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1. A block for the wigs, or, The new state whirligig [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [5 May 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 4. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The new ministry is depicted on a large carousel, erected in front of the "Crown and Royal Bob" Inn. The structure is supported by a center pole held in place by pegs labelled "Treasury," "Navy" and "Army" terminating at the top with the head of the King in the form of a wig block. Fox, with a fox's head and tail, leads the procession, holding a bag of money. Behind him, Lord North on a horse with its legs cut short, loses his wig; Burke in Jesuit's habit and on a similarly lame horse, has partially turned into a skeleton due to his economical reform; Admiral Keppel behind him is desperate to remain seated on his donkey. Lastly a Scotsman labelled "President" signifies Scottish influence over the Crown. Watching from a seat before the Inn, a complacent John Bull mouths slogans of liberty, unaware that his house is being plundered behind him
Alternative Title:: New state whirligig
Description:: Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6227 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 48., and On leaf 4 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 5th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), Merry-go-rounds, Wigs, Flags, British, Robberies, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A block for the wigs, or, The new state whirligig [graphic]

2. A block for the wigs, or, The new state whirligig [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [5 May 1783]
Call Number:: 783.05.05.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The new ministry is depicted on a large carousel, erected in front of the "Crown and Royal Bob" Inn. The structure is supported by a center pole held in place by pegs labelled "Treasury," "Navy" and "Army" terminating at the top with the head of the King in the form of a wig block. Fox, with a fox's head and tail, leads the procession, holding a bag of money. Behind him, Lord North on a horse with its legs cut short, loses his wig; Burke in Jesuit's habit and on a similarly lame horse, has partially turned into a skeleton due to his economical reform; Admiral Keppel behind him is desperate to remain seated on his donkey. Lastly a Scotsman labelled "President" signifies Scottish influence over the Crown. Watching from a seat before the Inn, a complacent John Bull mouths slogans of liberty, unaware that his house is being plundered behind him
Alternative Title:: New state whirligig
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text above image in upper left: Poor John Bull's house plunder'd at noon day., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 30 x 41 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 5th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), Merry-go-rounds, Wigs, Flags, British, Robberies, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A block for the wigs, or, The new state whirligig [graphic].

3. A harlot's progress. The compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane = Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane / [graphic] : Plate III

Published / Created:: [not before 25 March 1768]
Call Number:: Hogarth 768.03.25.11+ Box 210
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 3 of A harlot's progress: In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are two portrait prints of the hero and heroines of "The Beggar's Opera", Captain Mackheath and Polly Peacham, (Polly replaces Dr. Sacheverell in Hogarth's print), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves as a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Alternative Title:: Harlot's progress. Plate 3, Compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane, and Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane
Description:: Title in English and French engraved below image., Date of publication based on the series of Rake's progress by Henry Parker dated 25 March 1768 in which these same engraved border pieces are used, here visibly more worn, and reversed on the page., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.5 x 36 cm)., Copy of Hogarth's original plate, engraved in reverse as per the piracy published by Elisha Kirkall in 1732., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2062., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 123., and Border piece on the left slight overprinting into the design.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Bailiffs, Cats, Prostitution, Judges, Prostitutes, Rake's progress, Robberies, Servants, and Syphilis
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A harlot's progress. The compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane = Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane / [graphic] : Plate III

4. An exact representation of Maclaine the highwayman robbing Lord Eglington on Hounslow Heath on the 26th of June 1750 [graphic].

Published / Created:: [13 August 1750]
Call Number:: 750.08.13.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The highwayman Maclaine is shown holding a pistol at a man who leans out the window of his carriage. His accomplice restrains the driver who rides the horses, whip in hand. On the right in the distance, an innkeeper stands outside the door of his tavern under a sign and holds out a mug to two customers on horseback
Description:: Title from caption etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 'Pr. 6d. plain & 1sh. colour'd.', Eight lines of description below image: Maclaine is said to be born in the north of Ireland, of Scotch parents, is a tall genteel young fellow, and commonly very gay in his dress ..., and Watermark: Britannia.
Publisher:: Published according to act of Parliament, Augst. 13th 1750, & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):: Maclaine, James, 1724-1750. and Eglinton, Alexander Montgomerie, Earl of, 1723-1769.
Subject (Topic):: Carriages & coaches, Criminals, Taverns (Inns), and Robberies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An exact representation of Maclaine the highwayman robbing Lord Eglington on Hounslow Heath on the 26th of June 1750 [graphic].

