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1.
A cake in danger [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 April 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A night scene (or early morning) in a London street. A countryman responds to the advances of two young prostitutes, one of whom takes a handkerchief from his coat-pocket. They are lit by the lantern hanging in a watchman's box; the aged watchman slee...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Pickpockets, Prostitutes, and Watchmen
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A cake in danger [graphic]

2.
Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]

Creator:
Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1802]
Call Number:
Drawer 802.11.01.05 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large crowd of theatregoers file out of a theater and onto the street in a pouring rainfall and high winds that turns umbrellas inside out. One man has fallen and broken his lantern as a woman falls back over him as her shoes are being changed. The...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street, (removed from Oxford Street)
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Lanterns, Rain, Theater audiences, Theaters, Umbrellas, Watchmen, and Winds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]

3.
He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden [graphic].

Creator:
Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1735]
Call Number:
Hogarth 735.00.00.19+ Box 200
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate from a pirated series of Hogarth's Rake's Progress, not based on one of the original prints: Covent Garden with St Paul's church and the buildings at the north-western corner of the piazza; the Rake (here called Ramble) and drunken friends are ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
John Bowles
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Intoxication, Rake's progress, Watchmen, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden [graphic].

4.
Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, [not after 1832]
Call Number:
832.00.00.53
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Vir...
Alternative Title:
Prudence produceth esteem and Keep within compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure
Description:
Title from text above and below circular image at center of design.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Compasses (Drawing instruments), Dogs, Dwellings, Farms, Gambling, Handicraft, Intoxication, Lanterns, Meadows, Mothers, Parables, Playing cards, Punishment & torture, Vice, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

5.
Master Dogberry the parish watchman [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840
Published / Created:
[12 June 1829]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H438 829
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lord Eldon, dressed as a watchman, but with his own shoes and stockings, stands in profile to the right, stooping forward. In his right hand is a bludgeon, in the left he holds out a much-battered lantern, the candle broken and extinguished. His ratt...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jun 12th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Pry caricatures - none are original without McLeans name
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Master Dogberry the parish watchman [graphic]

6.
The Westminster watchman [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 12 April 1784]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Westminster watchman [graphic].

7.
The Westminster watchman [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 12 April 1784]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Westminster watchman [graphic].

8.
The morning herald [graphic]

Creator:
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
1826.
Call Number:
826.00.00.91+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A nightwatchman in a coat with a cape calls out as he walks down a city street with a lantern and club in his hands; a lamppost is lit on the corner
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Royle, King Street, Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Watchmen and Lampposts
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The morning herald [graphic]

9.
The sad discovery, or, The graceless apprentice [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 November 1785]
Call Number:
785.11.30.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a bedroom. A young man crawls from under a large four-post bed on which a young woman is kneeling, holding up her arms in supplication towards an elderly man and woman in night attire who have entered from the right behind a watchman ...
Alternative Title:
Graceless apprentice
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 30 Nov. 1785 by J.R. Smith, 83 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Apprentices, Hiding, Watchmen, Lanterns, and Firearms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sad discovery, or, The graceless apprentice [graphic]

10.
The talle-ho' parson standing at bay [graphic].

Published / Created:
Sepr. 14, 1778.
Call Number:
778.09.14.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A clergyman in bands and gown, his hat on the pavement, squares up to a watchman holding a lantern and stick, his fists raised. He has evidently knocked out one watchman already, who lies on the ground, wig dislodged and still touching his lantern, wh...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Watchmen, Lanterns, Staffs (Sticks), and Fighting
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The talle-ho' parson standing at bay [graphic].

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