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1. Brought to trouble & woe by cards, dice, and E.O [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1790?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Design in an oval. A man seated at a table (half length to left) on which he leans his elbows, his face puckered with distress."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Brought to trouble and woe by cards, dice, and E.O.
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue, Sheet trimmed with loss of number "363"., No. 7 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 & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Distress and Gambling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brought to trouble & woe by cards, dice, and E.O [graphic].
2. French man in London [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 10 June 1790.
- Call Number:
- 790.06.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Frenchman in London
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Numbered '148' in lower left corner., Reduced and reversed copy of no. 4477 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Frenchmen -- Maidservants.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Butchers and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > French man in London [graphic].
3. Jews receiving stolen goods [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs, 27 May 179[...]
- Call Number:
- 790.05.27.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Last digit in year of publication burnished from plate., Reduced version of no. 5468 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Jews -- Furniture: decorated screen -- Male costume: riding dress -- Trades: highwayman -- Receiver of stolen goods -- Animals: dog., and Matted to 49 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jews receiving stolen goods [graphic].
4. Poor Jack! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 9 Nov. 1790.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An illustration of the song 'By Mr. Dibdin', which is engraved beneath the title, with the refrain, 'There's a sweet little cherub sits perch'd up aloft To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack. ' Jack stands, looking at the spectator, holding a cane in his right hand, with his left he points up towards the head and wings of a cherub which emerges from clouds in the upper right corner of the design. He wears a round high-crowned hat, his hair, cut across his forehead, falls curling on his shoulders. He has a striped waistcoat with short coat and petticoat. Behind is the sea with a ship flying the Union flag."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption for verses etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum online catalogue., Verse in four columns below title begins: "Go patter to bubbers and swabs, d'ye see, 'bout danger, and fear, and the like ...", Numbered "600" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For description of later state published by Bowles & Carver see no. 7817 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 39 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 & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Poor Jack! [graphic].
5. The Greenwich pensioner [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1790.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An illustration to the song 'By Mr. Dibdin' which is engraved beneath the title. The old pensioner with a wooden leg, a pipe in his left hand, a cudgel under his left arm, stands, directed to the left, pointing across the Thames at the river front of Greenwich Hospital, but looking towards the spectator. The stern of a ship with partly furled sails is visible on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image and above verses., Probably after Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.35., Text below title: By Mr. Dibdin., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Verse in four columns below title: 'Twas in the good ship Rober, I sail'd the world around ... Altho I'm quite disabled And lie in Greenwich tier, The King, God bless his royalty, Who saved me from the main, I'll praise with love and loyalty, But ne'er to Sea again., Numbered "601" in lower left corner., No. 40 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 & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
- Subject (Topic):
- Amputees, Peg legs, Disabled veterans, Pipes (Smoking), Sailors, British, and Ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Greenwich pensioner [graphic].
6. The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas, on which she struck 24th December 1789, in her passage to Botany Bay, with the departure of the crew in the jolly boat [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 22d Septr. 1790.
- Call Number:
- 790.09.22.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Artist from Sotheby's catalog., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Riou, Edward, 1762-
- Subject (Topic):
- Axes, Icebergs, Livestock, Rescue work, Sailors, Ships, Shipwrecks, Telescopes, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas, on which she struck 24th December 1789, in her passage to Botany Bay, with the departure of the crew in the jolly boat [graphic].
7. The cherry girl [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.00.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Possibly from the same series as: Paddy O'Blarney. [London : Laurie & Whittle, 1796]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1790 -- Cherry venders -- Door knockers., and Window mounted to 37 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cherry girl [graphic].
8. The lamplighter [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1790.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the center of a broad city street, a gaily-dressed lamplighter carries his ladder as he walks to the right. In his right hand he carries a can with burning end and a pair of scissors with a chain in a case hangs from his waist. In the distance (left) is a large building with a church spire rising behind, and on the right a pillar with a lamp and iron rail above a brick wall
- Description:
- Title from caption above verses etched below image: "By Mr. Dibdin.", Verse in three columns below title begins: "I'm jolly Dick the lamplighter, they say the sun's my dad, and truly I believe it sir, for I'm a pretty lad ...", Numbered "602" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Purchased by British Museum in 2010. For similar, see British Museum number 1935,0522.1.36 in the online catalogue., No. 41 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 & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Cities & towns, Ladders, Lampposts, and People associated with manual labor
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lamplighter [graphic].
9. Virtue in a humble cott [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.00.00.12+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1790 -- Female costume, 1790 -- Cottages -- Wagoners., and Mounted to 37 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwellings and Families
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Virtue in a humble cott [graphic].
