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1. 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]

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 attached disks; on each of the disks are several razors, which are thus set in action on the faces of the men who apply their cheeks to openings in the inner wall of the building. Exterior to this inner wall is a gallery where stand the men who are thus expeditiously shaved; their hats hang on pegs, each over the hole to which the owner has applied himself. In the gallery several men are finishing or preparing for their toilettes. The operation of dressing a wig is shown below the wheel, on our right, where many combs are placed on a drum which revolves like a water-wheel before a man's wig, placed on a block near it."--British Museum catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:: Title engraved below image., Text following title: See the explanation., "Price 6d."--Bottom of plate, centered., For an earlier state published in 1745, see no. 2687 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, and English short title catalogue no. T42881., and With watermark of fleur-de-lis. Ms. note on verso in black in ink: Mr. Freeman, Arlington Street.
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]

2. The beaux nurses, or, The modern cramers acted at the French Theatre in the Haymarket Novr. [the] 14th. [graphic]

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 applied for and were granted a licence to perform at the Haymarket in the winter of 1749. Their arrival occasioned much discontent; as the Scots Magazine reported, they were 'bitterly pelted in the news-papers'. Asserting their right to perform, they persisted in a show on 14 November, but were met by an audience intent on sabotage. An eyewitness account of the incident appeared in the Monthly Review some years later (July 1761): 'People went early to the Theatre, as a crouded House was certain ... I soon perceived that we were visited by two Westminster Justices, Deveil and Manning. The Leaders, that had the conduct of the Opposition, were known to be there; one of whom called aloud for the song in praise of English roast beef, which was accordingly sung in the gallery, by a person prepared for that purpose; and the whole house besides joining in the chorus, saluted the close with three huzzas! This, Justice Deveil was pleased to say, was a riot'. Despite the Justice's assertions that the play was licensed by the King's command, the crowd had come prepared to produce disruption. They were equipped with instruments which they played discordantly as an accompaniment to their jeers, catcalls, and Francophobic songs: 'as an attempt at speaking was ridiculous, the Actors retired, and opened instead with a grand dance of twelve men and twelve women; but even that was prepared for, and they were directly saluted with a bushel or two of peas, which made their capering very unsafe'. Unable even to dance, and following another abortive attempt by the magistrates to assert the King's authority, the curtain fell for the final time. The eyewitness evidently relished the outcome, venturing 'that at no battle gained over the French, by the immortal Marlborough, the shoutings could be more joyous than on this occasion'. The print embodies similar sentiments; the French strollers attack British theatrical establishment--represented by an affronted Britannia--who stands between them and British theatre-goers. In the foreground stands a perplexed Othello, lamenting the loss of his occupation, and an injured man a man lies on the floor 'Almost kill'd for not understanding French'.
Alternative Title:: Modern cramers
Description:: Title etched below image., Date of publication based on date of the depicted event., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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]

3. 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 waist by a gentleman. "Punch", "Judy", and another masquerader, George II?, are behind
Description:: Title from text below image., Attributed to Charles Moseley in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3894., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Price 6 d."--Lower right corner of plate., and Bound in opposite page 15 in an extra-illustrated copy of: The trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers ... London : Printed for Charles Bathurst, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
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].

4. The trusted servant [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1749?]
Call Number:: 749.00.00.04
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two columns of verse in Latin on left and English on right, separated with a decorative border: Effigiem servi si vis spectare probati, quisquis as hoec oculos pascat Image tuos ..., Copy, slightly reduced, with different background imagery and arms of William of Wykeham in upper left corner, of No. 3045 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Arms: William of Wykeham -- Arms: ?Wichester College -- Mottoes: Manners makyth man -- Reference to William of Wykeham, 1324-1404 -- Animals: boar -- Shovels -- Pitchforks -- Brooms -- Scrapers -- Shields: saucepan lid as a shield -- Padlocks -- Emblems: boar, partly human., and Probably a late 18th century restrike.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The trusted servant [graphic].

5. Mr. Garrick Mademoiselle Violetti. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [1749]
Call Number:: 749.00.00.10 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Mademoiselle Violetti
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 88 (1749), p. 282., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits ... in the British Museum., and Window mounted to 15 x 23 cm.
Publisher:: Printed for R. Baldwin junr. at [the] Rose in Pater Noster Row
Subject (Name):: Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Garrick, Eva Marie, 1724-1822,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Garrick Mademoiselle Violetti. [graphic]

6. 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, standing near the turnkey, threatens a boy and a woman who both kneel facing the prisoner whie a little girl in front of the woman stretches her arms towards her. On the far left, a well dressed man points to the scene with his left hand, his right hand resting on his hip. To his right is an entrance to a building with a lamp in the shape of an acorn hanging above the door. On the opposite side is another building with old-fashioned casement windows with diamond panes, or possibly bars, on upper floors and modern square paned windows on the ground floor. Over the door, in lieu of a lantern, hangs a bunch of grapes. The two buildings are connected in the background by a wall with a gate with heavy grill through which two men are peeking into the courtyard. On the wall above the grill are the Royal Arms, flanked by the arms of London and Westminster
Description:: Title engraved above image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: Welcome, welcome, brother debtor, As an old and hearty song ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Prisons: The Compter -- Turnkeys -- Hats: Kevenhuller -- Weapons: cudgel -- Arms: royal arms -- Arms: City of London -- Arms: City of Westminster -- Emblems: grapes hanging over the dooor -- Lighting: outdoor hanging lantern., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The arrest at the Compter a song. [graphic]

7. 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 his scepter to two kneeling men in peers' coronets who have hooks in their noses and are led on a string by another man, probably Lord Sandwich, British negotiator at Aix-la-Chapelle. The two peers are probably the Earl of Sussex and Baron Cathcart, offered as hostages at the time of signing the Treaty. They carry scrolls and a fishnet with three fishes in it, probably alluding to the fisheries of Cape Breton. The scrolls convey promises to wear French cambric, as well as surrender of newly discovered coal mines. A fortress with breached walls is visible in the background. On the right, sits Britannia weeping. Behind her, three men, probably English merchants, express their disappointment with the terms of the Treaty. A scroll in the upper right corner, above a ship on turbulent seas, lists the concessions made by English negotiators
Description:: Title from caption above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of text below image: [The] Gods! Is is possible are these the brave E--- [i.e., Englishmen] who so lately professed 'emselves in such strong terms to be my friends! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Pro patria.
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].

8. 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., 'Price 6d.', Temporary local subject terms: London: St. James's Park and mall -- Crowds: pedestrians -- Domestic service: footmen -- Hats: laced cocked hat -- Laced waistcoat -- Male dress: black cravat -- Sticks: footmen's stick with carved knob -- Architectural details: cupola with clock and vane -- Courtesans -- Shawl tied at waist -- Female dress: fingerless gloves -- Walking staves -- Buildings: Buckingham House -- Snuff boxes -- Tail wigs -- Wigs: bag wigs -- Entertainment: parks., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
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]

9. 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., Publication information from British Museum online catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Violin -- Treaties: Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 -- Personifications: nobles and wheelbarrow vendors -- Hostage: British hostages to France -- Emblems: fool's head -- Hanover turnips., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
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].