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2.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 April 1814]
- Call Number:
- 814.04.21.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A sequel to British Museum Satires No. 10518, Gillray's 'Tiddy-Doll'. Napoleon, haggard and desperate, wearing tattered uniform without the former apron and sword, walks in profile to the left, carrying on his head a large tray. On this stand three gingerbread kings, burlesqued and mutilated, with two queens, a detached head (crowned), and (right) a pile of imperial emblems: crowns, mitre, sceptre, eagle, flag, &c. On the left a bonnet rouge hangs from a staff. In the middle stands an imperial eagle with a tricolour flag to which is tied a broom showing that the contents of the tray are for sale. Napoleon says (with grimly closed mouth): "Buy my Image! Here's my nice little Gingerbread Emperor & Kings Retail and for Exportation!" Behind him is a tumbledown thatched hovel; over an aperture where more gingerbread figures are displayed is a board: 'Tiddy-Doll Gingerbread Baker. NB Removed from Paris.' Above fly three of the (carrion) birds associated in these prints with Elba. Napoleon walks towards the sea; across the water (in France) tiny figures dance holding hands round a white flag inscribed 'Vivent les Bourbons' and topped by a fleur-de-lis. Behind them is the gable-end of a rustic inn: 'The Kings Head New Revived'. A fiddler capers on the edge of the cliff, watching Napoleon."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of many satires on Napoleon's banishment, see British Museum Satires No. 12229, &c., and on the fall of the Bonaparte kings, the 'Corsican Kinglings' of British Museum Satires No. 10518. The Kings must be Joseph, Louis, and Jérôme, see British Museum Satires No. 12225, the Queens either their wives or Napoleon's sisters; they symbolize the fall of the dynasty and no precise identification is necessary. The other kings of British Museum Satires No. 10518, those who owed their crowns to Napoleon, are absent; they are now his enemies."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist "G.H." identified as George Humphrey in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On verso in brown ink is the collector's stamp of Nick Knowles: A pair of crossed skis.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 21st, 1814, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846, and Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860
- Subject (Topic):
- Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815, Military uniforms, French, Baked products, Trays, Kings, Queens, Crowns, Scepters, Miters, Liberty cap, Flags, Brooms & brushes, Birds of prey, Bodies of water, and Cliffs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Broken gingerbread [graphic]
3.
- Creator:
- Bonvallet, L. (Louis), approximately 1748-1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.01.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in rural France: A farmer holding onto a plow drawn by a team of oxen, shepherds with their sheep, and a man fishing in a stream, all look up in astonishment at the air balloon overhead. This print references the third flight of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, his second with American John Jeffries and the first flight over the English Channel
- Alternative Title:
- Premier passager aerien de la mer and Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, pensioné du roi, citoyen de Calais
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Dedication etched above title: Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, Pensioné de Roi, Citoyen de Calais., "Avec Privilege du Roi"--Following imprint., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Six lines of verse, signed "Basset" at the end, in two columns below title: Le Pécheur qui sur l'eau tenait son bras tendu ...
- Publisher:
- Chez Basset rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Name):
- Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809. and Jeffries, John, 1745-1819.
- Subject (Topic):
- Balloon ascensions, Balloonists, English, French, Balloons (Aircraft), Farmers, Fishermen, Ox teams, Rural areas, and Shepherds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Apparition du globe aerostatique de Mr. Blanchard, entre Calais et Boulogne parti de Douvres le 7 de Janvier 1785 à 1 heure 1/2 [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 August 1803]
- Call Number:
- 802.08.06.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three volunteers or militiamen, three-quarter length figures, exult at the head of Bonaparte which one of them (right) holds up on a pitchfork, saying, "Here he is Exalted my Lads 24 Hours after Landing." The head is in profile to the left, the sharp well-cut features contrast with those of the chubby yokels. The centre figure, holding out his hat, says, turning to the left: "Why Harkee, d'ye zee, I never liked Soldiering afore, but some how or other when I though [sic] of our Sal the bearns, the poor pigs, the Cows and the Geese, why I could have killed the whole Army my own Self." He wears a smock with the crossed straps of a cartouche-box. The third man (left) in regimentals, but round-shouldered and unsoldierly, says: "Dang my Buttons if that beant the Head of that Rogue Boney - I told our Squire this Morning, what do you think say's I the Lads of our Village can't cut up a Regiment of them French Mounsheers, and as soon as the Lasses had given us a Kiss for good luck I could have sworn we should do it and so we have." All three have hats turned up with favours and oak-twigs, the favours being inscribed respectively (left to right): 'Hearts of Oak'; 'Britons never will be Slaves', and 'We'll fight and We'll Conquer again and again'. In the spaces between these foreground figures is seen a distant encounter between English horse and foot and French invaders, who are being driven into the sea, on which are flat-bottomed boats, all on a very small scale. Two women search French corpses; one says: "why this is poor finding I have emtied the pocketts of a score and only found one head of garlic 9 onions & a parcel of pill Boxes." Cf. British Museum Satires No. 8145."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Levée en masse, or, Britons strike home and Britons strike home
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement below image, in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Augt. 6th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Soldiers, British, French, Militias, Pitchforks, Heads (Anatomy), Decapitations, and War casualties
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > After the invasion the levée en masse, or, Britons strike home. [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 June 1803]
- Call Number:
- 803.06.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Britannia, tall and powerful, holds Napoleon across her knee, and raises a birch rod to thrash his bleeding posterior. She wears Roman draperies, with corslet and plumed helmet. The rod is tied with a ribbon inscribed: 'United Kingdoms'. She says: "There take that and that and that, and be carefull not to provoke my Anger more." He exclaims: "oh forgive me this time and I never will do so again, oh dear! oh dear! you'll entirely spoil the Honors of the Sitting." Beside Britannia (left) are her spear and sword; beside Napoleon (right) his huge cocked hat and sabre. The scene is by the sea (left), with a fleet of retreating vessels flying the tricolour flag. On the right is a cliff on which a small British lion lies on a scroll inscribed: 'Qui uti scit ei bona' [good things to him who knows how to use them]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., With watermark: A. Stace., and Matted to 49 x 38 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 13th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Britannia (Symbolic character), Spanking, Warships, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia correcting an unruly boy [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawer Drawings B995 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A single-horse carriage is stopped in front of a rustic inn or roadhouse, with two caricatured Frenchmen (one a postillion wearing enormous boots) engaged in changing out the horse. An occupant of the carriage hands money out the window to a peasant woman holding an infant and accompanied by a young boy; two other shabbily dressed figures are nearby next to a tree, one of them playing a makeshift drum. In the doorway of the building stands a young woman, and to the left a man under an archway stands with arms crossed; both watch the scene unfold. In the background a postillion rides away on horseback, whip extended into the air
- Alternative Title:
- Changing horses on the road to Paris
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Signed by the artist in lower left., and One of five views by the artist F.G. Byron that record his visit to France in 1790; they were exhibited at the Society of Artists the following year. This drawing was exhibited under the title "Changing horses on the road to Paris" (Society of Artists, 1791, no. 39).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Clermont (France) and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Horses, Taverns (Inns), Postillions, French, Peasants, Country life, Ethnic stereotypes, and Drums (Musical instruments)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Changing horses at Clermont] [art original]
7.
