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1. An explanation of the linnean system for the use of a young lady, 1796
- Creator:
- Boutell, Charles, b. 1772
- Call Number:
- Osborn c592
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of a brief introduction to the Linnean system of botanical classification. Opening with a defense of botany against those who think it "a trifling insipid amusement and almost childish," Boutell argues that botanists seek to understand "the...
- Description:
- Possibly by the Rev. Charles Boutell (b. 1772), later rector of Litcham in Norfolk and father of the author of Boutell's Heraldry.
- Subject (Name):
- Boutell, Charles, b. 1772., Hayward, Matilda., and Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Botany, Study and teaching, Education, Women, and Intellectual life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An explanation of the linnean system for the use of a young lady, 1796
2. Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850
- Creator:
- Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 129
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 72
- Abstract:
- 20 ALS and 2 autograph manuscripts by Chandos Leigh, first Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh. Almost all of the letters were written during his travels on the Continent. Ten were written to his parents and sister in 1818-19 while he was on the grand tour. Let...
- Description:
- Chandos Leigh (1791-1850) was educated at Harrow School, where he met Lord Byron, and Christ Church, Oxford, following which he made the grand tour with Philip Shuttleworth. A distant cousin of Jane Austen's, and a generous literary patron to Leigh Hu...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe., Alps, Florence (Italy), Italy, Rome (Italy), and Switzerland
- Subject (Name):
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824., Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837., Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822., Colvile, Frederick Leigh, 1819-1886., Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850., Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850, Leigh, James Henry, 1765-1823., Leigh, Julia, d. 1871., Leigh, Julia Twisleton, d. 1843., Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1844., Catholic Church, and Rugby School.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books and reading, Death and burial, Influence, Customs and practices, Authors, English, Dandies, English literature, Grand tours (Education), Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850
3. Market-day [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.05.02.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The cattle-pens (right) of Smithfield Market are filled with cattle with the faces of peers and draped with ermine-trimmed robes. [The ermine is apparent only in the coloured impression] Thurlow, dressed as a farmer, the owner of the cattle, stands o...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 2d, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- India. and England
- Subject (Name):
- Smithfield Market., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Rose, George, 1744-1818, Montfort, Thomas Bromley, Baron, 1733-1799, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Influence, Bribery, Cattle, Ceremonial objects, City & town life, Clock & watch making, Equipment, Taverns (Inns), Usury, Signs (Notices), Stockyards, and Stores & shops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Market-day [graphic].
4. The Honble. Spruce Billy Beau prime minister of Lilliput [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 June 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.06.20.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Pitt dressed in a Elizabethan-style costume, with a large feathered hat on his head, faces the viewer. He gesters with his left hand and holds a stick in his right
- Alternative Title:
- Honorable Spruce Billy Beau prime minister of Lilliput
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 20 1791 by W. Holland, 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Honble. Spruce Billy Beau prime minister of Lilliput [graphic].
5. The new country dance as danced at C**** July the 30th 1766 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [5 September 1766]
- Call Number:
- 766.09.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the end of Lord Rockingham's administration shown as a dance at court. The verses below describe the protagonists who have been numbered in pen and ink: in the centre, Princess Augusta (1) dances with Lord Bute (2) their joined hands holdin...
- Alternative Title:
- New country dance as danced at Court July the 30th 1766
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Murray, Fanny, 1729-1778, and Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Britannia (Symbolic character), Alcoholic beverages, Brooms & brushes, Crutches, Devil, Eyeglasses, Prostitutes, Symbols, Weather vanes, and Witches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The new country dance as danced at C**** July the 30th 1766 [graphic].
6. The painters march from Finchly dedicated to the king of [the] gypsies [image of a hand with finger pointing] as an encourager of art &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1754]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 754.04.01.01 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hogarth is shown fleeing from a village, his hat flying off as a scolding woman at his side points to cow horns that appear over his head. The horns are numbered “1”, a reference to a table below to Hogarth's prints "Four times the day". A chimney swe...
- Alternative Title:
- Painters march from Finchley
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Artists, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Dogs, Livestock, Milkwomen, People with disabilities, Signs (Notices), Stocks (Punishment), and Water pumps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The painters march from Finchly dedicated to the king of [the] gypsies [image of a hand with finger pointing] as an encourager of art &c. / [graphic]
7. The painters march from Finchly dedicated to the king of [the] gypsies [image of a hand with finger pointing] as an encourager of art &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1754]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hogarth is shown fleeing from a village, his hat flying off as a scolding woman at his side points to cow horns that appear over his head. The horns are numbered “1”, a reference to a table below to Hogarth's prints "Four times the day". A chimney swe...
- Alternative Title:
- Painters march from Finchley
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Artists, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Dogs, Livestock, Milkwomen, People with disabilities, Signs (Notices), Stocks (Punishment), and Water pumps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The painters march from Finchly dedicated to the king of [the] gypsies [image of a hand with finger pointing] as an encourager of art &c. / [graphic]
8. [A conversation] [art original]
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1737]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents W218 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 50
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Horace Walpole's watercolor of an amorous young couple. Formerly hung in the Red Bedchamber in Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Dated and signed with Walpole's initials "H.W. 1737" in lower left of image.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Couples, and Conversation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A conversation] [art original]
9. [A rural ball] [art original]
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1738]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents W218 no. 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 52
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Horace Walpole's watercolor after Antoine Watteau's Fête Champêtre depicts two amorous couples being serenaded by a musician. Another young man lounges on a blanket, his back to the viewer, as he gazes at the one dancing couple. Another figure of a ...
- Alternative Title:
- Fête champêtre
- Description:
- Title devised by curator.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Couples, Dance, and Musicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A rural ball] [art original]