5. Another green bag!!, or, Plundering the Q-n's plate vide Dr. L-n's speech, July 15, 1820. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [July 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A large green bag with broken seals, inscribed 'Private Property', stands on the ground filled with large ornate pieces of plate, decorated with crowns and the initials 'C.P.W.' This Ministers are rifling; Eldon places on his head a huge bowl, saying: "This Bowl will be an "heir loom" to my descendants--I have it Scot free and I shall have it inscribed with my Titles and emblazon'd with my Arms--" Canning holds on his head a tea-service, saying, "So help me G-- I should not touch an Iota of the Plate, was I not determined to prevent it falling into the hands of Such Rascals." Castlereagh, smiling, helps himself to an urn, saying: "This Urn will be an addition to my Side Board when I get a Dukedome--Our Master has desired us to divide the Contents of this Green bag--I obey orders--." In the doorway (left) stands John Bull in a smock; he waves his hat to a throng of country people who are running towards him, saying: "Theives! Theives!! Let us protect private property!!!" The country people shout "Stop Theif!!"; "Assist the Q--n"; "Robbers!!"; "Plunderers!!" On the right Sidmouth and a man in court-dress hurry off each with a (green) sack of 'Plunder' on his back; Sidmouth, carrying a tea-urn, says: "Let us make our Escape my L--d its all over with us let us take care of what we have got." The other, carrying a kettle on his head, says: "This is a pretty kettle of Fish that fellow has given the Alarm and we shall be pursued." They walk towards a flaming fire in the foreground, in which is the Devil pointing his trident at the plunderers, and shouting, "Gentlemen I am come for ye." A pendant to this on the left is a newly-made grave: 'The Grave', with skull, bones, pick, and shovel.."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Plundering the Q-n's plate and Plundering the Queen's plate
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 46 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Eldon," "Canning," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Castlereagh" identified in pencil at botoom of sheet. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:: Published July 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Bags, Robberies, Bowls (Tableware), Tea services, Urns, Doors & doorways, Fire, and Devil
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Another green bag!!, or, Plundering the Q-n's plate vide Dr. L-n's speech, July 15, 1820. [graphic]

6. Attended by his levee in London [graphic].

Published / Created:: March 25, 1768.
Call Number:: Hogarth 768.03.25.02+ Box 210
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Copy (not reversed) of the first state of Plate 2 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 133): a fashionable interior with Tom, in elegant indoor dress, surrounded by tradesmen vying for his custom: a poet, a wigmaker, a tailor, a musician (with a list of presents given by aristocrats to the popular castrato, Farinelli), a fencing master (said to be named Dubois), a prizefighter with quarter-staffs (said to be James Figg), a dancing master (John Essex?), a landscape-gardener (said to be Charles Bridgeman), a bodyguard, a huntsman and a jockey.--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Rake's progress. Plate 2 and To recompense the Sire's continu'd fast, ...
Description:: Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 2"--Lower right, below image., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the second of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm)., and Ornamental borders partially obscure image and plate number.
Publisher:: Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Farinelli, 1705-1782., Dubois (Fencer),, Bridgeman, Charles, -1738., Essex, John,, and Figg, James, -1734.
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Harpsichords, Interiors, Merchants, Musicians, Rake's progress, Servants, Tailors, and Robberies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Attended by his levee in London [graphic].

7. Colonel Jack robbing Mrs. Smith going to Kentish Town [graphic]

Creator:: Basire, Isaac, 1704-1768, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1745?]
Call Number:: 745.00.00.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Scene on a road near St. Pancras church, which is visible in the background; two women and two men stand in road, one woman with her arms tied and a look of anguish on her face, the other woman raises her arm as one of the men points towards her; illustration to Johnson's 'History of ... Highwaymen"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., 'Page 120.'--Upper left corner of plate., The fictional character, Colonel Jack, is the hero of Defoe's The history and remarkable life of the truly honorable Col. Jacque ... (1722)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: countermark H.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Kentish Town (Camden, London, England)
Subject (Name):: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
Subject (Topic):: Robberies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Colonel Jack robbing Mrs. Smith going to Kentish Town [graphic]

8. Disturbers of domestic happiness [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 70. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A house is attacked while a lady and a young girl sleep on a couch at center. Three bandits wield weapons, and one takes hold of the necklace of the lady. Another group of armed gentleman approach from the stairs at right."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Engraved after the painting "1er Scène de voleurs" by Louis Léopold Boilly, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille., Restrike. For an earlier issue of the plate, published ca. 1815, see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1612., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally issued without title; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 810.00.00.59. This untitled state might be the plate described under the name "Banditti" in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 297., and On leaf 70 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:: Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):: Criminals, Robberies, Firearms, Sofas, and Necklaces
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Disturbers of domestic happiness [graphic].

9. Foot pad's, or, Much ado about nothing [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 May 1795]
Call Number:: 795.05.04.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Much ado about nothing and Foot-pads
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker identified from an original drawing in the Huntington Library., One of a series of Drolls., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Buck's with Truncheon's swagger and knock down ..., Plate numbered '150' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Foot-pads -- Watches: pocket watch -- Highway robbery -- Milestones -- Bludgeons., and Watermark: Strasburg bend (partial) with initials GR below.
Publisher:: Published 4th May 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):: Blacks, Clocks & watches, Robberies, Traffic signs & signals, and Crutches
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Foot pad's, or, Much ado about nothing [graphic].