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 July 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.07.16.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two tiers of single English figures expressing appropriate opinions about the coronation of Napoleon."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in dealer's description. Questionably attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.188., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening"--Below image in lower right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 16th, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign public opinion, British, Public opinion, Soldiers, French, Sailors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Contrasted opinions respecting the new emperor [graphic].
8.
- Published / Created:
- August 13, 1804.
- Call Number:
- 804.08.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Napoleon, pushing an officer before him through a pillared doorway, looks back to speak to a monk and a sansculotte, shackled together, who drag a car in which is an imperial crown. They hold a large scroll inscribed: 'Most religious Sovereign - the benefactor of the church - the patron of liberty - the scourge of tyrants, and the defender of our most holy religion; may you long fill the Imperial Chair, and diffuse over a free and happy people all the blessings of your auspicious government.' Demons fly round a tricolour flag which floats from the car. Napoleon holds out a scroll headed: 'Address, &c. &c. &c. The Legions of France congratu - ', saying, "This token of your gratitude, my dear subjects will ever stimulate me to protect your liberties - to promote your happiness - and to preserve my empire from the ravages of war, tyranny and oppression." The officer, with a cynical smile, says: "Patron of Liberty - Defender of our most holy Religion - free and happy People - Ha! ha! ha! - What may we not expect? - Has he not got them under excellent subjection?" On the left is Napoleon's 'Secret Chamber': a table is covered with maps and plans; a large map, partly unrolled, shows Europe from '[En]gland to [Tur]key', including the 'Black Sea'; another map shows 'Suez' and the 'Red Sea'. A demon under the table holds up a large pile of papers: 'Plans against England'; on the floor are similar piles: 'Religion' and 'Treaties'. There are also 'Plans against Germany and Turkey', and a paper: 'Mem. the chance of the conquest of England is worth the sacrifice of one third of the people of France. Item. As Charlemaine not only conquered Italy, but the whole of Germany, and left the Imperial dignity hereditary in the Sovereigns of France, it is indispensably necessary to obtain possession of Germany, in order to support the dignity of the Gallic empire.' On the wall are three pictures: 'Sacking of Rome', 'Dissolution of the National Assembly' [see British Museum Satires No. 9426, &c], and 'View of Cairo' [see British Museum Satires No. 9358, &c.]. Below the design: 'Explanation. The two figures bringing the Imperial crown . . . represent . . . the bitter Enemies of Aristocracy, and the staunch Supporters of the late Monarchial Government, tackled to the National Machine, and reduced to the most abject State of Slavery by the Influence of the Military, whose congratulatory Address Bonaparte has received at the Hand of an Officer, and is introducing him into his Secret Chamber to receive Instructions. The Demons hovering over the Imperial Crown denote Five Years of Destruction; during which Period Bonaparte will overrun and ravage the greater Part of the Continent of Europe, be the Means of nearly depopulating Turkey, and finally be slain with the Sword, be cast out as an abominable Branch, and be left as Dung to rot on the Face of the Earth."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title printed in letterpress above image., Text above imprint statement: For particulars respecting the ingress, progress and regress of the Gallic Empire, as represented in prophecy, see the publications entitled "The Prophetic Mirror," and "The Emperor of the Gauls," by L. Mayer; to be had at Parson's Library, Ludgate-Hill; and T. Williams, Stationers'-Court., Print was apparently sold separately, but also used as a folding plate in: Mayer, L. The prophetic mirror, or, A hint to England. London : Printed by C. Stower and sold by T. Williams, 1804., and "Price 1s. coloured."--Following imprint.
- Publisher:
- Published by L. Mayer, as the act directs and Bryer, printer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, French, Monks, Flags, Ethnic stereotypes, Shackles, Crowns, Columns, Demons, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A representation of the present state of France [graphic].
9.
- Published / Created:
- 1826.
