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2.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 April 1813]
- Call Number:
- 813.04.28.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A provincial Assembly Room. A musicians' gallery (right) is above a recess which is the entrance from the street. In this a young woman changes pattens for dancing-shoes, supporting herself on the arm of a stout woman with a pin-cushion slung from he...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 28th 1813 by H. Humphrey No. 27 St. James's Strt
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Musicians, and Sconces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An election ball [graphic]
3.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 February 1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.02.12.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a ballroom with a Beefeater addressing the astonished crowd
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 12th 1812 by I.I. Stockdale, 41 Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Yeomen of the Guard,
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Ballrooms, Chandeliers, and Orchestras
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Capture of the petticoat [graphic].
4.
- Published / Created:
- Dec. 28, 1832.
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 64 Box D165
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A solemn looking Lady Henrietta Sykes possibly attending the 1832 ball at Hasting is dressed in a puffy dark-black gown cinched tight at the waist with a gold colored belt and accessorized with whilte gloves. She wears a gold and silver crown and red ...
- Alternative Title:
- Caracature of Lady Sykes as she appeared at a ball at Hasting and Caricature of Lady Sykes as she appeared at at a ball at Hasting
- Description:
- Title from ms. inscription in black ink in contemporary hand on verso.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Ball dresses, Balls (Parties), and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Caracature [sic] of Lady Sykes as she appeared at a ball at Hasting [art original].
5.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 January 1798]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 5
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. January 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Health resorts, Dance, Balls (Parties), Ballrooms, Chandeliers, and Ballroom dancing
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Comforts of Bath. [graphic] / Pl. 10
6.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 January 1798]
- Call Number:
- Print00249
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. January 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Health resorts, Dance, Balls (Parties), Ballrooms, Chandeliers, and Ballroom dancing
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Comforts of Bath. [graphic] / Pl. 10
7.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2459
- Image Count:
- 6
- Abstract:
- Printed ephemera relating to social events and concerts in Butte, Montana, 1889-1912. Includes 26 programs for various recitals, operas, and other entertainments at Maguire's Opera House; three wedding invitations; programs for Butte High School comme...
- Description:
- Accompanied by a container list. Some items also cataloged separately.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Butte (Mont.), Montana, and Butte.
- Subject (Name):
- Butte Business Men's Association., Butte Free Public Library., Butte High School (Butte, Mont.), Comus Club (Butte, Mont.), Entre Nous Dancing Club (Butte, Mont.), Federal Building (Butte, Mont.), Maguire's Opera House (Butte, Mont.), Mountain View M. E. Church (Butte, Mont.). Ladies' Aid Society., Murray Opera House (Butte, Mont.), St. Patrick's Church (Butte, Mont.), Union Club (Butte, Mont.), West Side Racing Association (Butte, Mont.), Young Ladies' Institute (Butte, Mont.), and Young Men's Institute (Butte, Mont.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Social life and customs, Concerts, Opera, Theaters, Women, Societies and clubs, Balls (Parties), and Industry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ephemera relating to social organizations in Butte, Montana, 1889-1912
8.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1812]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 12
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire set in an assembly room: Two well-dressed older men with caricatured faces, one with gloves and a large belly, bow to a old woman equally caricatured. The other members of the party are also caricatured in the background, some dancing. Music...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Couples, Dance, Manners & customs, and Musicians
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hackney assembly [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.97
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire set in an assembly room: Two well-dressed older men with caricatured faces, one with gloves and a large belly, bow to a old woman equally caricatured. The other members of the party are also caricatured in the background, some dancing. Music...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Couples, Dance, Manners & customs, and Musicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hackney assembly [graphic]
10.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [31 August 1817]
- Call Number:
- 817.08.31.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Eight groups or couples display different dances, the names of which are in the lower margin. On the extreme left stands [1] a 'Dancing Master', thin, dandified, stooping, arms dropped, fiddle and bow in left hand, feet turned out. [2] 'Country Dance...
- Alternative Title:
- Sketches of characteristic dancing
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. August 31st, 1817, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Couples, Dance, Musical instruments, Orchestras, and Trained animals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La belle assemblée, or, Sketches of characteristic dancing [graphic]
11.
- Creator:
- Besnard, Paul Albert, 1849-1934, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1886]
- Call Number:
- Print20153
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the third state, a black ribbon appears on the neck of the woman in the foreground; drypoint lines are added to her fur stole. Three faces appear above the figure bending over to kiss the ladie's hand; they are two men and one woman
- Alternative Title:
- Worldly triumph
- Description:
- In pencil bottom edge of sheet: Le Triomphe mondain; 3 etat.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Rich people, Balls (Parties), Carriages & coaches, Horses, and Kissing
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le triomphe mondaine [graphic].
12.
- Creator:
- Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 24th, 1821.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Heading to an engraved broadside. A servants' ball in the Pavilion, the musicians in the gallery being Ministers (left to right): Sidmouth and Liverpool play a duet at a square piano, gaping at each other; Eldon blows bagpipes; Castlereagh plays a ha...
