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1. A cat-astrophe [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hull, Edward, active 1820-1834, lithographer
- Published / Created:
- Marh [sic] 10, 1834.
- Call Number:
- 834.03.10.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Text below title: Batti, batti o bel Masetto.
- Publisher:
- Published by Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Birdcages, Birds, Cats, Dogs, Monkeys, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A cat-astrophe [graphic]
2. Anticipation, or, Taxes as they will be!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.06.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In seven scenes in a design of two tiers, citizens dispute the oppressive fees imposed by a zealous tax collector who taxes bugs, pets, a bulbous nose and a runny nose, corns on a foot, and a man's skin. In the scene on the upper right, the tax collector penalizes a man whom he accuses of evading tax as he defecates in a bush
- Alternative Title:
- Taxes as they will be!!
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxation, Black people, Birds, Birdcages, Cats, Defecation, Dogs, Servants, Single women, and Tax payers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anticipation, or, Taxes as they will be!! [graphic]
3. Dog and still life in the dressing room at Houghton / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 March 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.03.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A dog facing a cat that stands over a dead bird with a dead deer on the bench beside them, after Jervas. Plate 38 of Vol.1 of the 'Houghton Gallery'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Text below title: Size of the picture, 3 f. 1 1/2 i. by 4 f. 1 1/2 i. in length., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate XXXVIII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 1., and Mounted to 30 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published March 2d, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
- Subject (Topic):
- Birds, Cats, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dog and still life in the dressing room at Houghton / [graphic]
4. Dogs and still life in the dressing room at Houghton / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 March 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.03.02.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two dogs facing a cat that has stolen a dead bird off the table, after Jervas. Plate 37 of the 'Houghton Gallery'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Text below title: Size of the picture, 3 f. 1 1/2 i. by 4 f. 1 1/4 i. in length., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate XXXVII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 1., and Mounted to 30 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published March 2d, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
- Subject (Topic):
- Birds, Cats, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dogs and still life in the dressing room at Houghton / [graphic]
5. Perfection [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1833?]
- Call Number:
- 833.00.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Text arranged on both sides of title: The lovely stranger stands confest a maid in all her charms., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Older people, Single women, Ugliness, Pets, Cats, Dogs, Birds, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Perfection [graphic].
6. The old cheese [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.02.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Heading to verses printed in two columns. After the title: 'An Original Tale, recited by Mr. Fawcett, at Covent-Garden Theatre'. A farmer in top-boots stands at the head of his dinner-table, about to hurl a large cheese; other cheeses fly about the room, and have broken plates and a window-pane. Six alarmed guests sit at the table. The farmer's wife sits opposite him. The verses relate the tale of a loutish and hen-pecked husband who gives an exhibition of his domestic authority to impress his guests, but is finally quelled by his wife
- Description:
- Title from item., After an original drawing by Isaac Cruikshank in the Huntington Library., Title continues below plate in letterpress: An original tale recited by Mr. Fawcett at Covent-Garden Theatre., Text of the tale in two columns: Young Slouch, the farmer, had a jolly wife, that knew all the conveniences of life ..., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
- Publisher:
- Published 1st February 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Birds, Cats, Cheese, Couples, Dining tables, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Farmers, Farmhouses, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old cheese [graphic].
7. The rival favourites [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [4 February 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.02.04.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman sits at a table in front of a window, a patterned rug beneath them. She looks at a kitten walking towards her on the table and points with her left hand to a bird raised away from the table in her right hand. The two chairs and windows are covered in stripped fabric. An oval mirror is hung on the wall behind her
- Description:
- Title from item., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Sitting room -- Upholstered furniture or slip covers -- Ladies' costume., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Published Feby. 4th 1788 by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Birds, Cats, Floor coverings, and Mirrors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival favourites [graphic].