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1. French flight, or, The grand monarque and the rights of kings supported in a sublime and beautiful manner [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- June 26, 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.06.26.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A political satire with Burke depicted as Mercury carrying on his shoulders Marie Antoinette who in turn carries Louis XVI
- Alternative Title:
- Grand monarque and the rights of kings supported in a sublime and beautiful manner
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Place of publication from known location of William Dent: London, 116 Strand., Hand-colored by Dent., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Hand-coloring extends well beyond the plate line in this impression. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by Wm. Dent
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
- Subject (Topic):
- Mercury (Roman deity), Crowns, and Winged feet
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > French flight, or, The grand monarque and the rights of kings supported in a sublime and beautiful manner [graphic].
2. The Chamber of Commerce, or, L'assemblée des Not-ables Anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 Fenurary 1787]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 36. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A number of men with asses' heads sit round a table signing a petition. They are upon a platform in a ramshackle room; a ladder rests against its left corner; on the ladder appear the head and shoulders of Fox in back view; he holds strings attached to the noses of the asses. The ass seated at the head of the table (left) hands down to him a 'Petition to the House of Commons for Delay [signed] Ign[or]amus'. An ass holds a long document, the 'Commercial Treaty with France', which falls across the table on to the ground; on his right shoulder an ass rests his head; another on the left sleeps with his head resting on a pile of books on the table. A spectacled ass writes busily; next him, at the end of the table (right), an ass leans back asleep. The nose of a braying ass appears through a door on the extreme right. Behind the table an ass places a notice on the wall: 'Chamber of Commerce at a Meeting held the 10th of February Resolved'. This partly covers another bill: 'Chamber [of] Commerce at a Meeting 9th Decr 1786 Resolv[ed]'. On a shelf (left) a figure of Mercury with a wooden leg dances, flourishing a caduceus; the right hand is broken off; behind it part of a vase is visible inscribed 'Wedgwood'. Figure and vase are on a pedestal inscribed 'Ex Quovis Ligno non fit Mercurius'. A casement window with broken panes and a raftered ceiling indicate the squalor of the room."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Assemblée des not-ables anglois and Assemblée des notables anglois
- Description:
- Title etched in bottom center of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 22.8 x 28.3 cm, on sheet 24.5 x 29.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 36 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. the 14th Febry. 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795. and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Foreign economic relations, Mercury (Roman deity), and Donkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Chamber of Commerce, or, L'assemblée des Not-ables Anglois [graphic]
3. The Chamber of Commerce, or, L'assemblée des Not-ables Anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 Fenurary 1787]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 36. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A number of men with asses' heads sit round a table signing a petition. They are upon a platform in a ramshackle room; a ladder rests against its left corner; on the ladder appear the head and shoulders of Fox in back view; he holds strings attached to the noses of the asses. The ass seated at the head of the table (left) hands down to him a 'Petition to the House of Commons for Delay [signed] Ign[or]amus'. An ass holds a long document, the 'Commercial Treaty with France', which falls across the table on to the ground; on his right shoulder an ass rests his head; another on the left sleeps with his head resting on a pile of books on the table. A spectacled ass writes busily; next him, at the end of the table (right), an ass leans back asleep. The nose of a braying ass appears through a door on the extreme right. Behind the table an ass places a notice on the wall: 'Chamber of Commerce at a Meeting held the 10th of February Resolved'. This partly covers another bill: 'Chamber [of] Commerce at a Meeting 9th Decr 1786 Resolv[ed]'. On a shelf (left) a figure of Mercury with a wooden leg dances, flourishing a caduceus; the right hand is broken off; behind it part of a vase is visible inscribed 'Wedgwood'. Figure and vase are on a pedestal inscribed 'Ex Quovis Ligno non fit Mercurius'. A casement window with broken panes and a raftered ceiling indicate the squalor of the room."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Assemblée des not-ables anglois and Assemblée des notables anglois
- Description:
- Title etched in bottom center of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject., and Mounted on page 52 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Publd. the 14th Febry. 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795. and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Foreign economic relations, Mercury (Roman deity), and Donkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Chamber of Commerce, or, L'assemblée des Not-ables Anglois [graphic]
4. The Chamber of Commerce, or, L'assemblée des Not-ables Anglois [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 Fenurary 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.02.14.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 36. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A number of men with asses' heads sit round a table signing a petition. They are upon a platform in a ramshackle room; a ladder rests against its left corner; on the ladder appear the head and shoulders of Fox in back view; he holds strings attached to the noses of the asses. The ass seated at the head of the table (left) hands down to him a 'Petition to the House of Commons for Delay [signed] Ign[or]amus'. An ass holds a long document, the 'Commercial Treaty with France', which falls across the table on to the ground; on his right shoulder an ass rests his head; another on the left sleeps with his head resting on a pile of books on the table. A spectacled ass writes busily; next him, at the end of the table (right), an ass leans back asleep. The nose of a braying ass appears through a door on the extreme right. Behind the table an ass places a notice on the wall: 'Chamber of Commerce at a Meeting held the 10th of February Resolved'. This partly covers another bill: 'Chamber [of] Commerce at a Meeting 9th Decr 1786 Resolv[ed]'. On a shelf (left) a figure of Mercury with a wooden leg dances, flourishing a caduceus; the right hand is broken off; behind it part of a vase is visible inscribed 'Wedgwood'. Figure and vase are on a pedestal inscribed 'Ex Quovis Ligno non fit Mercurius'. A casement window with broken panes and a raftered ceiling indicate the squalor of the room."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Assemblée des not-ables anglois and Assemblée des notables anglois
- Description:
- Title etched in bottom center of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Lewis Walpole Library: Horace Walpole refers to subject.
- Publisher:
- Publd. the 14th Febry. 1787 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795. and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Foreign economic relations, Mercury (Roman deity), and Donkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Chamber of Commerce, or, L'assemblée des Not-ables Anglois [graphic]
5. [Unnumbered engraving depicting the god Mercury]
- Call Number:
- Numismatic Zn17 027
- Collection Title:
- Thesaurus ex thesauro palatino selectus, sive, Gemmarum et numismatum quae in electorali
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Subject (Topic):
- Mercury (Roman deity) and Numismatics, Ancient
- Collection Created:
- Heidelbergae, Typis Philippi Delborn, 1685
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Unnumbered engraving depicting the god Mercury]
