas of song in two columns: Here you may see the happy congress, all now is done with such a bon grace ..., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
- Publisher:
- Printed for the author and sold by all the printsellers in London and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Skull & crossbones, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Congress, or, A device to lower the land-tax : to the tune of Doodle, doodle, do, &c.
14. The Essex hue and cry being a true, particular, and exact account of that barbarous, bloody, cruel, and inhuman murder ...
- Published / Created:
- [not before 8 September 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Caption title., Title continues: which was committed on Sunday last, in White Post Lane, near East Ham, in the county of Essex, upon Richard Moss, a youth only 14 years of age, who was robbed and murdered by a footpad., In one column with title and woodcut above; no rules or onamental type present., Date of publication conjectured based on date of the crime 8 September 1782. The murderer was executed on 10 March 1783., First line: Sunday last the following bloody murder was committed upon the body of an unhappy youth, without the least provocation ..., Mounted on leaf 33. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Essex
- Subject (Topic):
- Murder, Deaths head, Skull & crossbones, Hourglasses, and Banners
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Essex hue and cry being a true, particular, and exact account of that barbarous, bloody, cruel, and inhuman murder ...
15. The introduction [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 November 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.11.22.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duke of York leads his bride to the King and Queen, who are seated side by side on the throne (right), much caricatured, making gestures of eager greed. The King looks through a glass, the Queen holds out her apron to catch the coins which the Duchess holds in her apron. Behind the pair on the extreme left walks a gigantic Prussian soldier with extravagantly long moustaches, carrying a large money-bag under each arm, inscribed '£100000' and '£100 ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched at top of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., With Horace Walpole's manuscript annotations: Duchess of York / Duke of York / Queen / King., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 22d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice, Coins, Dowry, Military uniforms, Prussian, Reception rooms, Royal weddings, Skull & crossbones, Telescopes, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The introduction [graphic].
16. The introduction [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 November 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.11.22.02+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duke of York leads his bride to the King and Queen, who are seated side by side on the throne (right), much caricatured, making gestures of eager greed. The King looks through a glass, the Queen holds out her apron to catch the coins which the Duchess holds in her apron. Behind the pair on the extreme left walks a gigantic Prussian soldier with extravagantly long moustaches, carrying a large money-bag under each arm, inscribed '£100000' and '£100 ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched at top of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching plate mark 25 x 35.2 cm., on sheet 26 x 36 cm., and On wove paper, hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 22d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice, Coins, Dowry, Military uniforms, Prussian, Reception rooms, Royal weddings, Skull & crossbones, Telescopes, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The introduction [graphic].