- Call Number:
- 826.00.00.90+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A Portuguese soldier and a British soldier, facing each other, co-operatively seize Ferdinand VII, who is putting his left foot across a line dividing Spain (right) from Portugal. Each holds a musket without bayonet. The Englishman's right hand is on Ferdinand's shoulder; the Portuguese clutches one of the King's ass's ears. Ferdinand wears a crown, a long cloak, and a spiky ruff. A French officer on the extreme right makes off to the right, shocked and alarmed; he looks over his shoulder, exclaiming, Sacré dieu! le pauvre bete est attrappée."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., From British Museum online catalogue Curator's comments: The Frenchman is evidently the Marquis de Moustier, French Ambassador at Madrid, who appeared covertly to countenance Ferdinand's support of the Portuguese refugees, and was recalled in disgrace., and Original price "2/-" written in ink in lower right corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- Spain
- Subject (Name):
- Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833 and Moustier, Clément Edouard, Marquis de, 1779-1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Soldiers, British, Portuguese, Military officers, French, and Firearms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Putting his foot in it [graphic].
10.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 17 Box D207
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and Inscribed on verso: Names of the Ships taken by Lord Howe on 1st of June 1794, and brought into Portsmouth Harbour; Sans Pareille 84 Guns, L'America 74, Limpetue 84, Northumberland 84, Achille 76, La Vengeur 74.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Portsmouth (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799.
- Subject (Topic):
- First of June, Battle of the, 1794, Harbors, Warships, British, French, Crowds, Cannons, Carriages & coaches, Peg legs, and Victories
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Arrival of the flotilla of Admiral Howe into Portsmouth Harbour on 1 June 1794] [art original].
11.
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 115. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a postillion with huge boots holding his whip; a progress proof in pure etching before the addition in drypoint of the horse behind to the right."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0309.1663
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue., Early (proof?) state, before figure's queue added in drypoint and before the addition of background and foreground elements. For a later state with these changes to the plate, see no. 4743 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Postillions, French, Boots, Coach drivers, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A postillion] [graphic].
12.
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 115. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking forward, away from the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date of publication from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Early state, before position of the figure's head altered and before additional shading added to the foreground. For a later state with these changes to the plate, see no. 4745 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Postillions, French, Boots, Whips, and Coach drivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A postillion] [graphic].
13.
- Creator:
- Beauvarlet, Jacques-Firmin, 1731-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of French playwright Molière, after Bourdon; three-quarter length, sitting at desk, directed to left, hands folded on table, wearing long curled wig and loose-fitting gown; in rectangular frame, with spread wings and ivy in upper part, and attributes of comedy in lower part. ... Ribbon at bottom with verses [in Latin] by Horat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Alternative Title:
- Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
- Description:
- Title from from text within cartouche at top of image., Variant state, lacking imprint statement and with verses from Chenier engraved below image instead of a dedication. For a different state with the imprint "A Paris chez le Sr De Mailly, Quay de l'Ecole près le Louvre Avec Privilége du Roy", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.236., Place and date of publication from the Philadelphia Museum of Art online collection database, accession no.: 1943-50-23., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and multilated in lower left corner, resulting in partial loss of artist's name., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 187 (leaf numbered '228' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Molière, 1622-1673,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dramatists, Actors, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > J.B. Poquelin de Moliere née a Paris en 1620, M. le 17 Fevrier 1673 / [graphic]
14.
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [August 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.08.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Napoleon (left) and Joseph sit side by side on low seats or stools, both with a hand on each knee. They have large, elongated heads broadly caricatured (as in British Museum Satires No. 10604, &c.) and look sideways at each other with drawn-down mouths and wrinkled foreheads. Napoleon is in uniform, wearing a feathered bicorne; Joseph wears a crown with Spanish dress, ermine-trimmed robe, and the order of the Golden Fleece. His seat is, very inconspicuously, a commode. At his feet is a sceptre with a scroll inscribed 'Servata Fides Cineri'. Napoleon says: "A pretty piece of Business we have made of it Brother Joe." Joseph: "I always told you Nap, what would come of makeing too free with the Spaniards.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- King Nap and King Joe in the dumps
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Tentative artist attribution to Woodward from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 1808 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, French, Hats, Stools, Robes, Crowns, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Long faces at Bayonne, or, King Nap and King Joe in the dumps [graphic].
15.
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 January 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.01.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two designs placed side by side, the title so arranged that 'The Contrast' applies to both, the first four and last two words to the two designs respectively. [1] A scene outside Jaffa where the French flag flies from a fort on a rock at whose base are hospital tents (left), in which the sick can be seen. In the foreground Napoleon (a poor portrait) points with an imperious gesture to a bottle of 'Opium' in the hand of a distressed doctor in civilian dress. He says: "Don't talk to me of Humanity & the feelings of a generous heart, I say Poison those Sick dogs they are a burthen to me, & can no longer fight my Battles!!! I say destroy them - As for those Turks, them up in the Garrison, turn all the Guns upon them, Men, Women, & Children & blow them to atoms, they are too bold & resolute for me to suffer them to live, they are in my Way." In the middle distance (left) is a body of Turks, their arms tied behind them, guarded by a French soldier who points at Napoleon. Behind Napoleon two French officers exchange glances, acutely dismayed at the orders." ... [2] Two black soldiers, in neat regimentals, prepare to kill three haggard French officers. One raises an axe to smite a bound prisoner. Two British officers (left) interpose with outstretched arms; one says: "We know they are our Enemies, & yours, & the Enemies of all Mankind, nevertheless Humanity is so strongly planted in the Breast of an Englisman [sic], that he can become an humble beggar, for the lives, even of his enemies, when they are subdued." The other adds: "A mercy unexpected, undeserved surprises more."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Contrast to English humanity
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Mounted on a 19th-century blue album sheet. On the verso are newspaper clippings on a variety of topics: Sir Lionel Darell and the benevolence of the King to grant him land for his greenhouses in Richmond Park; "Observations on the rot of sheep"; Poem entitled "Leamington Spa"; "Balloon Ascension" an extract from a letter from Bristol, dated Sept 26.; an report of the death of Simon Southward, a miller who was a prisoner for 43 years for debt and the delusion of being the Earl of Derby.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 13, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Tents, Military medicine, Sick persons, Soldiers, Physicians, Opium, Military officers, Prisoners of war, Turkish, British, Physical restraints, and Axes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > French alias Corsican villainy, or, The contrast to English humanity [graphic].
