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21.
Royal congratulations [graphic].

Published / Created:
[October 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature in two scenes, one with Queen Caroline receiving loyal addresses, the other with a grave-digger presenting a text to George IV sailing on his ship with Lady Conyngham."--British Museum online catalogue
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 on leaf 3 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Geo. IV" correctly identified in ink below image, with the female figure on the far right incorrectly identified as another depiction of "Caroline"; date "Oct. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. October 1820 by T. Dolby, 299 Strand
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Kneeling, Yachts, Rowboats, Gravedigging, Pickaxes, Flags, and Public opinion
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Royal congratulations [graphic].

22.
The contented Dutchman [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 January 1778]
Call Number:
778.01.11.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A Dutchman in a tricorne hat stands facing the viewer with his breeches pockets bulging with coins. He smiles, gesturing with his right hand, his left in a coat pocket
Description:
Title from item. and Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Jany. 11, 1778 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Netherlands, Great Britain, and Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, Dutch, Public opinion, Foreign public opinion, British, Foreign relations, Clothing & dress, and Coins
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The contented Dutchman [graphic].

23.
The ghosts of Mirabeau and Dr. Price appearing to old Loyola [graphic].

Published / Created:
[17 May 1791]
Call Number:
791.05.17.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Edmund Burke kneels holding a crucifix and rosary as protection from the two ghosts of Mirabeau and Price who stand before him drapped in sheets surrounded by clouds. They hold out to him copies of his Reflections on the French Revolution, damning him for the crime of writing such opinions. An old woman on the right holds a chamber-pot under her petticoats and sprinkles Burke, "old Loyola", with the water from a feathered aspergillum asserting that "this holy water' will protect him, an old accusation that he was a cancealed Roman Catholic
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Rowlandson (see Grego, p. 293) or by Henry Wigstead or William Holland (see British Museum catalogue)., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 17, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de, 1749-1791, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Public opinion, Anti-Catholicism, Aspergillums, Chamber pots, and Ghosts
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ghosts of Mirabeau and Dr. Price appearing to old Loyola [graphic].

24.
The happy contrast [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.100+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A piece of propaganda most likely produced during the Seven Years War which depicts the English army as well-fed (and watered), happy and in good spirits in contrast to the French who are shown beleaguered and in disarray. On the English side of this print (left) a finely dressed general stands proudly in the foreground, a large tankard in his right hand, and his left outstretched in a gesture of merriment. Behind him, a singing man raises his hat to the sky. They trample upon torn flags decorated with the fleur-de-lis. In the background men and women. The crowd that spills from the doorway of the “Cow & Bow” includes a bishop, a woman sitting on a man’s knee, and other couples in close embrace. The party continues in the upper floors of the public house, and from its balcony, where it is accompanied by the music of a violinist. The masts of ships at dock occupy the horizon. On the French side by contrast a dishevelled man in French military dress holds a hand to his face in desperation. The skull of a horse lies on the ground next to a prone soldier who holds his hand to his breast. One of the soldiers behind eats something non-descript, another crouches by a puddle, using his hat to scoop water and drink. Ranks of the French army are pictured on the left, and in the background masts of ships - some of which appear to be going up in flames. The verses below nicely describe ‘the happy contrast’ pictured: See here the Emblem of successful war; The bold brave soldier & the jolly tarr, With Cap & Can their hearty Joys express, While mirth and gladness brighten ev’ry face, The flowing Bowl goes merrily around, And their full bliss with smirking Girls is Crown’d. Here is display’d the Figure of Despair, And the dire Train of unsuccessful War, Here a poor famish’d soldier begs for Bread. Another there with Horses flesh is fed, Water & Wooden Shoes & skin & Bones. Their portion is; and their whole Army Skeletons
Alternative Title:
England triumpant, or, France in despair and France in despair
Description:
Title engraved below image., Approximate date of publication from internal content., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Window mounted: 34 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Public opinion, Armies, British, French, Soliders, Generals, Drinking vessels, Happiness, Taverns (Inns), Flags, Couples, Ships, Skulls, Starvation, and Thirst
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The happy contrast [graphic].

25.
The last dying words of the retail shopkeepers, : who departed this life, on the 13th of June, 1785

Published / Created:
[1785]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., First line: "You see in us a melancholy instance of the depravity of the times ..., In one column with the title centered above; enclosed in border., A political satire, with reference to the shop tax imposed in 1785., Mounted on leaf 43. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Public opinion, Taxation, Merchants, Political activity, and Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The last dying words of the retail shopkeepers, : who departed this life, on the 13th of June, 1785

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