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1.
A meeting of umbrellas [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 January 1782]
Call Number:
782.01.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men, each holding up an umbrella, meet and seem to find difficulty in passing. An officer, his hair in a long pigtail queue, walks (left to right), his umbrella held in his right hand and resting on his left shoulder. A lean man, holding his um...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jan. 25, 1782, by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Umbrellas, Confrontations, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A meeting of umbrellas [graphic]

2.
Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].

Creator:
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1743 and 1799]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A tracing by George Steevens of a print by William Hogarth: A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man while another p...
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title from item.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain,
Subject (Topic):
Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].

3.
Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1743]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3646 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is poi...
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Inscription in ink under title in Horace Walpole's hand: " [A black girl imp[...]ed on High[...] Manager of Drury lane]. These three from plates in Mr Ireland's collection."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].

4.
Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1743]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed by four men. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].

5.
Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1743]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3646 no. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed by four men. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].

6.
Russian nuptials, or, The lock'd jaw and frost-bitten nose sung with unbounded applause by Mr

Published / Created:
[1 December 1808]
Call Number:
808.12.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Illustration to printed verses: A man and wife, both in fur hoods, &c, stand outside a small hut in a snow scene. She threatens him with her fists. In the background a reindeer draws a sleigh
Alternative Title:
Lock'd jaw and frost-bitten nose and Locked jaw and frost-bitten nose
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Dec. 1, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Cold, Confrontations, Couples, Huts, and Reindeer
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Russian nuptials, or, The lock'd jaw and frost-bitten nose sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Fawcett, at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, in the new grand melo-dramatic opera, called "The Exile," written by John Frederick Reynolds, Esq. / [graphic]

7.
The Irish patriots [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1783]
Call Number:
783.11.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Henry Grattan, on the left, waving his hat in one hand and making a fist with the other, shouts at Henry Flood, on the right, who looks at him over his shoulder with anger and disdain. The audience, consisting of the Irish House members and the crowd ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland
Subject (Name):
Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820. and Flood, Henry, 1732-1791.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Confrontations, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Irish patriots [graphic].

8.
The Ulster tragedy

Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Evans, No. 41 Long-Lane, West-Smithfield, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Soldiers, Bedrooms, Beds, Bows (Archery)., Spears, Chamber pots, Confrontations, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Ulster tragedy

9.
The discomfited duellists [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [81]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Inside a coffee house, an ensign, his broken sword lying on the ground, is held against the wall by a man with a hot poker. Another ensign, attempting to stub the man with the poker in the back, is held back by another customer and a waiter. The scene...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Social life and customs, Interiors, Soldiers, Confrontations, Daggers & swords, Time clocks, Fireplaces, Maps, Chandeliers, Clergy, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The discomfited duellists [graphic]

10.
The discomfited duellists [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 1, 1784.
Call Number:
784.04.01.01
Collection Title:
volume 1, opposite page [81]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Inside a coffee house, an ensign, his broken sword lying on the ground, is held against the wall by a man with a hot poker. Another ensign, attempting to stub the man with the poker in the back, is held back by another customer and a waiter. The scene...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Social life and customs, Interiors, Soldiers, Confrontations, Daggers & swords, Time clocks, Fireplaces, Maps, Chandeliers, Clergy, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The discomfited duellists [graphic]