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131.
Presented with a famous horse by Count Przobosky with which he performs many extraordinary feats

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[1800?]
Call Number:
Drawings R79 no. 6 Box D145
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Count Przobosky wildly rears a horse in a grand room knocking over furniture to the shock and astonishment of distrressed onlookers
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in ink below image.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Trick riding
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Presented with a famous horse by Count Przobosky with which he performs many extraordinary feats [art original].

132.
Rari capilli [art original].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings R79 no. 8 Box D146
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An ink drawing contrasting the bust of a balding man with a long curly beard and a stag head with three-point antlers
Description:
Title from caption inscribed below image in the same ink and hand as the artist.
Subject (Topic):
Deer
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Rari capilli [art original].

133.
[The arrival of tourists] [art original].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings R79 no. 2 Box D145
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden...
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Tourists, Luggage, Umbrellas, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The arrival of tourists] [art original].

134.
Sailors exhibiting a shark!! [art original]

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it wo...
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image.
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, British, Sharks, and Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sailors exhibiting a shark!! [art original]

135.
Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
Drawings N736 no. 8 Box D305
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the ...
Alternative Title:
New tenants at a mansion house
Description:
Title written below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]

136.
Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer

Creator:
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not before 1791]
Call Number:
Drawings H263 no. 4 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A portrait of the French Protestant Minister, Andre Lortie, shown half-length. He is wearing the clothing of a clergyman and holds open a book. The background includes a curtain and the outline of a landscape view. Unfinished portrait with only the f...
Description:
Inscription in ink on verso: A facsimile from the most rare original messotinto in the collection of the Honble Horatio Walpole at Strawberry Hill Nov. 3rd 1791 by Mr Harding and J:B?
Subject (Name):
Lortie, André, -1706.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy and French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].

138.
The foot compressor [art original].

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 4 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A loquacious gentlemen holding a raised walking stick vertically in front of his body prepares to strike the foot of a passerby by feigning a blunder. From the caption: Provide a good stout stick (the heavier the better), well loaded with iron, and sa...
Alternative Title:
Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 3
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image.
Subject (Topic):
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Conversation
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The foot compressor [art original].

139.
Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]

Creator:
Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1856?]
Call Number:
Drawings F171 no. 1 Box D120
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Ink drawing of the 14th century bridge in Florence -- Ponte alle Grazie -- with a view of the hills in the distance and the buildings of Florence on either side of the bridge
Description:
Frederick William Fairholt (1814-1866), English artist and antiquary, signed his prints "F.W.F".
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Florence., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Bridges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]

140.
[Wheel with 12 sections showing Roman scenes] [art original]

Creator:
Lens, Bernard, 1682-1740, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1732]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 16. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A circular image with three concentric designs surrounding the center image of a view of the bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo with the cupola of St. Peter's. The outer most circle is split into twelve equal sections with classical scenes which in turn ar...
Alternative Title:
Qua mare qua terras lustrat sol lumine semper, sospite me pater imperium Romanus habebit
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Rome
Subject (Name):
Dionysus (Greek deity), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano,, and Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo,
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Agriculture, Rites & ceremonies, and Views
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Wheel with 12 sections showing Roman scenes] [art original]

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