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1.
May-Day in London [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
Volume 1, opposite page [161] Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"May-Day; a busy urban street festival; milkmaids with their 'garlands' - headresses of plate, greenery and brushes; chimney sweepers, a violinist with an artificial leg, and others."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, May Day, Festivals, Milkwomen, Headdresses, Chimney sweeps, Street musicians, Violins, Peg legs, Dance, and Eating & drinking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > May-Day in London [graphic]

2.
The blind beggars hats [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [121]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in a Florentine street or piazza in front of a Gothic shrine (left) in which is a Virgin and child. Two blind beggars, each with a dog, are fighting. A well-dressed man walks off with their hats, looking at them over his shoulder with a smile. Spectators look from a window and a door. A penniless man of ancient family prays regularly to the Virgin for relief. On one occasion he hears two blind beggars at her shrine boasting of the wealth concealed in their hats; he thereupon runs away with the hats, confesses to a prelate, who approves, but insists on taking a major share of the spoil."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Blind beggars' hats
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Beggars -- Blind men -- Fighting: Street fights -- Shrines: Virgin and Child -- Thieves -- Hats -- Dogs., and 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 18.9 x 22.5 cm. on sheet 22 x 25 cm
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The blind beggars hats [graphic]

3.
The discomfited duellists [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [81]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Inside a coffee house, an ensign, his broken sword lying on the ground, is held against the wall by a man with a hot poker. Another ensign, attempting to stub the man with the poker in the back, is held back by another customer and a waiter. The scene is watched by a few alarmed customers, a parson reading a paper, and an upset young woman behind the bar
Description:
Title etched below image., From "A preservative against duelling" in The Wit's Magazine, 1784, p. 81., and 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 19.6 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 22 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Social life and customs, Interiors, Soldiers, Confrontations, Daggers & swords, Time clocks, Fireplaces, Maps, Chandeliers, Clergy, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The discomfited duellists [graphic]

4.
The temple of mirth [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
Feby. 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite title page
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of the temple, Mirth seated on a raised seat holding a book; she wears classical draperies and her hair is wreathed with vine leaves. On each side of her is a row of worshippers: on the left men hold their sides with laughter, one lies on the floor; on the right men and women jest together coyly, a lady looks at a man from behind her fan. Behind Mirth are two pictures, one (left) of Don Quixote with Sancho Panza and Rozinante, the other (right) Falstaff standing with shield and sword. On each of the two side walls are three busts in niches; on the right are 'Vol[taire]' and 'Stern[e]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The temple of mirth [graphic]

5.
Tythe in kind, or, The sow's revenge [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [41]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sow takes in its teeth the coat-tails of a fat parson who lies face downward on the stones of the sty. From his pocket projects a 'Tything Table'. Three small pigs scamper about the sty. A yokel in a smock-frock enters with a raised club to release the parson. Another with a pitchfork leans over the low paling with a grin; a small boy much amused looks over; a woman with a child in her arms watches with amusement."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tithe in kind and Sow's revenge
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tythe in kind, or, The sow's revenge [graphic]

6.
Gilpin going farther than he intended [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, Gabriel, 1724-1783, printmaker
Published / Created:
August 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [241]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
John Gilpin galloping through Edmonton, north London, on an out of control horse, passing the Bell Inn, his intended destination; his hat and wig have flown off behind him; a dog and pig scamper out of the way of the charging horse; as he passes, Gilpin glances longingly up towards his wife and children waiting for him in the inn. Two men sit on a bench outside the pub and observe the commotion; another man leans on a trestle table. A lamp hangs above the tavern entrance
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: William Cowper's ballad, John Gilpin, in The wit's magazine, 1784, v. 1, p. 271-3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22 x 25 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Children, Dogs, Light fixtures, Signs (Notices), Spectators, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gilpin going farther than he intended [graphic]

7.
The citizen at Vauxhall [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, Gabriel, 1724-1783, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [201]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene outside the orchestra at Vauxhall. A stout woman puts a handkerchief round her husband's neck to protect him from the night air. Her daughter holds her fan to her face and looks towards a beau in the middle distance who inspects her through his glass. A waiter walks off (right) with glasses and a bottle. There are other figures. The background shows the orchestra (left), with two musicians, and the organ; on the right are trees, and the 'covered walk'; two men sit at a table with a bowl of punch."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Vauxhall Gardens -- Pleasure gardens: London -- Orchestra -- Booths -- Female costume: England, 1784 -- Male costume: England, 1784 -- Walking staves -- Fans., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 22 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The citizen at Vauxhall [graphic]

8.
The battle of umbrellas [graphic]

Creator:
Thomas, Walter (Engraver), printmaker
Published / Created:
Sepr. 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [281]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in St. James's Park during a sudden squall of rain. A number of people with umbrellas; some hold them open, others attempt to open them, in face of difficulties caused by the crowd and the wind. In the background are trees, Westminster Abbey, and the spire of St. Margaret's."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co., No. 18 Paternoster Row
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of umbrellas [graphic]

9.
A Sunday ordinary at Highgate [graphic].

Published / Created:
Novr. 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [361]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Men and women seated on benches on each side of a dinner-table. A waiter hands a foaming tankard of beer to a woman with a child on her lap, who looks at the child so that the beer is about to fall. The waiter, looking at the woman, lets the gravy from a dish which he holds in his left hand pour over another diner, 'the greatest beau in the company'. A man (right) turns round to look at the disaster; a large greyhound puts his head on the table and, the text explains, devours the contents of his plate. The others, though amused, do not cease eating; one man gnaws a bone held in both hands. In the foreground a dog and cat quarrel over a bone. The room is neatly furnished: three framed pictures hang on the wall, and ornaments are ranged on the chimney-piece. The price of the ordinary was '1s. 6d'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Artist identified as Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Sunday ordinary at Highgate [graphic].

10.
Christmas gambols [graphic].

Published / Created:
Jany. 1, 1785.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [441]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') should kiss the candlestick; a young woman stands holding a candle at left, impersonating the said object, while Ralph fervently kisses the actual candlestick at right, watched by a laughing young woman, a thin man wearing glasses and a young boy, who are standing around a table with glasses and punch-bowl; behind at left, the 'long-nosed clergyman' is locked in an embrace with the 'snub-nosed old maid'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist questionably identified as either G.M. Woodward or Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue., Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885., Temporary local subject terms: Games: "Kiss the candlestick"., and 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 22 x 24 cm
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Holidays, Kissing, Mirrors, and Tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Christmas gambols [graphic].