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1.
John Wilkes Esqr. [art original].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1770?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 86 Box D166
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A watercolor after the popular satirical print of the same title by William Hogarth, first published 16 May 1763
Description:
Title from note in artist's hand., Artist not identified., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes Esqr. [art original].

2.
The stage medley representing the polite tast [sic] of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet G

Published / Created:
[April 1728]
Call Number:
728.04.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the popularity of the Beggar's Opera in the form of a medley print. At top left a print shows two oval portraits, Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum on the left and Thomas Walker as Macheath on the right, two short columns of verse beneath. In the centre lies a print depicting a debased Parnassus: in the foreground muses drink from a barrel, one vomiting; a woman wearing a hat hands a basket to a muse sitting in a dust-cart drawn by a Pegasus; a cornucopia lies upended on the ground: in the background, is a boxing match surrounded on two sides with a temporary stand from which flies the flag of St George and to the right of which a bull and a bear are preceded by Apollo playing a fiddle; beneath are four lines of verse describing the scene. Behind the Parnassus print another shows the ghost of Jeremy Collier rising from his grave holding the pamphlet in which he had condemned "The Immoratlities of the English Stage", four lines of verse beneath. This print is overlaid by a smaller oblong print with four verses and portraits of Caleb D'Anvers (Nicholas Amhurst) Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Lavinia Fenton (as Polly Peachum). On the left is a print in which Democritus and Heraclitus examine a globe together, eight lines of verse beneath. In the centre is an engraved address 'To Polly Peachum' quoted, according to the earlier state from The Daily Journal, April 19, 1728. At lower left is a print with a stage where a Apollo descends on a cloud to judge between rival singers (Faustina and Cuzzoni) to whom a group of gentlemen with asses' ears listen without judgement, two columns of verse beneath explain the scene. On the right, a scene by a river where a balance has been set up in which the Beggar's Opera outweighs Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Addison, Nicholas Rowe and Thomas Otway; the personification of trade collapses in the arms of George II, assisted by Queen Caroline; verses beneath claim that the popularity of the Beggar's Opera is indicative of the sorry state of the country. At bottom right is a scene in Newgate with men and women sitting round a table on which is a punch bowl and pipes; they are toasting a laureated John Gay who sits at the centre, saying 'The Beggers Opera for yr', 'G(a)y for ever', 'Let's vote him King of the Beggers' and he responds, 'Yov'e done me too great an honour but I'll -'; a small child stands beside the table; two columns of verse beneath."-- British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., "Poet G-" refers to John Gay., Later state, lacking references to 'Daily Journal April 19th. 1728' below the verses "to the Tune of the Soldier and ye Sailor" and to 'Daily Journal April 10 1798' below those "To Polly Peacham". Cf. Compare no. 1806 in v. 2 of Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732, Gay, John, 1685-1732., Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760, Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744, Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726, Bordoni, Faustina, 1697-1781., Amhurst, N. 1697-1742. (Nicholas),, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Heraclitus, of Ephesus., Democritus, approximately 460 B.C.-approximately 370 B.C., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc, Pegasus (Greek mythology), Apollo, Muses (Greek deities), Parnassus, Mount (Greece), Prints, Prisons, and Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The stage medley representing the polite tast [sic] of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet G- Polly Peachum and Captn. Macheath. [graphic]

3.
[A Wedgwood basalt miniature plaque depicting Sir Robert Walpole] [art original].

Creator:
Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713, artist
Published / Created:
[18th century?]
Call Number:
LWL Min. 115 Object Room in Box 1a
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Wedgwood portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole
Description:
Title devised by curator., Matte black ceramic monochrome medallion with bust of a man in profile facing left wearing a wig., and Modelled by Carlo Maratti: "C. MARATTI" impressed below bust. The reverse impressed: Wedgwood.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,
Subject (Topic):
Basalt
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A Wedgwood basalt miniature plaque depicting Sir Robert Walpole] [art original].

6.
[A white plaster reverse portrait medallion depicting Sir Robert Walpole] [realia].

Published / Created:
[18th century?]
Call Number:
LWL Min. 116 Object Room in Box 1a
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Round plaster mold of a portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole. Bust in profile facing right, long wig, wearing the star of the Bath. Lettered on the obverse: " Robertus Walpole."
Alternative Title:
Round plaster mold of portrait medallion and Robertus Walpole
Description:
Title from dealer's catalog. and The image inscribed: Robertus Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Richard, 1564-1607,
Subject (Topic):
Medallions (medals)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A white plaster reverse portrait medallion depicting Sir Robert Walpole] [realia].

7.
[Edward Earl of Warwick] [art original].

Published / Created:
[not after 1768]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3664.38
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of six figures identified in pencil by former owner
Description:
Titles supplied by cataloger., Formerly attributed to George Vertue. See Christie's sale catalog., Originally drawn by John Rous. Horace Walpole had the drawings traced and then engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of SH, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Nobility and Peerage
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Edward Earl of Warwick] [art original].

8.
[Henry Duke of Warwick] [art original].

Published / Created:
[not after 1768]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3664.37
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of six dukes and duchess of Warwick and Clarence
Description:
Title from item., Formerly attributed to George Vertue. See Christie's sale catalog., Originally drawn by John Rous. Horace Walpole had the drawings traced and then engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Nobility and Peerage
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Henry Duke of Warwick] [art original].

10.
[Portrait of Mary Latham as a child] [art original].

Creator:
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1750]
Call Number:
LWL Min. 126 Object Room in Box 2b
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Mary Latham as a child
Description:
Title from curator., Inscribed on verso with notes in Horace Walpole's hand: This portrait of Miss Mary Latham of [illegible] in Kent was drawn about the year 1750 by the celebrated James Ferguson of whom[?] see an account in the 3 vol. of Lysons's invitational of London., Oval blackened pearwood frame, cracked., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: [None?].
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Girls
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Mary Latham as a child] [art original].

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