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1.
A celebrated connoisseur [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1772]
Call Number:
772.02.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A whole-length standing portrait of Dr. Bragge who is pictured as a very fat and round-shouldered man who leans both hands on a walking-stick and wears a loose overcoat and pince-nez. Illustration to a letter describing Dr. Robert Bragge, a collector who "... generally goes by the name of the Connoisseur".
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London, 1768-[1776], v. 8, p. 69.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A celebrated connoisseur [graphic].

2.
A dream by the late Lord Littleton three night before his death [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 February 1780]
Call Number:
780.02.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 1 Feb. 1780 by R. Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lyttleton, Thomas Lyttleton, Baron, 1744-1779.
Subject (Topic):
Ghosts, Death, Clothing & dress, and Beds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A dream by the late Lord Littleton three night before his death [graphic].

3.
A faithful representation of the trial of Her Most Gracious Majesty Caroline Queen of England, in

Published / Created:
[approximately November 1820]
Call Number:
Drawer 820.11.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A realistic view of the House receding in perspective to the Throne, above which is inset an oval bust portrait of Bartolomo Bergami, wearing a cluster of five decorations, see British Museum Satires no. 13810. Eighteen figures and objects are numbered referring to the key in the lower margin. Counsel are in a line across the foreground on each side of the centre figures, who are Gurney the short-hand writer and Majocchi facing the interpreter. The Queen is inconspicuously seated behind Brougham, next a smaller lady who must be the tall Lady Anne Hamilton. Eldon is at the Table in front of the Woolsack. On the Table is 13 Green Bag [see British Museum Satires no. 13735]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. and Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron,, Gurney, William Brodie, 1777-1855., Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., Hamilton, Anne, Lady, 1766-1846., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Subject (Topic):
Scandals, Trials (Adultery), Government officials, Judicial proceedings, Queens, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A faithful representation of the trial of Her Most Gracious Majesty Caroline Queen of England, in the House of Lords, 1820 [graphic].

4.
A fencer [graphic]

Creator:
Scott, B. F., printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1791?]
Call Number:
Portraits An584 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half length portrait of Henry Angelo as a fencer, directed towards the right, facing and looking towards the left, with long hair and a double-breasted fencing jacket (formerly misidentified as a Guernsay jacket). He holds a foil in his right hand
Description:
Title from caption below image., After a portrait by Mather Brown in the National Portrait Gallery, London, oil on canvas, NPG 5310?, Questionable date of publication from ms. annotation preceding imprint: Oct. 1st, 1791., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge., and Mounted to 29 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by B.F. Scott, No. 18 Broad Court, Long Acre
Subject (Name):
Angelo, Henry, 1756-1835,
Subject (Topic):
Fencers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A fencer [graphic]

5.
A monumentall print for the rebellion in Scotland in 1746 didicated [sic] to all loyall subjects of

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1746]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy of William Hogarth's portrait of Lord Lovat with oval portraits in the four corners of: Lord Balmerino aged 58, Lord Cormartie pardon'd, Charles Ratclif aged 53, and Lord Kilmarnook aged 42.
Description:
Title etched at top of image on a banner with the heads of Townley and Fletcher on pikes on either side., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2801., and On page 123 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747 and Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746,
Subject (Topic):
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 and Jacobites
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A monumentall print for the rebellion in Scotland in 1746 didicated [sic] to all loyall subjects of Great Brittain & Ireland [graphic].

6.
A riddle expounded, or, The dignity of a parsons horse [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 July 1807]
Call Number:
807.07.06.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing next to a tree, to address a fat elderly parson on horseback (riding to the left). He asks, "Ha! Ha, the knaust Doctor I be a rum fellow, Canst thee tell me why a parsons horse be like a king?" The parson answers with a grin, "Why you rogue, because it is guided by a minister." He is red-faced and freckled and prosperous looking, with a round belly; he carries a sermon in his pocket whose title is "Sermon to be prea[ched] ..."
Alternative Title:
Dignity of a parsons horse
Description:
Plate numbered '136' in upper right corner., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Cf. No. 10904 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for description of later state with altered imprint statement., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Edmeads & Co.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 6th, 1807 by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy and Joking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A riddle expounded, or, The dignity of a parsons horse [graphic]

7.
A series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the

Creator:
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Published / Created:
1812.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Image Count:
196
Description:
BEIN 2016 Folio 86: Imperfect: some plates wanting. Numerous plates with second copies. Plates and text loose in binding with spine title "Bowyer's History of England plates.", Lettered on spine Illustrative of Hume's History of England., Engraved dedications signed: Robert Bowyer; Tomkins scr., Plates dated 1793-1806., Also known as his Historic Gallery., and Bound by Hammond in half red morocco with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, six raised bands, gilt edges.
Publisher:
Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Coins, English, illu, Nobility, Poets, English, and Kings and rulers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England : comprizing historical subjects, portraits, naval and military engagements, ruins of ancient castles, coins, medals, &c., &c. ... with an historical account of each subject, &c., &c., &c.

8.
A speech made by His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York, at presenting an association; enter'd into

Creator:
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Dr. Herring Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop Herring
Description:
Title etched around image., C. Mosley after a painting by William Hogarth. See Catalogue of Engraved British portraits., Date from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., A portrait of the Archbishop at the head of an engraved speech., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and Formerly on page 122 in volume 2. Remove in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766. and Herring, Thomas, 1693-1757
Subject (Topic):
History
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A speech made by His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York, at presenting an association; enter'd into at the Castle of York, Septr. the 24th 1745 [graphic]

9.
A view of Norfolk [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1796]
Call Number:
796.02.01.02
Collection Title:
Leaf 65. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full-length portrait in profile of the Duke of Norfolk looking left and holding his hat in his right hand and a gathering of sheets of paper in his left
Description:
Title engraved below image, with ducal crown above title.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 1st, 1796, by R. Dighton, No. 12 Charing Cross
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815,
Subject (Topic):
Crowns and Peerage
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Norfolk [graphic]

10.
A view on the Royal Exchange [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker
Published / Created:
[October 1823]
Call Number:
823.10.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image. and An earlier state of the print was titled 'A view on the Baltic Walk'. Cf. No. 14532 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
R. Dighton
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A view on the Royal Exchange [graphic]

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