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1.
Innocent the Tenth in the cabinet at Houghton / [graphic]

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1774]
Call Number:
Drawer 776.09.30.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title, in lower left: Size of the picture, 1 f. 3 1/2 i. by 1 f. 6 3/4 i. in height., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate XXXI from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 1., and On same sheet: Dobson's father.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1st, 1774, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Innocent the Tenth in the cabinet at Houghton / [graphic]

2.
Miss Nancy Parsons [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1774]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, three-quarter length standing facing front, hands folded on her cloak which covers a ledge in front of her to right, head turned to right shoulder, smiling towards the viewer, wearing a loose gown with a jewelled belt, hair up with pearls and a diadem, a curl flying loose behind right shoulder, a balustrade behind to left, pillars to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state with added numbering
Description:
Title engraved below image., Artist and printmaker unidentified; the painter and engraver names on the print are evidently fictitious. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date of publication from a later state described in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.7303., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 93 (leaf numbered '139' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maynard, Annabella Parsons, Viscountess, -1814 or 1815,
Subject (Topic):
Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Nancy Parsons [graphic]

3.
The light guinea, or, The blade in the dumps [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs [1774?]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 239. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on untrustworthy young men: a prostitute, with a powdered wig wearing a dressing gown open to reveal her chemise and petticoat, sits at a table using scales to weigh the coin offered by a well-dressed young man which is lighter than its proper weight; behind is a curtained bed."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Blade in the dumps
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Dated to circa 1773-1774 in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.86., Four lines of verse below title: Dull are the times, since trade I first began, our gold was sterling then, and true each man ..., Numbered '291' in lower left of plate., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 36.9 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge., and Tipped in at page 239 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Draperies, Dandies, British, Prostitutes, Scales, and Tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The light guinea, or, The blade in the dumps [graphic].

4.
Mon Seigneur Le Cox with his snuff & snuff box treating Madam Durème with a snuff of the same

Published / Created:
[18 March 1774]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 104. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Folded to 31.5 x 25.5 cm., and Bound in opposite page 104 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Pubd. March 18th, 1774, by H. Bryer, London
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, French, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Snuff
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mon Seigneur Le Cox with his snuff & snuff box treating Madam Durème with a snuff of the same. [graphic]

5.
Spectators at a print-shop in St. Paul's Church Yard [graphic].

Creator:
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs [...] [not before 25 June 1774]
Call Number:
774.06.25.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire; an extravagantly dressed woman catches a fashionable man by the arm as she points with her fan at a mezzotint droll in a print-shop window; a small dog looks up at her; an old gentleman with a stick standing on the right, stares at the prints and is surprised by a man with a warrant for his arrest."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to John Raphael Smith by Frankau., Later state, with plate number added. For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 3758 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Date of publication inferred from earlier state with the date "25 June 1774" at end of imprint; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.379., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Description based on imperfect impression; date at end of imprint statement has been erased from sheet., and Plate numbered "300" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, City & town life, Clothing & dress, Stores & shops, Window displays, Dandies, British, Prints, Fans (Accessories), and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Spectators at a print-shop in St. Paul's Church Yard [graphic].

6.
[The Honble. Mrs. Damer] [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
publishd. 20th February 1774.
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 477); standing three-quarter length slightly to left with her hands held together, eyes to front, wearing loose robe over dress with sash around waist, locket on ribbon and her hair up, but with two long plaits hanging over her shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honourable Mrs. Damer
Description:
Title from text on later state., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Scratched-letter state; for a later state with the title "The Honble. Mrs. Damer" and the imprint "Publish'd March 1st, 1774, by J.R. Smith, No. 4 Exeter Court, Strand," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4966., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 86 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., With contemporary pencil annotation in lower margin: Mrs. Damer., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J.R. Smith
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The Honble. Mrs. Damer] [graphic]

7.
Mrs. Hartly [graphic]

Creator:
Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
Published / Created:
as the act directs, 7 Novr. 1774.
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Elizabeth Hartley seen bust-length slightly to left within oval frame, head in profile to left, looking upwards, her hair drawn back and piled up."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 36 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Hartley, Elizabeth, 1750?-1824,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Hartly [graphic]

8.
Miss Elliot in the character of Minerva [graphic]

Creator:
Saunders, Joseph, active 1772-1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 Febuary 1774]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Actress half-length looking upwards in an oval, wearing helmet, medusa collar and carrying a shield."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Mounted on leaf numbered 7 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publishd as the act directs Febry. 24, 1774 by H. Bryer at No. 12 Stephen Street Tottenham Court Road
Subject (Name):
Eliot, Ann, 1743-1769,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Portrayals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Elliot in the character of Minerva [graphic]

9.
[A fryar's head] [graphic].

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1774]
Call Number:
Drawer 774.00.00.44
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Friar's head
Description:
Title from lettered state in the British Museum., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration number: 1981,U.380., Plate XXI from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: [Portraits of hounds].
Publisher:
John Boydell
Subject (Topic):
Monks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A fryar's head] [graphic].

10.
[The story of finding Moses, with the Colosseum, and other buildings; in the fore-ground several

Creator:
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1774]
Call Number:
774.09.01.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape with the Finding of Moses; shepherd reclining on rocks in foreground, a group of women on the shore of a river beyond, a tower and bridge in mid-distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From the original drawing in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire
Description:
Title from descriptive catalog at beginning of bound volume., Text below image: From the original drawing in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire., One of two hundred plates that were later issued in bound volumes entitled: Liber veritatis. Or, A collection of two hundred prints ... / after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain ... executed by Richard Earlom ... London : Published by the proprietor, John Boydell, [1777-1819]., Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 48., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published Septr. 1st, 1774, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader)
Subject (Topic):
Shepherds and Sarcophagi
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The story of finding Moses, with the Colosseum, and other buildings; in the fore-ground several women are seen employed in depositing a dead body in an antique sarcophagus] [graphic]