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1.
Anticipation, or, Taxes as they will be!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1796]
Call Number:
796.06.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In seven scenes in a design of two tiers, citizens dispute the oppressive fees imposed by a zealous tax collector who taxes bugs, pets, a bulbous nose and a runny nose, corns on a foot, and a man's skin. In the scene on the upper right, the tax collector penalizes a man whom he accuses of evading tax as he defecates in a bush
Alternative Title:
Taxes as they will be!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Black people, Birds, Birdcages, Cats, Defecation, Dogs, Servants, Single women, and Tax payers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Anticipation, or, Taxes as they will be!! [graphic]

2.
Indian rubber [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 August 1834]
Call Number:
834.08.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Several designs, many with captions including a black coach driver; a fashionably dressed young black woman; a mother and child; a child with a doll; a scene in which whites hoe the ground under the watch of a black overseer, etc. In the center, the largest design shows three women playing cards with an Indian man who is smoking a hookah
Description:
Title from caption below central image., Probably from Cruikshank's self-published series: My sketch book., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Pl. 4 No. 5., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
George Cruikshank
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Card games, Cats, Coach drivers, Infants, Mothers, and Water pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Indian rubber [graphic]

3.
The girl in stile [graphic].

Creator:
Kingsbury, Henry, active 1776-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 January 1787]
Call Number:
787.01.18.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A courtesan sits in a small armchair beside a small round tea-table, holding a cup in an affected manner. Behind her, on the chair, is a cat. A negro foot-boy in livery stands behind the table holding the tap of an urn which is filling the tea-pot. Both look towards the spectator with heads tilted to the left. A picture, freely sketched but apparently pornographic, hangs on the wall. From the ceiling hangs a cage containing a parrot. On the floor is an elegant rug with a scrolled design. See British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; from a farce by John Scawen., Below image: Gentlemens design executed gratis., and Attributed to Kingsbury in British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 18, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Birdcages, Cats, Chairs, Floor coverings, Parrots, Servants, Tea tables (Tables), and Teapots
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The girl in stile [graphic].

4.
The old political macaroni with his wise family at breakfast [graphic].

Published / Created:
[March 1773]
Call Number:
773.04.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Companion print: A macaroni family returning from church, also published in the Macaroni and theatrical magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4822., Plate from: The macaroni and theatrical magazine. London : John Williams, April 1773, p. 323., and Temporary local subject terms: Dress: child's dress, 1773 -- Newspapers: London Gazette -- Table setting: breakfast -- Domestic service: black page -- Domestic service: footmen -- Male dress: nightcaps -- Male dress: dressing gown.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Cats, Dandies, British, Dogs, Monkeys, Parrots, Squirrels, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The old political macaroni with his wise family at breakfast [graphic].

5.
The town tooth drawer [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1812 and 1817]
Call Number:
812.00.00.100
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The interior of a well-furnished room. The dentist stands in front of a middle-aged woman seated in a chair (right); he holds her forehead with one hand, with the other he applies a small instrument to her mouth. She grasps a shawl in her left hand. A black boy in livery stands behind the dentist (left) holding an open case of instruments; he looks round grinning. A young woman stands clasping her hands and looking with an expression of horrified concern at the operation. The dentist wears a bag-wig. A cat arches its back and meows. Through a draped sash-window is a steeple. On the wall is a bird in a cage and an oval landscape. Below it is a settee on which sheef of paper
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., Copy in reverse of a ca. 1784 print after Robert Dighton entitled: The London dentist. Cf. No. 6760 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Teeth, Extraction, Black people, Birdcages, Cats, City and town life, Drawing rooms, Servants, and Women domestics
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The town tooth drawer [graphic].