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1. "Here's a health to the Dutchess of York", "wherever she goes" Coldstream Guards. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1791]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Compare: "Here's a health to the Duke of York", "wherever he goes". Cf. No. 8417 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., No. 19 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 (Topic):
- Military uniforms and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Here's a health to the Dutchess of York", "wherever she goes" Coldstream Guards. [graphic]
2. A comical case [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 4 June, 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three doctors, grinning with satisfaction, stand in conference in an apothecary's shop. One (left), very corpulent, his spectacles pushed up on his forehead, holds a bottle labelled 'The Draughts as before Mr Costive'. His vis-à-vis stands chapeau-bras, holding a cane. Both wear old-fashioned dress with tie-wigs. The third, standing behind and between them is more fashionably dressed. On the counter (right) is a pestle and mortar, pill-box, and medicine phials, one labelled going to rest. Behind it are shelves on which are glass jars of varying sizes containing coloured liquids."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered "608" in lower left corner., No. 45 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):
- Drugstores, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, Physicians, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A comical case [graphic].
3. A deep one and a knowing one [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 25 April 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two racing men in consultation on a race-course, with horses, jockeys, and a post-chaise in the background (left). They lean against a paling in front of the gable-end of a wooden barn or stable. One (left), with short unpowdered hair, wears a high-crowned hat and a long coat with many capes, he holds a riding-whip and a 'List of the Horses' printed in three columns and headed by a print of horses leaving the starting-post. The other wears a cocked hat, powdered hair or wig, and holds a 'Betting Book' and pencil-case in his right hand. Both wear spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '607' in lower left corner., No. 44 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 25.2, on sheet 38.6 x 27.1 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Fences, Gambling, Horse racing, Race horses, Racetracks, and Stables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A deep one and a knowing one [graphic].
4. A deep one and a knowing one [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 25 April 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.04.25.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two racing men in consultation on a race-course, with horses, jockeys, and a post-chaise in the background (left). They lean against a paling in front of the gable-end of a wooden barn or stable. One (left), with short unpowdered hair, wears a high-crowned hat and a long coat with many capes, he holds a riding-whip and a 'List of the Horses' printed in three columns and headed by a print of horses leaving the starting-post. The other wears a cocked hat, powdered hair or wig, and holds a 'Betting Book' and pencil-case in his right hand. Both wear spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate numbered '607' in lower left corner.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Fences, Gambling, Horse racing, Race horses, Racetracks, and Stables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A deep one and a knowing one [graphic].
5. A fencer [graphic]
- Creator:
- Scott, B. F., printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1791?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits An584 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half length portrait of Henry Angelo as a fencer, directed towards the right, facing and looking towards the left, with long hair and a double-breasted fencing jacket (formerly misidentified as a Guernsay jacket). He holds a foil in his right hand
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., After a portrait by Mather Brown in the National Portrait Gallery, London, oil on canvas, NPG 5310?, Questionable date of publication from ms. annotation preceding imprint: Oct. 1st, 1791., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge., and Mounted to 29 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by B.F. Scott, No. 18 Broad Court, Long Acre
- Subject (Name):
- Angelo, Henry, 1756-1835,
- Subject (Topic):
- Fencers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A fencer [graphic]
6. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., No. 43 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 (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
7. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.02.14.02.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 34 x 25 cm, mounted to 35 x 26 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of imprint and plate number., and Music notes below image removed.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
8. A sharp between two flats a pearly shell for him and thee, the oyster is the lawyer's fee. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lawyer stands in his office between two disconcerted litigants who are turned and walking away from him. As he brings a fork with an oyster on it to his mouth, he offers half of the empty oyster shell to the man on the right. A bald, worn-down looking man (left), looks down at his half of the shell, mouth agap. On the wall behind them are rolls of documents and a shelf of books; other papers are tacked on the wall above the desk. On the desk (right) is an ink well with feather pens. The center of the design at the lower edge is decorated with the musical symbols for sharps and flats
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Numbered "604" in lower left corner., Companion print: A flat between two sharps., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 42 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 (Topic):
- Customer relations, Desks, Inkstands, Interiors, Lawyers, and Offices
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A sharp between two flats a pearly shell for him and thee, the oyster is the lawyer's fee. [graphic]
9. I'm the thing, a'n't I? [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [25 April 1791]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Design in an oval; a copy of British Museum satire no. 7790 with the title "a beau". A half-length portrait of a man directed to the left but looking to the right with a slight smile on his face. His hair is very frizzed out beneath his hat and tied in a queue. He wears a coat with a high collar, a fringed cravat tied in a bow. His coat is buttoned at the waist. His right hand is gloved and holds a single eyeglass to his right eye. Under his left arn is a small cane or riding-whip
- Description:
- Title from text below image., After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of plate numbering and date erased from sheet. Plate number and publication date supplied from British Museum catalogue., Numbered '364' in lower left corner., No. 17 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 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, and Eyeglasses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > I'm the thing, a'n't I? [graphic].
