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1.
Blindman's buff [graphic].

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
Feby. 24th, 1792.
Call Number:
792.02.24.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire on the Gunning scandal: a line of four persons in a room, one blindfold, while a man trips over a woman."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hilary campaign, or, The art of gunning in a masked battery laid open, Art of gunning in a masked battery laid open, and Blindman's bluff
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
Gunning, Miss 1769-1823 (Elizabeth),
Subject (Topic):
Scandals, Blindfolds, Blind man's bluff, Fireplaces, Falling, and Doors & doorways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Blindman's buff [graphic].

2.
Delicious dreams! [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 30, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 44. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A parody of British Museum Satires No. 10979 by Gillray. Queen Caroline and her supporters, realistically depicted, sleep round the dinner-table after dessert (at Brandenburgh House), their dreams are supported on clouds which hide the upper part of ...
Alternative Title:
Castles in the air! Glorious prospects!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hume, Joseph, 1777-1855, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Hamilton, Anne, Lady, 1766-1846, Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825, and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Tables, Chairs, Eating & drinking, Sleeping, Dreaming, Miniatures (Paintings), Hats, Bottles, Drinking vessels, Fruit, Floor coverings, Fireplaces, Figurines, Light fixtures, Coronations, and Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Delicious dreams! [graphic].

3.
Lady P aragraph championizing [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 March 1814]
Call Number:
814.03.04.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Perceval sits at an ornate writing-table, pen in hand. A serpent issues from her breast, coils round her arm, and darts its fang at the tip of her pen. She frowns meditatively, saying, "Now then for something strong but not libellous, I hate hal...
Alternative Title:
Lady Paragraph championizing
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 4th, 1814, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Egmont, Bridget Wynne Perceval, Countess of, -1826 and Mitford, John, 1782-1831
Subject (Topic):
Tables, Writing materials, Books, Newspapers, Fireplaces, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lady P aragraph championizing [graphic].

4.
Midnight correspondence, or, Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game [graphic].

Published / Created:
[November 1820?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lady Conyngham sits at a table in front of a fireplace, quill pen in hand, writing a letter by candlelight; her large figure is exaggerated and her legs are spread far apart, causing her nightgown to billow. A clock sits on the mantle in front of her....
Alternative Title:
Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Spouses, Beds, Writing materials, Correspondence, Fireplaces, Clocks & watches, Draperies, Cats, Sleepwear, Candles, Dreaming, and Crowns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Midnight correspondence, or, Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game [graphic].

5.
Nursery for second childhood [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[January 1821]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of elderly nursemaids treating the Cabinet as babies."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1821 by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Nannies (Children's nurses), Older people, Chamber pots, Diapers, Fireplaces, Spoons, Feeding, and Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Nursery for second childhood [graphic]

6.
Old nursing song in imitation of Dean Swift. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately November 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. The King, a whiskered child, sits on the floor of a nursery and plays with Sidmouth, who sits in a chair. Around them on the floor lie toys, along with papers inscribed "Bill of Pains," "Bergami Blister,"...
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Printed for and published by Langham, 3, Red Lion Street, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Quentin, Georgina.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political satire, English, Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), Children, Toys, Fireplaces, and Windows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Old nursing song in imitation of Dean Swift. [graphic]

7.
The Regents harmonica, or, Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1820.
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print shows a large concert-room, which is partly a music-shop, where the Regent sits playing a 'cello. At his feet is a paper: 'Proposals for Six Charity Concerts'. Facing him stands an elderly 'cit', a John Bull, who listens delightedly. The Regent ...
Alternative Title:
Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Regent’s Harmonic Institution, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882, Braham, John, 1774-1856, Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Music stores, Interiors, Fireplaces, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Violins, Pianos, and Drums (Musical instruments)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Regents harmonica, or, Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base [graphic].

8.
The Regents harmonica, or, Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1820.
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior of a large concert-room, which is partly a music-shop, where the Regent sits playing a 'cello. At his feet is a paper: 'Proposals for Six Charity Concerts'. Facing him stands an elderly 'cit', a John Bull, who listens delightedly. The Regent ...
Alternative Title:
Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Regent’s Harmonic Institution, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882, Braham, John, 1774-1856, Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Music stores, Interiors, Fireplaces, Mirrors, Musical instruments, Violoncellos, Flutes, Violins, Pianos, and Drums (Musical instruments)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Regents harmonica, or, Monopoly a catch for 21 voices with a royal base [graphic].

9.
The cat's-paw! [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1832]
Call Number:
832.00.00.52
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire of William IV's involvement in the debate leading up to the Reform Act of 1832: A cat with the face of William IV is being persuaded to pull a hot chestnut from a blazing fire by a bewigged monkey (Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham). The fire is...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Marianne Humphreys, St. James's Stt
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845,
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Cats, Monkeys, Fireplaces, Bookcases, Irons (Pressing), and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cat's-paw! [graphic]

10.
The cradle hymn new version / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately July 1820]
Call Number:
820.07.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. The King, a bloated and whiskered infant, sleeps in a cradle, rocked by Sidmouth (right), a lean old woman wearing a cap and bag-wig, who sits in a rocking-chair, his clyster-pipe (cf. British Museum Sat...
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political satire, English, Cradles, Rocking chairs, Toys, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cradle hymn new version / [graphic]

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