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3.
The New-York Historical Society edition of Audubon's watercolors, the complete avian collection

Creator:
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Published / Created:
c2010.
Call Number:
2011 Folio 66
Container / Volume:
1
Image Count:
7
Alternative Title:
Audubon's watercolors, the complete avian collection
Description:
BEIN 2011 Folio 66: No. 24 of 200. Autograph: Louise Mirrer, president, New York Historical Society. Blindstamps of New York Historical Society and Oppenheimer Editions.
Publisher:
Oppenheimer Editions
Subject (Geographic):
North America
Subject (Name):
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Subject (Topic):
Birds and Birds in art
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The New-York Historical Society edition of Audubon's watercolors, the complete avian collection from the original watercolors prepatory for John James Audubon's Birds of America. [graphic]

5.
[Diaries], 1776-1788

Creator:
Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820
Call Number:
Osborn fc16
Container / Volume:
1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, consisting primarily of scientific and travel notes. The manuscript begins with Blagden's notes during his service as a surgeon in the army during the American Revolutionary War between 1776 and 1780. Stationed in the C...
Description:
Sir Charles Blagden (1748-1820), was a physician and secretary of the Royal Society. In 1772, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1776 he became a surgeon in the army and served on a hospital ship during the American Revolutionary War....
Subject (Geographic):
United States., France, Great Britain, England, and United States
Subject (Name):
Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Science, History, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Intellectual life, Social life and customs, and Personal narratives, British
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Diaries], 1776-1788

8.
Arte mea cerebrum nisi sit sapientiatotum [graphic].

Creator:
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1596]
Call Number:
Print01107
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
J.T. and J.I de Bry
Subject (Topic):
Distillation, Mental illness, Edema, Retorts, Sick persons, Physicians, Medicines, Bathtubs, Faucets, Mice, Birds, Horses, Playing cards, Cannons, Insects, Musical instruments, and Backgammon
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Arte mea cerebrum nisi sit sapientiatotum [graphic].

9.
A family picture [graphic]

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
Published / Created:
[1781?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C22 781
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on portrait painting: a middle-aged English couple sit together on a dais, each holding a bird in their hand. Their bored son, dressed as Cupid, is seated on a stool in front of them, yawning. They are being painted by an enthusiastic artist we...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Birds, Families, Paintings, and Pets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A family picture [graphic]

10.
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.
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]

11.
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.
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]

12.
Mary Ann "I went crazy when they told me I was HIV positive ..." [art original].

Creator:
Coe, Sue, 1951-, artist
Published / Created:
[New York}, and [2006].
Call Number:
Print20139
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title derived from caption.
Subject (Topic):
AIDS (Disease), HIV infections, Women prisoners, Prison guards, Women, Birds, Cells (Rooms & spaces), and Crying
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Mary Ann "I went crazy when they told me I was HIV positive ..." [art original].

13.
[Title page decorated with birds] [art original]

Creator:
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1884 and 1890]
Call Number:
Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of five birds in a decorative scrolling pattern on the privately printed title page of an extra-illustrated volume; it fills the space along the right margin and extends over the top of the text block; the top two image show two birds in fli...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Borders (Ornament areas) and Birds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Title page decorated with birds] [art original]

14.
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 colle...
Alternative Title:
Taxes as they will be!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
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]

16.
Les animaux malades du tabac! Ça devait arriver depuis le temps que Monsieur fume au nid

Creator:
Delestre, Philippe, artist
Call Number:
Poster0375
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title, publisher, and date from item.
Publisher:
Ligue nationale contre le cancer and 1996
Subject (Topic):
Antismoking movement, Smoking, Birds, Nests, and Fire
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Les animaux malades du tabac! Ça devait arriver depuis le temps que Monsieur fume au nid! / [graphic]

17.
Les animaux malades du tabac! Ça devait arriver depuis le temps que Monsieur fume au nid

Creator:
Delestre, Philippe, artist
Call Number:
Poster0374
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title, publisher, and date from item.
Publisher:
Ligue nationale contre le cancer and 1996
Subject (Topic):
Antismoking movement, Smoking, Birds, Nests, and Fire
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Les animaux malades du tabac! Ça devait arriver depuis le temps que Monsieur fume au nid! / [graphic]

18.
The happy mother [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 February 1787]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 36. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady working at her embroidery turns to watch a child holding a bird, an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 27th, 1787, by S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
Subject (Topic):
Mothers, Embroidery, Children, and Birds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The happy mother [graphic]

19.
[The happy mother] [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 February 1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady working at her embroidery turns to watch a child holding a bird, an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 27th, 1787, by S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
Subject (Topic):
Mothers, Embroidery, Children, and Birds
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [The happy mother] [graphic]

