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1. The still birth [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [9 October 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.10.09.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '39' in upper right corner., Twelve lines of verse below title: This silly jade has labour'd long at length she has brought forth ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Gibraltar -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756 -- Bribes: allusion to Louis XV., and Mounted to 20 x 19 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Oct. 9th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The still birth [graphic].
2. The still birth [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.64
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '35' in upper right corner., Twelve lines of verse below title: This silly jade has labour'd long at length she has brought forth ..., Plate from: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Another state, with different plate number. Cf. No. 3386 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Gibraltar -- Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756 -- Bribes: allusion to Louis XV.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The still birth [graphic].
3. The old woman & her ass a fable. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.56.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Old woman and her ass
- Description:
- Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Plate numbered '10' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: There lives a report that in Asia's hot clime was an ass turn'd to stone for a horrible crime ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Asses -- Reference to French influence -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Literature: quotation from fable, The old woman & her ass -- Containers: fishwoman's tub for pickled salmon -- Allusion to Billingsgate -- House of Commons: allusion to Ways and Means -- Taxes: 1756 -- Mercenaries: payment to Hanoverian Hessians, 1756., and Mounted to 16 x 33 cm.
- Publisher:
- To be had at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, in the Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 and Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old woman & her ass a fable. [graphic]
4. The mirrour, or, The British Lion's back friends detected [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publishd according to act of Parliament, Oct. 26, 1756.
- Call Number:
- 756.10.26.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- British Lion's back friends detected and Mirror
- Description:
- Title from item., Publisher identified from address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's statement following publication date: to be had at the Star on Holborn Hill. Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Peacocks -- Addresses -- Shackles., and Mounted to 28 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- T. Kitchin
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The mirrour, or, The British Lion's back friends detected [graphic].
5. The auction [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.04+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate line., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., One line of quotation below title: 'Tis application makes the ass. Gay., Subjects identified below image and dated "Anno 1756" in two different hands., Watermark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23 x 31 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- To be had at the Acorn in the Strand [i.e. Edwards & Darly]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mahón (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, and Byng, John, 1704-1757
- Subject (Topic):
- History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The auction [graphic].
6. The auction [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.04+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate line., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., One line of quotation below title: 'Tis application makes the ass. Gay., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- To be had at the Acorn in the Strand [i.e. Edwards & Darly]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mahón (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, and Byng, John, 1704-1757
- Subject (Topic):
- History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The auction [graphic].
7. The auction 1756 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption above image., Plate numbered '81' in upper left corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756, 1757, 1758, and 1759. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1760?]., and Reduced and reversed copy of No. 3467 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mahón (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Byng, John, 1704-1757
- Subject (Topic):
- History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The auction 1756 [graphic].
8. Risum teneatis amici [The 2 H, H's] ; Naturae lusus, a curious petri-faction dedicated to Society of Antiquarians. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.28
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged horizontally, separately titled., Title of the center design assigned by cataloger from its original. See Stephens 3342., Four lines of verse below title in left design: Aquilus can nurse his own, on other birds he'll prey ..., Six lines of verse below center desgin: Oh! Shame to nature, shame to common sense. must Britain for its own defence ..., Five lines of explanatory description below right design: 1.1. Two heads imperfect & of a black hew suppos'd to have been wood ..., Copies of, from left, nos. 3502, 3342, and 3417 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Justice -- Personifications: Loyalty -- Pictures amplifying subject: images of Justice and Loyalty hung upside down -- Cap of Liberty -- Wigs: Lord Chancellor's wig -- Reference to French influence -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Newcastle Administration --Birds: vulture -- Money: bags of money -- Bible: Revers'd Bible -- Literature: quotation from Horace's Ars poetica, 5 -- Military: chained English soldiers -- Monuments -- Military: Hanoverian Hessians -- Plinths -- Swords: broken swords -- Societies: reference to Society of Antiquarians.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Risum teneatis amici [The 2 H, H's] ; Naturae lusus, a curious petri-faction dedicated to Society of Antiquarians. [graphic]
9. Pillers of the state The old woman and her ass, a fable ; [The fox in the pit]. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.22
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Old woman and her ass, a fable, Fox in the pit, and Pillars of the state
- Description:
- Title from item., Three playing card designs on one plate, arranged vertically., Title of the bottom design assigned by cataloger from its original version or copy (see Stephens 3399)., Caption under top image: Peachum and Lockit., Four lines of verse below center image: There lives a report that in Asias [sic] hot clime, was an ass turn'd to Stone for a horrible crime ..., Four line quote from Bible below bottom design: And whosoever will not do [the] law of thy God & [the] law of [the] king ..., Copies of, from top, nos. 3371, 3497, and 3399 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: French cock -- Quizzing glasses -- Allusion to French influence -- Gallows -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis -- Webs: cobweb -- Asses -- Tubs: fishwoman's tub for picked salmon -- Allusion to Billingsgate -- Allusion to House of Commons, Ways and Means -- Taxes: 1756 -- Military: payment to Hanoverian Hessians, 1756 -- Fall of the Newcastle Administration -- Literature: allusion to the beggar's opera, by John Gay, 1685-1732 -- Literature: quotation from the fable, The old woman and her ass -- Bible: quotation from Ezra, ch.vii.v.26, 27.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pillers of the state The old woman and her ass, a fable ; [The fox in the pit]. [graphic]
