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1. ... all ye sons of God are kings ...
- Published / Created:
- 1676 [1677]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b359
- Collection Title:
- Some trialls and motions ap[u]d bancho regis termino hill[ary] Jan: 29th 166/7 [sic], [1677-1678]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single cursive hand, of notes on some cases heard in the Court of King?s Bench in 1677 and 1678. and Many of the notes concern the trials involving Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, including his suit for slander against Lord Digby, the habeas corpus issued for him, and his own trial in King?s Bench. The notes include summaries of the arguments made by Shaftesbury?s and Digby?s representatives and the debate concerning the """"prorogation"""" or """"adjournment"""" of Parliament.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary sheep; impression of central boss on front panel. and Teaching resource: English Paleography Examples, 16th-18th century
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government --1660-1688 and Great Britain--Social conditions --17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Digby, John, Earl of Bristol, 1635?-1698, Great Britain. Court of King’s Bench, Great Britain. Parliament, 1661-1678, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and Taylor, John, of Guilfoord, Essex
- Subject (Topic):
- Atheism, Blasphemy, Law, Libel and slander, Trials, and Whig Party (Great Britain)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ... all ye sons of God are kings ...
2. A scene in the Crown & Anchor Tavern, or, A crack in the Wig Club [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17 March 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.03.17.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox and Sheridan (left) sit together at the head of a rectangular table on which is a punch-bowl, &c, looking with dismay at whigs (right), who advance to hurl their wigs at a large pile of wigs on the left (inscribed 'The Heads having Scratched out of the Club'), or retire, having already done so. Fox and Sheridan wear enormous wigs, the former says, "Brother: Brother: we are all in the wrong" ... Before Fox is a list with names scored through. Sheridan grasps a bottle of 'Sherry'. A couple advance together, in the act of hurling their large wigs at the pile; one says, "I will Scratch out my Name in hopes of getting in for the City" (probably Nathaniel Newnham, returned for the City 1784, but defeated in 1790, cf. British Museum satires no. 7162). The other is perhaps Windham. The only one of the retiring wigless Whigs who is characterized is Burke. All say: "We have erased our Names for ever from the Club, when the Artful & Ambitious designs of a Faction are carried on under a Mask of Prudential Reform & when the leading Members are Notoriously known to Carry on a secret Correspondence with the Avowed Enemies of the Constitution they Affect to Support & Defend it is high time for all prudent & real friends to that Constitution to leave them to their Just Punishment, the Contemp of all true Friends to their King and Constitution."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Crack in the Wig Club
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker unidentified; attributed to Isaac Cruickshank in the British Museum catalogue., Imprint continues: ... where may be had complete setts of Caricatures on th [sic] French Revolution & on every popular subject. An exhibition admt 1s. in which is a correct model of the guillotine 6 feet high., With publisher's hand-coloring., From a Humphrey's blue paper 'shop' album; price and identities written in ink in the margins, probably in the hand of James Gillray on front. See Andrew Edmunds' description., and On the back, a red stamp with a florish above 'SMP'. Also in black in, in upper left corner "Benier' and in the right corner 'AR'.
- Publisher:
- Pub. March 17, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Newnham, Nathaniel, approximately 1741-1809, and Whig Club (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Eating & drinking, Quarreling, Taverns (Inns), Wigs, Whig Party (Great Britain), and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in the Crown & Anchor Tavern, or, A crack in the Wig Club [graphic].
3. John Taylor of Guilfoord ...
- Published / Created:
- 1676 [1677]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b359
- Collection Title:
- Some trialls and motions ap[u]d bancho regis termino hill[ary] Jan: 29th 166/7 [sic], [1677-1678]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single cursive hand, of notes on some cases heard in the Court of King?s Bench in 1677 and 1678. and Many of the notes concern the trials involving Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, including his suit for slander against Lord Digby, the habeas corpus issued for him, and his own trial in King?s Bench. The notes include summaries of the arguments made by Shaftesbury?s and Digby?s representatives and the debate concerning the """"prorogation"""" or """"adjournment"""" of Parliament.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary sheep; impression of central boss on front panel. and Teaching resource: English Paleography Examples, 16th-18th century
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Politics and government --1660-1688 and Great Britain --Social conditions --17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Digby, John, Earl of Bristol, 1635?-1698, Great Britain. Court of King’s Bench, Great Britain. Parliament, 1661-1678, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and Taylor, John, of Guilfoord, Essex
- Subject (Topic):
- Atheism, Blasphemy, Law, Libel and slander, Trials, and Whig Party (Great Britain)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Taylor of Guilfoord ...
4. Preliminaries of peace, or, Politicians puzzled [graphic]
- Creator:
- Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately October 1801]
- Call Number:
- 801.10.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Members of the Opposition in a row, talk in couples, except for the arch-egotist Erskine (see British Museum satires no. 9246) on the extreme left, who exclaims: "Peace - and I not consulted 'tis very strange, by Gad". Sheridan (left), seated in profile to the right, reads the 'Gazzette Extraordina[ry] Peace! Peace!' with an expression of dismay. He says: "It is here, sure enough, I can scarcely believe my eyes, then all my fine speeches respecting the continuance of the War is dish'd, its no farce." Burdett stands with legs astride looking down at him; he says: "O it can't be true depend upon it." The centre pair, Fox and Bedford, face each other in profile. Fox says: "This is a curious kind of business. I heard of it at the Crown and Anchor." Bedford, in top-boots, and a riding whip under his arm, answers: "I heard of it in Bedfordshire." On the right little Lord Derby turns to Tierney, asking, "Pray who is this Peace Maker - this Mr A- Ad, Ad, what's his name, I never can think of it dam my Wig" [he is almost bald, with a tiny pigtail]. Tierney, looking down morosely, his arms folded, answers: "I really cannot immediately recollect, but I know he is not one of us - however we can find it in the Red Book"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Politicians puzzled
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., With publisher's watercolor., and Watermark: W. Elgar 1797.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
- Subject (Topic):
- Whig Club (London, England), Whig Party (Great Britain), and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Preliminaries of peace, or, Politicians puzzled [graphic]
