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1. An attempt to exhibit the leading events of the Queen's life in cuts and verse

Published / Created:: [December 1821]
Call Number:: File 53 C292 821At++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Abstract:: "Broadside; the text in five columns: small cuts I-X on the left and right, each with an eight-line verse below it; cuts XI and XII above and below the three centre columns. Cut I. The Queen's arrival in England, and Marriage. The Prince leads her ashore from a small boat. Cut II. Taking farewell of Charlotte [1814]. Mother and daughter weep, turning from each other; the Princess approaches a ship's boat, Cut III. Her Return--Landing at Dover [June 1820]. She is rowed to shore by two sailors. Cut IV. Her Trial in the House of Lords. A simplified but recognizable view. Cut V. Her Acquittal. She drives in an open carriage past Carlton House. Cut VI. Procession to St. Paul's. A similar carriage scene with St. Paul's in the background. Cut VII. The Highlanders' Address. Highlanders in a carriage with banners (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13934). Cut VIII. Refused Admittance into the Abbey. She gestures at the partly closed door between a sentry and the rejecting doorkeeper. Cut IX. Death-Bed of the Queen. The bed surrounded by weeping mourners. Cut X. Embarkation of Her Body at Harwich. The coffin is swung by tackle into a ship's boat. Cut XI. The Queen's Funeral Procession at Brunswick. The coffin, with crown and royal arms, is borne towards a church door (right) where girls scatter flowers. Cut XII. Queen Caroline's Tomb. Britannia weeps, and her Lion registers anger, beside the tomb of Caroline The Injured Queen of England, topped by a large urn on which is her bust portrait. The text includes the funeral prayer, 'A Dirge' and 'An Elegy . . .' (28 11.): 11. 7-10: 'A seperation hardly to be borne, Her only Daughter from her arms was torn! And next discarded--driven from her home, An unprotected Wanderer to roam!' The verses below Cut XII end: 'For the King shall be Judg'd with the poor of the earth, And, perhaps the poor man will be greater than he. Until that great day we leave Caroline's wrongs, Meantime, may, "Repentance" her foes o'ertake; O grant it kind POWER, to whom alone it belongs' AMEN. Here an end of this Hist'ry we make."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Caption title., "Quod Jas. C-tn--h, Dec. 10th, 1821."--Bottom of sheet., Woodcuts with accompanying letterpress text, mostly in verse., "Entered at Stationer's Hall."--Below imprint in square brackets., "Price 2d."--Upper right., and For the first edition, see No. 14255 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:: Printed and sold wholesale and retail by J. Catnatch, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Death and burial, Arrivals & departures, Carriages & coaches, Parades & processions, Deathbeds, Funeral processions, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An attempt to exhibit the leading events of the Queen's life in cuts and verse

2. Dramatic effect, or, The death of Genl. Duroc vide French Bulletien. [graphic]

Creator:: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:: [9 June 1813]
Call Number:: 813.06.09.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The interior of a tent. Duroc, in his shirt, lies supported by a soldier on a wooden bed, while Napoleon (right) holds his right hand, turning away (to the right) and covering his face with his left hand. An officer stands solicitously beside the Emperor, supporting his left elbow. Another officer stands (left) behind the head of the low bed. On the extreme left a soldier bends over a table compounding medicaments. Duroc's coat and sword lie on a camp-stool, beside his hat and boots. A glimpse of the distant camp is seen on the extreme right, where a Mameluke stands by the tent holding Napoleon's horse. Duroc is addressing the Emperor, with his left arm extended. Their words are etched below the title: "Duroc, "My whole life has been consecrated to your service, nor do I regret its loss, but for the use it still might have been of to your Buonaparte, "Duroc!" there is a life to come; it is there you are going to wait for me, and where we shall one day meet again!" Duroc, "Yes Sire! but that will not be these thirty years, when you will have triumphed over your enimies [sic], and realised all the hopes of your country, I have lived an honest man: I have nothing to reproach myself with, ah! Sire! go away this sight gives you pain--Be, "Farewell then my friend"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Dramatic effect, or, The death of General Duroc, Death of Genl. Duroc, and Death of General Duroc
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., and Watermark: 1809.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 9th, 1813, by Wm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street
Subject (Name):: Duroc, Géraud Christophe Michel, duc de Frioul, 1772-1813 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):: Death and burial, Generals, French, Military officers, Soldiers, Military camps, Deathbeds, War casualties, Wounds & injuries, and Medicines
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Dramatic effect, or, The death of Genl. Duroc vide French Bulletien. [graphic]

3. Edward dies and leaves a handsome fortune for his family [art original]

Creator:: Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:: [between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:: Drawings D639 no. 11 Box D117
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The eleventh drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this eleventh drawing, Edward is shown on his death bed, his grieving widow at his bedside, their two children at her knee. The elegant bedroom is decorated with a mirror and clock on the wall beside a tall secretary with a bust on top. Two men sit at a table as they look on the scene with sombre faces; one of the men is engaged in writing a long document (Edward's will).
Description:: Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '11' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Allegorical drawings, Cabinets (Case furniture), Canopy beds, Deathbeds, Families, Grief, Lawyers, Prisoners, Prisons, and Parables
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Edward dies and leaves a handsome fortune for his family [art original]

