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1. Knock and ye shall enter [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. June 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.06.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An archaic iron-studded door, with posts and lintel of solid but ancient oak, represents the door of the 'COMMONS' [inscription on lintel]. Above: '"They of Rome are enter'd in our Counsels Sh.' ['Coriolanus', I. ii]. An old-clothes' man stands at the door in profile to the left gazing up at the inscription; he raises the knocker, a ring in the mouth of an angry lion's head. He is bearded, with an ultra-Jewish profile, and has three hats piled on his own, the topmost being a flaunting feminine erection. He wears a ragged and patched gaberdine, old-fashioned buckled shoes, and carries across his shoulder a large bag, from a hole in which projects a pig's foot (a pig in his poke). On his back is an open box of trinkets, containing watches. Close behind him stands a turbaned Turk, watching him with eager anxiety. The Jew: 'Come I sha--Open the door vill ye--I vants to come in--and heres a shentlemans a friend of mines--vants to come in too--dont be afeard--I dont vant a sheat for nothing--I can pay for it So help me Got.' Three men (safely inside) look down at the applicants from a small open window beside the door (right): a dissenter, holding his hat, and characterized by lank hair and plebeian features (resembling Liston as Maw-Worm, cf. British Museum Satires No. 16943); a Jesuit wearing a biretta, and putting a thumb to his nose, and a fat elderly monk; the last two frown. The left door-post (somewhat cracked) is inscribed: 'OAK Suppose to be sound Put up 1688 only latly discovered to be full of Skakes[?peare].'"--British Museum online catalogue and "Catholic Emancipation, following the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts (see British Museum satires no. 15530), raised hopes of Jewish emancipation, see British Museum satires no. 15770, &c. For the (baptized) Jew as seat-purchaser cf. Sir M. M. Lopes (to whom an allusion is probably intended, see British Museum satires no. 15683); for Jews and pigs cf. British Museum satires no. 12146, &c; for "1688" see British Museum satires no. 15707, &c. The design resembles and may be based on British Museum satires bo. 8981 (1797) by Gillray."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Imprint continues: ... political & other caricatuers daily pub., Publisher's announcement at top of sheet: All Paul Prys works have T. McLeans name attach'd as the publisher, those without are pirated copies [image of a man with an umbrella]., and Slight loss of sheet on right and lower edges.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Freedom of religion, Catholic emancipation, Jews, Emancipation, Jesuits, Turks, Doors & doorways, Ethnic stereotypes, Knocking, and Monks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Knock and ye shall enter [graphic]
2. The great case of liberty of conscience once more briefly debated & defended ...
- Call Number:
- Mhm71 G7
- Collection Title:
- The great case of liberty of conscience once more briefly debated & defended, by the authority of
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- In ink at top right: 17.
- Subject (Name):
- Society of Friends --Doctrines
- Subject (Topic):
- Freedom of religion
- Collection Created:
- [London], Printed in the year, 1670
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The great case of liberty of conscience once more briefly debated & defended ...
3. The opinion of the Parliament about religion : being the votes of the honourable House of Commons concerning toleration : die Mercurii 25 Feb. 15, Car II Reg ...
- Creator:
- England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons
- Published / Created:
- 1684]
- Call Number:
- BrSides By6 1684
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Publisher:
- Printed on the Thames ...
- Subject (Topic):
- Freedom of religion and Religious intolerance.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The opinion of the Parliament about religion : being the votes of the honourable House of Commons concerning toleration : die Mercurii 25 Feb. 15, Car II Reg ...
4. The thistle reel [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1775]
- Call Number:
- 775.02.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on governmental policy towards America. Depicts the Earl of Bute on the left and Earl of Mansfield with Lord North on the right dancing around a tall thistle which is draped with a Garter ribbon emblazoned with the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" having above it, at the center of a halo of light, the motto "Carduus benedictus." A devil hovers above the scene playing bagpipes. Mansfield holds a copy of the Quebec Bill, with a banner beneath him proclaiming "Nemo me impune lacessit". The banner beneath Bute is labelled "Noli me tangere."
- Description:
- Title from item. and Probably from the London Magazine v, 44, p. 56 of February 1775, although George gives date as March 1, 1775.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, America., Canada, and Canada.
- Subject (Name):
- Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., and Québec (Province).
- Subject (Topic):
- Colonies, Politics and government, and Freedom of religion
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The thistle reel [graphic].
