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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]

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