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1. A bundle of Guy Fawkes' [graphic].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1833]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Group of Tories hanged over a fire stired up by rolls of papers representing corruption, orangism, tithes and plots; delighted men and politicians dancing and feeding the fire."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Three columns of verse below title: Remember, remember, good people, remember, these times of King Bill and the fifth of November ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and No. 113.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606. and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Hangings (Executions), Gallows, and Fire
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A bundle of Guy Fawkes' [graphic].
2. A reward O, for non mi ricordo, or, The exaltation of my jockey & his brave confederates a new song - tune "Bartholomew Fair" / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [August 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Heading to a printed broadside in support of Queen Caroline, with a depiction of the Queen in the upper left, riding in a chariot pulled by a lion under a banner reading "Innocence and Triumph." The Italian witnesses against her are being led in chains to the gallows, the man at the back of the line remaking "This is past a joke O! Majocc"; a hangman smoking a pipe awaits them at the top of a ladder, noose in hand. Three figures with bags over their heads are already hanging, with a fourth hanged figure being fed by a devil with a pitchfork into the flaming mouth of a demon on the right, a "Green Bag" falling into the flames next to him. Another victim is skewered by a second devil standing inside the demon's mouth; the words "Milan Commission Receiving Office" are written amid the flames. A John Bull figure with a walking stick watches the scene from the right, remarking: "Well now if this h'ant a sight that pleases John Bull - Go & be hang'd to ye you Italian scoundels - come to swear an innocent womans life away." In the center foreground, a dog tears at a second "Green Bag" with its mouth
- Alternative Title:
- Exaltation of my jockey & his brave confederates and Exaltation of my jockey and his brave confederates
- Description:
- Title printed in letterpress below image., Remnants of etched title are visible beneath image, suggesting that the plate was originally larger and cut down at some point., Date of publication from manuscript note "Aug. 1820" in ink beneath lower right corner of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Song printed in letterpress in two columns below title, beginning with the line "Oh, there never was such times!" and ending "Here's the triumph of brave Caroline our Queen O.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Witnesses, Shackles, Chariots, Lions, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Ladders, Devil, Demons, Fire, Bags, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A reward O, for non mi ricordo, or, The exaltation of my jockey & his brave confederates a new song - tune "Bartholomew Fair" / [graphic]
3. Advice from the other world, or, A peep in the magic lanthorn [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [August 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caricature on George IV who looks with horror at a projection on the wall from a magic lantern of a vision of the future with soldiers fighting an insurrection and politicians hanging from a lamp-post."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Peep in the magic lanthorn and Peep in the magic lantern
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 59 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," and "Liverpool" identified in ink in lower right margin, followed by the date "Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. August 1820 by Dolby, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Projectors, Soldiers, Rebellions, Hangings (Executions), Politicians, Lampposts, Stools, Bandages, and Bottles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Advice from the other world, or, A peep in the magic lanthorn [graphic].
4. All max in the east, a scene in Tom & Jerry, or, Life in London [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gleadah, Joshua, active 1815-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 April 1822]
- Call Number:
- 822.04.24.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dustman dances with a black woman as a black musician plays the fiddle and spectators look on. A picture on the back wall and a poster on the chimney shows people hanging from gallows
- Alternative Title:
- Scene in Tom & Jerry, Scene in Tom and Jerry, and Life in London
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Ms. note following date in imprint: '1822', Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Cansell 1818.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 24 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Audiences, Dance, Hangings (Executions), Musicians, and Garbage collecting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > All max in the east, a scene in Tom & Jerry, or, Life in London [graphic]
5. Awful account of the dreadful execution of Mr. Matthew Grey, and Miss Susan Smith, for murder
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1830]
- Call Number:
- File 52 Aw966 830+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Caption title., First line: In the county of Norfolk, lived one Mr. Matthew Grey, a gentleman about 39 years of age, possessed of a very good estate., Printed in three columns. With three woodcut illustrations at top: one depicting a man about to hurl an infant; one depicting a man and a woman hanging from nooses; and one depicting a woman burning an infant's corpse in a fireplace while being watched through a window. With "A copy of verses" printed in lower right: Give ear to this most horrid tale, this dismal tragedy, so foul and deep it cannot fail to moisten every eye. ..., Matthew Grey, apparently insane, decided his wife was unfaithful and that he was not the father of his three children. Enraged, he murdered his entire family. The gruesome sounds of the murders attracted the attention of his neighbors, who rushed to the scene and apprehended Grey. Susan Smith, a girl of 17, was pregnant with an unwanted child. Unable to abort the pregnancy, she murdered the baby shortly after it was born. Her crime was discovered when a neighbor saw her attempting to burn the baby's corpse in a fireplace., Printer's advertisement following imprint: -- Cards and handbills printed very neat and cheap., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Norfolk., and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Grey, Matthew, -approximately 1830. and Smith, Susan, -approximately 1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- Murderers, Infanticide, Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Awful account of the dreadful execution of Mr. Matthew Grey, and Miss Susan Smith, for murder
6. Bung triumphant [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.06.00.01 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the public reaction to Admiral Byng's withdrawal from the defence of Minorca."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Byng triumphant
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 32 x 20 cm, on sheet 34 x 22 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Minorca (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757, Wesley, John, 1703-1791, and La Galissonnière, Roland Michel Barrin, marquis de, 1693-1756
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), and Memorial arches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bung triumphant [graphic].
7. Courier anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 February 1773]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 773.02.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on an English post courier (as opposed to a French courier, see British Museum Satires No. 4737): a man on horseback, blowing a horn, with an enormous sack at his back; he rides along a country road towards the right where a gibbet stands with two hanging bodies."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Early state. For later states with altered imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., and Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 13th Feby. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]
8. Courier anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 May 1774]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., For variant states with different imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 773.02.13.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., and Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]
9. Courier anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 May 1774]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., For variant states with different imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 773.02.13.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns., and 1 print on laid paper : soft-ground etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.3 x 43 cm, on sheet 36 x 55 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Bags, Delivering, Horns (Communication devices), Hangings (Executions), and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Courier anglois [graphic]
