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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] =

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