16.
- Published / Created:
- pubd. according to act, March 17, 1771.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 81. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the French and on fashion ...: a postillion with a long queue drives a cabriolet to the right in which is a macaroni and footman, both with elaborate hairstyle; the macaroni bows to another, behind, who carries a parasol; a dog runs beside the horses."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Later state, with publisher's name and address burnished from plate. For an earlier state with "MDarly No. 39 Strand" present after publication date, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1861,1012.341., Attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., Four lines of verse in French below title: Barbares Anglois! qui du memê couteau ..., Mounted on page 81 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 17.6 x 20.6 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, Vehicles, Coach drivers, Servants, Umbrellas, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le cabriolet [graphic].
17.
- Published / Created:
- May 1811.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 66. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Parade of French eagles and colours taken by the British army in various actions."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Triumph of the British flag over the French eagles and colours, taken by our brave soldiers ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: French grenadiers., Leaf 66 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.9 x 27.7 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 31.1 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
- Subject (Topic):
- Military parades & ceremonies, Military uniforms, Soldiers, British, Flags, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Triumph of the British flag over the French eagles & colours, taken by our brave soldiers in different actions as they appear'd in the park May 18th, 1811. [graphic]
18.
- Published / Created:
- [18 March 1774]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 104. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Folded to 31.5 x 25.5 cm., and Bound in opposite page 104 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 18th, 1774, by H. Bryer, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Snuff
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mon Seigneur Le Cox with his snuff & snuff box treating Madam Durème with a snuff of the same. [graphic]
19.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 49. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length view of a young, French macaroni in profile facing left, stands beside a donkey whose reins he holds in his right hand. On the left, a dog jumps at the pair
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Mounted on page 49 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 22.4 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 30.8 x 28.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1, 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, and Donkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le fameux Blaise Lacoste, Limosin. F.R.S. [graphic]
20.
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 115. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A French postillion, wearing huge boots, gestures with his arms outspread to the right
- Description:
- Title and date of publication from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Printmaker from signature on later state: H.B. f., Early state, before background elements, printmaker's signature, and figure's sleeve decoration added in drypoint. For a later state with these additions, see no. 4746 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Postillions, French, Coach drivers, and Boots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A French postillion] [graphic].
21.
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking over his right shoulder towards the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with position of the figure's head altered and with additional shading added to the foreground. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 14.5 x 10.1 cm, on sheet 15.1 x 10.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Postillions, French, Boots, Whips, and Coach drivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A postillion] [graphic].
22.
- Creator:
- Chasselat, Charles Abraham, 1782-1843, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1818]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +116
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Scene of men chopping, hewing, and carrying wood, with two figures embracing at center. In the lower right corner, a woman feeds a baby whose foot a seated man kisses; another young child leans on the woman. The scene is set among trees with fronds and a shoreline in the distant background
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +116: Imperfect: bled at foot, with loss of fourth line of text and publisher's statement. Watercolor hand-coloring., BEIN WA Prints +122: Not colored., Title and statements of responsibility engraved below image., and Publication statement engraved below main text.
- Publisher:
- Chez Bulla, rue St. Jacques No. 38 et chez Ladvocat, Libraire, palais Royal, galerie de bois, Nos. 197 et 198
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas. and Champ d'Asile (Tex.)
- Subject (Topic):
- French
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Champ d'asile
23.
- Creator:
- Chasselat, Charles Abraham, 1782-1843, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1818]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +122
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Scene of men chopping, hewing, and carrying wood, with two figures embracing at center. In the lower right corner, a woman feeds a baby whose foot a seated man kisses; another young child leans on the woman. The scene is set among trees with fronds and a shoreline in the distant background
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +116: Imperfect: bled at foot, with loss of fourth line of text and publisher's statement. Watercolor hand-coloring., BEIN WA Prints +122: Not colored., Title and statements of responsibility engraved below image., and Publication statement engraved below main text.
- Publisher:
- Chez Bulla, rue St. Jacques No. 38 et chez Ladvocat, Libraire, palais Royal, galerie de bois, Nos. 197 et 198
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas. and Champ d'Asile (Tex.)
- Subject (Topic):
- French
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Champ d'asile
24.
- Published / Created:
- [May 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.05.31.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Soldiers discovering brandy in women's bustles by the Paris gates."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Brandy-rumps detected
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionable attribution by repository: Henry Kingsbury., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved beneath the title, three lines of explanatory text: Two fashionable females contrived to fill bladders wtih brandy which they substituted for rumps, and thus equipped in the most outré prominence of the mode passed several times unsuspected through the gates of Paris, smuggling no inconsiderable quantity of brandy. The frequency of their excursions caused suspicion among the officers who attempted to touch their garments but were repulsed with affected modesty. They however with the points of their swords [?] pierced what now-a-days is usually made of cork, when lo! a fountain of brandy played from each orifice, to the great diversion of the spectators, and the no small confusion of the Fair ones., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Derrières -- Bosoms., Watermark in center of sheet: L., and In manuscript at top of sheet: 54. On verso: Offset of un-identified musical score.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd May the [...] 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. E [sic] Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Soldiers, French, Military uniforms, Monks, and Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The gates of Paris, or, Brandy-rumps detected [graphic].
