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1. A bailiff and an attorney. A match for the devil [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 18 April 1793.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lawyer sitting on the left at his desk looks over his shoulder and points with his quill pen as he gives instructions to two thuggish bailiffs who carry bundles of writs. In his hand is a form with 'Middlesex' and 'Wit' written at the upper left and midway down the sheet 'Jno. Doe & Richd. Roe'; on the wall above his desk is pinned a sheet 'Bills of costs, 1793.' The view out the window in the center of the image shows buildings along a water front, a rowboat on the river, and a smoking stack in the distance. On the back wall on the right are bookshelves with titles such as Burn's Justice and Practice Kings Bench
- Alternative Title:
- Match for the devil
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered "627" in lower left corner., No. 47 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):
- Bailiffs, Desks, Law offices, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A bailiff and an attorney. A match for the devil [graphic].
2. A harlot's progress. The compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane = Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane / [graphic] : Plate III
- Published / Created:
- [not before 25 March 1768]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 768.03.25.11+ Box 210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 3 of A harlot's progress: In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are two portrait prints of the hero and heroines of "The Beggar's Opera", Captain Mackheath and Polly Peacham, (Polly replaces Dr. Sacheverell in Hogarth's print), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves as a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
- Alternative Title:
- Harlot's progress. Plate 3, Compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane, and Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane
- Description:
- Title in English and French engraved below image., Date of publication based on the series of Rake's progress by Henry Parker dated 25 March 1768 in which these same engraved border pieces are used, here visibly more worn, and reversed on the page., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.5 x 36 cm)., Copy of Hogarth's original plate, engraved in reverse as per the piracy published by Elisha Kirkall in 1732., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2062., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 123., and Border piece on the left slight overprinting into the design.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Bailiffs, Cats, Prostitution, Judges, Prostitutes, Rake's progress, Robberies, Servants, and Syphilis
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A harlot's progress. The compleat trull at her lodgings in Drury Lane = Elle est reduite à la misère dans son logement de Drury Lane / [graphic] : Plate III
3. Birds of a feather flock together, or, Bond Street loungers attending the examination of thier [sic] fellow scarecrows!!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cawse, John, 1779-1862, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 March 1800]
- Call Number:
- 800.03.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An interior of a courtroom with a group of men in the foreground, with constables, judge shown with the scales of Justice, men looking through quizzing glasses
- Alternative Title:
- Bond Street loungers attending the examination ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March the 20th, 1800, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtrooms, Bailiffs, and Judges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Birds of a feather flock together, or, Bond Street loungers attending the examination of thier [sic] fellow scarecrows!!! [graphic]
4. For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 86K(f) Box 125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Benefit Ticket for Spiller: the comedian stands in the center under a set of scales; he supports a burning taper; at his feet is a pile of tickets for his benefit performance labelled 'Pit', 'Gallery', and 'Box'. He offers the tickets to people on the left who put their payment on that side of the balance, while a bailiff on the right taps him on the shoulder, holding out a 'Writ' and creditors add their bills for 'Tripe', 'Gin', Tobacco', 'Snuff', 'Ale', 'Beer' and "The Taylor's bill" to the other side of the balance. A scroll looped over the top of the scales is a banner labelled 'For the Benefit of Spiller', its ends reaching a window of a tavern on the left and the window of a debtor's prison on the right--See description in the British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ticket for the benefit of Spiller
- Description:
- Title etched within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 2.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 1st 1788, by Molton & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]
5. For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 794.00.00.162 Box 125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Benefit ticket for Spiller: the comedian stands in the center under a set of scales; he supports a burning taper; at his feet is a pile of tickets for his benefit performance labelled 'Pit', 'Gallery', and 'Box'. He offers the tickets to people on the left who put their payment on that side of the balance, while a bailiff on the right taps him on the shoulder, holding out a 'Writ' and creditors add their bills for 'Tripe', 'Gin', Tobacco', 'Snuff', 'Ale', 'Beer' and "The Taylor's bill" to the other side of the balance. A scroll looped over the top of the scales is a banner labelled 'For the Benefit of Spiller', its ends reaching a window of a tavern on the left and the window of a debtor's prison on the right ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ticket for the benefit of Spiller
- Description:
- Title etched within image., See description of original print. No. 1815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 2.
