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1.
Beggars opera [graphic]

Creator:
Stalker, Ebenezer, 1781-1847, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1807]
Call Number:
805.00.00.16
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Illustration to Gay's 'A Beggar's Opera' from 'Inchbald's British Theatre'. An interior scene with a Peachum and Polly administering a drink to Mrs. Peachum, who is lying back with her eyes closed in a chair, having had a fit at learning about the marriage of Polly and Macheath; a fireplace with a fire screen and mantel with jars seen in the background at the right
Description:
Title engraved above image., Caption below image: "Polly- Give her another glass, sir. Act 1. Scene 1.", Publication date from proof in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1854,0513.487., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Longman & Co.
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Loss of consciousness
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Beggars opera [graphic]

2.
Comforts of Bath. [graphic] / Pl. 6

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 January 1798]
Call Number:
Print00245
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sixth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, Painters (Artists), Artists' materials, Courtship, Couples, Kissing, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Comforts of Bath. [graphic] / Pl. 6

3.
Hudibras triumphant [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 58K(b) Box 220
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: This said the high, outragious Mettle, Of Knight, began to cool and settle ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras triumphant [graphic].

4.
Hudibras triumphant [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.194 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said the high, outragious Mettle, of Knight, began to cool and settle ...", Copy of no. 507 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 85.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras triumphant [graphic].

5.
Hudibras triumphant [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: This said the high, outragious Mettle, Of Knight, began to cool and settle ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 31 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 26.8 x 43.1 cm.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras triumphant [graphic].

6.
Hudibras, triumphant [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
Sotheby 92+ Box 205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said the high, outragious Mettle, Of Knight, began to cool and settle ...", and Numbered "10" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras, triumphant [graphic]

7.
Hudibras, triumphant [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said the high, outragious Mettle, Of Knight, began to cool and settle ...", and On page 31 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 26.5 x 34.5 cm.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras, triumphant [graphic]

8.
Love and honour [graphic]

Creator:
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 January 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 27. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"To right, a soldier and a young woman embracing each other; to extreme right, a woman seated, facing back; to left, a soldier on a horse, in profile to left, holding another horse's bridle; in a landscape; in a roundel; after H Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Eight lines of verse below title: Hark! may heaven defend thee, Hark! the drum commands, Honour I attend thee, Love I kiss thy hands. May guardian angels watch thee, And conquest on thee wait; One kiss and then I give thee up, alas poor Kate. Vide the Tobacco Box., Dedication etched above imprint statement: To the Right Honble. the Countess of Euston, this print from an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by Her Ladyships obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., The included verses are perhaps part of a longer ballad, the author of which is unidentified., and Mounted on page 27 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 23d, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Couples, and Horses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Love and honour [graphic]

9.
The lass with a delicate air [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 9 Nov. 1783.
Call Number:
783.11.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed young woman sits on the ground near a pond making a wreath (or a chaplet). Her head is covered with a pleated cap, its cover lies by her feet. In the background, her young admirer in fashionable riding clothes watches her with adoration from behind the fence
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '509'., Illustration to a song from Arne's adaptation of Milton's Comus (1738)., and Below the title are four verses from the song The lass with a delicate air.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Wreaths, and Bonnets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The lass with a delicate air [graphic].

10.
The spell Hobnelia. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1784?]
Call Number:
784.00.00.77+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
From the left a well-dressed maiden pulls a length of twine from around the right stocking of a country boy who sleeps on a grassy bank under four large, leafy trees. The eight lines of Gay's poem Shepherd's week quoted on either side of the title describe her intention of joining the twine to her garter to form "a true loves knot."
Alternative Title:
Hobnelia
Description:
Title from item., Publication date following the phrase "Publish'd as the Act directs" has been burnished from plate., Numbered '506' in lower left of plate., Dated tentatively from plate number. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, Appendix, p. 786-7: Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., and Four lines in two columns on either side of the title: As Lubberkin once slept beneath a tree ... from the favourite Pastoral of Gay's Shepherd's work.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Courtship, and Meadows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The spell Hobnelia. [graphic]