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1.
1758 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1758]
Call Number:
758.00.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '83' in upper left corner., and Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1758 and 1759.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 1758 [graphic].

2.
Balaam and his ass A whip for [the] horse, a bridle for [the] ass, & a rod for [the] fools back

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.43
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles from items., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., Two lines of verse below top design: The ass of Balaam through oppression spoke our Stone-Ase of oppression brings the yoke., Caption below center design: Absolute obedience my brethren ; murmering [sic] against your superiors is rebellion and consumate impudence., Caption below bottom design: Justice has leaden feet but iron claws., None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Asses -- Bible: nos. 22.21-35 -- Human body: mechanical human heart -- Money: bags of money -- Bellows -- British Lion -- Personifications: figure of Justice -- Balances -- Allusion to Gibraltar -- Treasury: Sinking Fund -- Battles: allusion to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Balaam and his ass A whip for [the] horse, a bridle for [the] ass, & a rod for [the] fools back ; The ballance master. [graphic]

3.
Bi-g's turn to ride ; [Admiral Byng riding Mr. Fox] ; [Admiral Byng riding the ass] [graphic].

Published / Created:
1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.34
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bing's turn to ride and Byng's turn to ride
Description:
Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., Title of center design assigned by cataloger from the original. See Stephens 3369., Title of bottom design assigned by cataloger., Top and center designs are copies of, from top, Nos. 3370 and 3369 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Bottom design not recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Port Mahon, Minorca, 20 may 1756 -- Trials: Admiral Byng sentenced by court-martial to death for neglect of duty, 27 Janaury 1757 -- Allusion to the loss of Minorca.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bi-g's turn to ride ; [Admiral Byng riding Mr. Fox] ; [Admiral Byng riding the ass] [graphic].

4.
Bribery A m-n-l forge ; The two guardians. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.37
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles etched above images., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Sticks: wand -- Bag of secret service money -- Newcastle's bribery, 1756 -- Parliament: corruption of Parliament by Newcastle -- Newcastle Administration -- Allusion to William, Baron Blakeney, 1672-1761 -- Interiors: forge -- Tools: farrier's tools -- Forgery: Admiral Byng as victim of forgery -- Trials: allusion to Admiral Byng's court-martial for neglect of duty -- Money for Hanover -- Addresses: subsidiary treaties -- Scales: weighing addresses against money -- Taxes: 1756.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, and Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bribery, Forge shops, Scales, Fools' caps, and Money
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bribery A m-n-l forge ; The two guardians. [graphic]

5.
Documents relating to the estate of John Hallett and to the government of the colony of Barbados

Published / Created:
1700-1772
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 291 (Oversize)
Image Count:
36
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Documents relating to the estate of John Hallett, a landowner in Barbados, written in manuscript in unidentified hands, most dated at Barbados: copy of an agreement, dated 1700, relating to Hallett's marriage to Sarah Andrews; copy of Hallett's will, dated 1716; document granting power of attorney for Hallett's estate in Great Britain, signed by Edmund Sutton and William Cogen, 1716; judgement settling Hallett's estate, signed by Robert Raymond, Baron Raymond, attorney general, 1722; inventory of the estate of William Andrews, administered by Sarah Hales, former wife of John Hallett, 1726; and list of accounts of William Andrews, 1727-1729. and Documents relating to the government of the colony of Barbados, written in manuscript in unidentified hands: copy of an appointment made by Sir Matthew Lamb for a hearing on legislation, dated 1761; document containing copies of extracts from letters, dated 1765, regarding seizure of the ship Patient Mary; articles of agreement relating to the office of secretary and remembrancer of the exchequer court, signed by Andrew Stone, 1770; and ALS from Henry Crichlow to an unidentified recipient, regarding his partnership with James Elder in the office of deputy provost marshall general, 1772. Also present is a document signed by John Gay Alleyne, granting power of attorney, 1747.
Subject (Geographic):
Barbados--Politics and government--18th century and Barbados--Social conditions--18th century
Subject (Name):
Alleyne, John Gay, 1724-1801, Andrews, William, plantation owner, Cogen, William, Crichlow, Henry, Elder, James, Hales, Sarah, Hallett, John, Lamb, Matthew, Sir, 1705-1768, Patient Mary (Ship), Raymond, Robert Raymond, Baron, 1673-1733, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Sutton, Edmund
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Documents relating to the estate of John Hallett and to the government of the colony of Barbados

6.
Lusus natuae a curious petrifaction dedicated to the Royal Society. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.10.00.02.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Six lines of explanation below image: 1. Two head imperfect & of black hue ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Plate numbered '6' in upper right corner., and Mounted to 20 x 22 cm.
Publisher:
To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lusus natuae a curious petrifaction dedicated to the Royal Society. [graphic]

7.
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]

8.
Risum teneatis amici [The 2 H, H's] ; Naturae lusus, a curious petri-faction dedicated to Society

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.
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].

10.
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].