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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]

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [2 December 1793]
Call Number:: 793.12.02.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An Arawak native slits the throat of a large Aboma snake that is hanging from a branch of a tree, suspended by a rope around its neck. Two other Arawak natives pull at the rope to hoist the snake higher. Captain Stedman, his back to the viewer, directs the work of the natives from the ground (left foreground), his rifle resting against the trunk of the tree. On the right in the distance, a man sits in a boat on the river
Description:: Title from caption below image., The engravings are believed to have based on drawings by the author J.G. Stedman, two of the early plates acknowledging the attribution. Stedman was a friend of William Blake who may have assisted Stedman, an amateur artist., and Plate from: Stedman, J. G. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America. London : J. Johnson & T. Payne, 1806-1813.
Publisher:: Published Decr. 2d, 1793 by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):: Suriname. and Guiana.
Subject (Name):: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797,
Subject (Topic):: Slavery, Indians of South America, Hunting, and Snakes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The skinning of the Aboma snake, shot by Cap. Stedman [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]

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]