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19. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exit in Fumo', explained as 'The Managers Cauldron'. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents, the origin of the smoke, inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', 'Charge of Extortion', 'Charge of Peculation in Contracts', 'Torture'. These are: 'B Ingredients mix'd up by the Managers to blacken C a character out of their reach'. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. He is: 'D One of the Managers & a principal Performer who having "Out-heroded Herod" retires from the Stage in a Passion at seeing the Farce likely to be damn'd.' Above the bust are two projecting beams, each supported by an angel (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, showing the back of his wig only (cf. BMSat 6796), and saying: "Black upon my Honour". They are: 'K a great Critic in a high Situation, who has paid close Attention. L another great Critic, not quite so good a Judge, giving his Opinion on the other Side'. On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox, wearing a bag-wig, leans forward, looking excitedly and near-sightedly through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the quasi-imbecile profile of Sir James Erskine (see BMSat 7152) looking over his shoulder. On the extreme right are the backs of the heads and shoulders of two Managers who are leaving the box. Below (right) a profile looks gloomily towards the stage. Fox is 'E Another Manager a great Actor very anxious about the fate of the Farce'. The others are 'eee Other Managers very well dress 'd [cf. BMSat 7309] but not very capital performers some of them tired of acting'. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare (as in BMSat 7292, &c.) fixed on the bust. He is: 'F The Prompter, no Character in ye farce but very useful behind the Scenes.' The outside of the box ('G The Managers Box') is traversed by the winding track of a snail, beginning in '1787' and meandering past '1788', '1789', '1790', '1791', '1792', '1793', '1794', the snail's head touching '1795'. A rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795', on which are indicated the arms of Sir Peter Burrell (on all tickets of admission, cf. BMSat 7276). Above the design is a stage curtain with the usual motto, 'Veluti in Speculum'. Below the stage (right) appear, in an oblong aperture fringed with flames ('H. a Court below to which the Managers retire upon quitting the Stage.'), the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork which points directly to the Managers' box. He is 'I Usher of the Mack Rod there'. He says: "By the pricking of my Thumbs, Something wicked, this Way comes." Below the 'Explanation: The Scene lies in an old Hall (formerly a Court of Law).'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 63.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
20. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., No. 43 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
21. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.02.14.02.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 34 x 25 cm, mounted to 35 x 26 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of imprint and plate number., and Music notes below image removed.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
22. A north view of Westminster Bridge Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 22. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of Westminster Bridge from the centre of the Thames; a number of small boats in foreground; Westminster Abbey and Hall beyond bridge to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from description of 19th-century reissue by Francis West; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1462., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., and Leaf 22 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Bridges, Rivers, and Boats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A north view of Westminster Bridge Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord. [graphic] =
23. A perspective view of Westminster Hall with both houses of Parliament assembled on the tryal of Simon Lord Lovat also a view of the peeresses, their daughters, the foreign ambassadors & the rest of [the] numerous company as they were ranged on the scaffolding erected on that solemn occasion. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1747]
- Call Number:
- 747.03.00.03.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item. and Publication date based on Carington Bowles's succession to Thomas Bowles's business in 1764. See Ian Maxted's The London book trades, 1775-1800, p. 25.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England), and Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Legislative bodies, Legislative hearings, and Trials, litigation, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Westminster Hall with both houses of Parliament assembled on the tryal of Simon Lord Lovat also a view of the peeresses, their daughters, the foreign ambassadors & the rest of [the] numerous company as they were ranged on the scaffolding erected on that solemn occasion. [graphic]
24. A prospect of the inside of Westminster Hall, shewing how the King and Queen with the nobility and other did sit at dinner on the day of the coronation also the manner of the Champions performing the Ceremony of Challenge whilst the King &c. were at dinner. The whole taken from Sandford. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1752 and 1764]
- Call Number:
- 752.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of Westminster Hall depicting the banquet following the coronation of James II."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of a series of four prints, all based on the large plates in Sandford's 'History of the Coronation', first published by Bowles as a composite plate in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8). The plate used in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'S Moore fecit'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Date of publication based on the mention of "John Bowles & Son", a partnership that lasted from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Mounted on board to 29.2 x 26.0 cm
- Publisher:
- Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- James II, King of England, 1633-1701 and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Coronation, Banquets, and Coronations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A prospect of the inside of Westminster Hall, shewing how the King and Queen with the nobility and other did sit at dinner on the day of the coronation also the manner of the Champions performing the Ceremony of Challenge whilst the King &c. were at dinner. The whole taken from Sandford. [graphic]
25. Daniels dilivery [sic] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1763]
- Call Number:
- 763.05.00.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Daniels delivery
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark in upper left corner only., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy, with abbreviated title, of no. 4055 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Trials: the trial of John Wilkes, 1763 -- Personifications: Fame -- Reference to Chief Justice Pratt -- Reference to Serjeant Glynn -- Allusion to the Brazen Head -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Emblems: Scotch thistle -- Reference to excise -- British Lion., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- E. Sumpter
- Subject (Name):
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710-1763, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Daniels dilivery [sic] [graphic].