25.
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.04.02.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four figures of ladies caricaturing the dress of the period. The upper pair face each other in profile, one with feathers in her much puffed-out hair, the other with a wide hat tied under her chin (a Werter hat, cf. BMSat 7054). Below, one (left) stands full-face, the other stands in profile to the left with her head in back view, showing the arrangement of her hair. The fashions satirized are the puffed-out breasts, see BMSat 7099, &c, the false 'derrières', see BMSat 6874, &c., hairdressing and large muffs, see BMSat 7244, &c. The hair is much extended on each side of the head and divided at the back by a queue reaching below the waist."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Telles choses sont
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Mercer from the British Museum catalogue: According to Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comed. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermakr: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Publishd April 2nd, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, French, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Such things are Telles choses sont : that such things are most strange yet common. What things? For sure they are not women. [graphic]
26.
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.04.02.02.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four figures of ladies caricaturing the dress of the period. The upper pair face each other in profile, one with feathers in her much puffed-out hair, the other with a wide hat tied under her chin (a Werter hat, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7054). Below, one (left) stands full-face, the other stands in profile to the left with her head in back view, showing the arrangement of her hair. The fashions satirized are the puffed-out breasts, see BMSat 7099, &c, the false 'derrières', see BMSat 6874, &c., hairdressing and large muffs, see BMSat 7244, &c. The hair is much extended on each side of the head and divided at the back by a queue reaching below the waist."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Alternative Title:
- Telles choses sont
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Mercer: According to Henry Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comedy. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, v. 1, page 328., Variant (probably earlier) state, lacking the verse beneath title that appears in the later state. See no. 7252 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Mounted to 40 x 33 cm., and Watermark: W.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd 2d Aprill 1787 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, French, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Such things are Telles choses sont. [graphic] =
27.
- Creator:
- Mercer, Captain
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1787]
- Call Number:
- Drawings M553 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A campanion piece to print of the same title (Such things are. Telles choses sont) which ridicules women's dress. This plate shows four figures of dandies, one with a huge muff, one with a tall cane, all with the high waist, tight trousers, exaggerated ruffles at the neck, fashions that are all of the period
- Description:
- Title and date from print based on this drawing published by S.W. Fores April 2, 1787., Attributed to Captain Mercer: According to Henry Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comed. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328., and Formerly mounted with an impression of the engraving, based on this drawing: See Lewis Walpole Library 787.04.02.04+.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, French, and Men
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Such things are] [art original].
28.
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 770.00.00.27 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., 1 print on laid paper : etching ; sheet 26.6 x 18.6 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, partially trimmed: G.R.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Que je suis enchanté de vous voir! [graphic]
29.
- Published / Created:
- [1747]
- Call Number:
- 747.10.00.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Alternative Title:
- Litchfield races transpos'd and Litchfield races transposed
- Description:
- Caption title., Place of publication and suggested date from English short title catalogue and British Museum catalogue., An etching at top of sheet satirising the Jacobite enthusiasms of Staffordshire sportsmen, is followed below by a song in letterpress., Six stanzas of an anonymous song that is a patriotic British plea for unity, in two columns below the image: Ye subjects of true British race, Whether old Whig or Tory ... which does not clearly relate to the engraving in its contents., Temporary local subject terms: Union: Great Britain and Scotland -- Scotland : Rebellion, denial of redress for grievances -- Emblems: Britannia as symbol of the Union -- Emblems: fleur-de-lis as France, tied to Britain -- Races: Litchfield -- Ballads -- Cannons: touchole -- Tents -- Emblems: anchor for the Duke of Bedford., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Sheet trimmed on the right, within plate mark of the etching, resulting in some loss of image and in loss of 'd' in 'transpos'd'.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobites, Caricatures and cartoons, Patriotism, Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, British, French, and Scottish
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Great Britain's union, or, Litchfield races transpos'd : a new print, and ballad, to the tune of The first of August, or, &c.
30.
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.40
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
- Description:
- Titles etched below each image., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., and None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas ; Prussia mounting the German Eagle. [graphic]
31.
- Published / Created:
- [1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.00.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Social satire; a tall thin man with a tasselled tricorn hat in one hand and wearing a sword, wig, buckled shoes and rings on both hands steps forward towards a large lady with a wreath in her hair, beauty spots, several rings, a cupid's bow and arrow on a ribbon round her neck, a large muff, and a very low decolletage; behind them their two dogs mimic their actions; the man asks "Beauty need note de foraine aid of ornamen but ees ven unadorn adorn de mos.", to which the woman replies "I really cannot resist the pleasing truth of the bewitching Markeee. - - ah! Sweet Sir I yield, ah!""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Cruikshank on unverified card catalog record., Imprint burnished from plate. Originally published in 1798., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Song is an allusion to the Roast beef of Old England., and Watermark: John Hall 1825.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Bracelets, Courtship, Dogs, Dandies, French, Jewelry, Miniatures (Paintings), Obesity, Pendants (Jewelry), and Rings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]
32.
