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19. An extempore sermon preach'd by Fredrick Fiery-Face, Mr of Arts and Fellow of Malt-Juice Colledge [sic] [graphic]

Creator:: Nicholls, Sutton, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1741?]
Call Number:: 741.00.00.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Three men sitting at a table, two of them holding drinking glasses, one opening a barrel. A waiter is filling more glasses on a tray and the preacher of the sermon is holding a glass and an open book with the word "Malt" on the page. A second table (covered with a cloth and holding more glasses, a tankard, a flask and a pipe), a barrel on a stand and a chamber pot are also present. A list of ten items is posted on the wall with the title "Customs to be observed by this Society." At the foot of the image is the line "Why should the drunkard strive his acts to smother, drink runs but from one Hogshead to another."
Alternative Title:: Extempore sermon preached by Fredrick Fiery-Face ...
Description:: Title from text above image., Earlier imprint burnished from plate and replaced with the imprint of this edition., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Fifteen lines of text engraved below image: Beloved. Lett [sic] me crave your reverent attention for I am a little man ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., and Window-mounted to 38 x 27 cm.
Publisher:: Sold by C. Dicey & Co. in Aldermary Church Yard, London
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An extempore sermon preach'd by Fredrick Fiery-Face, Mr of Arts and Fellow of Malt-Juice Colledge [sic] [graphic]

20. The jovial drinker [graphic]

Creator:: Nicholls, Sutton, printmaker
Published / Created:: 1741.
Call Number:: 741.00.00.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A young, richly dressed and very tipsy youth staggers towards the viewer over the top of a hill. His wig is flying off; his neckwear is disarranged. In the crook of his right arm he carries a straw-covered wine bottle and a half full wine glass in his right hand. His tricorne hat flies off to his left. In the background, at the base of the hilll, is a town. Just below the top of the hill, to the right of image, appears a woman supporting a very sick drinker. To the left, in the background, is a tavern with a table set out on the lawn. Four drinkers, in various stages of drunkenness, sit around the table. In upper left corner, above the tavern, is engraved a screen with three staffs of music
Description:: Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved song sheet with four stanzas of song below image: A pox on those fools who exclaim against wine ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., and Cataloger's note on verso: Date of first publication 1715?
Publisher:: Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne at the Globe in Newgate Street, London
Subject (Topic):: Drinking songs, Intoxication, Alcoholic beverages, and Taverns (Inns).
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The jovial drinker [graphic]

21. The whole state of Europe, or, An hieroglyphick for [the] election of an emperor of Germany being an explanation of those three curious emblematick capital paintings of Sr. R--t W--l's at his house in Chelsea / [graphic]

Creator:: Vandrülle, I. B., printmaker
Published / Created:: according to act of Parliament, 17 Novr. 1741.
Call Number:: 741.11.17.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., "Price 1s"--Lower right corner., One line of text following title: NB. The beasts represent certain monarchs, and the birds certain kingdoms, the eagle in particular Germany with her nine electors., and Temporary local subject terms: Russian bear -- German eagle and 9 eaglets (electors) -- French fox and fox cub -- Hungarian peacock -- Prussian jay -- British lion -- Dutch goose -- Austrian bull -- Bavarian hound -- Morrocan tunis (camel) -- Swiss bat -- Venetian dolphin -- Walpolian owl -- Spanish griffin -- Swedish ostrich -- Swan of Lorain -- Roman cat -- Danish stork -- Persian rhinoceros -- Turkish elephant -- Norwegian frog -- Pretender's serpent -- Bills: excise, 1741 -- Torches -- German elections, 1741 -- Europe as beehive -- Hanoverian turnips -- Count Joseph Edward Gage, 1678?-1753?
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, and Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
Subject (Topic):: National emblems, British, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Prussian, Roman, Russian, Swiss, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The whole state of Europe, or, An hieroglyphick for [the] election of an emperor of Germany being an explanation of those three curious emblematick capital paintings of Sr. R--t W--l's at his house in Chelsea / [graphic]

22. The whole state of Europe, or, An hieroglyphick for [the] election of an emperor of Germany being an explanation of those three curious emblematick capital paintings of Sr. R--t W--l's at his house in Chelsea / [graphic]

Creator:: Vandrülle, I. B., printmaker
Published / Created:: according to act of Parliament, 17 Novr. 1741.
Call Number:: Folio 724 C2 738
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., "Price 1s"--Lower right corner., One line of text following title: NB. The beasts represent certain monarchs, and the birds certain kingdoms, the eagle in particular Germany with her nine electors., Temporary local subject terms: Russian bear -- German eagle and 9 eaglets (electors) -- French fox and fox cub -- Hungarian peacock -- Prussian jay -- British lion -- Dutch goose -- Austrian bull -- Bavarian hound -- Morrocan tunis (camel) -- Swiss bat -- Venetian dolphin -- Walpolian owl -- Spanish griffin -- Swedish ostrich -- Swan of Lorain -- Roman cat -- Danish stork -- Persian rhinoceros -- Turkish elephant -- Norwegian frog -- Pretender's serpent -- Bills: excise, 1741 -- Torches -- German elections, 1741 -- Europe as beehive -- Hanoverian turnips -- Count Joseph Edward Gage, 1678?-1753?, and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, and Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
Subject (Topic):: National emblems, British, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Prussian, Roman, Russian, Swiss, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The whole state of Europe, or, An hieroglyphick for [the] election of an emperor of Germany being an explanation of those three curious emblematick capital paintings of Sr. R--t W--l's at his house in Chelsea / [graphic]

