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1. Employment during recess le-gagne-petit ; poisson-sale. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jan. 22d, 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.01.22.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A design in two compartments, each based on one of the familiar 'Cries of London': In 'Le--Gagne--Petit' (left) Fox is a knife-grinder busily sharpening a headsman's axe. Arranged along his barrow are four knives of various shapes inscribed respectiv...
- Alternative Title:
- Gagne petit and Poisson salé
- Description:
- Title from text between the two designs; subtitles from text above each design.
- Publisher:
- Published by Boyne & Walker, Great Turnstile
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Fishmongers, Knives, Occupations, Puns (Visual works), and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Employment during recess le-gagne-petit ; poisson-sale. [graphic]
2. State-jugglers [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- 789.01.03.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Pitt, Hastings, and Thurlow, the State Jugglers, are on a platform outside the gate of St. James's Palace. Above the gate projects the sign of the Crown inn, across which rests a plank forming a see-saw; on this the King (right) as Punch sits facing ...
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 16th 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Bridport, Alexander Hood, Viscount, 1726-1814
- Subject (Topic):
- Chimney sweeps, Fishmongers, Jugglers, and Seesaws
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > State-jugglers [graphic]