- Published / Created:
- [1742]
- Call Number:
- 742.00.00.10+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and noted music
- Abstract:
- "A broadside satirising Robert Walpole with an etching in two parts. In the left-hand scene Frederick, Prince of Wales, stands with the Duke of Argyll and other gentlemen, pointing to the left where George II embraces Britannia. In the foreground, the grotesque figure of Walpole, wearing a coronet, kneels holding in five hands, bags of French and Spanish gold and another lettered, "I am Lord Corruption". Behind him stands his daughter, Lady Mary, toying with a coronet. On the ground beside Walpole, the French cock perches on the back of the exhausted Imperial Eagle, but the British lion watching the conflict growls, "Now I'm rousing". In the background, the white horse of Hanover kicks a man off a high rock; the man cries, "I'm lost"; a ship lies at anchor off Cartagena observed from another high rock to right by Admiral Vernon whose impetus towards the city is restrained by General Wentworth; below these two men sits Admiral Haddock chained to a rock (a reference to the limitation of his resources in dealing with the combined Spanish and French Mediterranean fleets). In the right-hand scene Walpole raises his hands in horror at the appearance in a cloud of smoke of the ghost of Eustace Budgell who holds out a paper described in the verses to left as a "black Account ...Full twenty Winters of Misdeeds"; on the table at which Walpole is sitting is a large candlestick and letters addressed "A son Eminence" (Cardinal Fleury) and "à don [Sebastian] de la Quadra" and a book on "The Art of Bribery". Budgell's ghost raises his hand above his head to point at a scene of a beheading in the background above which flies Time while Justice sits on a column beside the scaffold and a crowd cheers below; over a doorway to right is a portrait of a Cardinal, presumably intended for Wolsey who is mentioned in the verses on the right. Engraved title and dedication to the Prince of Wales on a cloth above the scene supported by two putti; verses in two columns on either side condemning Walpole for his maladministration and celebrating the new prominence of the Prince of Wales and his followers; lines of music in two columns below the etching."--British Museum online catalogue and Also depicted the White Horse of the Hanover, British lion emblem, and
- Description:
- Title from caption above image., British Museum curator's note: "The Man in Blue" refers to "The Chinese Orphan", which was a anti-Walpole verse drama by William Hatchett, published in 1741., Engraved throughout, with illustration in top center and music below., For voice and harpsichord. Music on two staves with interlinear words. With caption above music: Set by Sigr. Plutone, 1st composer to the Infernal Shades., Thirty-four stanzas of song engraved on either side of image and music: One midnight, as the man in blue, sat pond'ring on his doom ..., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 4., Other notes identifying the figures in the print in unknown contemporary hand., and Imperfect: sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint, text, and music of the song; sheet 28 x 32 cm, mounted to 33 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Eliza Haywood at Fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, and sold by the printsellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, according to act of Parliament
- Subject (Geographic):
- Cartagena (Colombia) and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Haddock, Nicholas, 1684-1757, Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530, Wentworth, Thomas, active 1741, and Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,
- Subject (Topic):
- English West Indian Expedition, 1739-1742, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Political corruption, Death (Personification), Bribery, Crowns, Decapitations, Ghosts, Justice, Putti, National emblems, British, French, Germany, and Spanish
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The ghost of Eustace Budgel Esqr. to the *man in blue most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales *see the Chinese Orphan, a tragedy for the reason of this term / [graphic]
33.
- Published / Created:
- [October 1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.10.08.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the negotiations leading to the Peace of Paris in response to Hogarth's "The Times Part 1", but also with visual echoes of his much earlier print, "Southwark Fair". In the centre is a large theatrical booth advertising "The Full and Whole Play of Dido and Aeneas" with a show-cloth on which the lovers are depicted taking shelter in a cave; below is platform on which stand Bute and Princess Augusta accompanied by a zany, a drummer (Arthur Murphy) and a trumpeter (Tobias Smollett). Hogarth, portrayed as an ape, stands on a ladder painting a sign-board with a portrait of Pitt (echoing the sign painter in "Beer Street"); at the foot of the ladder another ape, representing the Duke of Bedford, ambassador to Paris, sits on a small table holding a sheet marked "Prelim Peace". Henry Fox looks out of a window at the top of the booth. On the left, Bute stands on stilts playing the bagpipes with a large bag of money hanging from his neck; he is supported by admiring Scotsmen and adored by a group of bishops. Behind him is an inn with the sign of the thistle advertising "Geud Scrubbing for Mon and Horse"; an ass peers throuh a window and an ass's skull hangs above. Beyond, Scotsmen rejoice as buildings burn, while three fireman sleep beside their engine; an owl representing the French ambassador, the Duke de Nivernois, flies overhead carrying on olive branch (in place of Hogarth's dove with the olive branch) . In the foreground a mastiff urinates on an impression of Hogarth's "The Times Part 1"; Charles Churchill gestures towards a bonfire on which is burning "The Wandsworth Epistle" and "The Briton" (Smollett's newspaper) while a sailor, watched by Britannia, brings a wheelbarrow laden with other journals (echoing the barrow containing "The North Briton" in Hogarth's print). Behind this group, William Beckford draws the attention of Pitt, Temple and Newcastle to the happy Scots; Cumberland, bald-headed, shakes his fist. The British lion grasps a dead French cock in his jaws and looks angrily at a Frenchman who hands coins to a Dutchman leaning on a bale marked "Neutrality" (a similar Dutchman in Hogarth's print sits on a bale smoking contentedly). Behind the lion, George Whitefield, arms outspread and a devil blowing with bellows into his ear, preaches from a three-legged stool to an old woman with a prayer-book and a man with the head of an ass. On the left, three further show-cloths hang on the wall of a house, referring to performances at "Punch Political Poppet Show with a Scotch Uproar": "Then", with the figure of Fame crowning a British commander; "Now", with a Scotsman at the prow of a boat foundering on the rocks of "New Lost Land"; "Alive from France & England" with a clown raising his fist and his foot at a Frenchman (echoing the sign, "Alive from America", in Hogarth's print); at the top of the house a Spaniard and a Frenchman, both grinning, look out of a window."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Variant state without imprint and with different price, added in top right corner. See British Museum catalogue., In upper right corner: Price 1 sh., and Four columns of verse below image: See here my good masters a fine raree show, will please ev'ry one from the high to the low ...
