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1. Modern characters [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- according to act of Parliament, June 5th 1746.
- Call Number:
- 746.06.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A broadside satirising seven politicians; with an etching showing a garden with seven statues on plinths in a semi-circle, depicting from left to right Lord Bolingbroke, the Earl of Orford (Sir Robert Walpole), Earl Cholmondeley, the Earl of Bath (William Pulteney), the Earl of Stair, William Pitt (the Elder, Earl of Chatham), and Henry Pelham; with engraved title and inscriptions, and letterpress title and text in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of modern statues and caracters [sic]
- Description:
- Caption title in letterpress below image., Sheet trimmed within etching's plate mark on sides and top resulting in loss of caption title., and Mounted to 40 x 31 cm., mounted again to 42 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and England
- Subject (Name):
- Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1703-1770, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians and Broadsides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Modern characters [graphic].
2. The H-v-n Confectioner General [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1743]
- Call Number:
- 743.07.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satirical representation of the Battle of Dettingen, 1743. Overturned canons are piled in a ditch with fascines in the foreground; a large dead limb of a tree separates it from the battle ground. In the left corner the word 'Steelingensat' suggests the scene is a view from the fortress. In the center George II as the white horse of Hanover rides a British lion from whose mouth come the words "Starv'd on Bon pour nicole". The Hanoverian general Otto Christian von Ilten (nicknamed "Confectioner General") confronts the lion and his rider. Also depicted are the French and Austrian generals who shout encouragement to the troups
- Alternative Title:
- Hanoverian Confectioner General
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publication date based on event depicted., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image, with title: A song sung by [the] soldiers in [the] B-h [i.e., British] camp to [the] tune of [the] Cucco., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 6., Short description by Bowditch in upper right of mounting sheet., Watermark., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747, and Ilten, Otto Christian von, ca. 1687- 1749
- Subject (Topic):
- Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743, Campaigns & battles, and Cannons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The H-v-n Confectioner General [graphic].
3. The queen of Hungary in splendor, or, The Monseirs pounded in Prague [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1742]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Monseirs pounded in Prague and Monsieurs pounded in Prague
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Subject (Name):
- Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Lobkowicz, Ferdinand-Marie, prince de, 1726-1795, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio, 1698-1780, Broglie, Victor François, Duc de, 1718-1804, and Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747
- Subject (Topic):
- Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748 and Campaigns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The queen of Hungary in splendor, or, The Monseirs pounded in Prague [graphic].
4. The queen of Hungary in splendor, or, The Monseirs pounded in Prague [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1742]
- Call Number:
- 742.00.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Monseirs pounded in Prague and Monsieurs pounded in Prague
- Description:
- Title from item. and Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Subject (Name):
- Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Lobkowicz, Ferdinand-Marie, prince de, 1726-1795, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio, 1698-1780, Broglie, Victor François, Duc de, 1718-1804, and Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747
- Subject (Topic):
- Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748 and Campaigns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The queen of Hungary in splendor, or, The Monseirs pounded in Prague [graphic].
