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1. An English sloop engaging a Dutch man of war [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publishd. as the act directs, [1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.06.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A Dutchman (left), smoking a short pipe, hands in his pockets, is being chucked under the chin by a gaily dressed courtesan (right), her left hand on her hip. He wears the round hat and baggy breeches of the Dutchman in caricature. Both stand full-face, each looks towards the other. The background is formed by the lower part of houses in Covent Garden showing the arcade of the Piazza, a sedan chair (right) stands under an arch. Immediately behind the two figures are vegetables and baskets."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., After watercolor by Robert Dighton., Date from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; publication date erased from this impression or burnished from plate., Plate numbered '455' in lower left corner., Watermark., and Matted to 62 x 47 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Pipes (Smoking), Courtesans, and Sedan chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An English sloop engaging a Dutch man of war [graphic].
2. The charming millener of - Street [graphic]
- Creator:
- Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1st Decr. 1771.
- Call Number:
- 771.09.25.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A girl in dress and manner similar to British Museum satire no. 4922. She wears gloves and carries in her right hand an arched-top coffer, in the left a rectangular box
- Alternative Title:
- Charming milliner
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Printed on one sheet with: A modern demirep on the look-out., One of a series of eight designs., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Boxes and Courtesans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The charming millener of - Street [graphic]
3. The commercial dandy & his sleeping partners [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1821]
- Call Number:
- 821.11.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Thomas Raikes sits on a divan between two courtesans, his head in profile to the right. On the right is a round table spread with a luxurious dessert, pine-apple, peaches, decanters, &c. The centre-piece is a figure of Mercury (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7592) poised on a globe and holding up a second globe, perhaps a lamp. A long bill hangs from the table . . . Dr to Mrs Wood--Bed--10-- Brandy 5--coffee 1--Eggs--Brandy 2--Oysters 1--Eggs--20, 0 Ham--10-- Coffee 11--Beds 5--Brandy 2--Bed 1-- to show that the establishment is a brothel run by Mrs. ('Mother') Wood (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13734). On the wall are two pairs of crossed rakes tied with ribbons, and pictures, with punning titles: Siege of Belle Lisle, Wood Deamon [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10796], Babes in ye Wood, The Rakes Progress, Burn em Wood, Deity of the Woods, Wood Pigeon Wood Cock."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- The commercial dandy and his sleeping partners
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., "Dr. E.D." pseudonym of George Cruikshank?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Costume: male, female, 1821 -- Furniture: round table -- Divan -- Food: pineapple, fruit -- Decanters -- Lighting: candlestick -- Mythology: Mercury -- Rakes -- Mrs. "Mother" Wood, fl. 1821., Manuscript "256" in upper center of plate., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1821 by G. Humprey [sic] 27 St. James's St.
- Subject (Name):
- Raikes, Thomas, 1777-1848
- Subject (Topic):
- Brothels, Courtesans, Dandies, British, and Prostitutes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The commercial dandy & his sleeping partners [graphic]