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, and D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Bagpipes, Clergy, Devil, Hangings (Executions), National emblems, French, Scottish, Newspapers, Puppet shows, Signs (Notices), Theatrical productions, and Wheelbarrows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The raree show a political contrast to the print of the Times by Wm. Hogarth. [graphic]
34.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 1st Jany. 1778.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 778.01.01.03++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Grand Tourists: scene outside an inn in France, with a sign reading "Poste Royale", where a young English gentleman, holding a copy of "[Lord] Chesterfield's Letters", arrives with his tutor. He is greeted by the smiling inkeeper wearing large wooden shoes stuffed with wool who holds out a menu; beside the innkeeper a positllion holding a whip climbs out of his large boots On the right, a fat servant carries two bottles of wine and four books; behind him another postillion drives the coach with two horses towards the right. In the background, a woman can be seen through the archway of the inn standing on a bench and reaching up to clip the wings of a cockerel; a door beside the arch, lettered, "Bon Chere icy chez La Grenouille / Traiteur", is open to reveal a ladder up which a cook has climbed in order to catch three cats running along a wall; he holds a knife in his hand. An image of a young Bacchus seated on a barrel has been chalked on the wall; a dog jumps up towards it. Beyond the wall is the roof of a cottage, a church tower and a cottage with a niche with a statue of a saint."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Probably an earlier state of a print in the British Museum with the imprint "Publish'd 11th March 1778." Cf. no. 4732 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Tutor -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Literature: Chesterfield's letters -- The Grand Tour., and Watermark, mostly trimmed.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Grand tours (Education), Ethnic stereotypes, Education, Taverns (Inns), Clergy, Tutoring, Servants, Boots, Whips, Postillions, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tour to foreign parts [graphic]
35.
- Published / Created:
- [10 May 1779]
- Call Number:
- 779.05.10.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., First state, without artist's name on plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs May 10, 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A French officer setting off for the post house at Boulon [graphic]
36.
- Creator:
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.01.01.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs 1st Jany. 1780 by Robert Wilkinson, at No.58 in Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Cooks, French, Blacks, Kitchens, and Cooking utensils
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep in a camp kitchen by an over drove ox, with the French cook's retreat into the cistern [graphic]
37.
- Published / Created:
- pubd. accorg. to act 4 May 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.05.04.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "design in two groups, one (left) representing the past, the other (right) the present. A Dutchman personifying the Dutch Republic, threatened by Spain (left) kneels, hat in hand, before a military officer representing England, imploring help. He says, "the poor distracted States of Holland". The Englishman answers, "I am your Friend Mynheer I'll help you up & beat your foes". A Spaniard stands (left) behind the Dutchman's back, his sword raised to strike, his left fist clenched, saying, "I am determined Mynheer you shall never rise more". On the right is another group of figures representing Holland, England, America, France, and Spain: A Dutchman on the extreme right, smoking a pipe, his hands in his breeches pocket, scowls at an English officer, saying, "I am now ye high & Mighty." (The States General of the United Provinces were addressed as Hogen Mogen, 'High Mightinesses'.) The Englishman, a drawn sword in his hand, says to him "Now is ye time to pay ye debt of Gratitude". America, an Indian holding a tomahawk, says to France, pointing to England, It shall never have my Colonies again. France, a French military officer with a drawn sword, wearing spurred jack-boots, points to England, saying, "begar me will have half his Possessions". Spain, in cloak and feathered hat, also with a drawn sword, stands behind France saying "Don Diego has vow'd the downfall of England." Beneath the design verses are engraved: "See Holland oppress'd by his old Spanish Foe, To England with cap in hand kneels very low, The Free-hearted Britton, dispels all its care, And raises it up from the brink of Dispair. But when three spitefull foes old England beset, The Dutchman refuses to pay a Just debt; With his hands in his pockets he says he'll stand Neuter, And England his Friend may be D------d for the Future.""--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Dutch, Caricatures and cartoons, French, Spaniards, Caricatures and cartons, Americans, Indians of North America, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dutch gratitude display'd [graphic].
38.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 August 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.08.09.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A British and a French sailor addressing one another. The British sailor stands full-face, a club in his right hand, his left hand on his hip. He wears a crowned hat, a handkerchief knotted round his neck, and wide, knee-length trousers. He scowls threateningly. The Frenchman, very thin, stands facing him, in profile to the left; he grins, saying "Ha! Ha! we beata You": the Englishman answers "you Lie". The Frenchman wears a feathered hat, ruffled shirt, long trousers, and a cutlass. His hair is in a very long pigtail queue, tied with a bow of ribbon. In the background a naval battle is indicated by ships and clouds of smoke slightly sketched. Cf. BMSat 5674."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item. and Possibly by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Augt. 9th, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Sailors, British, French, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > National discourse [graphic]
39.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.12.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. Decr. 1st, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- National characteristics, French, Starvation, Butchers, Dandies, French, Meat, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Ah, grant a me von letel bite" [graphic].
40.
- Published / Created:
- [28 November 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.11.28.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Decade obliterated in date; surmised from publisher's address., and Date of publication surmised from printer'ss address. See I. Maxted's British book trade.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. Colley Novr. 28 17[8]1 high Holborn London
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Soldiers, French, Military uniforms, Piers & wharves, Clothing & dress, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A French man of war [graphic].
