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1. The thimble rig "a scene from the Derby" / [graphic]

Creator:: Doyle, John, 1797-1868, printmaker
Published / Created:: July 10th, 1834.
Call Number:: 834.07.10.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A small table with three legs standing in centre, surrounded by two groups of men involved in the gambling game Thimble Rig; the operator of the game (Edward John Littleton), standing to right, with his hands on two of the three thimbles on the table, his supporters standing behind (Lord Russell and Thomas Spring Rice), and to far right (Lord Althorp and Lord Grey); John Bull standing to left of the table, contemplating his response, as a man behind him (Edward Stanley) warns against being cheated; the man to far left (Daniel O'Connell) leading a poor Irishman away from the scene."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Thimblerig
Description:: Title from text below image., Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle., Series title and number in top right., and With publisher's blind stamp "Thos. McLean" in lower left corner of sheet. Window mounted on brown paper to 37 x 46 cm.
Publisher:: Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Hatherton, Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron, 1791-1863, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The thimble rig "a scene from the Derby" / [graphic]

2. A box at the opera A rain beau ; [and 10 other designs] / [graphic]

Creator:: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:: [1 August 1834]
Call Number:: 834.08.01.04+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Four rows of designs with one to four designs in each row, individually titled. The pairs are visual puns, e.g., starting at the top row from the left, "A box at the opera" shows two men fist fighting; "A rain beau" shows a couple walking in the rain, he not sharing the one umbrella; a man with has hooks for arms addresses a small group, "To arms, to arms -- Brave boys". The second row, the images show domestic scenes of various social classes, including clerks, dustmen, chimney sweeps, all playing instruments or singing, titled "The musical mania" who woun'd'nt have a piano." The third row "Small profits & quick returns" shows a large man hitting a thinner man in the face outside a printshop window; "The light guitar" shows a red-nosed man smoking a large pipe and holding a guitar under his arm standing with his back to the blazing fire, unaware that his guitar is burning; in "Standing his ground" a soldier's legs are shot off by a cannon ball. The fourth row contains four scenes: "A Hottentot & a Holterman" depicting a Black man and a Chinese man; "80 in the shade" shows an old man sitting on a bench under an arbor; "Two Beaks" two stick-figures of a judge and a soldier; "Little Andrew" is drawn as a man with no legs on a platform with wheels; and finally, "Ass matical" is illustrated with an image of a sick ass with scarfs over his head and throat, sneezing
Description:: Title devised by cataloger from captions below each design, starting in the upper left., Series title and number at top of sheet. Dated below series title: August 1st, 1834. Continued every fortnight., and "6d, plain. 1s/ cold."--Upper right above design.
Publisher:: Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square, & sold by T. Dewhurst, T. Drake, R. Thorley, M.A. Organ, Ross & Nightingale, and Printed by Dean & Munday, 40 Threadneedle St.
Subject (Topic):: Black people and Chinese
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A box at the opera A rain beau ; [and 10 other designs] / [graphic]

3. Come I do'nt call that a bad morning's work!! [graphic].

Published / Created:: [approximately 18 May 1834]
Call Number:: 834.05.18.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from caption below image., Approximate publication date from similar print in untitled series., and On same sheet: A water wag-tail by jingo!!!
Publisher:: Pubd. by J. Smith, 14 Wellington St., Goswell St. Road
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Come I do'nt call that a bad morning's work!! [graphic].

4. A bite at last!!!! That's two to day Gran-par!! [graphic].

Published / Created:: [approximately 18 May 1834]
Call Number:: 834.05.18.03+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from caption below image., Approximate publication date from similar print in untitled series., and On same sheet: See any Sam? Why there's one down at the bread already!!
Publisher:: Pubd. by James Smith, 14 Wellington St., Goswell St. Road
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A bite at last!!!! That's two to day Gran-par!! [graphic].

5. Do'nt shoot my dear fellow, I'll have her [graphic].

Published / Created:: 18th May 1834.
Call Number:: 834.05.18.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from caption below image. and On same sheet: Blow'd if you a'int cotched Feather's old barrow wot was drownded, he'll be so precious glad.
Publisher:: Pubd. by James Smith, 14 Wellington St., Goswell St. Rd
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Do'nt shoot my dear fellow, I'll have her [graphic].

6. Frontispiece to the Botanical Magazine's [graphic]

Creator:: Newman, W., active approximately 1834-1835, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1834]
Call Number:: 834.00.00.31
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Twenty-six vignettes with scenes punning on various botanical terms
Description:: Title from text at top of image. and Date of publication inferred from printmaker W. Newman's short period of activity; see Matthew Crowther's post entitled "Rediscovering W. Newman, fl. c. 1834-35" from The Printshop Window website (theprintshopwindow.wordpress.com; accessed 14 February 2024).
Publisher:: Published by James Pattie at his Wholesale Periodical & Caricature Shop, No. 16 High Street, St. Giles's
Subject (Topic):: Botany
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to the Botanical Magazine's [graphic]

7. Symmetry [graphic].

Published / Created:: [not before 1834]
Call Number:: 833.00.00.17+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two men stand on the sidewalk under a street lamp, one of whom is a dustman with a pipe sticking out of his cap who asks the other, a large tradesman in an apron about his emaciated, muzzled dog. The dialogue below the title reads: I say Joe, what makes you Muzzle Brutus? Vy he's such a beggar for grub, he'd spile his shape in 5 minnits if it was off, and he only got sight of a butcher's shop
Description:: Title from text below image., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. G.S. Tregear was located at 123 Cheapside from 1828 to 1833, moving to 96 Cheapside in 1834; see British Museum online catalogue., and Glued (heavily applied) onto yellow album paper and mounted to: 40 x 29 cm.
Publisher:: Published by G. Tregear, 96 Cheapside, London
Subject (Topic):: Dogs, Chimney sweeps, Lampposts, and Occupations
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Symmetry [graphic].

8. [A gin shop] [graphic]

Creator:: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1834?]
Call Number:: Print01172
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title devised by curator., Signed in lower left corner with C.J. Grant's initials., Possibly an illustration from Every body's album & caricature magazine, a series published in 1834 by J. Kendrick., Sheet trimmed with possible loss of title and imprint., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Gin shops.
Publisher:: J. Kendrick?
Subject (Topic):: Eating & drinking facilities, Gin, Intoxication, Alcoholism, Poor persons, and Children
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [A gin shop] [graphic]

9. The way of the world [graphic]

Creator:: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: April 26th, 1834.
Call Number:: Print01027
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two battered Greenwich Pensioners, one missing all four limbs, the other an arm and a leg, in conversation outside a building marked 'The Helpless Ward' of the Hospital Infirmary, with three other severely incapacitated veterans beside it. The inscription below the title reports the conversation: ' Ah! Messmate, you are a happy Fish to what I am. you have only got an Arm and a Leg lopp'd off. Whilst I hav'n't a Limb left about me but what's of Timber, with one Eye out and my Nose damaged.'- 'Go it Joe, grumble, grumble. You are like the rest of th' World. Never contented.'."--Royal Museums Greenwich online catalogue
Description:: Title from text below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Squr and Printed by S. Lingham, Bazzar, Grays Inn
Subject (Name):: Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
Subject (Topic):: Prosthesis, Sailors, British, Amputees, Artificial limbs, Peg legs, Disabled veterans, Crutches, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The way of the world [graphic]