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1.
Imponit multis ars alcumistica fallax ... [graphic].

Creator:
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1559]
Call Number:
Print00922
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text in lower margin.
Publisher:
Egenolff
Subject (Name):
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Metallurgy, Smelting, Bellows, Furnaces, Anvils, Metalworking, Metalworkers, Scientific equipment, Eyeglasses, and Retorts
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Imponit multis ars alcumistica fallax ... [graphic].

3.
London's conduct stands the test, or, Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the balance & found light

Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
742.00.00.19
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on differences among parliamentary constituencies instructing their members variously to insist on an investigation into the conduct of Robert Walpole's administration, or to desist and to support new government measures. In a large compartmen...
Alternative Title:
Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the balance & found light and Bristol and Nottingham weighed in the balance and found light
Description:
Title etched above large compartment at top.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745. and Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770
Subject (Topic):
Winnington, Thomas, Britannia (Symbolic character), Politicians, Scales, Gloves, Merchants, Dogs, Urination, Blacksmiths, Forge shops, Bellows, Anvils, Journalists, Monkeys, Defecation, Privies, Fools & jesters, Servants, Purses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > London's conduct stands the test, or, Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the balance & found light with the sketch of a M-l Forge, and the Worcester Magician / [graphic]

4.
The French king in a sweat, or, The Paris coiners 1759 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1759]
Call Number:
759.12.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the French king and his nobles melting valuables to make coin to pay war expenses in reaction to the disasters of the year 1759. Louis XV stands on the left holding a broken sceptre that he prepares to add to the crucible; Marshal Belle-Isl...
Alternative Title:
Paris coiners 1759
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub. accordg. to act by MDarly, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764, Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Bellows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The French king in a sweat, or, The Paris coiners 1759 [graphic].

5.
Iohn Bull's house sett in flames [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd accoding [sic] act of Parliament, Sepr. 2d 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.02.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satirical riposte to Hogarth's 'The Times Plate 1' (Paulson 211) contrasting particular elements of that print to suggest that Lord Bute is creating faction within the country while Pitt and his supporters attempt to calm the situation. St James's Pa...
Alternative Title:
John Bull's house set in flames
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Fires, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), Bellows, Flatulence, Fire fighting, and Sailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Iohn Bull's house sett in flames [graphic].

6.
The fire of faction [graphic]

Creator:
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
publishd as [the] act directs, Se., 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.23.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on Hogarth, shown as a devil fanning the fire at the mouth of hell
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Howard, H. (Henry)
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials, Bellows, Demons, Devil, Hell, and Slang
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fire of faction [graphic]

7.
The fire of faction [graphic]

Creator:
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
publishd as [the] act directs, Se., 1762.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on Hogarth, shown as a devil fanning the fire at the mouth of hell
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Howard, H. (Henry)
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials, Bellows, Demons, Devil, Hell, and Slang
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fire of faction [graphic]

8.
[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].

9.
High life below stairs [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
770.00.00.103+
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 engraved below image.
Publisher:
Carington Bowles?
Subject (Name):
Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, Dogs, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs [graphic].

10.
The blacksmith lets his iron grow cold attending to the taylor's news [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1772]
Call Number:
772.06.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a blacksmith's forge. Two men in leather aprons and rolled up shirt-sleeves stand at the anvil; one has a hammer in his right. hand, the iron in his left. Both gape in consternation towards a tailor, who stands on the right. He holds ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Blacksmiths, Dogs, Forge shops, Occupations, Scissors & shears, Sewing equipment & supplies, and Tailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The blacksmith lets his iron grow cold attending to the taylor's news [graphic].

11.
Modern moonshine, or, The wonders of Great Britain [graphic]

Creator:
Terry, Garnet, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 September 1774]
Call Number:
Print00777
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene on the sea-shore. A hoven cow, that is, a cow dangerously distended by eating green food, is being operated upon by a man who stands on a raised platform and pierces her flank with a pole; in his right hand is a curved pipe for the injection ...
Alternative Title:
Wonders of Great Britain
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Engrav'd for the Whimsical Repository, Septr. 1st, 1774, publsh'd according to act of Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Poverty, Cows, Veterinary medicine, Bellows, Sick persons, Physicians, Pharmacists, Pipes (Smoking), and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Modern moonshine, or, The wonders of Great Britain [graphic]

12.
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]

13.
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]

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.
[North and Fox attack the Irish resolutions] [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 April 1785]
Call Number:
785.04.12.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 29. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt's 'Propositions' for freedom of commerce between England and Ireland are supported on an Irish harp which rests on a rectangular framework above a fire which is being made to blaze by North and Fox. North (left, as Boreas), on hands and knees, h...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published 12th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, and Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Resolutions, Politics and government, Bellows, Bonfires, Harps, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [North and Fox attack the Irish resolutions] [graphic]

16.
[North and Fox attack the Irish resolutions] [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 April 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 29. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt's 'Propositions' for freedom of commerce between England and Ireland are supported on an Irish harp which rests on a rectangular framework above a fire which is being made to blaze by North and Fox. North (left, as Boreas), on hands and knees, h...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published 12th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, and Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Resolutions, Politics and government, Bellows, Bonfires, Harps, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [North and Fox attack the Irish resolutions] [graphic]

17.
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].

18.
[North and Fox attack the Irish resolutions] [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 April 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 29. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt's 'Propositions' for freedom of commerce between England and Ireland are supported on an Irish harp which rests on a rectangular framework above a fire which is being made to blaze by North and Fox. North (left, as Boreas), on hands and knees, h...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published 12th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, and Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):
Resolutions, Politics and government, Bellows, Bonfires, Harps, and Musical instruments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [North and Fox attack the Irish resolutions] [graphic]

19.
[A country vicar's fire-side] [art original].

Creator:
Wigstead, Henry, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1786]
Call Number:
LWL Ptg. 188 Framed, UFS Rack 3B
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In front of a roaring fire sits a stout old cleric in a powdered wig, with a clay pipe in his mouth and a pot of hot toddy on the trivet. On the other side of the hearth sits his old wife, and [...] a pretty daughter with a book on her lap, to which ...
Alternative Title:
Country vicar's fireside
Description:
Title, artist, and approximate date from the 1786 exhibition catalogue of the Royal Academy.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Fireplaces, Bellows, Dogs, and Screens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A country vicar's fire-side] [art original].

20.
The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

Creator:
Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1789]
Call Number:
789.07.01.03++
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:
Publish'd July 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Interiors, Families, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

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