41.
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.76
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., Publisher identified from address., Plate numbered '72' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Personifications: Holland -- Personifications: France -- Personifications: England., and Mounted to 16 x 17 cm.
- Publisher:
- To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Dueling, Military uniforms, National emblems, British, Dutch, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The egotist [graphic].
42.
- Published / Created:
- pubd. according to act, March 17, 1771.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 771.03.17.01.2 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 81. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the French and on fashion ...: a postillion with a long queue drives a cabriolet to the right in which is a macaroni and footman, both with elaborate hairstyle; the macaroni bows to another, behind, who carries a parasol; a dog runs beside the horses."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Later state, with publisher's name and address burnished from plate. For an earlier state with "MDarly No. 39 Strand" present after publication date, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1861,1012.341., Attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., Four lines of verse in French below title: Barbares Anglois! qui du memê couteau ..., and Watermark, partially trimmed.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, Vehicles, Coach drivers, Servants, Umbrellas, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le cabriolet [graphic].
43.
- Published / Created:
- [21 May 1771]
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.1 plate 5
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 58. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A French hairdresser with fine coat and small-sword."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Alternative Title:
- Monsieur le Frizuer
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with additional numbering; see page 38 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "5" in upper right corner., and For an earlier state, see no. 4673 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. accordg. to act of Parllt. May 21th [sic], 1771, by MDarly 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, Clothing & dress, Hairdressing, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Monr. le Frizuer [graphic].
44.
- Published / Created:
- [15 July 1771]
- Call Number:
- 771.07.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on fashion: a French hairdresser mounts a ladder to arrange with tongs the curls of a lady with an enormous coiffure, while another man with a long queue, evidently her husband, holds a sextant to measure the height."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ladies absurdity
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Headdresses -- Naval officers -- Military uniforms -- Naval officer's uniform -- Trades: hairdressers -- Furnishings -- Carpet -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Hairdressing implements: curling tongs -- Step ladders -- Naval instruments: quadrant., and Watermark: countermark W.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. accordg. to act of Parllt., July 15th 1771, by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, & R. Sayer at the Golden Buck, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, Hairstyles, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Floor coverings, Ladders, and Sextants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ridiculous taste, or, The ladies absurdity [graphic].
45.
- Published / Created:
- [1 October 1771]
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.1 plate 16
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 62. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man (whole length) stands in profile to the right, his mouth wide open as if singing. In his right hand he holds blank sheets of paper evidently intended for music. His left hand holds the right side of his coat. His hair is in an enormously long queue bound with ribbon. His hat is under his right arm. He wears a large cravat, his shirt sleeves are frilled but his stockings are conspicuously patched."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- French marrowbone singer
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4916 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Reference to Marylebone Gardens.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, Oct. 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, French, and Singers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The French marow-bone singer [graphic].
46.
- Published / Created:
- [1 October 1771]
- Call Number:
- 771.10.01.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man (whole length) stands in profile to the right, his mouth wide open as if singing. In his right hand he holds blank sheets of paper evidently intended for music. His left hand holds the right side of his coat. His hair is in an enormously long queue bound with ribbon. His hat is under his right arm. He wears a large cravat, his shirt sleeves are frilled but his stockings are conspicuously patched."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- French marrowbone singer
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '16' in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Singers -- Reference to Marylebone Gardens.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, Oct. 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, and Singing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The French marow-bone singer [graphic].
47.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1773]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 773.01.01.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 49. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length view of a young, French macaroni in profile facing left, stands beside a donkey whose reins he holds in his right hand. On the left, a dog jumps at the pair
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22.5 x 20.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1, 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, French, and Donkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le fameux Blaise Lacoste, Limosin. F.R.S. [graphic]
48.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 20th Jany. 1774.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.01.20.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a postillion striding to right holding his whip dangling before him."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Postillions, French, Ethnic stereotypes, Whips, and Boots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A French postillion] [graphic]
49.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.03.00.02++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A wild affray round a circular gaming-table seen at close range, only the heads and shoulders of those on the nearer side of the table being visible. An angry military officer wearing a cocked hat, with an empty wallet on the table before him, leans forward aiming his pistol at a lean and elderly man whose 'chapeau bras' and long pigtail indicate that he is French. The latter covers a pile of guineas with his hand and aims a pistol at his assailant. Some of the players are falling over in their eagerness to escape. Between the combatants, and on the further side of the table, one man holds a chair above his head, about to smite the officer; a fellow-officer raises a bottle and a candle-stick to strike the Frenchman. All the persons (sixteen) are in violent action, with which their expressions correspond. Some are in flight, others about to intervene. On the table are a triple candle-stick, a dice-box and dice, a sword, a hat containing coins, and a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker's signature from impression in British Museum., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and printmaker's signature has been mostly erased., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 1790 by Wm. Holland, Oxford Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Candlesticks, Fighting, Gambling, Handguns, Men, French, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A kick-up at a hazard table! [graphic]
50.
- Published / Created:
- [1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.08.04.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- First bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orlean's
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Gillray in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from an impression in the Library of Congress., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom., One line of text below title: where the Duc' upon the begining [sic] of the engagement, cried out in the greatest terror for the crew to carry him below deck ..., Companion print: Second bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Orxxxn's., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Naval battles: French vs. English -- Cannons -- French ships -- Battles: Ouessan (Ushant)., Watermark: J Whatman., and Window mounted to 32 x 43 cm., matted to 47 x 61 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- Guns, Ships, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of Ouessan between the English & French fleets, or, First bravery of Philippe the Fiery-Faced, Duc' of Or+++n's [sic] [graphic].