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1.
[The horse-stealer] [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.07.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
Subject (Topic):
Blacksmithing, Occupations, and Robberies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The horse-stealer] [graphic]

2.
[Sir William Herschel exhibiting his great telescope to George III at Slough 1782] [art original].

Creator:
Richards, John Inigo, 1731-1810, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1782]
Call Number:
Drawings R514 no. 1 Box D207
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
King George III is standing with a woman holding a parasol (possibly Herschel's sister and assistant Caroline) observing two men operating a massive 40 ft. reflecting telescope suspended in a complex framework of wooden supports, cables, pulleys, and ...
Description:
Title, date, and artist supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Slough (England)
Subject (Name):
Herschel, William, 1738-1822. and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Reflecting telescopes, Telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Astronomy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir William Herschel exhibiting his great telescope to George III at Slough 1782] [art original].

3.
[Apollo crowning George III as patron of the arts] [graphic]

Creator:
Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
MDCCLXIX [1769]
Call Number:
Drawer 769.00.00.80
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Collection of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in England
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Printed for the editor
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Apollo crowning George III as patron of the arts] [graphic]

4.
Who kills first for a crown [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 May 1790]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in two compartments, one above the other, the title between them. In both a pack of hounds with human heads chases a crowned stag; in one the stag is George III, in the other (below) Louis XVI. [1] The stag (left) is beside a signpost pointi...
Description:
Title from text etched in center of design; letter "r" in "first" etched above line and inserted with a caret.
Publisher:
Pub. May 29, 1790, by S.W Fores N. 3 Piccadilly ...
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Latouche-Tréville, Louis-René de, 1745-1804, Vauban, Jacques Anne Joseph Le Prestre, comte de, 1754-1816, Genlis Sillery, Charles Alexis Pierre Brulart de, marquis de, 1737-1793, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Limon, Geoffroi, marquis de, -1799, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Who kills first for a crown [graphic].

5.
Whiggism, or, Master Billy learning his task [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 19th, 1784.
Call Number:
784.01.19.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lord Thurlow depicted as a schoolmaster is seated on the left. He wears an enormous wig, and holds in his left hand the book "A new guide to India" and in his right a birch rod. Facing him stands Pitt dressed as a young girl, with a key (to the Treasu...
Alternative Title:
Master Billy learning his task and Wiggism, or, Master Billy learning his task
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd for S.W. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Bookcases
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Whiggism, or, Master Billy learning his task [graphic]

6.
Today disliked, and yet perhaps tomorrow again in favour so fickle is the mind of R-y-l-ty

Creator:
Carey, William Paulet, 1759-1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
[after 18 December 1783]
Call Number:
783.12.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Between two large pedestals, the one to the left topped with the head of George II, the one to the right with a sitting figure of George III, the Coalition ministers fall to the ground, their balance upset by a large platform, "New method of executing...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Pedestals, Angels, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Today disliked, and yet perhaps tomorrow again in favour so fickle is the mind of R-y-l-ty / [graphic]

7.
The votes of compulsion, or, The magpye candidates [graphic]

Creator:
Brown, J., fl. 1784, printmaker
Published / Created:
Ap. 6, 1784.
Call Number:
784.04.06.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left stands a vertically divided figure of Lord Hood on its right and Sir Cecil Wray on its left, the ministerial candidates in the Westminster election. Lord Hood holds an ensign's flag with an incomplete St. Andrew's cross and a broken scepte...
Alternative Title:
Magpye candidates and Magpie candidates
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Stafford, Oxford Mart
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Scepters, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The votes of compulsion, or, The magpye candidates [graphic]

8.
The up & down, or, Wheel of admi-ration [graphic].

Published / Created:
[17 April 1783]
Call Number:
783.04.17.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large dredger-like wheel with four scoops stands in front of a building, possibly the Treasury, guarded by two mounted sentries. The Devil standing on the King's bent back, turns the crank. On the right, Lord Shelburne sits on the ground after being...
Alternative Title:
Up and down and Wheel of administration
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by E. Dachery, April 17, 1783, St. James' Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Dredges, British, and Devil
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The up & down, or, Wheel of admi-ration [graphic].

9.
The unfortunate ass [graphic].

Published / Created:
[11 March 1784]
Call Number:
784.03.11.04+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
George III and Charles Fox tug at the ropes attached to the nose of a donkey representing "the people" and heavily loaded with sacks inscribed, "taxes," as it approaches the fork in a road. The King pulls it toward the "Road to Absolute Monarchy" as w...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] Act directs March 11, 1784 by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Traffic signs & signals, and Tug of war
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The unfortunate ass [graphic].

10.
The state tinkers [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 February 1780]
Call Number:
780.02.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men with mallet, hammer, and chisel are breaking an enormous bowl which is already much damaged, cracked, and patched. The bowl is supported on its end by a block (left) on which stand two of the tinkers. On the ground (right) kneels Lord North...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1780, by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792., Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785., and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Tinsmithing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The state tinkers [graphic].

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