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1. A Representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between Rear Admiral Graves and the Count de Grasse

Published / Created:: 1784]
Call Number:: 784.00.00.78+
Image Count:: 1
Description:: Scale ca. 1:444,000., Shows engagement at entrance to Chesapeake Bay., Plate from: The political magazine and parliamentary, naval, military and literary journal. London: Printed for J. Bew ..., v. 6 (Jan. 1784)., and Includes text, index to positions, and list of British ships and captains.
Publisher:: J. Bew
Subject (Geographic):: Yorktown (Va.) and United States
Subject (Topic):: History and Participation, French
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between Rear Admiral Graves and the Count de Grasse

2. A view in America in 1778 [graphic]

Creator:: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:: Augt. 1, 1778.
Call Number:: 778.08.01.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A scene before an American fort and palisade, perhaps depicting the indifference of Congress to the sufferings of American soldiers and the pro-slavery attitude of the Americans. A black man lies wounded in the foreground, surrounded by cannon balls. An officer gestures towards him with his hat, turning to a man on the left (possibly meant to represent a Congressman) who is wearing a fur coat, large feathered hat, and is smoking a pipe. To the right of the officer an American soldier points and smiles towards three "Death or Liberty" men, all with grim features and ragged clothes
Description:: Title from item., Signed in lower left of image, MD, i.e. Matthias Darly., and Imperfect; later ink scribbles.
Publisher:: Pubd. by M Darly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, America., United States, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Slavery, Colonies, History, Forts & fortifications, and Blacks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view in America in 1778 [graphic]

3. Admiral Lord Viscount Hood from an original picture by F. Abbot, in the possession of John McArthur, Esq. / [graphic]

Creator:: Picart, Charles, approximately 1780-approximately 1837, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 March 1809]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, nearly half-length, standing slightly to left against background of cloudy sky, looking to left; wearing wig, naval uniform, neckerchief and frill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Artist tentatively identified as Lemuel Francis Abbott in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: A,2.4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 466 (leaf numbered '72' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: Published March 1, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):: United States and United States.
Subject (Name):: Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816,, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Subject (Topic):: Officers, History, and Armed Forces
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Admiral Lord Viscount Hood from an original picture by F. Abbot, in the possession of John McArthur, Esq. / [graphic]

4. Bunkers Hill, or, America's head dress [graphic].

Published / Created:: [19 April 1776]
Call Number:: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:: Leaf 56. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A lady (three-quarter length) in profile to the right. with the enormous coiffure of 1776-7 grotesquely exaggerated. Her hands are in a muff. Her inverted pyramid of hair supports three quasi-circular redoubts surrounded by cannon on which troops are fighting. On each is a flag large out of all proportion to the soldiers. There are also a train of artillery, and a number of tents. All the men in the redoubts are dressed as British soldiers but are firing point-blank at each other; their three flags are decorated respectively with an ape, with two women holding darts of lightning, and with a goose."--British Museum online catalogue and "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 5335. Evidently intended to satirize the fighting at Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. For similar satires on hair-dressing see British Museum Satires No. 5378, apparently a parody of this print."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: America's head dress and America's headdress
Description:: Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Year of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and Second of two plates on leaf 56.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 19 by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: United States and England
Subject (Topic):: Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, History > Revolution, 1775-1783, Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Muffs, Soldiers, British, Flags, Apes, and Geese
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bunkers Hill, or, America's head dress [graphic].

5. Bunters Hill, or, May day [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1 May 1776]
Call Number:: 776.05.01.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A woman facing right under an enormous coiffure. Within her hair several scenes illustrate London low-life on May Day, including pigs, a horse-drawn cart, street-vendors, chimney-sweeps, and a Jack-in-the-green
Alternative Title:: May day
Description:: Title from item., Place of publication from publisher's entry in Maxted's The London book trades., and Probably a parody of British Museum catalogue no. 5330: Bunkers Hill.
Publisher:: Pubd. according to act of Parlt. May 1, 1776 by J. Lockington Shug Lane
Subject (Geographic):: London (England), Great Britain, United States, America., and England
Subject (Topic):: Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, May Day (Labor holiday), Social life and customs, Politics and government, History, Colonies, Wigs, Hairstyles, and Chimney sweeps
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bunters Hill, or, May day [graphic].

