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1.
And did you ever see the like of the blacks And obliged to dry evey [sic] thing at the fire and

Published / Created:
[1840?]
Call Number:
840.00.00.41
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles from captions below individual images.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Domestic life, Laundresses, and Laundry
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > And did you ever see the like of the blacks And obliged to dry evey [sic] thing at the fire and what a fuss some people make about a little steam ; And the poor children obliged to go trapesing thro the wet to school ; And that impudent hussey of a girl gaping after all the policemen, throws the mangling things into the mud ; And you should just hear the magging going on ; The mangling things come home and there is sure to be three half pence left. [graphic]

3.
Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
Drawings N736 no. 8 Box D305
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the ...
Alternative Title:
New tenants at a mansion house
Description:
Title written below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]

4.
Perfection [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1833?]
Call Number:
833.00.00.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Single women, Ugliness, Pets, Cats, Dogs, Birds, and Monkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Perfection [graphic].

5.
The fox at the cupboard [art original]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 5 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the interior of a cottage with an old woman asleep in a chair, her feet resting on a low footstool in front of open door (left); in her lap she holds an open book and a pair of spectacles. On the right, a boy in a smock stands on a stool in ...
Description:
Title from caption in artist's hand written below image.
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Cats, Cupboards, Dwellings, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Sleeping, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fox at the cupboard [art original]

6.
Up at four to let in the washerwoman and fall over the beastly cat And the moment the things are

Published / Created:
[1840?]
Call Number:
840.00.00.40
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles from captions below images.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Domestic life, Laundry, and Laundresses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Up at four to let in the washerwoman and fall over the beastly cat And the moment the things are hung out there comes a regular pour of course ; And drat that beer boy heres a quarter past eleven and no beer yet ; The washing things ; The shoulder of mutton comes home done to rags and half the potatoes walked off. [graphic]

7.
[Girl and cat] [art original].

Creator:
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing of a girl, bust-length, cradling a cat in her left arm; the girl has has short, curly hair; the cat is partially wrapped in a blanket
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Girls and Cats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Girl and cat] [art original].

9.
[Six old women discussing their cats] [art original].

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1792]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 34 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two rows of women quarter-length and in profile, some cradling cats in their arms, with captions inscribed in ink near each figure: This is my Queensbury the finest Tom Cat in England; I'm going to see Arabella's catery she had two charming sitters ye...
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Gossiping, Cats, Women, and Older people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Six old women discussing their cats] [art original].

10.
[The barber's shop] A barber's shop a medley shows ... [graphic]

Published / Created:
[17--]
Call Number:
Print00986
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date supplied by curator.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Phlebotomy, Barbers, Barbershops, Peg legs, Shaving, Wigs, Donkeys, Swine, Monkeys, Cats, Elephants, Teeth, and Newspapers
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The barber's shop] A barber's shop a medley shows ... [graphic]