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1.
A piece of antiquity painted on the wall adjoining to the kitchen of Winchester College which has

Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, 1749.
Call Number:
749.00.00.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Emblematic portrait of a trusty servant, with the head of a boar, padlocked lips and the tools of his profession."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A piece of antiquity painted on the wall adjoining to the kitchen of Winchester College which has long been preserved, &, as oft as occasion requires, is repair'd, wth [sic] the following Latin verses. [graphic]

4.
The arrest at the Compter a song. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1749?]
Call Number:
749.00.00.27+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man with his hands clasped in supplication, is seized on one side by a burly turnkey and on the other by a man wearing in a Kevenhuller hat and armed with a cudgel. A third man tries to hit the prisoner on the head with a long cudgel. A fourth man, ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The arrest at the Compter a song. [graphic]

5.
The peace offering [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
749.01.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The King of France is seated on his throne in front of the tent surmounted by a large fleur-de-lis. His feet rest on the head of the British Lion whom he is pushing to the ground. Two guards with pikes stand on either side of him. He is pointing with ...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776, Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The peace offering [graphic].

6.
Taste a-la-mode as in the year 1735 being the contrast to the year 1745 / [graphic]

Creator:
Davis, Evan, -1773, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 January 1749]
Call Number:
749.01.03.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Jany. [the] 3, 1749, by Robt. Sayer, map & printseller facing Fetter lane, Fleet Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Taste a-la-mode as in the year 1735 being the contrast to the year 1745 / [graphic]

7.
The wheel-barrow crys of Europe, in 1748-9 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
749.01.10.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Wheel-barrow cries of Europe, in 1748-9
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
G. Bickham
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Fredrik I, King of Sweden, 1676-1751, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Klemens August, of Bavaria, 1700-1761, Sussex, George Augustus Yelverton, Earl of, 1727-1758, and Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776
Subject (Topic):
Flags, Musical instruments, National emblems, Hanoverian, and Wheelbarrows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wheel-barrow crys of Europe, in 1748-9 [graphic].

9.
The bottle conjurer, from head to foot, without equivocation [graphic].

Published / Created:
Jan. 24th 1749.
Call Number:
749.01.24.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Sold in Mays Building, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Bonfires, Butchers, Cats, Chandeliers, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), and Theater curtains
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The bottle conjurer, from head to foot, without equivocation [graphic].

12.
An epistle to Miss - &c, &c.

Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
749.05.01.02++
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Epistle to Miss - etc, etc and Miss - in the actual dress as she appear'd in ye character of Iphigenia, at ye jubilee ball or masquerade at Ranelagh
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for A. Freeman, near Charing-Cross
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An epistle to Miss - &c, &c.

13.
John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his journey [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament [1749]
Call Number:
749.07.00.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Duke of Cumberland rides a horse towards the left; in the distance are buildings which are labelled 'Eton College'. From his mouth come the words, "My all is in my possession, possession, possession. My all is in my posession. Mounted behind him ...
Alternative Title:
Mars on his journey
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):
Organ grinders
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his journey [graphic].

14.
John of Gant in love, or, Mars on his knees [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish's according to act of Parliament, July 15th, [1749]
Call Number:
749.07.15.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Mars on his knees
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):
Musical instruments, Organ grinders, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John of Gant in love, or, Mars on his knees [graphic].

18.
To His Most Sacred Majesty King George the IId. this perspective view of the magnificent Gothick

Creator:
Vardy, John, 1718-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
according to act of Parliamt., 1749.
Call Number:
Topos M627 no. 22++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior; a great hall with figures in Elizabethan dress, the women in balconies around the side, men standing below, a procession approaching from the right towards Henry VIII who sits enthroned at the far end, below a coffered ceiling with pendants...
Description:
Title from dedication etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Middlesex.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > To His Most Sacred Majesty King George the IId. this perspective view of the magnificent Gothick Hall at Hampton Court, ... from a design of Mr. Kent, ... is with all humility dedicated by His Majesty's most faithful and devoted subject and servant, John Vardy [graphic]

