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1.
A prospective view of Ranelagh Gardens and the Grand Amphitheatre

Published / Created:
[not before 1743]
Call Number:
743.00.00.52+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
View of Ranelagh Pleasure Gardens, the large central rotunda with a classical portico, an octagonal fountain to the foreground, trees on either side and beyond, the Duke of York's Headquarters beyond, elegant figures strolling in the grounds.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Ranelagh Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A prospective view of Ranelagh Gardens and the Grand Amphitheatre

2.
A view of St. Georges Church, Hanover Square, from Conduit Street, London Vuë de l'Eglise de Saint

Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1771]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 155. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View on George Street, looking towards the square, St. George's Church on the right with large Corinthian portico, fat farmer driving sheep in street at center, sedan chair to right
Alternative Title:
View of Saint Georges Church, Hanover Square, from Conduit Street, London and Vuë de l'Eglise de Saint George dans le Carré de Hanover, prés du Côté Rue Conduit à Londres
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Jefferys, the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, London (England), and London.
Subject (Name):
St. George's Church (Westminster, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Church buildings, Plazas, Churches, City & town life, Sedan chairs, and Herders
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A view of St. Georges Church, Hanover Square, from Conduit Street, London Vuë de l'Eglise de Saint George dans le Carré de Hanover, prés du Côté Rue Conduit à Londres. [graphic] =

3.
A view of the canal, Chinese building, Rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade = Vüe du

Creator:
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1759.
Call Number:
759.00.00.27+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A circular building (the Rotunda) in the background and a Chinese structure on a lake reached by a bridge"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Ranelagh Gardens (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Canals, Rotundas, and Masquerades
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the canal, Chinese building, Rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade = Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade

4.
Afternoons amusement [graphic]

Creator:
Albanesi, Angelo, printmaker
Published / Created:
publishd. according to act of Parliament the 30 Octobr. 1777.
Call Number:
777.10.30.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A print showing the front elevation of a brothel, with a sign over the door "Young Ladies Educated & Board." At the threshold of the establishment, the brothel keeper (possibly Charlotte Hayes) stands at the front door talking with a young man who hol...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Hayes, Charlotte, 1725-1813, and O’Kelly, Dennis, 1725-1787,
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Humor, Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitutes' clients, Clergy, Dogs, Doors & doorways, Dwarfs, Windows, Signs (Notices), and Peddlers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Afternoons amusement [graphic]

5.
Iphigenia [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 May 1749]
Call Number:
Quarto 53 C46 776
Collection Title:
Opposite page 15. Trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An engraving, showing a scene from the Venetian Ambassadors Masquerade in which Miss Chudleigh appears wearing stockings, shoes, and a tunic, the last covering only a very small portion of her person, and taking off her mask on being seized round the ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
Subject (Topic):
Masquerades
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Iphigenia [graphic].

6.
The Suffolk wonder: or, The pleasant, facetious, and merry dwarf of Bottesdale

Published / Created:
[not before 1755]
Call Number:
755.00.00.27
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
A broadside on Christopher Bullock, a tiny but fat watch and clock-maker in Suffolk; with a woodcut showing a portrait of Bullock, holding a wig in his left hand, mopping his brow with the other; with letterpress title and text, including information ...
Alternative Title:
Pleasant, facetious, and merry dwarf of Bottesdale
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Suffolk (England)
Subject (Name):
Bullock, Christopher, 1708-
Subject (Topic):
History, Growth disorders, and Dwarfs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Suffolk wonder: or, The pleasant, facetious, and merry dwarf of Bottesdale

7.
The inside of Westminster Abby Le neff de L'Abaie de Westminster / [graphic] =

Creator:
Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Aug. 1, 1753.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 173. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior view of Westminster Abbey looking down the nave towards the organ, with groups of elegantly dressed figures in foreground
Alternative Title:
Inside of Westminster Abbey and Neff de L'Abaie de Westminster
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, Rob. Sayer in Fleetstreet & H. Overton without Newgate
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, London (England), and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Church buildings, Abbeys, Interiors, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The inside of Westminster Abby Le neff de L'Abaie de Westminster / [graphic] =

8.
The original works of William Hogarth

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Published / Created:
1790 [that is 1795]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 795 (Oversize)
Image Count:
93
Resource Type:
still image and text
Description:
The frontispiece is dated 1795 and is included in the Contents list.
Publisher:
Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall-Mall, and No. 90, Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Social life and customs, and Manners and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The original works of William Hogarth

9.
The western prospect of Bears-Den Hall in Co. Surrey [graphic].

Creator:
Reisen, Charles Christian, 1680-1725, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1720]
Call Number:
720.00.00.107
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of a house supposedly near Putney Common, satirically called 'Bear's Den Hall', a rickety house with cracked plaster walls and a chimney-stack with broken brick, and with weeds growing from the cracks and on the roof. A key at the top references ...
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and Putney.
Subject (Name):
Reisen, Charles Christian, 1680-1725, and Skelton, Humphrey, active 1720s,
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The western prospect of Bears-Den Hall in Co. Surrey [graphic].