4. Fredk. Zemmerman [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 80. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Frederick Zemmerman
Description:: Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with its own title, signature, and descriptive text below., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike; originally published ca. 1800? For an earlier issue of the plate (bottom image only), see Wellcome Library no. 42829i., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Reduced copies of two prints published in 1788. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration nos.: 1917,1208.2934 ; 1917,1208.2993., Text below top image: Fred. Zimmerman having escaped from the Abbey of La Trappe & recover'd his beloved mistress is seiz'd and thrown into a dungeon for life., Text below bottom image: The Count de Peltzer mortally wounded by some Austrian foragers on the eve of his marriage., and On leaf 80 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:: Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):: Soldiers, Monks, Rifles, Daggers & swords, Deathbeds, Canopy beds, Wounds & injuries, Prayer, and Guards
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Fredk. Zemmerman [graphic]

5. Giving up the ghost, or, One too many [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1813?]
Call Number:: Print00175
Collection Title:: V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A dying man, wearing a tattered shirt, lies stretched on a miserable bed under a casement window, through which looks Death, a skeleton holding up an hour-glass and a javelin which he points menacingly at his victim. A fat doctor (left) sits asleep at the bedside (left) while an undertaker's man, with a coffin on his back, and holding a crêpe-bound mute's wand, enters from the right as if smelling out death. The doctor wears old-fashioned dress, with powdered wig, and has a huge gold-headed cane. Beside him are the words: "I purge I bleed I sweat em, Then if they Die I Lets em"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: One too many
Description:: Title etched below image., Probably a later state; beginning of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "292" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Doctor., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 25.5 x 39.5 cm., and Watermark: 1819.
Publisher:: Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Death (Personification), Skeletons, Physicians, Undertakers, Coffins, Hourglasses, Interiors, Sick persons, Deathbeds, and Windows
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Giving up the ghost, or, One too many [graphic]

6. Giving up the ghost, or, One too many [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1813?]
Call Number:: 813.00.00.07+
Collection Title:: V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A dying man, wearing a tattered shirt, lies stretched on a miserable bed under a casement window, through which looks Death, a skeleton holding up an hour-glass and a javelin which he points menacingly at his victim. A fat doctor (left) sits asleep at the bedside (left) while an undertaker's man, with a coffin on his back, and holding a crêpe-bound mute's wand, enters from the right as if smelling out death. The doctor wears old-fashioned dress, with powdered wig, and has a huge gold-headed cane. Beside him are the words: "I purge I bleed I sweat em, Then if they Die I Lets em"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: One too many
Description:: Title etched below image., Probably a later state; beginning of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "292" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Doctor., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:: Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Death (Personification), Skeletons, Physicians, Undertakers, Coffins, Hourglasses, Interiors, Sick persons, Deathbeds, and Windows
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Giving up the ghost, or, One too many [graphic]

7. Giving up the ghost, or, One too many [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1813?]
Call Number:: Folio 75 W87 807 v.4
Collection Title:: V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A dying man, wearing a tattered shirt, lies stretched on a miserable bed under a casement window, through which looks Death, a skeleton holding up an hour-glass and a javelin which he points menacingly at his victim. A fat doctor (left) sits asleep at the bedside (left) while an undertaker's man, with a coffin on his back, and holding a crêpe-bound mute's wand, enters from the right as if smelling out death. The doctor wears old-fashioned dress, with powdered wig, and has a huge gold-headed cane. Beside him are the words: "I purge I bleed I sweat em, Then if they Die I Lets em"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: One too many
Description:: Title etched below image., Probably a later state; beginning of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Plate numbered "292" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Doctor., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 67 in volume 4.
Publisher:: Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Death (Personification), Skeletons, Physicians, Undertakers, Coffins, Hourglasses, Interiors, Sick persons, Deathbeds, and Windows
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Giving up the ghost, or, One too many [graphic]

8. Henry V recommending his infant son to the care of his nobles [graphic]

Creator:: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819, printmaker
Published / Created:: May 29, 1794.
Call Number:: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:: Plate [65] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Titlepage for Chapter XIX; a framed scene above showing Henry V, on his deathbed with hands outstretched towards his son, a baby held by a kneeling woman in the centre, addressing four nobles, one wearing armour, standing to left; a descriptive plaque below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Henry the Fifth recommending his infant son to the care of his nobles
Description:: Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [65] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):: Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422, and Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,
Subject (Topic):: Deathbeds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Henry V recommending his infant son to the care of his nobles [graphic]

9. The children in the wood, or, The Norfolk gentleman's last will and testament

Published / Created:: [between 1793 and 1796?]
Call Number:: Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Alternative Title:: Norfolk gentleman's last will and testament
Description:: Verse begins: "Now ponder well, ye parents dear,", In five columns with the title over the first two and with six woodcuts, one to each column but with two to the fourth; the columns are not separated by rule; the imprint is at the foot of the last column, below a single rule., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 19. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:: Printed and sold by J. Evans, no. 41, Long Lane, West Smithfield
Subject (Topic):: Horseback riding, Fighting, Abondoned children, Deathbeds, and Jails
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The children in the wood, or, The Norfolk gentleman's last will and testament