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1.
--shoot Folly as it flies. And catch manners living as they rise. Pope [graphic]

Creator:
Ruotte, Louis Charles, 1754-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1770?]
Call Number:
770.00.00.53
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption engraved below image, a quote from Alexander Pope's Essay on man, Epistle i.1.8-9., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Folly -- Fool's cap -- Musical instruments: guitar -- Wigs -- Wig-stands -- Crowns -- Gambling: playing cards -- Cornucopias -- Moon -- Masks -- Hats -- Clouds -- Vehicles: coach.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > --shoot Folly as it flies. And catch manners living as they rise. Pope [graphic]

2.
Matrimony in perfection, or, "The grey mare the better horse" [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 74. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Stocky woman holding up fist to skinny man, with boy pulling at this coattail and woman behind him holding a broom over his head."--Library of Congress online catalog
Alternative Title:
Grey mare the better horse
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see Library of Congress call no.: PC 2 - Matrimony in perfection (A size) [P&P]., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. 1770?, and On leaf 74 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Threats, Children, Brooms & brushes, Horns (Anatomy), and Adultery
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Matrimony in perfection, or, "The grey mare the better horse" [graphic].

3.
[Detail from a copy of Hogarth's Southwark Fair] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1770 and 1800]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.03 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Detail of a reversed copy of William Hogarth's Southwark Fair. From the left portion of the original design showing a theatrical establishment showing the fall of Troy as a figure in a plumed Roman helmet (1) tumbles backwards as two figures (2 and 3) grasp a pole. The lantern center is labeled "The fall of Bajazet'. Above the drawing is the letter 'K'. Images are numbered as if to a key which is lacking here
Alternative Title:
Fall of Bajazet
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Detail from a copy of Hogarth's Southwark Fair] [graphic].

4.
[Detail from a copy of Hogarth's Gin lane] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1770 and 1800?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.03 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Detail of a reversed copy of William Hogarth's Gin lane. A cross-looking S. Gripe pawnbroker (1) stands in the doorway of his shop in the slum of St. Giles, Westminster as he examines a coat and a saw strapped to it as another man (2) in a hat converses with him. Below a man (3) and dog both knaw on a bone. Above the drawing is the letter 'K'. Images are numbered as if to a key which is lacking here
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Pawnshops and Starvation
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Detail from a copy of Hogarth's Gin lane] [graphic].

5.
Hudibras triumphant [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.194 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said the high, outragious Mettle, of Knight, began to cool and settle ...", Copy of no. 507 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 85.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras triumphant [graphic].

6.
The committee [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.199 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large group of men sit in chairs around a table in panelled room, among them Hudibras. In the center of the table is a piece of paper titled "The League & Covenant" along with quill pens and an ink well. Their hats hang on pegs on the walls behind them. Several of the men look to the right with startled expressions as a messenger rushes in through a door to the right, accompanied by a black man in a cloak and turban
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title begins: And now the saints began their reign for wch. th' had yearn'd so long in vain ..., Copy of no. 512 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 91.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Blacks, Interiors, and Legislative bodies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The committee [graphic].

7.
Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.197 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras confronts the astrologer Sidrophel in an apothecary's laboratory; on his desk is a globe, an ink well with quill pen, a book and sheets of paper with a horoscope; from the ceiling and wall hang a stuffed crocodile (from which hangs a shell-shaped lantern with a high flame), swordfish, turtle, a bat, frogs, a snake, and other creatures; to left, a cupboard door is open to reveal a skeleton with an owl on its shoulder; on the floor, are a glass jar containing a homunculus or foetus, another globe decorated with the signs of the Zodiac, various scientific instruments including a telescope, a quadrant and plumb line, and a cat and a mouse-trap. Sidrophel has an amulet around his neck, "Homo sacarus museo Cherubozca."
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption below image on either side of title, begins: Quoth he, this scheme o' th' heav'ns set, discovers how in fight you met ..., Copy of no. 511 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 89.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Amulets, Astrologers, Cats, Dead animals, Fighting, Globes, Mousetraps, Owls, Pharmacists, Scientific equipment, and Skeletons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum [graphic].

8.
Hudibras and the lawyer [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.200 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title begins: To this grave [sic] man, the knight repairs, for counsel in his law-affairs; ..., Copy of no. 515 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 93.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Clerks, Dogs, Justice, Law offices, Lawyers, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras and the lawyer [graphic].

9.
Hudibras in tribulation [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.196 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Hudibras and Ralpho are in the stocks, the knight's boots, sword and pistols taking the place of the fiddle; a sympathetic widow, accompanied by her maid, addresses Hudibras while villagers gather round to mock, and a small boy urinates on Ralpho's foot"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Lettered below image with verse beginning: "She vow'd she would go see the sight and visit the distressed knight: and 'twas not long before she found him, and his stout squire in the pound ...", Copy in reverse of no. 509 in theCatalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 87.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Children, Peasants, Servants, Stocks (Punishment), Urination, and Widows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras in tribulation [graphic].

10.
Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.195 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras is sprawled on the ground with Trulla, a large country-woman, astride him fending off angry villagers, including a cobbler and a butcher wielding clubs; to the left, Ralpho is held by a man with a rope and another with a sword
Alternative Title:
Hudibras vanquished by Trulla
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Twenty-four lines of verse in four columns, two on either side of the title below image: Meanwhile the other campion, Yerst, in hurry of the fight disperst ... restor'd this fiddle and his case.", Copy of no. 508 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 86.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Puritans, Butchers, Crowds, Fighting, Peasants, Shoemakers, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla [graphic].

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