Call Number: 61 W78 v. 1-2 - Yale University Library Search Results

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') shoul...
Description:: Title etched below image.
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].

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 peopl...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Harrison & Co.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Sunday view on Highgate Hill [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:: Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):: Courtrooms, Lawyers, Judicial proceedings, and Manners & customs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Custom of riding the black ram [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 th...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The devil and the lawyer [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 g...
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].

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...
Description:: Title etched below image.
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]

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...
Alternative Title:: Blind beggars' hats
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The blind beggars hats [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 h...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The citizen at Vauxhall [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, Gilp...
Description:: Title etched below image.
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]

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