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1.
Sr. Samuel House [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1780?]
Call Number:
780.09.18.02.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A stout publican (Samuel House) holding a tankard with initials SH in his right hand and a pipe in his left is standing in front of his house. He wears waistcoat with sleeves, without a coat and wig; his breeches are unbuttoned at the knees. Behind hi...
Alternative Title:
Sir Samuel House
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
House, Samuel, -1785. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Drinking vessels, Tobacco pipes, Barrels, Birdcages, Vomiting, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sr. Samuel House [graphic]

2.
The Constitutional Society [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 27, 1783.
Call Number:
783.06.27.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three members of the 'Society for Constitutional Information' dine on a roast beef labeled "Extract from John Bull." The roast is carved by Dr. Towers, the Society's pamphleteer who looks to his right at Charles Howard, Lord Surrey. They are joined at...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Dent, No. 116 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799., House, Samuel, -1785., Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815., and Society for Constitutional Information (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Eating & drinking, Drinking vessels, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Constitutional Society [graphic]

3.
The Constitutional Society [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 27, 1783.
Call Number:
783.06.27.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three members of the 'Society for Constitutional Information' dine on a roast beef labeled "Extract from John Bull." The roast is carved by Dr. Towers, the Society's pamphleteer who looks to his right at Charles Howard, Lord Surrey. They are joined at...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Dent, No. 116 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799., House, Samuel, -1785., Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815., and Society for Constitutional Information (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Eating & drinking, Drinking vessels, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Constitutional Society [graphic]

4.
The Westminster canvass [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
Marh [sic] 31st, 1784.
Call Number:
784.03.31.03.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A smiling Charles Fox, as Guy Vaux, seated in a chair resting on two poles, is carried by Hall, the apothecary, and Sam House, two of his staunch supporters. He holds in one hand a dark lantern, inscribed, "amor patriae," and in the other a bundle of ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., House, Samuel, -1785., Hall, Edward, active 1784-1790., and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Chairs, Lanterns, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster canvass [graphic]

5.
The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 February 1784]
Call Number:
784.02.24.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox, with a fox's body, speaks to his supporters, shown as geese with human heads who crowd the windows of the King's Arms Tavern and the street below. At the top of the building, Fox's arms are supported by Burke and Lord North, each with a f...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. 24 Feby. 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., House, Samuel, -1785., Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Political campaigns, Public speaking, Liberty cap, Foxes, and Geese
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

6.
The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
Feby. 24th, 1784.
Call Number:
784.02.24.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox, with a fox's body, speaks to his supporters, shown as geese with human heads who crowd the windows of the King's Arms Tavern and the street below. At the top of the building, Fox's arms are supported by Burke and Lord North, each with a f...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., House, Samuel, -1785., Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Political campaigns, Public speaking, Liberty cap, Foxes, and Geese
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

7.
A sally from Sam, or, F-x canvassing [graphic].

Published / Created:
[31 March 1784]
Call Number:
784.03.31.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left, Charles Fox, with one hand in his pocket as if searching for money, holds out with the other what may be a jaw bone of a donkey. He appears to be addressing the voters. To the right, Sam House holds a flag attached to an erect fox's tail,...
Alternative Title:
F-x canvassing and Fox canvassing
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, March 31, 1784, by H. McPhail, High Holborn N. 68
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sally from Sam, or, F-x canvassing [graphic].

8.
The election tate á tate [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 April 1784]
Call Number:
784.04.01.02 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the foreground, Sam House and the Duchess of Devonshire sit on stools facing each other, a large barrel between them. They raise foaming tankards inscribed, respectively, "Sam House" and "Devonshire." Sam holds a piece of paper signed, "sure votes;...
Alternative Title:
Election tête-à-tête
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 1st, 1784 by H. Humphries [sic], No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806. and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Voting, Barrels, Drinking vessels, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The election tate á tate [graphic].

9.
The rival quacks [graphic].

Published / Created:
[2 February 1784]
Call Number:
784.02.02.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two quack doctors address the crowd from raised platforms with the help of their zanies. On the left, Dr. Pittardo (Pitt) is aided by the Duke of Richmond, and George Rose, the new Secretary of the Treasury. On the right, Dr. Renardo (Fox) is helped b...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] Act directs Feby 2, 1784 by B. Walwyn No. 2 Pedlars Acre West Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Rose, George, 1744-1818., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Public speaking, Quacks, and Crowds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The rival quacks [graphic].

10.
[The key of the back stairs & the small beer &c] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1784]
Call Number:
784.00.00.29+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On a raised platform, the Devil sits on top of 3 casks, one labelled "small beer". He straddles a huge key, from which are suspended, as on a gallows, 2 gentlemen, the one on the right bearing some resemblance to George III. On the left 2 maids or was...
Alternative Title:
Key of the back stairs and the small beer etc
Description:
Title derived from text in image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797. and House, Samuel, -1785.
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Keys (Hardware), Taverns (Inns), Women domestics, Hangings, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The key of the back stairs & the small beer &c] [graphic].