20.
Déjeuner de Mr. Mignard le gros Lu-lu à son petite Nie-nie / [graphic]

Creator:
Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1814 and 1829]
Call Number:
814.00.00.38
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A thin man in a cap pulled down on his head feeds a morsel of food to an obese woman who combs a wig in her hand as they sit on a sofa before a table laid with lunch. They are in a well-appointed sitting room decorated with a mirror above a fireplace ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, No. 15
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Clocks & watches, Couples, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Mantels, Obesity, Parlors, and Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Déjeuner de Mr. Mignard le gros Lu-lu à son petite Nie-nie / [graphic]

21.
The birds of Australia ...

Creator:
Gould, John, 1804-1881
Published / Created:
1848.
Call Number:
SSy13 A8 848G 2
Image Count:
3
Description:
BEIN SSy13 A8 848G Copy 2: 57 cm. Original 36 pts. as issued. 1841-48, contains 1 extra plate each of Euphema splendida and Falco hypoleucus intended to replace 2 earlier plates.
Publisher:
Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor : pub. by the author
Subject (Name):
Birds Australia.
Subject (Topic):
Birds
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The birds of Australia ...

22.
Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium; Bestiarium; Moral treatises

Creator:
Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
Published / Created:
[between 1300 and 1350]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 851
Image Count:
54
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium, a Bestiarium, and moral treatises
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Birds, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons, Latin
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium; Bestiarium; Moral treatises

23.
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.
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]

24.
From the originals at Windsor L- C-town's dream. [graphic]

Creator:
Kingsbury, Henry, active 1775-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 20, 1791.
Call Number:
791.03.20.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A travesty of Quintin Matsys' picture of 'The Misers' at Windsor, the misers being George III, writing in his ledger and counting coins, and Queen Charlotte, leaning on his shoulder. The pose, dress, background, and accessories are closely copied, ex...
Alternative Title:
From the original at Windsor
Lord Courtown's dream
Description:
Title etched below image; letter 's' in 'originals' scored through with several etched lines.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Jacob Dowse, near Turnstile, Holborn
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subject (Topic):
Purses, Books, Candlesticks, Interiors, Pets, Birds, Miserliness, and Coins
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > From the originals at Windsor L- C-town's dream. [graphic]

25.
From the originals at Windsor L- C-town's dream. [graphic]

Creator:
Kingsbury, Henry, active 1775-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 20, 1791.
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A travesty of Quintin Matsys' picture of 'The Misers' at Windsor, the misers being George III, writing in his ledger and counting coins, and Queen Charlotte, leaning on his shoulder. The pose, dress, background, and accessories are closely copied, ex...
Alternative Title:
From the original at Windsor
Lord Courtown's dream
Description:
Title etched below image; letter 's' in 'originals' scored through with several etched lines.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Jacob Dowse, near Turnstile, Holborn
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subject (Topic):
Purses, Books, Candlesticks, Interiors, Pets, Birds, Miserliness, and Coins
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > From the originals at Windsor L- C-town's dream. [graphic]

26.
E [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
1820.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 9. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Rectangular bundles of documents, supported on human legs, march towards a writing-table (left) where two men await them eagerly, one being evidently Lord Stewart. These bundles recede in perspective from right to left. The two largest are inscribed:...
Alternative Title:
E, for the embassy, kept on full pay, collecting of slander and filth on the way ...
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. and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject (Topic):
Documents, Tables, Birds, Lightning, Luggage, Boxes, and Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > E [graphic].

27.
The lady and the pye, or, Know thyself

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833, author
Published / Created:
[1797]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Know thyself
Description:
Verse - "A worthy squire of sober life,".
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Name):
Adam (Biblical figure) and Eve (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Sparrows, Fall of man, Birds, Windows, Tableware, Table settings & decorations, and Tablecloths
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The lady and the pye, or, Know thyself

28.
Drawings by Ann Rich, 1798 [art original].

Creator:
Rich, Ann, active 1798, artist
Published / Created:
[1798]
Call Number:
72 798 R498
Image Count:
17
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Album of watercolor drawings depicting exotic animals, copied by the artist Ann Rich from the first few parts of the Naturalist’s Pocket Magazine (London, 1798-1802).
Description:
Title from manuscript text on first leaf.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Birds, and Butterflies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Drawings by Ann Rich, 1798 [art original].

