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1.
High-change in Bond Street, ou, La politesse du grande monde [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 March 1796]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Bond Street, the pavement receding diagonally from left to right, is thronged with fashionable pedestrians. In the foreground five fashionably dressed men advance, forming a phalanx which pushes on to the cobbled roadway a lady, dressed rather for th...
Alternative Title:
Politesse du grande monde
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 27th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowds, Etiquette, Show windows, and Window displays
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > High-change in Bond Street, ou, La politesse du grande monde [graphic]

2.
La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[5 April 1797]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull stands full-face on the pavement outside a shop window, holding on his head a red cap (i.e., bonnet rouge) trimmed with fur of quasi-military, quasi-libertarian shape. He is the yokel with wrinkled gaiters ... with a tattered great-coat hel...
Alternative Title:
John Bull evading the hat tax
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. April 5th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond & St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Taxation of articles of consumption, Law and legislation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Cats, Hats, Millinery, Slaughtering, Swords, Taxes, Show displays, and Window displays
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]

3.
More miseries, or, The bottom of Mr. Figg's old whiskey broke through [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1807?]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Inscription in the upper right. corner: 'A Serio Comic Scene that befel the Grocers Wife at Norwich Or Mrs Figgs bottom exposed owing to the bottom of Mr Figgs Whiskey breaking through.' The two-wheeled gig has stopped at the door of an old-fashioned...
Alternative Title:
Bottom of Mr. Figg's old whiskey broke through
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Dogs, Grocers, Spectators, Spouses, Stores & shops, and Window displays
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > More miseries, or, The bottom of Mr. Figg's old whiskey broke through [graphic].

4.
Spectators at a print-shop in St. Paul's Church Yard [graphic].

Creator:
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs [...] [not before 25 June 1774]
Call Number:
774.06.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire; an extravagantly dressed woman catches a fashionable man by the arm as she points with her fan at a mezzotint droll in a print-shop window; a small dog looks up at her; an old gentleman with a stick standing on the right, stares at the prints...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, City & town life, Clothing & dress, Stores & shops, Window displays, Dandies, British, Prints, Fans (Accessories), and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Spectators at a print-shop in St. Paul's Church Yard [graphic].

5.
T.F. Salter, hat maker, at the Gold Laced Hat and Fame, 47 Charing Cross, London military & naval

Creator:
Salter, T. F. (Thomas Frederick), active 1814-1826
Published / Created:
[between 1793 and 1843]
Call Number:
File 66 793 Sa176
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
Trade card of Thomas Frederick Salter, a milliner who ran several shops in London during the late eighteenth century and first half of the nineteenth century. The shopfront of his longest-standing premises at 47 Charing Cross is depicted at the bottom...
Alternative Title:
Hat making
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
T.F. Salter
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Millinery, Stores & shops, Hat industry, Window displays, Workshops, and Hats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > T.F. Salter, hat maker, at the Gold Laced Hat and Fame, 47 Charing Cross, London military & naval hats / [graphic]

6.
The above is a correct view of the well know shop No. 3, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, lately the

Creator:
Bigot, Charles, active 1820-1850, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1841]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Trade card of Samuel Knights, printseller and frame maker, at 6 Change Alley, opposite Garraways Coffee House; view of the shop from the street, with many prints on the window and inside the shop, open door to the left."--British Museum online catalo...
Alternative Title:
City of London
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed by Standidge & Co., London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Knight, S., active 1805-1841.
Subject (Topic):
Stores & shops, Window displays, and Prints
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The above is a correct view of the well know shop No. 3, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, lately the freehold property of Smauel Knights, printseller & frame maker, who has removed to No. 6, Change Alley, opposite Garraways Coffee House the committee appointed to rebuild the Royal Exchange having purchased his old establishment and awarded him the sum of fifteen hundred pounds / [graphic]

7.
Very slippy-weather [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 February 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In front of Humphrey's print shop window, a man sits on the pavement, having fallen backwards; his legs are splayed up, his wig is falling off, and coins spill from his pockets. The man's predicament is unobserved by four men studying the Gillray pri...
Alternative Title:
St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Clergy, Coach drivers, Falling, Merchandise displays, Military officers, British, Older people, People associated with commercial & service activities, Prints, Syphilis, Stores & shops, Thermometers, Weather, Window displays, and Printing industry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Very slippy-weather [graphic]

8.
William Darton, bookseller [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
File 66 822 W716
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view from the street of the bookseller William Darton's shop at No. 58 Holborn in London, with the shop window filled with prints and books. Above the windows Darton advertises the scope of his wares: "Books in all languages on the arts, sciences &...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, 1822, where may be had maps and prints wholesale
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Darton, William, 1781-1854.
Subject (Topic):
Booksellers and bookselling, City & town life, Lampposts, Stores & shops, Window displays, and Carriages & coaches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > William Darton, bookseller [graphic].