- Publisher:
- Samuel Ireland
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]
6. For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Benefit Ticket for Spiller: the comedian stands in the center under a set of scales; he supports a burning taper; at his feet is a pile of tickets for his benefit performance labelled 'Pit', 'Gallery', and 'Box'. He offers the tickets to people on the left who put their payment on that side of the balance, while a bailiff on the right taps him on the shoulder, holding out a 'Writ' and creditors add their bills for 'Tripe', 'Gin', Tobacco', 'Snuff', 'Ale', 'Beer' and "The Taylor's bill" to the other side of the balance. A scroll looped over the top of the scales is a banner labelled 'For the Benefit of Spiller', its ends reaching a window of a tavern on the left and the window of a debtor's prison on the right--See description in the British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no 1815., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 2., Title and date supplied by curator., Ms. note above in Steevens's hand: Spiller's Ticket. His ms. note in pencil above: See Nichol's Book, 3d edit. p.44 p. 444. His ms. note in pencil below: Sold for £5.5.0., and On page 86 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]
7. Is arrested going to court [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- March 25, 1768.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 768.03.25.04+ Box 210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Copy in reverse of the first state of Plate 4 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 135): In this scene two baliffs, one with an arrest notice in his hand, have stopped Tom Rakewell's sedan chair in St. James's Street; Tom is presumably on his way to White's gaming house which can be seen in the background. They are foiled in their attempt to arrest Tom for debt as Sarah Young, the young woman whom he had seduced and abandoned, offers the bailiffs her purse instead. Sarah is now a dealer in millinery as is suggested by the notions falling from her purse. In the right foreground a shoe-black apparently taking advantage of the situation to take hold of Tom's elegant walking stick. Above them a careless lamplighter spills some oil on Tom's head. To the left a Welshman, probably the creditor, honouring St David's day (March 1st) with a leek in his hat, accompanied by his manicured dog, simply watches the scene. In the distance is the gate of St James's Palace with a crowd of sedan-chairs approaching to celebrate the birthday of Queen Caroline
- Alternative Title:
- Rake's progress. Plate 4 and Tho' prest with debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ...
- Description:
- Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 4"--Lower right below design., Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: Tho' prest with debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ..., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm)., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the fourth of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735., and Ornamental borders partially obscure image on left and plate number and text on right.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Bailiffs, Dogs, Children, Lamps, Lust, Seduction, Sedan chairs, Seamstresses, Street vendors, Young adults, Ethics, Rake's progress, and Traffic congestion
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Is arrested going to court [graphic].
8. The bum-bailiff outwitted, or, The convenience of fashion [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [6 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.05.06.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A bailiff extends his arms to seize a lady from behind, in his right hand is a writ: Derriere Bum's (see British Museum Satires No. 6874). The dress only, however, of the lady stands erect: the hat and wig rest on the projecting breast, which is supported by the stiffened bodice and inflated petticoats of the dress. The lady herself crawls out from under her own petticoats between the legs of the bailiff, wearing gloves and some undergarment."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Convenience of fashion
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Five lines of verse in two columns beneath title: Suky like Syrinx changes shape, her vain persuer to escape ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Derrières -- Writs.
- Publisher:
- Published May 6th 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hats, Wigs, and Bailiffs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bum-bailiff outwitted, or, The convenience of fashion [graphic].
9. The market woman, a true tale, or, Honesty is the best policy
- Creator:
- More, Hannah, 1745-1833
- Published / Created:
- [1800?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Honesty is the best policy
- Description:
- At head of title: "Cheap repository.", Anonymous. Signed 'Z', i.e., Hannah More., Announcement in square brackets: Entered at Staioner's Hall., Verse - "A farmer's wife to market went"., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Sheet trimmed; loss of imprint statement., Mounted on leaf 1. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Sold by J. Marshall, and R. White, London. By S. Hazard at Bath
- Subject (Topic):
- Honesty, Scales, Weights & measures, Farmers, and Bailiffs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The market woman, a true tale, or, Honesty is the best policy
