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1.
"Improvement in weights & measures", or, Sir John Seeclear discovering [the] ballance of [the

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1798]
Call Number:
798.12.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sinclair, tall and thin, stands full-face, holding up in his right hand a balance (steelyard, or stilliard) inscribed 'Vive le Egalité'. A large British flag at the right end of the beam much outweighs a bunch of objects at the other; three document...
Alternative Title:
"Improvement in weights and measures" and Sir John Seeclear discovering the ballance of the British flag
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Improvement in weights & measures", or, Sir John Seeclear discovering [the] ballance of [the] British flag [graphic]

2.
- sforzata e vinta / d'indi bevèo più lagrime che vino [graphic]

Creator:
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
Decr. 20th, 1779.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B28 804
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Alboin and Rosmunda; the queen on the right, refusing to drink wine from a cup made from her father's skull, which the king holds on the left; three female courtiers, two soldiers, two child servants watching them; gothic windows in background; after...
Alternative Title:
Alboin et Rosmunda
Description:
Title from image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > - sforzata e vinta / d'indi bevèo più lagrime che vino [graphic]

3.
4 paire for a shilling, Holland socks Achetez des chaussons = Chi uuol scapini d'Holanda / [graphic] =

Creator:
Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1733]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 L328 733
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Four pair for a shilling, Holland socks, Achetez des chaussons, and Chi uuol scapini d'Holanda
Description:
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Subject (Topic):
Street vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 4 paire for a shilling, Holland socks Achetez des chaussons = Chi uuol scapini d'Holanda / [graphic] =

4.
A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 July 1791]
Call Number:
791.07.23.01++ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "Th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 23d, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].

5.
A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 July 1791]
Call Number:
791.07.23.01++ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Six men, seated and standing behind a table on which are decanters, punch-bowl, &c, drink a treasonous toast. This is given by Priestley (left) who stands in profile to the right, holding up an empty Communion dish and a brimming chalice, saying, "Th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 23d, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Lindsey, Theophilus, 1723-1808
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the - Revolution Society [graphic].

6.
A Scot's opera [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1732?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Hogarth shows Sganarelle coming up behind his wife, who is admiring a miniature portrati of a young man which she had innocently discovered on the ground. Sganarelle is making the cuckold's sign with his right hand over his head
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, City & town life, Couples, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Scot's opera [graphic]

7.
A bed matt or a door matt Achetez des nates = Chi uuol storioli da letto / [graphic] =

Creator:
Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1733]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 L328 733
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Achetez des nates and Chi uuol storioli da letto
Description:
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Subject (Topic):
Street vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bed matt or a door matt Achetez des nates = Chi uuol storioli da letto / [graphic] =

8.
A brace of blackguards [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 June 1789]
Call Number:
789.06.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three men in a tavern with three pictures on the wall with images of pugilists, a portrait of Buckhorse and two images of fights. The one man has his head on the table, presumably passed out and asleep. The other man sits in a chair looking out at the...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, June 20, 1789, by Mrs. Lay on the Steine, Brighthelmstone
Subject (Name):
Morland, George, 1763-1804 and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Subject (Topic):
Artists, British, Boxing, Chairs, Dogs, Drinking vessels, Fireplaces, Pipes (Smoking), Sports posters, Tables, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A brace of blackguards [graphic]

9.
A brass pott or an iron pott to mend Rabiller les poelles les marmites & les chaudrons = Concia

Creator:
Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1733]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 L328 733
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Rabiller les poelles, les marmites, et les chaudrons and Concia caldare, candelieri, e padelle
Description:
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Subject (Topic):
Street vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A brass pott or an iron pott to mend Rabiller les poelles les marmites & les chaudrons = Concia caldare candelieri e padelle / [graphic] =

10.
A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts

Creator:
Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711-1774, auctioneer, publisher
Published / Created:
[1755]
Call Number:
125 L278 755 3/11
Image Count:
172
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Priced.
Publisher:
Abraham Langford
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, Great Britain, and England.
Subject (Name):
Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Art auctions, Art, Private collections, Decorative arts, Prices, Private libraries, and House furnishings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts and antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday the 11th of this instant March 1755, and the four following days : the said collection will be exhibited to public view on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 7th, 8th and 10th instant, from ten in the morning till four, and the sale will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had on Thursday the 6th, at Mr. Langford's aforesaid

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