6. De man in 't hembd, of de gefnuikte hoogmoed [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1780?]
Call Number:: 780.00.00.19.2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The figures are numbered, referring to a short printed explanation beneath the plate. A man (1), England, dressed only in a shirt, with an expression of horrified rage, is being held by two men, (4) and (5), representing Denmark and Sweden. France (7) stands behind him about to place a fool's cap on his head. Russia (right) (3), a stalwart man wearing a fur cap and long gown, is about to strike him with a large club. A plainly dressed man (2), America, runs off to the left with his clothes, looking back with a smile. Holland, as a Dutchman (6), kneels on the ground fixing shackles to the ankles of the Man in the Shirt. The scene is the sea-shore. Small vessels (left) (8) have boards on the top of their bare masts; behind them are ships in full sail (9). A man (10) clenches his fist at the sight of the vessels. In the foreground lie torn documents (11). The explanation, translated: (1), "A man in a shirt in a great rage; (2), an American, who carries away his money and clothes laughing; (3), a Russian threatening to strike him; (4) and (5) hold each an arm; (6), a Dutchman who puts chains on him; (8), some dismantled privateers; (9), a fleet of merchant ships sailing undisturbed; (10), a man who sees this, stamping his feet; (11), some torn-up treaties." 1780 Etching with letterpress explanation"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and One figure in print identified (in ms.?) as B. Franklin.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: United States and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Subject (Topic):: Neutrality, Armed, History, and Foreign relations
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > De man in 't hembd, of de gefnuikte hoogmoed [graphic].

7. De'Estaing at spa, or, The French admiral in all his glory [graphic]

Creator:: Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1780]
Call Number:: 780.00.00.99+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The Count sits in a large chair, a basket of frogs on the floor between his wide-spread legs; he wears a powdered wig under his hat, his uniform, a gold cross on a black ribbon around his neck, high black boots with spurs, and sword at his waist. He is wide-eyed and stiff -- marionette-like -- as he eats a frog. A man servant with a worried expression on his face and wearing a red liberty cap approaches him from the left, holding a tray labeled "Fricasee of Frogs". From the right, a woman, her face mostly obscured by her large head scarf, carries a bowl labeled “Soup meager”.
Alternative Title:: French admiral in all his glory
Description:: Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: United States
Subject (Name):: Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
Subject (Topic):: History, Foreign participation, French, Frogs, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > De'Estaing at spa, or, The French admiral in all his glory [graphic]

8. Etat malheureux du Quebeck et de la Surveillante vaiseau de guerre francois Der unglückliche Zufall der beeden Französischen Kriegs Schiffe, genant Quebeck und Surveillante / [graphic] =

Creator:: Leizelt, Balthasar Friedrich, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1780]
Call Number:: 780.00.00.158+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Vue d'optique depicting the burning English frigate Quebec and its opponent the French frigate Surveillante, during the battle of October 6, 1779 near the island of Ushant. The print is dedicated to the memory of the Quebec's captain, George Farmer, who died in the battle
Alternative Title:: Etat malheureux du Quebeck et Surveillante vais. de guer. franʻ
Description:: Headline title printed in reverse mirror image. and Collection des prospects.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: United States
Subject (Name):: Farmer, George, 1732-1779., Surveillante (Frigate), and Québec (Frigate)
Subject (Topic):: History and Naval operations
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Etat malheureux du Quebeck et de la Surveillante vaiseau de guerre francois Der unglückliche Zufall der beeden Französischen Kriegs Schiffe, genant Quebeck und Surveillante / [graphic] =

9. Folly on both sides, or, A view of the political state of the nation, with the senators in propria persona. [graphic]

Creator:: O'Brien, printmaker
Published / Created:: [11 May 1778]
Call Number:: 778.05.11.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Design occupying top third of plate shows Bute driving a cart labelled G.R. III, having just crossed the Rubicon, laden with National Debt, Pensioners, etc., drawn by ministerial donkeys including ones labelled North, Germaine, Sandwich, and Weymouth. The donkeys are assailed by opposition dogs Burke, Wilkes, Fox etc. In the upper left an overloaded boat depicts the "Commissioners setting off for America." Smaller insets beneath the main image refer to the balance of power and antiministerial demonstrations. Two columns of dialect verse beneath image, follow the title "A new gallant shew or the ministry's cabinet & minority's closet broke open" signed at bottom by Doodle Doodle Doo. A criticism of both governmental ministry and the opposition
Alternative Title:: View of the political state of the nation
Description:: Title from item., Imperfect; cropped with loss of imprint and last 2 lines of verse., Date of publication from English political caricature., Publisher from impression in John Carter Brown Library., "Price 1 shilg.", and Mounted to 33 x 35 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs May 11, 1778 at Darly's, Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain, United States, and America.
Subject (Name):: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Hancock, John, 1737-1793., and Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, History, Colonies, Donkeys, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Seesaws, and Coats of arms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Folly on both sides, or, A view of the political state of the nation, with the senators in propria persona. [graphic]