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10. The boxers arms [art original].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1819?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 6 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A shield with four quarterings: first quarter contains a pair of boxing gloves; the second quarter is drawn showing a man uncorking a bottle. The third and fourth quarters show different moments in a fight. Above the shield is a clenched hand surrounded by laurels, with two "Bottle-holders" supporting either side
- Description:
- Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms., See Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13395., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boxing and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The boxers arms [art original].
11. The dandies coat of arms [art original].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1819.
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 5 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satirical coat of arms for the "Dandy." The shield is a dandy's tail-coat, supported by two monkey's dressed in clothes. The crest is a stay and a top hat. Underneath the shield, are written the words "Dandi, Dando, Dandum" below which a puppy is suspended
- Description:
- Title inscribed below image., Inscription in ink in image: Coat of Arms. Azure. The Sexes impaled improper between two Butterflies - Two flances; on the dexter flanch three pair of Stays, argent, the sinister flanch charged with Rouge Pomat & smellg bottle, On the Canton, Dexter a frill rampant in the sinister Canton a false collar rampant - small cloaths passive in pile supported by pins - Supporters- Two Monkies - proper - Crest, a pr of Stays full padded - supporting a Cravat & Collar Rampant proper, holding a blockhead argent & gules, wingerd with asses ears proper the whole under cover of a Sable Bever., Basis for print published as: The dandies coat of arms, See British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, vol. 9, 13394., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., For further information, consult library staff., and Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. 15, p. 143.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dandies coat of arms [art original].
12. [Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily] [art original]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1807]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 7 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman sits despairingly on the edge of a bed, with the end of a garter round her neck; the other end dangles from the bed-tester. She watches a servant holding a foppish, elderly naval officer by the collar as he flourishes a cudgel. At his feet lie a set of bellows. On the wall is a framed picture of Venus and Adonis with Cupid
- Description:
- Title from published print based on this drawing., Signed "George Cruikshank" lower right. The British Museum catalogue attributes the design to George's father Isaac in its description of the print engraved after this drawing. Cohn similarly suggests that this design "was probably the work chiefly of Isaac"., A drawing for the illustrated songsheet "Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfotunate [sic] Miss Baily", published by Laurie & Whittle in 1807, which tells the tale of a servant Darby Daly who discovers the young Miss Baily hanging, and after reviving her with bellows, forces her seducer to marry her., Backed with Japanese tissue; with the title "The outraged husband" printed on mount., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10938., and Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1144.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adonis, Cupid, Venus, Beating, Bellows, Bedrooms, Couples, Canopy beds, Military officers, British, Paintings, Seduction, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily] [art original]
13. Hard up [art original]
- Creator:
- D'Arcy (Artist)
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 48 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Three-quarter length portrait of a man in profile, looking down and arms folded across his chest and wearing a top hat
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in graphite pencil above image., Original title struck through: Know patient., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hard up [art original]
14. The wonderful French giant aged 22 measures 7 feet 3 inches [art original]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately Janaury 1822]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D573 no. 1 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A French officer, wearing blue, towers above a British officer, wearing scarlet. The French officer extends his arm above the head of the British officer
- Description:
- Title from item., In ink below image: "Jany 13. 1822. Pub. by G. Thanphrey St. James Street"., Richard Dighton, English painter and caricaturist, 1795-1880., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Giants (Persons), Soldiers, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wonderful French giant aged 22 measures 7 feet 3 inches [art original]
15. 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"., Title from item., Signed by the artist in lower right corner: "F.W.F"., and Date of drawing based on artist's visit to Italy with Lord Londesborough in 1856.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy, Florence., and Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Bridges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]
16. [John Bull roasted] [art original]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G41 no. 8 Box D300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A preparatory sketch for an unpublished caricature illustrating a scene in a large Georgian kitchen. In front of the open hearth a bull is roasting on a spit as a large-bottomed man (Grenville) sits beside it basting the meat. The dish beneath it is inscribed 'Broad bottom dripping pan'. Other dishes around the room are labeled as are the pools of fat in the dripping pan; some legible notes include plum pudding and mock turtle
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Signed "J. Gillray" in lower right corner., Date from watermark: Ruse & Turner 1805., Two sheets of paper joined:, One of at least three drawings of similar composition executed by Gillray; other versions of the design are held by the New York Public Library and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London., Formerly mounted on a blue paper backing, now removed with residual spots of mounting paper., and This sketch is mentioned in Broadley and Rose's Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821, published in 1911. In a footnote to page 280, volume I, it notes that 'amongst Gillray's unfinished sketches for caricatures in possession of the writer [presumably Broadley, a known collector] are two very similar drawings entitled the "Broad Bottom Dripping Pan".'
- Subject (Name):
- Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Bulls, Kitchens, Cookery, and Cooking utensils
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [John Bull roasted] [art original]
17. A disappointed dinnerhunter A bullet in ; A long sermon ; A neglected genius. [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 3 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing of four scenes, with caricatured figures with large heads and very small bodies. Upper left: A man with a monocle (right) inquires of the butler on a threshold with pillar to his left, "Is your master within. No Mr. Smallfeast he's gone out to dinner. Oh dear me, well your mistress will do just the same. & She's out Sir. How provoking. Well, I'll set down by the fire till they come home. I'm sorry to tell you that that's gone out to." Upper right: A soldier is shot by a man (Turk?) hiding in the tall grass and pointing a rifle. Lower half, left: In a pulpit a bald minister with spectacles rants and he holds up a Bible in his left hand ready to throw it at the sleeping congregation below, " Ye sleepy crew if ye wont hear the owrd of God ye shall feel it." Lower right: A simpleton in artist attire holds up a piece of paper with a stick figure drawing and says, "Don't you think I improve."
- Description:
- Title from captions written each image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Butlers, Clergy, Congregations, Soldiers, British, and Sleeping
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A disappointed dinnerhunter A bullet in ; A long sermon ; A neglected genius. [art original]
18. A picture of wants, or, Human nature delineated [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 9 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of twelve man and women of various ages and walks of live -- tradesmen, a clergy, a spinster, a military officer, a gentleman in shackles, a servant, a frail, sickly man, etc. -- stand full length facing the viewer. Above their heads are brief expressions of their 'wants': "I want a job"; "I want more customers"; "I want a husband"; "I want for death", etc. Only an obese gentleman on the right is content: "I want for nothing"; next to him, the military officer with a monocle says, "I don't know what I want."
- Alternative Title:
- Human nature delineated
- Description:
- Title from caption in artist's hand written below image., Quotation following title: Lord, what an amorous thing is want. Hudibras., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Distress, Men, Military officers, Occupations, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A picture of wants, or, Human nature delineated [art original].
