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11.
The cole heavers [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd as [the] act directs, [1756]
Call Number:
756.11.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., Publisher's statement following publication information: To be had [the] corner of [the] West Passage of [the] Royal Exchange in Castle Alley., Two lines of verse below image: Since honesty is but an empty name, He that cheats the least is most to blame., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster Abbey -- Westminster Quay -- Westminster Hall -- Slang: cole (money)., and Ms. annotations in an unidentified contemporary hand at bottom of sheet identifying subjects.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Subject (Topic):
Devil
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cole heavers [graphic].

12.
The mirrour, or, The British Lion's back friends detected [graphic].

Published / Created:
publishd according to act of Parliament, Oct. 26, 1756.
Call Number:
756.10.26.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
British Lion's back friends detected and Mirror
Description:
Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's statement following publication date: to be had at the Star on Holborn Hill. Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Peacocks -- Addresses -- Shackles., and Mounted to 28 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
T. Kitchin
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mirrour, or, The British Lion's back friends detected [graphic].

13.
Punch's opera with the humours of LIttle Ben the Sailor [graphic].

Published / Created:
[15 October1756]
Call Number:
756.10.15.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Plate numbered '37' in upper right corner., Four lines of text below image: These figures gem'men & ladaes [sic] are the richest & largest in Europe ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Punch -- Punch's wife, Joan -- Literature: reference to Bardolph in Shakespeare's Henry IV., and Mounted to 16 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 15, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at [the] Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Punch's opera with the humours of LIttle Ben the Sailor [graphic].

14.
The western address [graphic].

Published / Created:
[11 October 1756]
Call Number:
756.10.11.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire plainly inferring that those in power will represent things as they pelase; for as all occurarences are deduced form them; both the Prince and the people are equally deceived
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '40' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: In vain to hard'ned vice your wrongs you'll plead / There is but one who will those wrongs redress ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Addresses: 'Western Address' to George II, 1756., and Mounted to 16 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 11th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The western address [graphic].

15.
Magna est veritas et praevalebit [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.10.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '30' in upper right corner., Two lines of verse below image: Aloft in air the loaded scale does mount ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 15 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Magna est veritas et praevalebit [graphic].

16.
The Greenwich farce as acted by a renowned admiral and other great personages. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[9 September 1756]
Call Number:
756.09.09.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military -- Soldiers' uniforms -- General Evening Post -- Bills & petitions: address from the City of London on the loss of Minorca -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry VIII, 2.353-59 -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet i.5.9 -- Reference to Greenwich., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sepr. 9, 1756, to be had at the Lyon near St. Paul's
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, British, Military uniforms, Newspapers, and Devil
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Greenwich farce as acted by a renowned admiral and other great personages. [graphic]

17.
Byng return'd, or, The council of expedients [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.07.31.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the ministerial changes and payments made to out-going ministers; Admiral Byng is shown in chains holding the dispatches referring to his withdrawal from action at Minorca; Earl Sandwich concerns himself only with opera and theatre."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Council of expedients and Byng returned
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse below image: The quacks of government who sate at the unregarded helm of the state ..., Temporary local subject terms: Trials: court-martial of Admiral Byng -- Reference to the Battle of Minorca, 20 May 1756 -- Fetters -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680., Watermark., and Mounted, for further information consult staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Minorca (Spain)
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
History, Shackles, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Byng return'd, or, The council of expedients [graphic].

18.
Britannia in distress under a tott'ring fabrick with cumberous load [graphic].

Creator:
Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.87.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Britannia in distress under a tottering fabric
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified by Richard T. Godfrey, Dec. 13, 1979., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Trade as a caryatide -- Personifications: Public credit as a caryatide -- Subsidies., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia in distress under a tott'ring fabrick with cumberous load [graphic].

19.
Hic niger est [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.85
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Acapulca
Description:
Title etched above image., Text below image: Acapulca., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Plate numbered '38' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Satire on Admiralty -- Royal die and dice box -- Emblems: anchor -- Playing cards -- Naval battles: seizure of the Acapulca galleon., and Mounted to 18 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Playing cards, and Anchors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hic niger est [graphic].

20.
The eaters [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.83
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Satire on William Hogarth, 1697-1764., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of statement of responsibility., Six lines of verse below image: Window, wheels, house & churches, where [sic] to them as geese & turkeys ..., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The eaters [graphic]

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