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1. A bagnio scene with a white-leggd chicken coaxking [sic] an old dotard. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs, 2nd March, 1778.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two men in a brothel, one sitting on the right uncorking a bottle, the other putting his arm around the shoulder of a prostitute, leering as she adjusts his cravat, urged by the Madam who rises from a sofa in front of a round table with punch-bowl and glasses, one hand on a paper; a screen behind to right, two oval landscapes, a cartouche and a picture of Venus among rocks on the wall behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 2010,7081.823., No. 55 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Brothels, Furnishings, Interiors, Paintings, Prostitutes, and Screens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A bagnio scene with a white-leggd chicken coaxking [sic] an old dotard. [graphic]
2. Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 20 Apr. 1778.
- Call Number:
- 778.04.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A very fat gentleman on the left paying court to an ugly old lady on the right; both are seated with the gentleman with a small dog beneath his chair and a cat near his feet; the lady is holding a fan and wearing the towering hairstyle of the period. Behind them draperies are pulled aside revealing shelves of books
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Place of publication follows publisher's street address., Numbered in lower left of plate: 382., Variant of George 4557, without verses below design, but with imprint date present., and Contemporary pencil ms. notation identifying subjects: Mr. Mason & Mrs. Montague.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Montague, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800. and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Couples, Interiors, Bookcases, Dogs, and Cats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].
3. An officer in the light infantry, driven by his lady to Cox-Heath [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs [1778?]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.19+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady, wearing over her dress a military coat with epaulets, stands plying her whip as she drives the two small white ponies who pull her carriage past the Cox Heath signpost. Her clothes mirror those of the fat and elderly militia officer who sleeps in the seat at her side, his hands clasped around his sword. A large dog sits in front of her. Observing the spectacle from a side road are three country travellers in a covered wagon which bears a sign "The Maidstone Common Stage Waggon".
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date erased from print., Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Numbered in lower left of plate 391.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, Military officers, Sleeping, Clothing & dress, Carriages & coaches, Covered wagons, Horses, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An officer in the light infantry, driven by his lady to Cox-Heath [graphic]
4. Miss Tipapin going for all nine [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the Act directs [after January 1, 1778?]
- Call Number:
- 778.01.01.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four elegantly dressed young ladies are shown outside a brick or stone house with trees in the background. In the foreground a woman in a large hat is about to roll the ball at ninepins. Behind her two woman look on, one holding a bowl. To the right before a table with bottle and glass, another young lady drinks from a large tankard. On the far right a young girl sets up the pins
- Description:
- Title from item., Date based on that of the probable companion print Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger. See no. 4555 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Numbered in plate at lower left: 290.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Ch:Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Ninepins, Women, Recreation, Sports for women, Bowlers, Clothing & dress, Hats, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Tipapin going for all nine [graphic]
5. Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger ... [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the Act directs [after January 1, 1778?]
- Call Number:
- 778.01.01.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two well-dressed young ladies meet before a farm house. On the left, Miss Wicket leans on her cricket-bat turning towards Miss Trigger who advances with her dogs, holding aloft a pheasant and two partidges, as she tramples a paper marked "Effeminacy". Miss Wicket wears a chip hat and jacket with waistcoat, her sporting petticoat short enough to reveal her ankles. Miss Trigger wears a large hat of the bergère style, a long coat with buttoned sleeves and boots. Behind the pair a young girl catches a ball
- Description:
- Title from item., Verse follows title: Miss Trigger you see is an excellent shot. And forty-five notches Miss Wicket's just got., Date from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", Numbered in plate at lower left: 276., Reduced version of no. 4555 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Date erased from this impression?
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Women, Recreation, Sports for women, Gender identity, Cricket players, Hunting dogs, Game bird hunting, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger ... [graphic]
6. The pretty bar maid [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, [1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.71+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A young barmaid wearing a frilly dormeuse cap and a neckerchief with a breast knot, attends to a group of male customers gathered around the bar. An elderly military officer wearing a saber leans on the bar spooning custard from a glass, while three young men on his left ogle the barmaid. Two other men occupy the right side of the bar, and two dogs the center foreground, a poodle jumping up at the bar, and a pug urinating on a copy of "The Gazette extraordinary" which lies on the floor. Other newspapers are in the hands of the customers, the "Ledger" and the "Morning post". Bottles, glasses and bowls are arranged on shelves behind the girl
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue, Numbered '384' in lower left of plate., and Publication date erased from this impression.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Bartenders, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Newspapers, Taverns (Inns), Interiors, Glassware, Bars (Furniture)., Shelving, Hats, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The pretty bar maid [graphic]