23. A consequence of the motion [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1741]
Call Number:: 741.03.06.01.1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two men fight a duel with rapiers in the courtyards of a building. Through a large doorway peers Sir Robert Walpole his finger to his lips, saying "Let them cut one another's throats".
Alternative Title:: Duel between Lord Hervey and the Honble. William Pultney
Description:: Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Subjects identified in manuscript on British Museum catalogue impression., Lewis Walpole Library: The two duellists were formerly misidentified as Lord Chesterfield and Viscount Cobham., For publication date of print see British Museum Catalogue of prints and drawings, v. iii, p. 372., Variant state, without caption title above the image and without publisher. Cf. No. 1868 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., and Watermark: Pro Patria.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743, and Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
Subject (Topic):: Fencing
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A consequence of the motion [graphic].

24. A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].

Published / Created:: [between 1741? and 1748]
Call Number:: 741.00.00.19
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife for confession as she kneels before him. Two columns of verse below: "A weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ... Twas you were the young man the old man & [the] Fryer. Finis."
Alternative Title:: Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:: Title from engraved text above image., All engraved., Date from British Book Trade Index., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With "Pro Patria" watermark.
Publisher:: Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].

25. Fore-warn'd, fore-arm'd, or, The batchelor's monitor: being a modest estimate of the expences [sic] attending the married life

Published / Created:: 1741.
Call Number:: 741.02.21.01++
Image Count:: 1
Alternative Title:: Batchelor's monitor, Bachelor's monitor, and Forewarned, forearmed
Description:: Imprint from illustration., Broadside estimating probable expenses of a married man compared with those of a bachelor. Illustrated at top of sheet with an etching by Gravelot (plate 16.5 x 24 cm.)., and Companion broadside to The ladies advocate, or, An apology for matrimony. [London] : John Osborn, 1741.
Publisher:: Published according to act of Parliament by John Osborn in Pater-noster Row
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Fore-warn'd, fore-arm'd, or, The batchelor's monitor: being a modest estimate of the expences [sic] attending the married life

26. La rareté de Prague = De Praagsche Rariekiek

Published / Created:: [1741]
Call Number:: 741.00.00.03++
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Etching with twenty-three people in the dress of various nations surrounding a map of Saxony, Silesia, Bohemia, etc. with Prague ("Praag") in the center of the map. Dialog ribbons (in French and in Dutch) are attached to eighteen of the people including the lone woman (Maria Theresa), who is holding a baby
Alternative Title:: De Praagsche Rariekiek
Description:: Title in French and Dutch from illustration., Imprint in Dutch and English., Broadside illustrated at top of sheet with an etching (plate mark 23.7 x 35.4 cm.)., Eighteen stanzas of verse in French and in Dutch., and Imperfect: letterpress text below image lacking.
Publisher:: by Jan 't Lam, Boekverkooper bezuyden 't Stadhuys, naer de copy van London ; Publish'd according to act of Parliament, by T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster Row
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > La rareté de Prague = De Praagsche Rariekiek

27. Reformation began in Denbighshire anno 1741 [graphic].

Published / Created:: Feb. 27th 1741.
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on the corrupt election for the Denbighshire county seat in 1741 where William Myddelton returned his kinsman John Myddelton although the latter had been heavily defeated at the poll. William Myddelton is shown in his cell at Newgate, seated despondently in front of a fire above which is drawn a hanging man and the initials "R.T."; the Bishop of St Asaph peers through the barred window. Beneath the image is the receipt for the prisoner from Thomas Bold, Keeper of Newgate."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., Below the image with the title, continuing 'Newgate Febry 24th 1741. / Reced. the Body of Willm, M-n Esqr. the High Sheriff of the County of Den - gh by the hand of Mr. Tho. Hollingshead Messinger to the Honble,, the House of Commons, by vertue of a Warrant from the Right Honourable the Speaker of the Said House. / Tho Bold Keeper / Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by T.B. Feb: 27th. 1741.', Publication year in British Museum catalogue: 1742., and On page after 100. Sheet 268 x 165 mm.
Publisher:: Publish'd according to act of Parliament by T.B.
Subject (Name):: Maddox, Isaac, 1697-1759, Myddelton, John, 1685-1747., Myddelton, William, and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Reformation began in Denbighshire anno 1741 [graphic].