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1.
A nap after dinner [graphic].

Published / Created:
[20 September 1796]
Call Number:
796.09.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman dozing in a chair in front of a window, beside the hearth which is shown on the right, wearing a spotted gown, posy and a miniature portrait around her neck; a book lettered 'Pleasant Dreams' open on a round table at her elbow."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: In slumber bles't with many a happy scene, Alass! she'll wake, & find it's all a dream, Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes, When monarch Reason sleeps, this mimick wakes. Vide Dryden., and Plate numbered "381" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 20th Sepr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Women, Sleeping, Fireplaces, Windows, Miniatures (Paintings), and Books
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A nap after dinner [graphic].

2.
An old husband and a young wife, or, A quarrel about nothing [graphic].

Published / Created:
[29 May 1800]
Call Number:
800.05.29.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Quarrel about nothing
Description:
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Two lines of text below image: Husband -- What makes you so sulky this morning, my dear. Wife -- Nothing ..., Plate numbered '246' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: breakfast room -- Table settings -- Furniture: chairs.
Publisher:
Published 29th May, 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An old husband and a young wife, or, A quarrel about nothing [graphic].

3.
Domestick amusement. The lovely spinner [graphic]

Creator:
Watson, James, 1740-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1764]
Call Number:
764.00.00.10+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman seated in a caned armchair with cushions, directed to right, wearing a frilled cap, a dark apron over her gown with long sleeves and ruffles at the elbow, spinning and glancing at the viewer; a fireplace with a work bag hanging a fire screen in front of it, to the right; an urn on the mantel piece with a mirror on the wall, curtains behind on right and left; after Heilmann
Alternative Title:
Domestic amusement and Lovely spinner
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Date from unverified card catalog., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Companion print to: Domestick amusement. The fair seamstress., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Fireplaces, Interiors, Mirrors, Purses, Sewing equipment & supplies, Spinning, Spinning apparatus, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Domestick amusement. The lovely spinner [graphic]

4.
The Savoyard [graphic]

Creator:
Sherlock, William P., 1775- printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
Jany. 11th 1798.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 91K(c) Box 320
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman (shown whole-length) wearing a simple dress and bonnet, stands in a room by a fireplace singing with a wistful look on her face as she plays the hurdy-gurdy. On the right, a fireplace decorated with tiles and inside with andirons and tools; above hangs a cocked hat and a broken mirror. A sword leans against the edge of the fireplace and behind the girl
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Contemporary ms. note along lower edge: "The first [illegible] to the plate. This [illegible] proper [illegible] in this state."
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by W. Sherlock
Subject (Topic):
Fireplaces, Girls, Organ grinders, and Singing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Savoyard [graphic]

5.
The Savoyard girl from the original of the same size in the possession of S. Edwards, Esqr

Creator:
Sherlock, G., active 1798-1799, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 13, 1799.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman (shown whole-length) wearing a simple dress and bonnet, stands in a room by a fireplace singing with a wistful look on her face as she plays the hurdy-gurdy. On the right, a fireplace decorated with tiles and inside with andirons and tools; above hangs a cocked hat and a broken mirror. A sword leans against the edge of the fireplace and behind the girl
Description:
Title engraved below image., A later state of: Savoyard. Published by G. Sherlock May 12th 1798., The print refers to the affair between the Duke of Cumberland and a hurdy-gurdy player. For a full account see E. Einberg, 'Music for Mars, or the Case of the Duke's Lost Sword', The Huntington Library Quarterly, LVI, 1993, pp. 181-9., On page 227 in volume 3., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand: Not in Nichols's book.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by G. Sherlock
Subject (Topic):
Fireplaces, Girls, Organ grinders, and Singing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Savoyard girl from the original of the same size in the possession of S. Edwards, Esqr. Beauford Buildings, Strand / [graphic]

6.
The diversion of battledore and shittlecock from an original design in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1750]
Call Number:
750.00.00.06
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large paneled room decorated with four paintings, a young couple play at battledore and shuttlecock. Another young woman, sitting on a low stool near the fireplace, appears to be keeping score
Alternative Title:
Diversion of battledore and shuttlecock
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Games and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The diversion of battledore and shittlecock from an original design in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]

7.
The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]

Creator:
Darcis, Louis, -1801, printmaker
Published / Created:
publishd. March 25, 1800.
Call Number:
Drawer 800.03.25.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confin'd! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Families, Interiors, Poor persons, Povery, Sewing, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]

8.
The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

Creator:
Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1789]
Call Number:
789.07.01.03++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confined! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconomy.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Interiors, Families, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

9.
The king and miller of Mansfield from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1750]
Call Number:
750.00.00.12 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a room with casement windows, open fire, cloth covered table set with two candlesticks and pitchers, and older man with clerical bands kneels down before the king who draws his sword. In the background, to his left, stand two men watching the king anxiously. Behind him, a young woman is engaged in conversation with a young man holding a hat behind his back. Another man stands behind the table, his eyes closed, and a large dog climbs on the table with his front paws, over an Elizabethan style bench
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Temporary local subject terms: Lighting: candlesticks -- Reference to Mansfield.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The king and miller of Mansfield from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]

10.
The seamstress [graphic]

Creator:
Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1768]
Call Number:
765.00.00.89+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image. and Richard Purcell signed his works, among other names, as Charles Corbutt. See Bénézit's Dictionaire critique et documentaire des peintres, ... v. 11, p. 302.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Fireplaces, Sewing, and Sewing equipment & supplies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The seamstress [graphic]