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1.
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].

2.
The breeches [graphic].

Published / Created:
April 1, 1785.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 2, opposite page [75]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Illustration to "Comic tale of the breeches" in: The wit's magazine, 1785, p. 75., Listed with other prints from The wit's magazine in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885., Temporary local subject terms: Church buildings: interiors -- Monks -- Nuns -- Singing -- Children -- Altars -- Crucifix., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 22 x 24 cm
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The breeches [graphic].

3.
Sunday view on Highgate Hill [graphic].

Published / Created:
published Octr. 1, 1785.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 2, opposite page [155]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A rotund man and woman struggle in an open, two-seater cart as a sow and piglets cross their path, tilting the cart and spooking the horse; behind them a man loses his wig as his horse rears up in response; running parallel a full carriage with people sitting on top travels up Highgate Hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Publisher from that of the magazine for which the print was issued.
Publisher:
Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sunday view on Highgate Hill [graphic].

4.
Custom of riding the black ram [graphic].

Published / Created:
published June 1, 1785.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 2, opposite page [115]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from that of the magazine for which the print was issued., and 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.
Publisher:
Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Lawyers, Judicial proceedings, and Manners & customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Custom of riding the black ram [graphic].

5.
The devil and the lawyer [graphic].

Published / Created:
March 1, 1785.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 2, opposite page [35]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on corrupt lawyers; a devil with a pronged fork beckons to a lawyer in night-cap and gown, who leaps startled from his bed, upsetting a chamber-pot on the floor; a picture with the figure of justice hangs on the wall, her scales inclined to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and 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.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The devil and the lawyer [graphic].

6.
Skaiting scene in Hyde Park [graphic].

Published / Created:
Feb. 1st, 1785.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 2, opposite page [3]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of people attempting to skate on the Serpentine in Hyde Park; in foreground a man has fallen on his back on the ice, losing his hat, next to him two ladies stand looking down, on his left a man begins to fall, tripping over a dog, dropping his glass and bottle, spilling the liquid; on the left a man bends over in front of another seated gentleman who thrusts his leg at the man's behind; other skaters in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Skating scene in Hyde Park
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Skaiting scene in Hyde Park [graphic].

7.
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]

8.
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]

9.
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]

10.
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]