- Alternative Title:
- Humours of the great baby at B***ht*n and Humours of the great baby at Brighton
- Description:
- Title etched in center of plate, below image and above verses.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by J.L. Marks, No. 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Balls (Parties), Adultery, Musicians, Servants, Dance, and Antlers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Low life above stairs, or, The humours of the great baby at B***ht*n [graphic].
13.
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 6 June 1817]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on costume, showing the unsuitability of modern dress to the minuet. A grotesque man bends towards his partner, taking her left hand in his right. The other guests stand or sit. He has a large moustache, a shock of hair, high shirt-collar, s...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- By T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Chandeliers, Clothing & dress, Couples, Dandies, Dance, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Minuet la cour [graphic].
14.
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 6 June 1817]
- Call Number:
- 817.06.06.01+
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on costume, showing the unsuitability of modern dress to the minuet. A grotesque man bends towards his partner, taking her left hand in his right. The other guests stand or sit. He has a large moustache, a shock of hair, high shirt-collar, s...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- By T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Chandeliers, Clothing & dress, Couples, Dandies, Dance, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Minuet la cour [graphic].
15.
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 10, 1821.
- Call Number:
- 821.11.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Presenting a dropped garter
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Couples, and Dancers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Presenting a dropt garter honi soit qui mal y pense [graphic]
16.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 2, 1792.
- Call Number:
- Drawer 792.04.02.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Groups of dancers practise figures of a cotillion in a ballroom with a small musician's gallery supported on pillars, in which are an oboist, two violinists, and a harpist, playing intently and paying no attention to a man who stands below, with outs...
- Alternative Title:
- Rehearsing a cotillion
- Description:
- Title from text below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballrooms, Balls (Parties), Dance, Eyeglasses, Galleries (Upper level spaces), Musicians, and Sconces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Rehearsing a cotilion [graphic]
17.
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1829.
- Call Number:
- 829.05.00.08+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duchess of St. Albans, immensely fat, florid, and bejewelled, and a stout elderly naval officer wearing loose wide trousers, and apparently doing hornpipe steps, his hands on his hips, dance side by side with rollicking abandon. The others of the...
- Alternative Title:
- Run neighbours, run, St. Albans is quadrilling it
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837, Beauclerk, Amelius, 1771-1846, and Warrender, George, 1782-1849
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Obesity, Balls (Parties), and Dance
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Run neighbours, run, St. Al-ns is quadrilling it [graphic]
18.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 1, 1825.
- Call Number:
- 825.03.01.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Men of fashion waltz with elegant courtesans in a magnificent pilastered room. A large orchestra is on a platform (right). Harriette Wilson (right) takes Stockdale's arm. Many names are given in the text of the published state. See British Museum ca...
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Wilson, Harriette, 1786-1846.
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballroom dancing, Balls (Parties), Courtesans, Couples, and Orchestras
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Cyprian's ball at the Argyle Rooms [graphic]
19.
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.00.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a semi-nude seated female figure holding a caduceus before whom dance three putti, while two putti in the air above approach bearing a basket and grape vine. Within an oval border of olive and oak leaves resting on a pedestal containing the te...
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Caduceus, Children dancing, Cornucopias, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The ball at the mansion house April XVII MDCCLXXV. The Right Honble. John Wilkes, Lord Mayor / [graphic]
20.
- Published / Created:
- [18--?]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.4 pt.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Ticket to a ball at Cordwainers' Hall, London
- Alternative Title:
- This ticket entitles the bearer to be admitted to the ball at Cordwainers Hall
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Worshipful Company of Cordwainers of the City of London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Coats of arms, Guilds, and Balls (Parties)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > This ticket intitles the bearer to be admitted to the ball at Cordwainers Hall on the [blank] day of [blank] 18[blank] at any time after [blank] o'clock but not sooner. [blank] Master
21.
- Creator:
- Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1, 1786.
- Call Number:
- 786.05.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved below image.
- Publisher:
- Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms No. 16 Paternoster Row
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties) and Birthday parties
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View of the ball at St. James's on the celebration of Her Majesty's birth night Feby 9. 1786 : which was opened by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales & the Princess Royal
22.
- Creator:
- Besnard, Paul Albert, 1849-1934, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1886]
- Call Number:
- Print20152
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by catalogue raisonné.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Rich people, Balls (Parties), and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Le triomphe mondain] [graphic]
23.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1825]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 10
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Men of fashion waltz with elegant courtesans in a magnificent pilastered room. A large orchestra is on a platform (right). Harriette Wilson (right) takes Stockdale's arm. Many names are given in the text of the published state. See British Museum ca...
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
- Publisher:
- Sherwood, Jones & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Wilson, Harriette, 1786-1846.
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballroom dancing, Balls (Parties), Courtesans, Couples, and Orchestras
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Cyprian's ball at the Argyle Rooms] [graphic].






















