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1.
Smithfield sharpers, or, The countrymen defrauded [graphic]

Creator:
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1799]
Call Number:
787.04.10.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Seven men are gathered around a gambling table in a tavern, two of them playing at cards, others watching. The man on the far right is fast asleep, his dog's head resting on his knee. In the background, a barmaid tallies up the drinks inside a bar. T...
Alternative Title:
Countrymen defrauded
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Palser, Surry Side, Westminster Bridge
Subject (Name):
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 and Sherwin, J. K. 1751-1790 (John Keyse),
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Smithfield sharpers, or, The countrymen defrauded [graphic]

2.
The loss of the Halsewell East Indiaman

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1787]
Call Number:
Drawer 787.06.04.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Group of men and women in shipwreck, clinging to pieces of wood among raging waves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1787, by R. Wilkinson, No 58 Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Shipwrecks, Seas, and Disaster victims
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The loss of the Halsewell East Indiaman

3.
John Earl of Sandwich [graphic]

Creator:
Corner, John, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1787]
Call Number:
523 H11 779cj
Collection Title:
Opposite page vi. Case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, and of his acquaintance with
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, bust-length in profile to left, wearing queue wig, ornate jacket, neckerchief and frill; in oval frame, surrounded by two laurel branches, with ribbon below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Earl of Sandwich [graphic]

4.
The propagation of a lie [graphic]

Published / Created:
[29 December 1787]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 65. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A strip design of a sequence of eighteen figures, all men. Their gestures and expressions denote pleasure, surprise, or horror (real or affected). Over the head of each person the words he speaks are engraved. The first (left) runs forward in profile...
Description:
Title engraved below image on second plate.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 29th, 1787, by W. Dickinson, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Communication, Faces, Mental states, and Rumor
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The propagation of a lie [graphic]

5.
A long minuet as danced at Bath [graphic]

Published / Created:
[25 June 1787]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 55. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A strip design of ten couples in different stages of the minuet, All dance in silence; the expressions of the male dancers denote anxiety, determination, or complacency. All are intended to be ugly, or awkward, or both, but the figures have charm, an...
Description:
Title etched below image on second and third plates.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 25th, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Couples and Dance
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A long minuet as danced at Bath [graphic]

6.
Gleaners [graphic]

Creator:
Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1787]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 50. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two women walking along a field with sheaves of corn, the woman at front pointing to right and looking back at a little girl at left, a bundle of grain in her arms and a tired expression, behind at right a third gleaner kneels to fastens her load tog...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Harvesting and Sheaves
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gleaners [graphic]

7.
[The repose] [graphic]

Creator:
Pettit, John, active 1780-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 April 1787]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 62. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in a cap sitting on a basket, smoking a pipe, a tankard in his hand, resting on his crossed legs, his right arm draped over the back of a chair at left, his hat fallen on the ground beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum ...
Description:
Title from later state.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Baskets, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The repose] [graphic]

8.
The village ale-house [graphic]

Creator:
Grozer, J. (Joseph), printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 April 1787]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 53. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior scene in a tavern, at left a woman rasies a large tankard to her lips, the man sitting near her with his hand around her waist, another customer sitting beside them encourages her to take a drink, a cigar(?) in his hand, behind a woman bends...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published April 7th, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Taverns (Inns), Drinking vessels, and Newspapers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The village ale-house [graphic]

9.
Gleaners [graphic]

Creator:
Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1787]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 51. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three women in a field, one kneeling at left fastening corn into a bundle, another carrying hers on her head, the third behind, turned away with the grain under her arm, a boy sits playing a pipe at right, a building with tower behind; oval design af...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1787, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Harvesting, Sheaves, Wind instruments, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gleaners [graphic]

10.
The beautiful stranger poisoned by her sister, from the story told by the Jewish doctor vide the

Creator:
Ryder, Thomas, 1746-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[31 March 1787]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 47. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man and two women with turbans seated round a table drinking from large goblets; in the background cushions and a lute; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Belle estrangère empoisonneé par sa soeur, tiré de lhistoire du docteur juif : vide le petit bossu, daus Les contes arabes
Description:
Titles from text in English and French below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, 31st March 1787, by S. Watts, No. 50 opposite Old Round Court, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Drinking vessels, Tables, Turbans, and Lutes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The beautiful stranger poisoned by her sister, from the story told by the Jewish doctor vide the little hunchback, Arabn. nights entt. = La belle estrangère empoisonneé par sa soeur, tiré de lhistoire du docteur juif : vide le petit bossu, daus Les contes arabes / [graphic]

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