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1.
A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [art original].

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. July 1801]
Call Number:
Drawings N736 no. 7 Box D205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with ...
Description:
Title from note in artist's hand above image.
Subject (Topic):
Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [art original].

2.
A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [graphic].

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
July 1801.
Call Number:
801.07.00.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub'd by Wm. Holland, Oxford street
Subject (Topic):
Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [graphic].

3.
Fashion before ease, or, A good constitution sacrificed for a fantastick form [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 January 1793]
Call Number:
793.01.02.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Britannia (left), a buxom young woman, clasps the trunk of a large oak, while Paine tugs with both hands at her stay-lace, placing a large foot on her posteriors. He wears blue and buff with a tricolour cockade on his bonnet rouge. From his coat pock...
Alternative Title:
Good constitution sacrificed for a fantastick form
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 2d, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Corsets, Scissors & shears, Liberty cap, Shields, Spears, and Olive branches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fashion before ease, or, A good constitution sacrificed for a fantastick form [graphic]

5.
The looking glass in disgrace [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1 January 1805]
Call Number:
805.01.01.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly, sharp-featured virago, with skinny neck and muscular arms, sits directed to the right, furiously kicking and shaking her left fist at the old-fashioned looking-glass which stands on a muslin-covered dressing-table. The glass has been shat...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1805 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Mirrors, Dressing tables, Corsets, Anger, Feathers, Draperies, and Bottles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The looking glass in disgrace [graphic]

6.
The protecting macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 October 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.4 plate 24
Collection Title:
Leaf 86. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man (right) in shirt and breeches is being laced into stays by a shorter man who stands behind him. The taller man is knock-kneed and has some resemblance to the Duke of Grafton. On the ground is a chased goblet to which a label is attached, "Dupli...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act Octr. 9, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Corsets, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The protecting macaroni [graphic].

7.
The protecting macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 October 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 86. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man (right) in shirt and breeches is being laced into stays by a shorter man who stands behind him. The taller man is knock-kneed and has some resemblance to the Duke of Grafton. On the ground is a chased goblet to which a label is attached, "Dupli...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act Octr. 9, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Corsets, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The protecting macaroni [graphic].

8.
The whale bone macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
[22 October 1772]
Call Number:
772.10.22.03
Collection Title:
Leaf 88. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man standing with his feet crossed. In his right hand is a tasselled cane and under his right arm are sections of a pair of stays in course of construction. He wears a macaroni club, a laced hat, short coat and laced waistc...
Alternative Title:
Whalebone macaroni
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Octr. 22, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Staffs (Sticks), Wigs, Neckties, Corsets, and Occupations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The whale bone macaroni [graphic].

9.
The whale bone macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
[22 October 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.5 plate 9
Collection Title:
Leaf 88. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man standing with his feet crossed. In his right hand is a tasselled cane and under his right arm are sections of a pair of stays in course of construction. He wears a macaroni club, a laced hat, short coat and laced waistc...
Alternative Title:
Whalebone macaroni
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Octr. 22, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Staffs (Sticks), Wigs, Neckties, Corsets, and Occupations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The whale bone macaroni [graphic].

10.
The whale bone macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
[22 October 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 88. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man standing with his feet crossed. In his right hand is a tasselled cane and under his right arm are sections of a pair of stays in course of construction. He wears a macaroni club, a laced hat, short coat and laced waistc...
Alternative Title:
Whalebone macaroni
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Octr. 22, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Staffs (Sticks), Wigs, Neckties, Corsets, and Occupations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The whale bone macaroni [graphic].