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10. The recruiting serjeant, or, Brittanniais happy prospect [graphic] / Leonardo da Vinci invt
- Creator:
- Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1757]
- Call Number:
- 757.04.00.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire lampooning the attempt by Henry Fox to form a ministry, with Fox leading a recuiting party
- Alternative Title:
- Brittanniais happy prospect and Britannia's happy prospect
- Description:
- Title from item., Another state, without publication line. Cf. No. 3581 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Travesties: military -- Military uniforms: recruiting sergeant's uniform -- Military uniforms: recruit's uniform -- Paddle -- Bribery -- Ribands -- Protest against militia -- Bombshelled globe -- Temples -- Ireland: reversion -- Emblems: white horse of Hanover -- Cricket-bat -- Altar -- Halberd -- Da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1520: travesties.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762, Mendip, Welbore Ellis, Baron, 1713-1802, and Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Equestrian statues, Drums (Musical instruments), and Musicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The recruiting serjeant, or, Brittanniais happy prospect [graphic] / Leonardo da Vinci invt
11. Bung triumphant [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.06.00.01 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the public reaction to Admiral Byng's withdrawal from the defence of Minorca."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Byng triumphant
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 32 x 20 cm, on sheet 34 x 22 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Minorca (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757, Wesley, John, 1703-1791, and La Galissonnière, Roland Michel Barrin, marquis de, 1693-1756
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), and Memorial arches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bung triumphant [graphic].
12. Ursa major, or, The old city bear [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.89
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Old city bear
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Buildings: church in the Ward of Bow., and Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 14.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Minorca (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Barnard, John, 1681-1770, and Bethel, Slingsby, 1695-1758
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Churches, and Bears
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ursa major, or, The old city bear [graphic].
13. A new emblematical print lately exhibited at the Hague [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., A reduced version in reverse of British Museum satires no. 3471; used as a frontispiece to the Literary Magazine, 15 February-15 March 1757., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 13., and Mounted to 24 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, and Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von, 1700-1763
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches and Drawbridges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new emblematical print lately exhibited at the Hague [graphic].
14. John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his journey [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament [1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.07.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Duke of Cumberland rides a horse towards the left; in the distance are buildings which are labelled 'Eton College'. From his mouth come the words, "My all is in my possession, possession, possession. My all is in my posession. Mounted behind him on the horse is a pretty, young woman playing a hurdy-gurdy. From her mouth, the words, "Virgins are like [the] fair flowers in its lustre." A large belt labelled "The girdle of affection" encircles the two riders waists. A distressed young peasant, the girl's brother, chases the horse, crying, "My dear sister. Stop 'e. Stop 'e. Stop 'e. O, I fear she's gone for aye." He carries the box for the hurdy-gurdy on his back. An allusion to the Savoyards - and Mars. Quotation from Twelfth night, I.i.1, by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616
- Alternative Title:
- Mars on his journey
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., One line of verse added after title: If musick be the food of love, play on. Gay., Temporary local subject terms: Savoyards -- Mythology: allusion to Mars., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Organ grinders
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his journey [graphic].
15. The congress of brutes [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- 748.05.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire of the Congress and Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle with references to Silesia and Gibraltar and the territorial concessions made by the British, specifically relinguishing Capr Breton to France. Here the European powers are represented as beasts: France is depicted as a crowing cock; England as lion; Holland as boar; Genoa as dog; Prussia as wolf; Spain as leopard; Germany as griffin; Austria as eagle; and the Duchy of Lorraine as dog
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 10., Watermark: Pro patria., and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Europe
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Politics and government, Animals in human situations, Roosters, Lions, Boars, Dogs, Wolves, Eagles, Leopards, and Griffins
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The congress of brutes [graphic].
16. [An emblematical print of Culloden] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1746?]
- Call Number:
- 746.04.00.02+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Fifteen lines of verse in center of sheet in a vignette between two images comprising this print: The sacred Lion conquers every foe, and tears in pieces all devouring beasts ..., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Emblems: Unicorn and thistle for Scotland., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 9., Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906., Watermark: Strasburg bend., and Mounted to 49 x 35 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746 and Demons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [An emblematical print of Culloden] [graphic].
17. [Cromwell Mortimer] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rigaud, Jacques, 1681-1754, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1745?]
- Call Number:
- 745.00.00.04 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man sits at a table in his library leaning his head on his hand as he contemplates the sheets of paper before him. An owl sits on the table with a ink well suspended from his mouth and a quill resting in the well. A demon behind the reader holds in his left hand a staff with a jester's head (personification of folly?) and in his right a very large feather. On the scholar's feet a strewn books with words on their spines: Borrow; Boyle; Newton; Radclife; Friend; Mead, etc. Temporary local subject terms: The pictures on the wall are portraits labelled 'Cromwell' and 'Mortimer' but depict Olver Cromwell and Mortimer, Earl of March
- Description:
- Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of verse above image: Here folly, ignorance and pride combine, to prove him of the true Duncean line., Six lines of quotation below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, sinking from thought to thought a vast profound ..., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 8., and Mounted to 32 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Mortimer, Cromwell, -1752 and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
- Subject (Topic):
- Libraries (Rooms & spaces), Owls, Quacks, and Demons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Cromwell Mortimer] [graphic]
18. The court fright [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1743?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C2 738
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue: 1743., Temporary local subject terms: Pictures on the wall amplify the subject -- British Lion -- Emblems: the White Horse of Hanover., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, and France. Marine.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character) and Campaigns & battles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The court fright [graphic].
