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1.
The transit of Mercury [graphic]

Creator:
Eckstein, John, active 1787-1838, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1800 and 1810?]
Call Number:
795.00.00.50
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of men crowd around a large punch-bowl, peering through telescopes at an owl perched on the inn-sign of a sun."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Monkeys, Owls, Signs (Notices), Smoking, and Telescopes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The transit of Mercury [graphic]

4.
The inseparable friends, or, Weary after a walk [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 September 1797]
Call Number:
797.09.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two fashionably dressed young women dose on a sofa in a sitting room with wallpapered walls and a rug on the floor. A young man stands behind the sofa and quietly tickles the check of the young woman on the right. The friendship between the two women...
Alternative Title:
Weary after a walk
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 8th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Friendship, Jewelry, Mirrors, Seduction, Sofas, Sleeping, Wallpapers, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The inseparable friends, or, Weary after a walk [graphic].

5.
Light summer travelling, only six inside. Children half price [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1797]
Call Number:
797.09.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stage-coachman (left) holds open the door of his coach, showing that it is overcrowded with five fat passengers. He speaks to a fat woman who stands in profile to the right, holding a fan, a dog tucked under her left arm. A flagged pavement and cob...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 1st September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Obesity, Streets, Travelers, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Light summer travelling, only six inside. Children half price [graphic].

6.
The deaf justice [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1797]
Call Number:
797.09.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 1st September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Butchers, Deafness, Farmers, Lawyers, and Owls
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The deaf justice [graphic].

7.
Wm. Hogarth's tomb in Chiswick Church-yard Middx. [graphic].

Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 June 1795]
Call Number:
Paulson 795.06.09.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Copy of view of Hogarth's tomb: an urn on double pedestals decorated with coat-of-arms and attributions."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
William Hogarth's tomb in Chiswick Churchyard Middlesex
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 9, 1795, by N. Smith, Rembrandt's Head, Gt. May's Buildings, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Wm. Hogarth's tomb in Chiswick Church-yard Middx. [graphic].

8.
Punch's puppet shew [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 September 1795]
Call Number:
795.09.12.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Street scene. The showman (right) stands in profile to the right looking up at Punch and Judy who perform on their tiny stage, the supports of which are covered by a checked material. A monkey wearing a cocked hat and coat stands on his shoulder and ...
Alternative Title:
Punch's puppet show
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Criminals, Crowds, Dogs, Milkmen, Monkeys, Organ grinders, Peddlers, Puppet shows, Spectators, and Street vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Punch's puppet shew [graphic].

9.
Execution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot in the year 1606 [graphic]

Creator:
Romney, R., active approximately 1795-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1795]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a square, horses in the foreground pulling the conspirators to a raised platform in the left middle ground for the execution, a number of spectators watching the event."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published May 1, 1795, by I. Caulfield
Subject (Topic):
Gunpowder Plot, 1605, Criminals, Punishment & torture, Executions, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Spectators, and Plazas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Execution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot in the year 1606 [graphic]

10.
Bar eloquence [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 January 1795]
Call Number:
795.01.06.04 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A barrister (three-quarter length) in wig and gown stands directed to the left, his right arm raised, his brief in his right hand, his left hand extended. He says: "Did your Lordships ever hear of such an infamous Scoundrel?" He has a certain resembl...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bar eloquence [graphic]

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