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1.
A lady at confession [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker
Published / Created:
cum Privilegio Regis, [1701]
Call Number:
700.00.00.27
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A monk seated in a high-backed carved chair on the left looks at a pretty young woman down on her right knee by his side. Her dress is that of the late 17th century. She gestures with her left hand while holding the right one to her breast. She appear...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold by E. Cooper at [the] 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street
Subject (Topic):
Confessions and Monks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A lady at confession [graphic]

2.
A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1741? and 1748]
Call Number:
741.00.00.19
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife f...
Alternative Title:
Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:
Title from engraved text above image.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].

3.
A nun confessing her past follies to Father Sly-Boots [graphic].

Creator:
O'Keefe, W., active 1794-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1794]
Call Number:
794.10.01.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman, elaborately dressed, sits with downcast eyes in profile to the left at a table on which are a book and rosary. On her right sits, on a striped settee, a 'priest' wearing a skull-cap; a hat and cloak on a chair and stool show that he is...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 1st Octr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Priests, Prostitutes, Confessions, Religious articles, Sofas, Chairs, and Draperies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A nun confessing her past follies to Father Sly-Boots [graphic].

4.
The holy benidiction [sic] [graphic].

Published / Created:
June th6 [sic] 1783.
Call Number:
783.06.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an outdoor setting, Charles Fox, with a fox's head, and Lord North, both kneeling, supplicate Edmund Burke for absolution, in Fox's words, of the "sins not yett committed." Lord North, having confessed that his "sins are manifold and grievious," pr...
Alternative Title:
Holy benediction
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Colley
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Priests, Confessions, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The holy benidiction [sic] [graphic].

5.
[A lady at confession] [graphic]

Creator:
Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs, 20 May 1772.
Call Number:
772.05.20.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young lady at confession; on the right, a monk leans on his elbow, right hand resting on a Bible, lecherously looking sideways at a young girl beside him, who stands holding a rosary, looking down sorrowfully with tears running down her cheek, she ...
Description:
Title from the Catalogue of the Society of Artists, 1771, no. 83.
Publisher:
R. Sayer excudit
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Chapels, Lust, Confessions, Crucifixes, Altars, Clergy, Monks, Catholicism, and Bibles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A lady at confession] [graphic]