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22.
The midnight magistrate [graphic].

Published / Created:
Decr 1, 1779.
Call Number:
779.12.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on "hireling constables", that is, on constables who were paid as substitutes for parishioners who were bound to serve annually without pay. The interior of a watch-house, where the constable of the night sits in an armchair, wearing a hat and holding a long staff. Watchmen are bringing in persons arrested during the night, others sit or stand about; some are smoking. All the figures have the heads of apes. A watchman bringing in a young woman shows the constable his broken lantern. He is followed by a watchman bringing in a well-dressed young man. Other watchmen, with a woman wearing an apron, are seen through a large open doorway; behind them are buildings and the tower of Westminster Abbey. On the top of the door, which opens inwards, sits a large owl. A large fire blazes. The room is lit by a lantern hung from the roof and two large candles. Large flagons of drink are in evidence. Verses (eighteen lines) are engraved beneath the design, whose tenor is that the young woman is used by the constable as a decoy, the man is charged (falsely) with having assaulted the watch and broken the lantern. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Trimmed within plate line with loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Fielding & Walker
Subject (Topic):
Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The midnight magistrate [graphic].

23.
The political raree-show, or, A picture of parties and politics, during and at the close of the

Published / Created:
[1 July 1779]
Call Number:
779.07.01.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Twelve views seen in a peep-show, the views being arranged in four rows; the outside of the box or booth is seen on the left, a boy looks through a round hole, the showman points, saying to him, "There you shall see". His words are given at length in the accompanying text"--British Museum online catalogue and "From the ‘Westminster Magazine’, vii. 282 (folding plate). [1] ‘The Distressed Financier.’ ... [2] ‘The Generals in America doing nothing, or worse than nothing.’ ... [3] ‘Proving that they have done every thing.’ ... [4] ‘Jemmy Twitcher Overseer of ye Poor of Greenwich.’ .... [5] ‘The Duke of Richmond turned Linen-Draper’ ... 6] ‘The Opposition Pudding-makers.’ ... [7] ‘Cha. Ja Tod abusing ye national Gamblers.’ ... [8] ‘The Jerseymen treating ye French with Gunpowder tea.’ ... [9] 'The Scotch Presbyterians pulling down the Papists Houses.' ... [10] 'The English Papists laughing at ye Protestants.' ... [11] 'A Picture of Irish Resolution.' ... [12] ‘Inside View of the Long Room at ye Custom House.’ ..."--British Museum curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Picture of parties and politics
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published 1st. of July 1779 by Fielding & Walker ...
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The political raree-show, or, A picture of parties and politics, during and at the close of the last session of Parliament, June 1779 [graphic].

24.
The sinking fund [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 April 1779]
Call Number:
779.04.09.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a pawnbroker's shop. Behind a counter (l.) an old man wearing a cap and spectacles is bargaining with a customer over a watch. On the wall above his head is inscribed "Money lent by Judas Gripe". The customer, a well-dressed man, leans on the counter. Next him is a young woman holding a garment which she intends to pawn. Behind her a man standing on tip-toe reaches over her head to offer the pawnbroker a wig. An elderly and ragged woman is counting the coins she has received. A man (r.) in profile to the right. has just taken the buckles off his shoes, his left. foot raised on a stool. Behind the figures and against the wall at r. angles to the counter is a large cupboard, the upper part fronted with panes of glass; behind this are many pawned articles including a number of watches, books, a violin, a sword, jugs, bowls, a barber's bowl, a hat. Inside the counter, which is hollow, are rolls of material."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and First state, without printmaker's initials and before alterations to title and imprint.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 9th April 1779 by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58, in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Pawnshops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sinking fund [graphic].

25.
This plate (representing a negroes dance in the island of Dominica) is humbly dedicated to the

Creator:
Brunias, Agostino, 1730-1796, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[15 February 1779]
Call Number:
779.02.15.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple dance together under a lush tree with large fruit hanging from its branches. They are accompanied by two men playing instruments, a drum and tambourine as one woman claps along to the music. Others, including a small girl, stand and converse
Description:
Title from text below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published 15 Feby. 1779 by the proprietor N [...] Broad Street
Subject (Geographic):
Dominica.
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Dance, Indigenous peoples, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This plate (representing a negroes dance in the island of Dominica) is humbly dedicated to the Honble. Charles O'Hara, Brigadier General of His Majesty's Army in America .... by his most obedt. & devoted servt. A. Brunias [graphic]

26.
Venus & Cupid in the Carlo Maratt room at Houghton / [graphic]

Creator:
Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1779]
Call Number:
Drawer 779.05.01.06
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Venus and Cupid
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Size of the picture, 3 f. 1 1/2 i. by 4 f. 4 1/2 i. long., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate VIII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: Hercules & Omphale.
Publisher:
Published May 1st, 1779, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Venus & Cupid in the Carlo Maratt room at Houghton / [graphic]

27.
Weddell, jeweller, Hyde Street, Bloomsbury [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1779?]
Call Number:
66 800 C69
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from pencil annotation on impression in the British Museum; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Banks,67.230, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. 32" engraved at top of image; "Jewels set in [the] most elegant taste" engraved within banner below numbering., and Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box.
Publisher:
Weddell
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Jewelers and Putti
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Weddell, jeweller, Hyde Street, Bloomsbury [graphic]

28.
William Crotch [graphic]

Creator:
Fittler, James, 1758-1835, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 May 1779]
Call Number:
Portraits C951 no.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of the infant musical genius William Crotch; aged 3, half length, full face; holding music sheet; wearing feathered hat; oval on pedastal with musical ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text on pedestal within image., Two lines of biographical information beneath image: This celebrated child who discover'd extraordinary talents for music during the third year of his age, was born at Norwich July 5th, 1775., Dedication at bottom of plate: To Sir Harbord Harbord Bt. L.L.D. this plate is by permission most humbly inscribed by his faithful and obedient servant, Isabella Crotch., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament May 12th, 1779, by Mrs. Crotch, near St. James's Street, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Crotch, William, 1775-1847,
Subject (Topic):
Gifted children and Musicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > William Crotch [graphic]

29.
[Rubens's wife] [graphic].

Creator:
Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1779]
Call Number:
Drawer 779.05.01.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from lettered state in the British Museum., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2006,U.916., State lacking text but having a coat of arms (lacking motto) etched below image., Plate V from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: Sir Thomas Gresham.
Publisher:
John Boydell
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Rubens's wife] [graphic].