19.
A perspective view of the building for the fireworks in the Green Park taken from the reservoir

Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 29+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in St James's Park of the music gallery and pavillions erected for the fire work display, with a spiked fence surrounding the area, in foreground fashionably dressed figures stand next to a wooden fence looking across the park"--British Museum o...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed according to act of Parliament, & sold by P. Brookes facing Southampton Street in the Strand, & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Parks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of the building for the fireworks in the Green Park taken from the reservoir / [graphic]

20.
A perspective view of the magnificent structure, erected in the Green Park for the Royal Fireworks

Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 30+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in Green Park, the structure in question central in the view, Buckingham House beyond on the left, a few more buildings and rolling country side in the background, a number of fashionably dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online cat...
Alternative Title:
Veüe perspective du batiment magnifique, erigé dans le Parc Verd pour le Feu f'Artifice Royal exhibé le 27 d'Avril 1749, sur l'occasion de le paix general
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Parks and Fireworks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of the magnificent structure, erected in the Green Park for the Royal Fireworks exhibited the 27 of April 1749, on account of the general peace Veüe perspective du batiment magnifique, erigé dans le Parc Verd pour le Feu f'Artifice Royal exhibé le 27 d'Avril 1749, sur l'occasion de le paix general. [graphic] =

21.
The north west prospect of St. Pauls Cathedral in London Vüe perspective de la Cathedrale de St

Creator:
Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, February 13, 1749.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 85+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Vüe perspective de la Cathedrale de St. Paul a Londre
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Cathedrals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The north west prospect of St. Pauls Cathedral in London Vüe perspective de la Cathedrale de St. Paul a Londre / [graphic] =

22.
The cropper [graphic].

Published / Created:
[June 1749]
Call Number:
749.06.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the 9 June 1749 order from His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland to have the uniforms of three regiments of footguards shortened some three inches for the sake of convenience on marches. The group of guards are shown protesting (most w...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Great Britain. Army.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms and Military personnel
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cropper [graphic].

23.
O the roast beef of old England [graphic]

Creator:
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 6th, 1749.
Call Number:
Sotheby 33++ Box 310
Collection Title:
Plate 33. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 33. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At the Gate of Calais, a fat monk is shown poking a very large side of beef carried by a thin cook; the label indicates that the beef is intended "For Madm Grandsire at Calais." On either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of th...
Alternative Title:
Gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England and Roast beef of old England
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > O the roast beef of old England [graphic]

24.
Gulielmus Hogarth [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 3K(b) Box 300
Collection Title:
Leaf 1. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Self-portrait after the painting in the Tate; the artist is portrayed as if on an oval canvas resting on a pile of books; in the foreground, his dog Trump, his burin, and palette. On the palette is engraved the title "The line of beauty."
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gulielmus Hogarth [graphic]

25.
Captain Coram projector of the Foundling Hospital [graphic]

Creator:
Parr, Nathaniel, -1751, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram, shown bust-length to right within oval frame, eyes to the right, his shoulder-length hair loose, wearing plain, open coat and white necktie; after Hogarth. Below frame, a "frontview of [the] Founding Hospital."...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Baldwin Junr. at the Rose in Pater Noster Row
Subject (Name):
Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751,
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals and Philanthropists
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Captain Coram projector of the Foundling Hospital [graphic]

26.
O the roast beef of old England [graphic]

Creator:
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 6th, 1749.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Collection Title:
Plate 33. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 33. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At the Gate of Calais, a fat monk is shown poking a very large side of beef carried by a thin cook; the label indicates that the beef is intended "For Madm Grandsire at Calais." On either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of th...
Alternative Title:
Gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England and Roast beef of old England
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > O the roast beef of old England [graphic]

27.
To the bold and enterprizing lads of Herfordshire and elsewhere, who prefer the good old English

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1749]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Capt. Ord's Independent Company of Volunteer Rangers
Description:
Title from first line of text.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes and Recruiting & enlistment
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > To the bold and enterprizing lads of Herfordshire and elsewhere, who prefer the good old English cheer, roast beef and strong beer, to soup maigre and wooden shoes ... Capt. Ord's Independent Company of Volunteer Rangers ...

