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2.
- 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].
3.
- 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].
4.
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1841]
- Call Number:
- Maidment G761 no. 17 Box 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A blindfolded and disoriented John Bull figure, arms outstretched in an attempt to feel his surroundings, is shown in a room full of unsavory characters (politicians among them) who pick his pockets or otherwise scheme to take advantage of him. The te...
- Alternative Title:
- Political blindman's bluff
Political blind man's buff
Political blind man's bluff - Description:
- Title from text below image.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by B.D. Cousins, 18, Duke-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Blind man's bluff, Blindfolds, Pickpockets, Interiors, Politicians, Taxes, Coins, Eating & drinking, and Brooms & brushes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Political blindman's buff (A. Wilkie travestie) / [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 24th, 1835.
- Call Number:
- Maidment G761 no. 15 Box 2
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Design consisting of thirty-six small images, each individually captioned below, arranged in nine rows of four. The images are comic scenes illustrating the captions, which might be song titles or lyrics
- Description:
- Title from text within banner at top of design.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Drake, 12 Houghton St., Clare Market and S. Lingham, printer
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Single women, Couples, Interracial dating, Peg legs, Umbrellas, Carts & wagons, Mirrors, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Taxes, Beer, Wash tubs, Clotheslines, Carriages & coaches, Swine, Pipes (Smoking), Devil, Rifles, Teachers, and Law enforcement officers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to the Singer's penny magazine & reciter's album. [graphic] / Vol. 1
6.
- Creator:
- Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1831]
- Call Number:
- Maidment Se521 no. 5 Box 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "ARTICLES TO BE TAXED (16864) See also British Museum Satires 16591, &c. [1] 'Large Bonnets & Small Waists'. A lady (three-quarter length) wearing a wide-brimmed hat trimmed with ostrich-feathers, and much larger than an umbrella, with an hour-glass ...
- Description:
- Titles from text above and below the individual images.
- Publisher:
- T. McLean and Printed by C. Motte, 23 Leicester Sqr
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Key, John, 1794-1858 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons, Politicians, Clothing & dress, Taxes, Bonnets, Hairstyles, Dentures, Mustaches, Correspondence, Pots & pans, Fire, Mayors, Bishops, Banquets, Eating & drinking, Donkeys, Horses, Falling, Carriages & coaches, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Cigars, Fireplaces, Coal, Candles, Newspapers, and Textiles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Articles to be taxed large bonnets & small waists, false curls & bustles, false teeth, mustachios worn by fops not military nor civil ; Swing ; First Friday in Lent ; The man of many falls ; Benefits of the budget : cheap tobbacco [sic], cheap advertisements, cheap coals - a real blessing, cheap candles, cheap printed cotton. [graphic]
7.
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1830]
- Call Number:
- Maidment H437 no. 5 Box 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "METROPOLITAN POLITICAL UNION (16079) O'Connell leans over a railing, addressing a braying crowd below, all with asses' heads. Hunt stands behind him, holding up a pot of his blacking (see British Museum Satires No. 16575). O'C: 'Brothers, for ye are...
- Description:
- Titles etched above or below the individual images.
- Publisher:
- T. McLean
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, Schwarzenberg, Felix, Fürst zu, 1800-1852, Digby, Jane Elizabeth, 1807-1881, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Clanricarde, Ulick de Burgh, Earl of, 1604-1657., and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Donkeys, Graffiti, Signs (Notices), Theatrical productions, Rain, Frogs, Taxes, Reform, Corsets, Adultery, Faces, Veterans' benefits, Disabled veterans, and Amputees
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Metropolitan political union scene the Eagle Tavern, A-Daniel still I say ; Wall chalker to the above union ; The governor's opinion ; Ah! you April fool!!! ; Failure - Drury Lane Theatre ; John Bull in a shower ; Innocent employment for foreign princes ; Members of Parliament ; Affairs of Portugal ; Economy. [graphic]
8.
- Published / Created:
- June 10, 1829.
- Call Number:
- 829.06.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout cylindrical shaft stretches across the upper part of the design, inscribed 'Manufactures & Commerce'. To this cling by both hands four ragged and desperate artisans, wearing aprons, but it has broken in the middle so that they, and others cli...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artisans, Aprons, Crowns, Miters, Robes, Church & state, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > State of the nation "an ower true tale". [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1823]
- Call Number:
- 823.05.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull sits in a double pair of stocks, his ankles heavily shackled. His wrists are linked by a huge padlock inscribed Million £800 000 000 [National Debt]. He sits on bales of Taxes; to his back is tied a huge bundle of Last Wars Taxes. His cloth...
- Alternative Title:
- John Bull flourishing in a dignified attitude of strict neutrality
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street & 74 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, and Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Public debt, Taxes, Trees, Rocks, Stocks (Punishment), Forts & fortifications, Cannons, Devil, and Frogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Iohn Bull flourishing in a dignified attitude of strict neutrality!!!! [graphic]
10.
- 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].