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19. Military orders [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1 January 1807]
Call Number:: 807.01.01.16.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire: two French soldiers with drawn sword threaten two kneeling English women while an old lady stands behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Previous imprint statement in lower left corner of image has been completely etched over. Beneath that is the Tegg imprint, in which the year "1807" has been struck through with etched lines., Plate numbered '282' in the upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Pubd. Janry. 1, [1807] by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Soldiers and French
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Military orders [graphic].

20. National guard [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1820?]
Call Number:: 820.00.00.77
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title engraved below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: National guard. A corps many thousand strong, -composed of citizens, -mostly shopkeepers and bound therefore in interest as well as duty to protect property and preserve the peace ..., and Second sheet attached to print 8 x 17 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Palais-Royal (Paris, France), and Paris (France). Garde nationale.
Subject (Topic):: Soldiers and French
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > National guard [graphic].

21. The National Assembly petrified The National Assembly revivified. [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [28 June 1791]
Call Number:: 791.06.28.01.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: National Assembly revivified
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date inferred from countermark. Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials R & T below and countermark Ruse & Turner 1806 (countermark partially obscured by design and coloring)., Two images etched on one plate., Reissue of No. 7883 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Flight to Varennes -- Recapture of Louis XVI -- French revolutionaries -- Black-shoe -- Emblems: bonnet rouge -- Emblems: French revolutionary cockade., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials R & T below and countermark Ruse & Turner 1806 (countermark partially obscured by design and coloring).
Publisher:: Pubd. June 28, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):: Barbers, Cooks, Jockeys, People associated with commercial & service activities, Soldiers, French, and Tailors
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The National Assembly petrified The National Assembly revivified. [graphic]

22. The gates of Paris, or, Brandy-rumps detected [graphic].

Published / Created:: [May 1786]
Call Number:: 786.05.31.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Soldiers discovering brandy in women's bustles by the Paris gates."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Brandy-rumps detected
Description:: Title etched below image., Questionable attribution by repository: Henry Kingsbury., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved beneath the title, three lines of explanatory text: Two fashionable females contrived to fill bladders wtih brandy which they substituted for rumps, and thus equipped in the most outré prominence of the mode passed several times unsuspected through the gates of Paris, smuggling no inconsiderable quantity of brandy. The frequency of their excursions caused suspicion among the officers who attempted to touch their garments but were repulsed with affected modesty. They however with the points of their swords [?] pierced what now-a-days is usually made of cork, when lo! a fountain of brandy played from each orifice, to the great diversion of the spectators, and the no small confusion of the Fair ones., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Derrières -- Bosoms., Watermark in center of sheet: L., and In manuscript at top of sheet: 54. On verso: Offset of un-identified musical score.
Publisher:: Pub'd May the [...] 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. E [sic] Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):: Soldiers, French, Military uniforms, Monks, and Gates
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The gates of Paris, or, Brandy-rumps detected [graphic].

23. The murder of Custine French gratitude, or, Republican rewards for past services. [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 September 1793]
Call Number:: 793.09.16.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Custine stands on the scaffold beside the guillotine (left). Four ragged ruffians are about to bind him to the plank on which he is to lie; one says, "By Gar so we will serve all de Generals who do not conquer de whole World, and give them de Libertè". Custine says, "Pardon me Heaven for having been leagued with such a set of Blood hounds". A stout soldier pushes a weeping priest, who says "Let us Pray", down the steps (right) which lead up to the scaffold, saying, "Go to de diable & Your Prayers both". Below (right) stand republican soldiers with fixed bayonets much caricatured. On the extreme left a man kneels at the guillotine holding his hat in place of the usual basket; he says, "Begar I will have a Drink of de blood.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: French gratitude and Republican rewards for past services
Description:: Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 'N' in 'Custine' reversed., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:: Pub. Sepr. 16, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: France.
Subject (Name):: Custine, Adam Philippe, comte de, 1740-1793
Subject (Topic):: Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), Priests, Soldiers, French, and Sansculottes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The murder of Custine French gratitude, or, Republican rewards for past services. [graphic]

24. The wonderful French giant aged 22 measures 7 feet 3 inches [art original]

Creator:: Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately Janaury 1822]
Call Number:: Drawings D573 no. 1 Box D117
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A French officer, wearing blue, towers above a British officer, wearing scarlet. The French officer extends his arm above the head of the British officer
Description:: Title from item., In ink below image: "Jany 13. 1822. Pub. by G. Thanphrey St. James Street"., Richard Dighton, English painter and caricaturist, 1795-1880., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Giants (Persons), Soldiers, and French
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The wonderful French giant aged 22 measures 7 feet 3 inches [art original]