Subject (Name): Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.

You Searched For

1. A petrified lusus naturae lately discovered in the ruins of a temple once dedicated to liberty by the Britons / [graphic]

Creator:: Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, printmaker
Published / Created:: Mayth [sic] 6, 1783.
Call Number:: 783.05.06.01+
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: In an outdoor setting, George III examines through his quizzing glass a giant boulder with three bust portraits on it, each described below. On the left, in profile, is the Duke of Portland, with vague expression, "Supposed to be the head of a Patrician ... that never contained much brain ..." In the middle, full face, with angrily drawn brows, is Fox, "... turbulent and factious Tribune of great abilities which he exerted occasionally for and against Government ..." To the right, in profile, is a complacent looking Lord North, "... a Tribune of Patrician ancestors ..." who "... had the Art to impose himself upon the People for an honest disinterested man ..."
Alternative Title:: Lately discovered in the ruins of a temple once dedicated to liberty by the Britons
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Attributed to Colley by George who also suggests a possible attribution to Gillray., and Mounted to 29 x 44 cm.
Publisher:: Pub. by M. Thomas, Princes Street
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):: Magnifying glasses, Boulders, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A petrified lusus naturae lately discovered in the ruins of a temple once dedicated to liberty by the Britons / [graphic]

2. A posthaste conveyance for Scotch members [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 20th January 1784.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 22. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depicts a horizontal Scotsman wrapped in a letter which is floating in the air under a signpost inscribed "To London." The letter bears a round stamp "Free" and is addressed "To the Majority, St. Stephen's Westmr. Free Duke or no Duke". A reference to allegations that the Duke of Portland bribed Scottish M.P.s with money for travel
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Probably a later state, with added scribbles in the background and with the presence of significant plate wear that makes printmaker's initials in lower left corner illegible. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.5108., and Mounted on page 34.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Subject (Topic):: Legislators, National characteristics, Scottish, Corruption, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A posthaste conveyance for Scotch members [graphic]

3. A posthaste conveyance for Scotch members [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 20th January 1784.
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 22. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depicts a horizontal Scotsman wrapped in a letter which is floating in the air under a signpost inscribed "To London." The letter bears a round stamp "Free" and is addressed "To the Majority, St. Stephen's Westmr. Free Duke or no Duke". A reference to allegations that the Duke of Portland bribed Scottish M.P.s with money for travel
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Probably a later state, with added scribbles in the background and with the presence of significant plate wear that makes printmaker's initials in lower left corner illegible. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.5108., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 23.3 x 28.7 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 30.3 cm., Mounted on leaf 22 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1811.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Subject (Topic):: Legislators, National characteristics, Scottish, Corruption, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A posthaste conveyance for Scotch members [graphic]

4. A posthaste conveyance for Scotch members [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: 20th January 1784.
Call Number:: 784.01.20.03+ Impression 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 22. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depicts a horizontal Scotsman wrapped in a letter which is floating in the air under a signpost inscribed "To London." The letter bears a round stamp "Free" and is addressed "To the Majority, St. Stephen's Westmr. Free Duke or no Duke". A reference to allegations that the Duke of Portland bribed Scottish M.P.s with money for travel
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Probably a later state, with added scribbles in the background and with the presence of significant plate wear that makes printmaker's initials in lower left corner illegible. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.5108., and Mounted to 35 x 42 cm.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Subject (Topic):: Legislators, National characteristics, Scottish, Corruption, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A posthaste conveyance for Scotch members [graphic]

5. All alive, or, The political churchyard [graphic].

Published / Created:: Aug. 9, 1783.
Call Number:: 783.08.09.01+
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: In a churchyard, tombstones, adorned on top with the heads of prominent politicians, are engraved with epitaphs in their memory
Alternative Title:: Political churchyard
Description:: Title from caption etched above image. and Mounted to 30 x 38 cm.
Publisher:: Pub according t [sic] Act by B. Pownall. No. 6 Pallmall
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Churches, and Cemeteries
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > All alive, or, The political churchyard [graphic].

6. Amusement for John Bull & his cousin Paddy, or, The gambols of the American buffalo, in St. James's Street [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1 May 1783]
Call Number:: 783.05.01.01 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In front of St. James's Palace and with the King watching from a window, the members of the newly elected ministry eagerly pick up loaves of bread and fishes spilled on the ground by a fish-wife frightened by American buffalo in the lower right corner of the image
Alternative Title:: Gambols of the American buffalo in St. James's Street and Amusement for John Bull and his cousin Paddy
Description:: Title from item. and From "A dialogue between John Bull and his cousin Paddy, in St. James's Street" in The European magazine, 1783, p. 296.
Publisher:: Published 1st. May 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater-noster Row
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Fishmongers, Bison, Baskets, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Amusement for John Bull & his cousin Paddy, or, The gambols of the American buffalo, in St. James's Street [graphic].

7. Gorgon [graphic].

Published / Created:: March 13th 1784.
Call Number:: 784.03.13.01.1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: From Charles Fox's head grows serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel full-face, and the Duke of Portland in profile, alarmed and looking at Burke on the opposite side, also shown in profile and alarmed. Above Burke's head are the heads of Sheridan, as a satyr, Lord John Cavendish, and Lord Derby. The verses below the image refer to the defeat of the Fox-North coalition and the East India Bill
Description:: Title from item.
Publisher:: Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Monsters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Gorgon [graphic].

8. Gorgon [graphic].

Published / Created:: March 13th 1784.
Call Number:: 784.03.13.01.2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: From Charles Fox's head grow serpent-like locks of hair terminating in the heads of the members of the Coalition cabinet. Lord North's scowling face is above Fox's forehead. To the left descend the faces of Lord Stormont, Admiral Keppel in profile, and the Duke of Portland in profile, looking at Burke on the opposite side, shown full-face looking to the right. Above Burke's head are the heads of Sheridan, as a satyr, Lord John Cavendish, and Lord Derby. The verse below the image refer to the defeat of the Fox-North coalition and the East India Bill
Description:: Title from item., Figure on the bottom right and second from the bottom on the left facing the viewer [i.e. not in profile]. Variant state of no. 6450 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted to 28 x 25 cm.
Publisher:: Publishd by E. Hedges, No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834., Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Monsters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Gorgon [graphic].

9. Napoleon Buonaparte presents his respects to the worthy electors of Great Britain : begs leave to remind them, that he has lately conquered the rest of Europe, and to assure them, that the first wish of his heart is to take their convenient island under his protection ...

Published / Created:: [1806]
Call Number:: File 62 806 N216+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Alternative Title:: Napoleon Bonaparte presents his respects to the worthy electors of Great Britain
Description:: Caption title., Dated from references to the 1806 election., and Watermark: 1806. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: S. Gosnell, printer, Little Queen Street
Subject (Name):: Great Britain. Parliament, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809., Canning, George, 1770-1827., and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811.
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1806
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Napoleon Buonaparte presents his respects to the worthy electors of Great Britain : begs leave to remind them, that he has lately conquered the rest of Europe, and to assure them, that the first wish of his heart is to take their convenient island under his protection ...