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2.
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.03.28.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An etching from a broadside satirising Lord Bute, his Cider Excise scheme, and the Peace Treaty of Paris (1762), showing a podium with King George III seated on a throne, in front of him a group of men (aldermen) delivering a petition; on the right Lo...
- Alternative Title:
- Sawney's oeconomy
Sawney's economy - Description:
- Title supplied from letterpress broadside. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxes and City council members
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Excise a-la-mode, or, Sawney's oeconomy] [graphic].
3.
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, attributed name
- Published / Created:
- [15 November 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George IV sits in a four-wheeled light cart, inscribed Goods, drawn by loyal Hanoverians; it is covered by a canopy supported on poles. He sits on a high seat with his back to the shafts, scattering gold coins, which Londonderry (Castlereagh), who fa...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Nov. 15th, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilly [sic]
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Carts & wagons, Coins, Alcoholic beverages, Bulls, Taxes, Hats, Military uniforms, German, Pipes (Smoking), Crowds, and Cheering
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Travelling in Germany [graphic].
4.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1796]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tun of 'Wine' lies on solid trestles inscribed 'Treasury Bench'. From its huge bung-hole emerges the naked body of Pitt, as Bacchus, crowned with vine branches. He leans back tipsily, a brimming glass in each hand. Behind him stands Dundas as Silen...
- Alternative Title:
- Triumph of Bacchus & Silenus
Triumph of Bacchus and Silenus - Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Dionysus (Greek deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxes, Wine, Grapes, Barrels, and Purses
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The wine duty, or, The triumph of Bacchus & Silenus with John Bulls remonstrance / [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.04.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tun of 'Wine' lies on solid trestles inscribed 'Treasury Bench'. From its huge bung-hole emerges the naked body of Pitt, as Bacchus, crowned with vine branches. He leans back tipsily, a brimming glass in each hand. Behind him stands Dundas as Silen...
- Alternative Title:
- Triumph of Bacchus & Silenus
Triumph of Bacchus and Silenus - Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Dionysus (Greek deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxes, Wine, Grapes, Barrels, and Purses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wine duty, or, The triumph of Bacchus & Silenus with John Bulls remonstrance / [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 December 1797]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 797.12.11.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satirical representation of a procession to St. Paul's for the national thanksgiving for the naval victories. Lord Hawkesbury, Duke of Richmond, Loughborough, Wilberforce, George Rose, Horsely, Bishop of Rochester, John Bull, Pitt, Windham and Dund...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Decr. 11, 1797 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806, Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833, and Windham, William, 1750-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, History, Parades & processions, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The victorious procession to St. Paul's, or Billy's grand triumphal entry a prelude / [graphic]
7.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 32. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two-part satire on the resignation of Lord Bute, April 1763. On the left is a scene of execution, headed "Excise", with Bute, identified by his plaid waistcoat, hanging from an apple tree (referring to the Cider Bill), a devil sitting on the branch a...
- Alternative Title:
- Give the devil his due
Excise
Resignation - Description:
- Title etched below image, between the verses.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxes, Hangings (Executions), Gallows, Bellows, Fire, Smoke, Devil, Foxes, Chairs, Daggers & swords, and Goats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The seizure, or, Give the devil his due [graphic].
8.
- Published / Created:
- [1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.08.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Princess of Wales and the Earl of Bute drag the British Lion, or George III, in a small car, such as children use, decorated with a big Thistle; on the king's head is a very large jack boot, which, falling over his face, blinds him. Pitt leans ov...
- Alternative Title:
- Political strugle
Political struggle - Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772,, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792,, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778,, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774,, and East India Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, City & town life, National emblems, British, Scottish, Taxes, and Warehouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political strugle [sic] [graphic].
9.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Freeborn Englishman
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Taxes, Food, and Inkstands
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The free born Englishman [graphic].
10.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [18 September 1823] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 30. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Robinson, wearing his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, leans forward from the right to place an extinguisher on the head of Fortune who sits in profile to the left, on a small globe, regardless of her fate. He says: Come Madam put on your Night Ca...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Publd. September 18, 1823, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Name):
- Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, Earl of, 1782-1859
- Subject (Topic):
- Fire extinguishers, Gems, Coins, Purses, Cornucopias, Children, Wash tubs, Soaps, Brooms & brushes, Shoemakers, Lotteries, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The chance seller of the Exchequer putting an extinguisher on lotteries [graphic].