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2.
[Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily] [art original]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1807]
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 7 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman sits despairingly on the edge of a bed, with the end of a garter round her neck; the other end dangles from the bed-tester. She watches a servant holding a foppish, elderly naval officer by the collar as he flourishes a cudgel. At his fe...
Description:
Title from published print based on this drawing.
Subject (Topic):
Adonis, Cupid, Venus, Beating, Bellows, Bedrooms, Couples, Canopy beds, Military officers, British, Paintings, Seduction, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily] [art original]

3.
The funeral pile [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 25, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 5. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sequel to British Museum Satires No. 13895. The Queen has reached the top of the column; she is blindfolded and wears a fool's cap; but the column is shattered by the radicals, and she falls backwards, dropping sceptre and firebrand. The pedestal t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Wooler, T. J. 1786?-1853 (Thomas Jonathan),, and Cobbett, William, 1763-1835
Subject (Topic):
Ladders, Columns, Torches, Crowns, Bibles, Liberty cap, Blindfolds, Fires, Bellows, and Crowds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The funeral pile [graphic]

4.
The wrangling friends, or, Opposition in disorder [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 May 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on a 6 May 1791 scene between Fox and Burke in the House of Commons which resulted in their permanent estangement. Fox stands weeping as a boy kneels at his feet filling a bucket, the tears are so copious. Burke, turns back to look at him, cl...
Alternative Title:
Opposition in disorder
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. May 10, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764-1845
Subject (Topic):
France, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Great Britain, Politics and government, Politicians, Debates, Books, Ceremonial maces, Crying, Handkerchiefs, Buckets, Constitutions, Legislation, Documents, Demons, and Bellows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wrangling friends, or, Opposition in disorder [graphic]

5.
The wrangling friends, or, Opposition in disorder [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 May 1791]
Call Number:
791.05.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on a 6 May 1791 scene between Fox and Burke in the House of Commons which resulted in their permanent estangement. Fox stands weeping as a boy kneels at his feet filling a bucket, the tears are so copious. Burke, turns back to look at him, cl...
Alternative Title:
Opposition in disorder
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. May 10, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764-1845
Subject (Topic):
France, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Great Britain, Politics and government, Politicians, Debates, Books, Ceremonial maces, Crying, Handkerchiefs, Buckets, Constitutions, Legislation, Documents, Demons, and Bellows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wrangling friends, or, Opposition in disorder [graphic]

6.
The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]

Creator:
Darcis, Louis, -1801, printmaker
Published / Created:
publishd. March 25, 1800.
Call Number:
Drawer 800.03.25.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his rea...
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Families, Interiors, Poor persons, Povery, Sewing, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]

7.
Betty Canning revived, or, A peep at the conjuration of Mary Squires & the Gypsey family [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1791]
Call Number:
791.03.25.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a room in a cottage. General Gunning (left) as an old gipsy-woman, but wearing a military coat, is seated (on a drum) at a table, facing his daughter. In place of a sword he wears a broom. He seals a letter, a number of seals and a le...
Alternative Title:
Peep at the conjuration of Mary Squires & the Gypsey family
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 25th, 1791, by J.M. Fobes [sic], N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-1773., Squires, Mary, -1762., Gunning, Mrs. 1740?-1800 (Susannah),, Gunning, Miss 1769-1823 (Elizabeth),, Gunning, John, -1797, and Minifie, Margaret
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Brooms & brushes, Card games, Cauldrons, Devil, Drums (Musical instruments), Fireplaces, Grooms (Weddings), Playing cards, and Torches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Betty Canning revived, or, A peep at the conjuration of Mary Squires & the Gypsey family [graphic].

8.
Betty Canning revived, or, A peep at the conjuration of Mary Squires & the Gypsey family [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1791]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a room in a cottage. General Gunning (left) as an old gipsy-woman, but wearing a military coat, is seated (on a drum) at a table, facing his daughter. In place of a sword he wears a broom. He seals a letter, a number of seals and a le...
Alternative Title:
Peep at the conjuration of Mary Squires & the Gypsey family
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 25th, 1791, by J.M. Fobes [sic], N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-1773., Squires, Mary, -1762., Gunning, Mrs. 1740?-1800 (Susannah),, Gunning, Miss 1769-1823 (Elizabeth),, Gunning, John, -1797, and Minifie, Margaret
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Brooms & brushes, Card games, Cauldrons, Devil, Drums (Musical instruments), Fireplaces, Grooms (Weddings), Playing cards, and Torches
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betty Canning revived, or, A peep at the conjuration of Mary Squires & the Gypsey family [graphic].

