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1.
Lieutt. Colonel Biddulph of the 3d Regiment [graphic]

Creator:
Watson, Thomas, 1750-1781, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1781]
Call Number:
Portraits B584 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, seated three-quarter length to right within oval frame, resting hands, one gloved, on stick, eyes to front; wearing loose coat over sash and uniform; after Poggi."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lieutenant Colonel Biddulph of the 3d Regiment
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on sheet: 476 x 347 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Biddulph, John, 1725?-1774?,
Subject (Topic):
Military officers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lieutt. Colonel Biddulph of the 3d Regiment [graphic]

2.
Hogarth from an original portrait begun by Weltdon and finished by himself. Late in the possession

Creator:
Townley, Charles, 1746-approximately 1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after a self-portrait; half-length in an oval frame, directed to right, looking towards the viewer, arms at his sides, wearing a plain coat buttoned at the waist, a white cravat and tricorn over a shoulder-length wig
Description:
Title etched below image., State without price below image, lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 209 in volume 3., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit., p. 409.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, June 1781, and sold by C. Townley, Arlington Street, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Artists and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hogarth from an original portrait begun by Weltdon and finished by himself. Late in the possession of the Revd. Mr. Townley / [graphic]

3.
Jedediah Buxton a poor day labourer, born at Elmton in Derbyshire, who without being able to write

Creator:
Spilsbury, John, 1739-1769, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 November 1781]
Call Number:
Portraits B991 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, half-length in a rectangular frame, directed to left, leaning forward and resting right elbow on the frame, with the hand tucked into his thick coat, buttoned at the waist over a striped coarse wool vest, looking down to left, wearing a soft cap with a feather; after Killingbeck; state with biographical note."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Imprint from more perfect impression from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0308.120., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Mounted on sheet: 41.9 x 30.7 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs Nov. the 22nd 1781 by B. Killingbeck, No. 14, Dover Street, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Laborers and Curiosities & wonders
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jedediah Buxton a poor day labourer, born at Elmton in Derbyshire, who without being able to write or cast accounts in the ordinary method, perfom'd the longest calculations and solv'd the most difficult problems in arithmetic, by the strength of his memory; neither noise, nor conversation cou'd interrupt him; he would either go on with his calculations all the time or leave off in the midst and resume them again even though it shou'd be years afterwards / [graphic]

4.
Mrs. Robinson [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 August 1781]
Call Number:
Portraits R65 no.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Mary 'Perdita' Robinson, half-length in an oval, directed to left but looking forward, with high dressed hair with a cap on top, and both hands in a muff."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Scratched-letter state with inscription space uncleaned., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publishd. August 25th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Robinson [graphic]

5.
Wm. Addington Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1781]
Call Number:
Portraits Ad224 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
William Addington Esqr
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on sheet: 46.9 x 34.8 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1, 1781 by J. Birchalll, No. 473 Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Addington, William, Sir, -1811,
Subject (Topic):
Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Wm. Addington Esqr. [graphic]

6.
The Honble. Miss Monckton [graphic]

Creator:
Jacobé, Johann, 1733-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1781]
Call Number:
Drawer Portraits C799 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Honourable Miss Monckton
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Printed on gilt-edged paper. "74" in ms on upper right corner.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1781 by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside London
Subject (Name):
Corke, Mary Monckton, Countess of, 1746-1840,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Honble. Miss Monckton [graphic]

7.
Master Bunbury [graphic]

Creator:
Haward, Francis, 1759-1797, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1 November 1781]
Call Number:
Portraits B87a no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 276); three-quarter length seated under a tree, facing front with hands resting on his thighs; published state before date altered from 1st to 12th November."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., and For the original painting, see Philadelphia Museum of Art accession number: M1928-1-29.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1781, by Fras. Haward, Lambeth Marsh near the Turnpike
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britiain.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry, Sir, 1778-1860,
Subject (Topic):
Boys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Master Bunbury [graphic]

8.
Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria, & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James, late Earl of

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1 December 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Tipped in at page 38 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, and Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,
Subject (Topic):
Needlework and Sisters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria, & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James, late Earl of Waldegrave, Knight of the Garter [graphic]

9.
[Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1 December 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Formerly laid in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., and A note in pencil on verso, possibly in Frank T. Sabin's hand, mentions "Fritz Reiss Sale, 2900 guineas at Christies", in reference to the sale of another impression of the print in 1923. A second note below, in the same hand but likely written at a different time, asserts that this is the "finest impression of the 1st state known, specially selected by Horace Walpole, for whom the original picture was painted, & inserted by him in his own enlarged & illustrated catalogue of the pictures at Strawberry Hill".
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Needlework and Sisters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of Waldegrave Knight of the Garter] [graphic]

10.
[Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1 December 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3636 no. 8++ (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., With Horace Walpole's manuscript annotations in brown ink in lower margin identifying the sitters and their relationships and a note: "The original picture at Strawberry Hill.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark: sheet 50.5 x 58.4 cm.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Needlework and Sisters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of Waldegrave Knight of the Garter] [graphic]

