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1. Shipment of the prisoners : Charles P. Duane, Martin Gallagher, Billy Mulligan, Wm. Carr, Edward Bulger and Wolly Kearny, sent from the country, by the "Vigilance Committee of San Francisco," at two o'clock, A.M., June 5th, 1856

Creator:: Boyd, T. C. (Theodore C.), artist
Published / Created:: [1856?]
Call Number:: WA Prints 413
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A group of men are escorted by guards onto what may be a steamboat
Description:: Title from caption below image. and Image signed "T.C. Boyd" in lower right corner.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: California and San Francisco
Subject (Name):: San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):: Prisoners, Transportation, and Deportation
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shipment of the prisoners : Charles P. Duane, Martin Gallagher, Billy Mulligan, Wm. Carr, Edward Bulger and Wolly Kearny, sent from the country, by the "Vigilance Committee of San Francisco," at two o'clock, A.M., June 5th, 1856

2. John Bellingham taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, May 15th, 1812 / [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: May 16th, 1812.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 15. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Three-quarter length portrait of John Bellingham, assassin of the Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, standing in profile to the right, holding an open letter in his left hand and his right hand on the rail
Description:: Title etched below image., Publisher identified as Robert Dighton in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0308.103., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Leaf 15 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Bellingham, John, 1770-1812,, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812., and Bellingham, John, 1770-1812.
Subject (Topic):: Assassins, Prisoners, Trials (Murder), Assassinations, Criminals, and Judicial proceedings
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > John Bellingham taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, May 15th, 1812 / [graphic]

3. Charles thrown into prison [art original]

Creator:: Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:: [between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:: Drawings D639 no. 10 Box D117
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The tenth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this tenth drawing, Charles is confronted by two fellow prisoners as he enters his prison cell. The guard on the left looks in as he holds his key on the lock. The cell contains a single bed, a broken chair, a broken jug, a broadside posted to the wall along with graffiti including the initials "G.B."
Description:: Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '10' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Allegorical drawings, Cells (Rooms & spaces), Debt, Graffiti, Prison guards, Prisoners, Prisons, Parables, and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Charles thrown into prison [art original]

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

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

5. The impeachment, or, "The father of the gang turnd. kings evidence" [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [May 1791]
Call Number:: 791.05.00.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Sheridan and Fox are prisoners behind a bar on which they lean. Burke towers above them, with a stern frown, seizing each by the hair. He says: ""Behold the abettors of Revolutions, see "the authors of Plots & conspiracies, & take cognizance of the enemies of both "Church & State; - "I know them all, & have a while upheld, the unyok'd "humour of their Wickedness," - I have bore [sic] with them 'till the measure "of their iniquity is full; but now, I will bare them before ye Justice of injured "humanity, - I will prove unequivocally, that there exists at the present "moment, a junto of Miscreant Jacobites [sic], who are aiming at the Over-"throw of the British Constitution" - Vide Burkes Speech on the Quebec Bill - ". Sheridan (left) in profile to the left, his hands clasped, says with a terrified expression, "Ha! what's that? miscreant Jacobites! - plots Conspiracies! Revolution! - O! Damnation! we're all found out! - ah Joseph! Joseph! I fear you've brought up your Neck for a fine Collar!" Fox (right), his head bowed under Burke's hand, his handkerchief to his eyes, says, "O the devil! I'm quite overcome, & stupified with Grief! to think that the Man who has been my dearest Friend, and my Chum in all infamy, for Twenty five years, should now turn Snitch at last! good-lack-a-day!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Father of the gang turnd. kings evidence and Father of the gang turned king's evidence
Description:: Title from text in bottom part of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Burke's speech on Quebec Bill -- Coalition: denounced in 1791 -- Spectacles -- Literature: Sheridan's School for scandal., and Watermark: Strasburg lily, dated 1805.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Jacobites, Politicians, Impeachments, Prisoners, Debates, Eyeglasses, Crying, and Handkerchiefs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The impeachment, or, "The father of the gang turnd. kings evidence" [graphic].

6. The impeachment, or, "The father of the gang turnd. kings evidence" [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [May 1791]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Sheridan and Fox are prisoners behind a bar on which they lean. Burke towers above them, with a stern frown, seizing each by the hair. He says: ""Behold the abettors of Revolutions, see "the authors of Plots & conspiracies, & take cognizance of the enemies of both "Church & State; - "I know them all, & have a while upheld, the unyok'd "humour of their Wickedness," - I have bore [sic] with them 'till the measure "of their iniquity is full; but now, I will bare them before ye Justice of injured "humanity, - I will prove unequivocally, that there exists at the present "moment, a junto of Miscreant Jacobites [sic], who are aiming at the Over-"throw of the British Constitution" - Vide Burkes Speech on the Quebec Bill - ". Sheridan (left) in profile to the left, his hands clasped, says with a terrified expression, "Ha! what's that? miscreant Jacobites! - plots Conspiracies! Revolution! - O! Damnation! we're all found out! - ah Joseph! Joseph! I fear you've brought up your Neck for a fine Collar!" Fox (right), his head bowed under Burke's hand, his handkerchief to his eyes, says, "O the devil! I'm quite overcome, & stupified with Grief! to think that the Man who has been my dearest Friend, and my Chum in all infamy, for Twenty five years, should now turn Snitch at last! good-lack-a-day!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Father of the gang turnd. kings evidence and Father of the gang turned king's evidence
Description:: Title from text in bottom part of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Burke's speech on Quebec Bill -- Coalition: denounced in 1791 -- Spectacles -- Literature: Sheridan's School for scandal., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.1 x 39.7 cm, on sheet 32.1 x 41.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 64 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):: Jacobites, Politicians, Impeachments, Prisoners, Debates, Eyeglasses, Crying, and Handkerchiefs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The impeachment, or, "The father of the gang turnd. kings evidence" [graphic].

7. Jack Sheppard [graphic]

Creator:: Maddocks, W., printmaker
Published / Created:: [1819?]
Call Number:: 819.00.00.13
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait of John ('Jack') Sheppard, three-quarter length in prison cell, seated to left with hands in chains and head turned to right; wearing plain coat and necktie, his hair cut short; after Thornhill. Sheppard was a notorious thief who was famous for his daring escapes from multiple prisons in London
Description:: Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 31 x 25 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England., England, and London.
Subject (Name):: Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724.
Subject (Topic):: Criminals, Prisoners, and Prisons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Jack Sheppard [graphic]

8. Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1800]
Call Number:: 800.05.12.08+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Lower left corner: Vide Roderick Random, Vol. II, Chap. XXV., Illustration to Adventures of Roderick Random., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs, May 12, 1800, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):: Smollett, T. 1721-1771. (Tobias), and Fleet Prison (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Breast feeding, Children, Prisoners, and Prisons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]

9. Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1800]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Lower left corner: Vide Roderick Random, Vol. II, Chap. XXV., Illustration to Adventures of Roderick Random., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 27.4 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 29 x 36.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs, May 12, 1800, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):: Smollett, T. 1721-1771. (Tobias), and Fleet Prison (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Breast feeding, Children, Prisoners, and Prisons
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]