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21.
The mountebank [graphic].

Published / Created:
published according to act 1762.
Call Number:
762.05.00.20
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A crowd of people, most wearing Scotch plaid, stand before a mountebank's stage, holding out their hands to the charlatan, a caricature of Lord Bute who holds bags of money. Behind him on the floor of the stage is a chest filled with more bags of mone...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, Patronage, Political, Crowds, Fools & jesters, and Quacks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mountebank [graphic].

22.
The noble stand, or, The glorious CCIIII [graphic].

Published / Created:
[circa 1733]
Call Number:
733.03.14.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the defeat of the Excise Bill. In the foreground, on the left, stands Justice trampling on Oppression, in her scales papers lettered, "Magna Charta", "City Petition" and "204" (the number of members of parliament who voted against the Bill)...
Alternative Title:
Glorious CCIIII
Glorious 204
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Excise tax, Tobacco taxation, Internal revenue, Allegories, and Justice
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The noble stand, or, The glorious CCIIII [graphic].

23.
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.
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].

24.
Without from the London Gazette of Saturday, June 11, 1757. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[17 June 1757]
Call Number:
757.06.17.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the upper right, beneath the French flag, French troops and Indians attack English settlers and burn their homes as signs of general social and political corruption are illustrated in the foreground; each scene is numbered and explained in the key ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 17, 1757, by T. Ewart at the Bee Hive near St. Martins Lane in the Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Subject (Topic):
History, Political corruption, Backgammon, Clergy, Games, Pleading (Begging), and Starvation
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Without from the London Gazette of Saturday, June 11, 1757. [graphic]

25.
[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.
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].

26.
[Mr. Pulteney's duel with Lord Hervey].

Published / Created:
[1731]
Call Number:
731.01.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Mr. Pulteney duels with Lord Hervey in a country road, an open field behind them and in the distance trees against a dark, cloudy sky. In the foreground on the right stands the figure of Sir Robert Walpole who points to the two duelers
Description:
Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Ickworth, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords and Dueling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mr. Pulteney's duel with Lord Hervey].

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