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1.
A bailiff and an attorney. A match for the devil [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 18 April 1793.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lawyer sitting on the left at his desk looks over his shoulder and points with his quill pen as he gives instructions to two thuggish bailiffs who carry bundles of writs. In his hand is a form with 'Middlesex' and 'Wit' written at the upper left and...
Alternative Title:
Match for the devil
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Bailiffs, Desks, Law offices, and Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bailiff and an attorney. A match for the devil [graphic].

2.
A harlot's progress. The compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane = Elle est reduite à la

Published / Created:
[not before 25 March 1768]
Call Number:
Hogarth 768.03.25.11+ Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 3 of A harlot's progress: In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the ba...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 3, Compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane, and Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane
Description:
Title in English and French engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bailiffs, Cats, Prostitution, Judges, Prostitutes, Rake's progress, Robberies, Servants, and Syphilis
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A harlot's progress. The compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane = Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane / [graphic] : Plate III

3.
Birds of a feather flock together, or, Bond Street loungers attending the examination of thier [sic

Creator:
Cawse, John, 1779-1862, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 March 1800]
Call Number:
800.03.20.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An interior of a courtroom with a group of men in the foreground, with constables, judge shown with the scales of Justice, men looking through quizzing glasses
Alternative Title:
Bond Street loungers attending the examination ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March the 20th, 1800, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Bailiffs, and Judges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Birds of a feather flock together, or, Bond Street loungers attending the examination of thier [sic] fellow scarecrows!!! [graphic]

4.
For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1794]
Call Number:
Hogarth 794.00.00.162 Box 125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Benefit ticket for Spiller: the comedian stands in the center under a set of scales; he supports a burning taper; at his feet is a pile of tickets for his benefit performance labelled 'Pit', 'Gallery', and 'Box'. He offers the tickets to people on th...
Alternative Title:
Ticket for the benefit of Spiller
Description:
Title etched within image.
Publisher:
Samuel Ireland
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]

5.
For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1788]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 86K(f) Box 125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Benefit Ticket for Spiller: the comedian stands in the center under a set of scales; he supports a burning taper; at his feet is a pile of tickets for his benefit performance labelled 'Pit', 'Gallery', and 'Box'. He offers the tickets to people on the...
Alternative Title:
Ticket for the benefit of Spiller
Description:
Title etched within image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st 1788, by Molton & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]

6.
For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1794]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Benefit Ticket for Spiller: the comedian stands in the center under a set of scales; he supports a burning taper; at his feet is a pile of tickets for his benefit performance labelled 'Pit', 'Gallery', and 'Box'. He offers the tickets to people on the...
Description:
Title etched within image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]

7.
Is arrested going to court [graphic].

Published / Created:
March 25, 1768.
Call Number:
Hogarth 768.03.25.04+ Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Copy in reverse of the first state of Plate 4 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 135): In this scene two baliffs, one with an arrest notice in his hand, have stopped Tom Rakewell's sedan chair in St. James's Street; Tom is presumably on his w...
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress. Plate 4 and Tho' prest with debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ...
Description:
Title from text engraved above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Bailiffs, Dogs, Children, Lamps, Lust, Seduction, Sedan chairs, Seamstresses, Street vendors, Young adults, Ethics, Rake's progress, and Traffic congestion
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Is arrested going to court [graphic].

8.
The bum-bailiff outwitted, or, The convenience of fashion [graphic].

Published / Created:
[6 May 1786]
Call Number:
786.05.06.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A bailiff extends his arms to seize a lady from behind, in his right hand is a writ: Derriere Bum's (see British Museum Satires No. 6874). The dress only, however, of the lady stands erect: the hat and wig rest on the projecting breast, which is supp...
Alternative Title:
Convenience of fashion
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published May 6th 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hats, Wigs, and Bailiffs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The bum-bailiff outwitted, or, The convenience of fashion [graphic].

9.
The market woman, a true tale, or, Honesty is the best policy

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1800?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Honesty is the best policy
Description:
At head of title: "Cheap repository."
Publisher:
Sold by J. Marshall, and R. White, London. By S. Hazard at Bath
Subject (Topic):
Honesty, Scales, Weights & measures, Farmers, and Bailiffs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The market woman, a true tale, or, Honesty is the best policy

10.
The sailor's fleet wedding entertainment [graphic].

Published / Created:
[10 November 1747]
Call Number:
747.11.10.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, November [the] 10, 1747, by M. Cooper
Subject (Topic):
Amputees, Bailiffs, Black people, Bowls (Tableware), Candlesticks, Clergy, Dance, Military uniforms, British, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Pipes (Smoking), Portratis, Prostitutes, Sconces, Servants, Tables, Violins, and Weddings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailor's fleet wedding entertainment [graphic].