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1.
A Lord Mayor's Day night mare [graphic]

Published / Created:
Nov. 4th, 1830.
Call Number:
830.11.04.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A glutton lies in bed, asleep, assailed by the fish, flesh, and fowl of a City dinner. A huge turtle is on top of him, a lobster pinches his nose, a pheasant swoops to peck an eye. He holds in each hand a bottle labelled 'Wrights Cham[pagne]' [see Br...
Alternative Title:
Lord Mayor's Day nightmare and Fatal effects of gluttony
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket and Printed by C. Motte, 23 Leicester Sqre
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Nightmares, Beds, Animals, and Champagne (Wine)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Lord Mayor's Day night mare [graphic]

2.
A holy friar sung most excellently by Mr. Doyle & several amateurs. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[4 June 1806]
Call Number:
806.06.04.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young, rotund friar sits at a table well-set with carafes, one each of red and white, and with plates of lushious fruit. He smiles as he raises his glass and looks at the viewer. Through the window (left) peeps a pretty young woman with a shawl ov...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 4, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Fruit, Gluttony, Lust, and Monks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A holy friar sung most excellently by Mr. Doyle & several amateurs. [graphic]

3.
A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
792.07.02.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, wi...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Obesity, Chamber pots, Eating & drinking, Medicines, Gambling, and Sconces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

4.
A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
Print10042
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, wi...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Obesity, Chamber pots, Eating & drinking, Medicines, Gambling, and Sconces
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

5.
Another slice of plumb-puding for Councellor Wollop [graphic].

Published / Created:
[20 April 1774]
Call Number:
774.04.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A very fat man (Councellor Wollop), wearing a silk robe and cap sits at a well-laid table, his large napkin tucked in at his neck. He leans back in his chair while a thin man pours wine down his throat. Two other men smile as they offer him more food...
Alternative Title:
Another slice of plum pudding for Councellor Wollop
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 20, 1774, by I. Sledge, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden
Subject (Topic):
Dining rooms, Food, Interiors, Gluttony, Obesity, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Another slice of plumb-puding for Councellor Wollop [graphic].

7.
Die Gefrässigkeit hat mehr Menschen getödet als das Schwert [graphic]

Creator:
Zechmeyer, Leopold, 1805-approximately 1860, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1845]
Call Number:
Print01343
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Gluttony has killed more men than the sword
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
im Bureau der Theaterzeitung, Rauhensteingasse No.926
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Swine, Soldiers, Eating & drinking, Dead persons, Food, and Satires (Visual works).
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Die Gefrässigkeit hat mehr Menschen getödet als das Schwert [graphic]

8.
Die hönigbitter truncken weis ... [graphic]

Creator:
Bouttats, Gerard, born 1630, active 1658, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1658]
Call Number:
Print01378
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Allegories, Gluttony, Temperance, Demons, Hammers, Swords, Swine, Artists' materials, and Eyeglasses
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Die hönigbitter truncken weis ... [graphic]

9.
L'arrivée un Anglais attaqué du spleen, vient se faire traiter en France / [graphic]

Creator:
Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1815]
Call Number:
815.02.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A companion plate to Le Départ (British Museum satire no. 12362), satirizing the haste of the English to visit France in 1814 and their gluttony and bad dressing. The Frenchman who cooks a cat is a subject of English caricatures on the favourite them...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, National characteristics, English, National characteristics, French, Cats, Cooks, Doves, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Gluttony, and Mail steamers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > L'arrivée un Anglais attaqué du spleen, vient se faire traiter en France / [graphic]

10.
Le depart guéri du spleen par la cuisine Française, l'Anglais retourne à Londres en embonpoint

Creator:
Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 November 1814]
Call Number:
814.11.12.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Englishman, grossly obese, walks from the door of the inn (left) supporting his paunch on a wheelbarrow which the cook of British Museum satire no. 12361 helps to drag, exhausted by the effort, and mopping his face with his cap. A plank leads fro...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, National characteristics, English, National characteristics, French, Cats, Cooks, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Gluttony, Mail steamers, and Obesity
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Le depart guéri du spleen par la cuisine Française, l'Anglais retourne à Londres en embonpoint / [graphic]

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