29.
The south-west view of the parish church of Ecton in Northamptonshire [graphic]

Creator:
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-approximately 1750, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Below larger image of the churth, a portrait of John Palmer, bust to the left, wearing cravat and cap, in circle; arms below and motto 'Visibilia Temporaria'; after Hogarth
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Palmer, John, active 1749
Subject (Topic):
Churches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The south-west view of the parish church of Ecton in Northamptonshire [graphic]

30.
Solus adest [graphic].

Published / Created:
Sept. 29, 1749.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Copy of Hogarth's self-portrait: Round frame with artist's implements
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials and Artists
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Solus adest [graphic].

31.
Mr. Hogarth [graphic].

Published / Created:
Sept. 29, 1749.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A portrait of Hogarth in profile, looking right, with a pencil in his right hand poised above an open book in his left hand. He wears a cocked hat on his head. Adapted from his self-portrait in "The Gate of Calais."
Description:
Title from engraved text in frame encicling the portrait.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by r. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Artists
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Hogarth [graphic].

32.
A perspective view and section of an engine propos'd to be built by subscription, which will shave

Creator:
Booth, Thomas, active 1743-1746, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 November 1749]
Call Number:
749.11.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"This engraving represents a circular building, with conical roof of tiles, shown in two sections, and partly in perspective. Within the building is a large wheel turned by a horse and giving motion to a considerable number of spindles, to which are a...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament Novr. [the] 2, 1749, and sold by J. Dubois at [the] Golden Head [the] corner of Burleigh Street near Exeter Chanc[...]
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Shaving, Razor blades, Machinery, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view and section of an engine propos'd to be built by subscription, which will shave sixty men in a minute, also oyl comb and powder their wigs [graphic]

33.
The beaux nurses, or, The modern cramers acted at the French Theatre in the Haymarket Novr. [the

Published / Created:
[not before 1749]
Call Number:
749.00.00.50
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An allegorical representation of the nationalistic riot occasioned by a troupe of French comedians in London. This satirical print refers to the controversy and protest surrounding a French theatrical company, nicknamed the 'French Strollers', who app...
Alternative Title:
Modern cramers
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Foreign public opinion, French, Theater, Actors, Actresses, Fighting, and Riots
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The beaux nurses, or, The modern cramers acted at the French Theatre in the Haymarket Novr. [the] 14th. [graphic]

34.
Gulielmus Hogarth [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 1. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Self-portrait after the painting in the Tate; the artist is portrayed as if on an oval canvas resting on a pile of books; in the foreground, his dog Trump, his burin, and palette. On the palette is engraved the title "The line of beauty."
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gulielmus Hogarth [graphic]

35.
O the roast beef of old England [graphic]

Creator:
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 6th, 1749.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 33. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 33. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At the Gate of Calais, a fat monk is shown poking a very large side of beef carried by a thin cook; the label indicates that the beef is intended "For Madm Grandsire at Calais." On either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of th...
Alternative Title:
Gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England and Roast beef of old England
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > O the roast beef of old England [graphic]

36.
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].

37.
Gulielmus Hogarth [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 1. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Self-portrait after the painting in the Tate; the artist is portrayed as if on an oval canvas resting on a pile of books; in the foreground, his dog Trump, his burin, and palette. On the palette is engraved the title "The line of beauty."
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gulielmus Hogarth [graphic]

38.
O the roast beef of old England [graphic]

Creator:
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 6th, 1749.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Plate 33. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 33. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At the Gate of Calais, a fat monk is shown poking a very large side of beef carried by a thin cook; the label indicates that the beef is intended "For Madm Grandsire at Calais." On either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of th...
Alternative Title:
Gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England and Roast beef of old England
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > O the roast beef of old England [graphic]

39.
The Revd. Mr. Whitfield preaching at Leeds, 1749 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1749]
Call Number:
749.00.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Reverend Mr. Whitfield preaching at Leeds, 1749
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Leeds, and Leeds (England)
Subject (Name):
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.
Subject (Topic):
Preachers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Revd. Mr. Whitfield preaching at Leeds, 1749 [graphic].

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