11.
George, fourth Earl of Waldegrave Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte, and Colonel of the 14th

Creator:
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1781 and 1822]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three-quarter length, standing, directed, facing and looking to the left, left hand resting on a paper on the table beside him, wearing robes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1874,1010.19., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 146 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., Probably given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole, as suggested by a note in Walpole's hand mounted below: Lord Orford is extremely obliged to Mr. Bull for the two prints. He has not the plate of Lord Waldegrave, but he believes Lady Waldegrave has; & if she has, he will get one for Mr. Bull., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, George Waldegrave, Earl, 1751-1789,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > George, fourth Earl of Waldegrave Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte, and Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot / [graphic]

12.
The exposition of Cyrus in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]

Creator:
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Woodland scene with a naked young boy lying on a cloth in the foreground, guarded by dogs; to right, a herdsman and a woman, presumably Mithridates and his wife Cyno, surprised at the sight; to left, a curved stone frieze of soldiers, surmounted by a crown and a naked child holding up a shield; to right, a boy looking on from behind Mithridates' sheep; fields and cattle in the background at centre."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image, above and on either side of etched Walpole arms bearing the motto "Fari quae sentiat.", Text below title: Six of the picture 2 f. 4 1/4 i. by 3 f. 6 1/2 i. long., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 151 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 1st, 1781, by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The exposition of Cyrus in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]

13.
Lady Philadelphia Wharton In the drawing room at Houghton. / [graphic]

Creator:
Dunkarton, Robert, 1744- printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, three-quarter length seated, holding flowers on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication transposed from end of publication statements., Measurements found in lower right corner: F I 3.5 1/4 by F I 4.3 3/4 high., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 43 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:
Published Jany. 1st 1781 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Philadelphia Wharton In the drawing room at Houghton. / [graphic]

14.
A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1781.
Call Number:
781.11.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man (left) leads by a rope the foremost of a crowd of prisoners sentenced to transportation who follow him from left to right. The two foremost are bearded Jews. Behind comes a knock-kneed youth taking a pinch of snuff; a man behind him is gnawing a large bone. There are ten prisoners in all. The background is part of the façade of Newgate prison."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '465' in lower left corner., 1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 37 x 26 cm., and Date erased from this impression and written in manuscript: 1760
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, no. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Prisoners, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].

15.
A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1781.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man (left) leads by a rope the foremost of a crowd of prisoners sentenced to transportation who follow him from left to right. The two foremost are bearded Jews. Behind comes a knock-kneed youth taking a pinch of snuff; a man behind him is gnawing a large bone. There are ten prisoners in all. The background is part of the façade of Newgate prison."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '465' in lower left corner., No. 21 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. Mounted to 38.6 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, no. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Prisoners, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].

16.
A man of war, towing a frigate into harbour [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before May 1781]
Call Number:
781.06.00.04.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor walking (right to left) arm in arm with a young woman, her right arm in his left. He wears striped trousers, and carries a cane. She wears a ribbon-trimmed hat, short petticoat with an over-dress draped above it at the back, and an apron. Behind are steps leading to a sea-wall, with ships. On the left are trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed and date erased from this impression., Date of imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Numbered in lower left of plate, 459.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Sailors, British, Military uniforms, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A man of war, towing a frigate into harbour [graphic].

17.
An English man of war taking a French privateer [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, [1781]
Call Number:
781.06.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date burnished from plate?, After watercolor by Robert Dighton?, Plate numbered '454' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: sailor -- Female costume, ca. 1781 -- Fur-edged pelisse -- Walkway on London Bridge with view of river -- Trades: milliner -- Milliner's coffer., and Watermark; matted to 54 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An English man of war taking a French privateer [graphic].

18.
An English sloop engaging a Dutch man of war [graphic].

Published / Created:
publishd. as the act directs, [1781]
Call Number:
781.06.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A Dutchman (left), smoking a short pipe, hands in his pockets, is being chucked under the chin by a gaily dressed courtesan (right), her left hand on her hip. He wears the round hat and baggy breeches of the Dutchman in caricature. Both stand full-face, each looks towards the other. The background is formed by the lower part of houses in Covent Garden showing the arcade of the Piazza, a sedan chair (right) stands under an arch. Immediately behind the two figures are vegetables and baskets."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., After watercolor by Robert Dighton., Date from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; publication date erased from this impression or burnished from plate., Plate numbered '455' in lower left corner., Watermark., and Matted to 62 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Pipes (Smoking), Courtesans, and Sedan chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An English sloop engaging a Dutch man of war [graphic].

19.
An engagement between the Heart of Oak and charming Sally [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, [1781?]
Call Number:
781.06.00.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date burnished from plate., Plate numbered '460' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark; matted to 62 x 47 cm., 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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An engagement between the Heart of Oak and charming Sally [graphic].

20.
Celadon & Celia [graphic].

Published / Created:
[12 May 1781]
Call Number:
781.05.12.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Celadon and Celia
Description:
Title from item. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 12, 1781 by J. Birchall no. 473 Strand & J.R. Smith no. 10 Batemans Buildings, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Tableware
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Celadon & Celia [graphic].

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