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1.
[His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1717?]
Call Number:
Portraits G347a no. 2
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Portrait, bust in an oval frame directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, wearing robes trimmed with ermine, an ermine cape, lace cravat, collar of the Garter and long white wig; after Kneller."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist and date from similar print in the British Museum online catalogue. See registration no.: 1874,0808.1220.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales] [graphic].

2.
Memoirs of the twentieth century : being original letters of state under George the Sixth, relating

Creator:
Madden, Samuel, 1686-1765
Published / Created:
1733.
Call Number:
DA486 M3
Image Count:
573
Description:
A "severely satirical work ... intended to be comprised in 6 volumes. Only one, however, was printed, which was suppressed on the day of publication."--Cf. Lowndes. Bib. manual.
Publisher:
Osborn and Longman [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Subject (Topic):
Twentieth century and Politics and government
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Memoirs of the twentieth century : being original letters of state under George the Sixth, relating to the most important events in Great-Britain and Europe as to church and state, arts and sciences, trade, taxes, and treaties, peace, and war, and characters of the greatest persons of those times, from the middle of the eighteenth to the end of the twentieth century and the world : received and revealed in the year 1728 and now published for the instruction of all eminent statesmen, churchmen, patriots, politicians, projectors, papists, and Protestants. In six volumes. Vol. I ...

3.
The festival of the golden rump rumpatur quisquis rumpitur invidia / [graphic]

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament 1737.
Call Number:
737.05.07.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on George II and Robert Walpole, based on a "Visio"n described in "Commonsense, or the Englishman's Journal", 19 March 1737. The king is represented as a satyr, seen from the rear, standing on an altar kicking his left leg and breaking wind; Q...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761, Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, and Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bribery, Corruption, Medical procedures & techniques, and Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The festival of the golden rump rumpatur quisquis rumpitur invidia / [graphic]

4.
The c---t shittle-cock [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1740?]
Call Number:
740.05.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Court shittle-cock
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801, Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Duke of, 1682-1761, and Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The c---t shittle-cock [graphic].

5.
The c---t shittle-cock [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1740?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Court shittle-cock
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801, Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Duke of, 1682-1761, and Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The c---t shittle-cock [graphic].

6.
The negotiator's [graphic]

Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1741]
Call Number:
741.03.21.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos [sic] head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The negotiator's [graphic]

7.
Bob's the whole [graphic]

Creator:
Cotin, E., printmaker
Published / Created:
[1741]
Call Number:
741.10.00.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bob's the whole [graphic]

8.
The negotiator's [graphic]

Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1741]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos [sic] head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The negotiator's [graphic]

9.
Bob's the whole [graphic]

Creator:
Cotin, E., printmaker
Published / Created:
[1741]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of, 1706-1765, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bob's the whole [graphic]

10.
The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness

Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
742.00.00.10+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and noted music
Abstract:
"A broadside satirising Robert Walpole with an etching in two parts. In the left-hand scene Frederick, Prince of Wales, stands with the Duke of Argyll and other gentlemen, pointing to the left where George II embraces Britannia. In the foreground, the...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Printed for Eliza Haywood at Fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, and sold by the printsellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, according to act of Parliament
Subject (Geographic):
Cartagena (Colombia) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Haddock, Nicholas, 1686-1746, Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530, Wentworth, Thomas, active 1741, and Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,
Subject (Topic):
English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Political corruption, Death (Personification), Bribery, Crowns, Decapitations, Ghosts, Justice, Putti, National emblems, British, French, Germany, and Spanish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales *see the Chinese Orphan, a tragedy for the reason of this term / [graphic]

11.
The qu-n of Hungary stript [graphic]

Creator:
Richardson, George, active 1742, printmaker
Published / Created:
[February 1742]
Call Number:
742.02.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the ambitions of European powers ranged against Maria Theresa in the early stages of the War of Austrian Succession, and on Robert Walpole's preoccupation with his own precarious position as well as his lack of support for Austria; an adapt...
Alternative Title:
Queen of Hungary stript
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756
Subject (Topic):
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748, Geese, Clergy, and Seesaws
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The qu-n of Hungary stript [graphic]

12.
The political vomit for the ease of Britain [graphic]

Creator:
Paulicino, D.
Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
742.02.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Compton, Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, 1673?-1743, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Lee, George, Sir, 1700-1758, Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770, Smalbroke, Richard, 1672-1749, Thomas, John, 1691-1766, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The political vomit for the ease of Britain [graphic]

13.
From one house to an other [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to a late act, Febry. the 18, 1742.
Call Number:
742.02.18.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Robet Walpole's move to the House of Lords: A large room in which Walpole is pushed at swordpoint by the masked figure of Justice towards a group of lords who wait to receive him. He is led by a lion carrying a coronet in its teeth which sa...
Alternative Title:
From one house to another
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > From one house to an other [graphic].

14.
The screen

Published / Created:
[March 1742]
Call Number:
742.03.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Keene, Benjamin, Sir, 1697-1757, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The screen

15.
The consultation of physicians on the case of the Queen of Hungary [graphic]

Creator:
Sotin, active 1742, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
742.03.16.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Heinsius, Anthonie, 1641-1720
Subject (Topic):
Medical equipment & supplies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The consultation of physicians on the case of the Queen of Hungary [graphic]

16.
The screen : a simile

Published / Created:
March 18, 1741/2.
Call Number:
742.03.18.01
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on Robert Walpole and his continuing influence on government after his fall from power. A large folding screen in the centre stands open showing events from Walpole's career: the South Sea Bubble, the treaties of Hanover and Seville, the "Bank...
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by T.B.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Diogenes, -approximately 323 B.C.
Subject (Topic):
Pardo, Treaty of, 1739, Mirrors, and Ships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The screen : a simile

17.
The night visit, or, The relapse : with the pranks of Bob Fox the Jugler, while steward to Lady

Published / Created:
[12 April 1742]
Call Number:
742.04.12.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Robert Walpole at the time of his fall. Extended across a room is a large screen with twenty scenes described metaphorically in the text below. The scenes refer to instances of corruption and maladministration in his career: (1) three soldi...
Alternative Title:
Relapse
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 12, 1742, by J. Huggonson, in Sword-and-Buckler Court, on Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The night visit, or, The relapse : with the pranks of Bob Fox the Jugler, while steward to Lady Brit, display'd on the screen

18.
The screen

Published / Created:
[March 1742]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Keene, Benjamin, Sir, 1697-1757, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The screen

19.
The consultation of physicians on the case of the Queen of Hungary [graphic]

Creator:
Sotin, active 1742, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Heinsius, Anthonie, 1641-1720
Subject (Topic):
Medical equipment & supplies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The consultation of physicians on the case of the Queen of Hungary [graphic]

20.
The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness

Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
742.00.00.10++ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and noted music
Abstract:
"A broadside satirising Robert Walpole with an etching in two parts. In the left-hand scene Frederick, Prince of Wales, stands with the Duke of Argyll and other gentlemen, pointing to the left where George II embraces Britannia. In the foreground, the...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Printed for Eliza Haywood at Fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, and sold by the printsellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, according to act of Parliament
Subject (Geographic):
Cartagena (Colombia) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Haddock, Nicholas, 1686-1746, Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530, Wentworth, Thomas, active 1741, and Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,
Subject (Topic):
English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Political corruption, Death (Personification), Bribery, Crowns, Decapitations, Ghosts, Justice, Putti, National emblems, British, French, Germany, and Spanish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales *see the Chinese Orphan, a tragedy for the reason of this term / [graphic]

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