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2.
- 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].
3.
- 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]
4.
- 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]
5.
- 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]
6.
- 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].
7.
- 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].
8.
- Published / Created:
- May 1, 1779.
- Call Number:
- 779.05.01.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Military secretary
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Published by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
- Subject (Name):
- Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lovely Emily [graphic] ; The military secretary
9.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 October 1779]
- Call Number:
- 779.10.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A press-gang at work in a London street, at the end of which appears the dome of St. Paul's. A sailor (c.) strides towards the spectator, a club in his right. hand, dragging along a lean tailor, who holds up his hands in dismay. An infuriated woman (l.) has seized the sailor by his hair and the right. ear while she pummels him with her knee. Another sailor behind has seized her wrist and raises a club to strike her. A third sailor (r.) holds the tailor by the left. arm. A naval officer (r.) walks beside the party with a drawn cutlass. Behind are other sailors. A woman (l.) wearing stays or jumps' raises a mop in both hands to smite a sailor; an infant clutches her petticoats. A group of spectators (l.) includes a woman carrying a baby. A dog barks at the fray."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Octr. 15th, 1779, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Fighting, Crowds, Sailors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The liberty of the subject [graphic].
10.
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1779]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 779.01.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Judgment of Paris
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Artist from earlier prints with the same title and of similar design. Cf. Nos. 4752 and 4920 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. accg. to act Jany. 1, 1779, by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Owls, and Peacocks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The judgement of Paris [graphic].