9.
Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 April 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 2. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his r...
Alternative Title:
Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]

10.
Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 April 1783]
Call Number:
783.04.22.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his r...
Alternative Title:
Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]

11.
Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 April 1783]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lord North, sitting on a large roll inscribed "Budget" offers Charles Fox a spoonful of broth from a bowl in his lap. He warns Fox to "... Be cautious! - a little of my Broth goes a great way ..." Fox, with a fox's head, sits on "Pandora's Box," his r...
Alternative Title:
Devil's the best of the bunch and Devil is the best of the bunch
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 22d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Devil, Pandora's box, Fireplaces, Bellows, and Cauldrons
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bonus melior optimus, or, The Devil's the best of the bunch [graphic]

12.
Morning preparation [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 February 1785] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 10. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic]

13.
Morning preparation [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 February 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic].

14.
Morning preparation [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 February 1785]
Call Number:
785.02.25.01+
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic].

15.
Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks!, or, An experimental lecture on the powers

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 May 1802]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution. The audience are in a semicircle facing the lecturer's table, which is covered with apparatus. The lecturer, probably not Garnett but Thomas Young who succeeded him as Professor of Natura...
Alternative Title:
Experimental lecture on the powers of air
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Young, Thomas, 1773-1829, Hippisley, John Cox, 1748-1825, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814, Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752-1822, Sotheby, William, 1757-1833, Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1768-1830, Denys, Peter, 1760-1816, and Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Nitrous oxide, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Flatulence, Interiors, Lecture halls, Public speaking, Scientific equipment, and Bellows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks!, or, An experimental lecture on the powers of air [graphic]

16.
Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks!, or, An experimental lecture on the powers

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 May 1802]
Call Number:
Print00727 copy 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution. The audience are in a semicircle facing the lecturer's table, which is covered with apparatus. The lecturer, probably not Garnett but Thomas Young who succeeded him as Professor of Natura...
Alternative Title:
Experimental lecture on the powers of air
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 23d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Young, Thomas, 1773-1829, Hippisley, John Cox, 1748-1825, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814, Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752-1822, Sotheby, William, 1757-1833, Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1768-1830, Denys, Peter, 1760-1816, and Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Nitrous oxide, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Flatulence, Interiors, Lecture halls, Public speaking, Scientific equipment, and Bellows
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks!, or, An experimental lecture on the powers of air [graphic]

17.
[High life below stairs] [art original].

Creator:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1767]
Call Number:
Drawings G877 no. 1 Box D205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and...
Description:
Title from a copy published by Carington Bowles, July 17th, 1770.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [High life below stairs] [art original].

18.
Sure cure! [graphic]

Creator:
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1890]
Call Number:
Print01364
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
J. Ottmann Lith. Co. Puck Bldg. N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
Free trade, Syncope (Pathology)., Sick persons, Bellows, Fans (Ephemera)., and Politics and government
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Sure cure! [graphic]

19.
The peace soup shop [graphic]

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. March 1802]
Call Number:
802.03.00.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull sits full face holding a bowl of soup, between Addington, the cook, and the protesting Windham on the extreme right. On the left Pitt sits in profile to the left before an enormous kitchen fire, over which hangs a giant cauldron; he blows t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Windham, William, 1750-1810, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Bowls (Tableware), Soups, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Kitchens, Cauldrons, Fireplaces, Bellows, Aprons, and Cooking utensils
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The peace soup shop [graphic]

20.
Hocus pocus, or, Searching for the philosophers stone [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 March 1800]
Call Number:
800.03.12.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The artist introduces us to the laboratory of a so-called alchemist. A roguish Jew and his familiar are busily engaged in the transmutation of metals; the servant, with a pair of long- nozzled bellows, is engaged in kindling the furnace, in which is ...
Alternative Title:
Searching for the philosophers stone
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 12, 1800, at R. Ackermans Repository of the Arts, N. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Jews, Fireplaces, Bellows, Fraud, Laboratories, Mortars & pestles, and Thermometers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hocus pocus, or, Searching for the philosophers stone [graphic]

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