29.
The mothers hope [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 May 1808]
Call Number:
808.05.21.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A little boy (looking more like a girl) in a frock and cross-gartered shoes, with short, untidy hair, stands agressively, one foot raised to kick, fists clenched. At his feet are a battledore and shuttlecock and a doll; above his head hangs a canary ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Toys, Dolls, Birds, Birdcages, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mothers hope [graphic]

30.
The mothers hope [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 May 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A little boy (looking more like a girl) in a frock and cross-gartered shoes, with short, untidy hair, stands agressively, one foot raised to kick, fists clenched. At his feet are a battledore and shuttlecock and a doll; above his head hangs a canary ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 21st, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Toys, Dolls, Birds, Birdcages, and Servants
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mothers hope [graphic]

31.
A drop not of comfort popular application of chemical knowledge / [graphic]

Creator:
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 March 1832]
Call Number:
Maidment Se521 no. 7 Box 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man hangs from a windowsill on the outside of a building, escaping the flames from a fire seen in the upper left. He is disheveled and only half-dressed: his jacket is draped over his shoulder, his suspenders dangle between his legs, his wig is on b...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 28th, 1832, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by Meifred Lemercier & Co., 24, Leicester Sqre
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868. and Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
Subject (Topic):
Fires, Windows, Fire fighting, Crowds, Birds, and Birdhouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A drop not of comfort popular application of chemical knowledge / [graphic]

32.
Enough to make an angel swear, or, Real birds plucking the sham [graphic]

Creator:
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1828]
Call Number:
828.00.00.114+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed young woman, adorned with feathers, is attacked by flocks of birds on the lawn of an estate. Another young woman flees towards the door of the house in the distance
Alternative Title:
Real birds plucking the sham
Description:
Title from text etched above and below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Animal attacks, Birds, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Enough to make an angel swear, or, Real birds plucking the sham [graphic]

33.
The march of intellect : mechanical

Creator:
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
1829.
Call Number:
829.00.00.122+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on modern technology, including depictions of steam used for war, amputations, underground travel, and beauty treatments. Also depicted is air travel by way of birds harnessed together, and the pseudoscience of phrenology used to assess a child...
Description:
Title etched above images, at top of plate.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Steam, Machinery, Cannons, Warships, Birds, Phrenology, Children, Travel, and Amputees
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The march of intellect : mechanical

34.
Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds

Creator:
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, 1847-1909
Published / Created:
1891-98.
Call Number:
SSy15 P2 891S 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
Publisher:
H. Southeran & co.
Subject (Topic):
Birds of paradise, Bowerbirds, and Birds
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds

35.
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a

Creator:
United States. War Department
Published / Created:
1855-60.
Call Number:
Zc10 +855unc
Container / Volume:
5
Image Count:
67
Description:
BEIN Zc10 +855unc: Another issue. Senate ex. doc. 78.
Publisher:
A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and United States
Subject (Topic):
Pacific railroads, Explorations and surveys, Description and travel, Exploring expeditions, Natural history, Indians of North America, Birds, Geology, and Paleontology
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

36.
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a

Creator:
United States. War Department
Published / Created:
1855-60.
Call Number:
Zc10 +855unc
Container / Volume:
6
Image Count:
64
Description:
BEIN Zc10 +855unc: Another issue. Senate ex. doc. 78.
Publisher:
A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and United States
Subject (Topic):
Pacific railroads, Explorations and surveys, Description and travel, Exploring expeditions, Natural history, Indians of North America, Birds, Geology, and Paleontology
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

37.
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a

Creator:
United States. War Department
Published / Created:
1855-60.
Call Number:
Zc10 +855unc
Container / Volume:
7
Image Count:
20
Description:
BEIN Zc10 +855unc: Another issue. Senate ex. doc. 78.
Publisher:
A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and United States
Subject (Topic):
Pacific railroads, Explorations and surveys, Description and travel, Exploring expeditions, Natural history, Indians of North America, Birds, Geology, and Paleontology
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

38.
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a

Creator:
United States. War Department
Published / Created:
1855-60.
Call Number:
Zc10 +855unc
Container / Volume:
11
Image Count:
17
Description:
BEIN Zc10 +855unc: Another issue. Senate ex. doc. 78.
Publisher:
A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and United States
Subject (Topic):
Pacific railroads, Explorations and surveys, Description and travel, Exploring expeditions, Natural history, Indians of North America, Birds, Geology, and Paleontology
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

39.
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a

Creator:
United States. War Department
Published / Created:
1855-60.
Call Number:
Zc10 +855unc
Container / Volume:
3
Image Count:
14
Description:
BEIN Zc10 +855unc: Another issue. Senate ex. doc. 78.
Publisher:
A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and United States
Subject (Topic):
Pacific railroads, Explorations and surveys, Description and travel, Exploring expeditions, Natural history, Indians of North America, Birds, Geology, and Paleontology
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

40.
A king-fisher [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1826]
Call Number:
826.06.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George IV sits fishing under a little pavilion; his rod is a sceptre, larger than that in Britis Museum Satires No. 15126. He has hooked a frog, which Lady Conyngham, kneeling beside him, is about to scoop with a landing-net. She says: Oh what a beau...
Description:
Title etched below.
Publisher:
Pubd. June, 1826 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Virginia Water (England : Lake), and Windsor Great Park (England),
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Lakes & ponds, Fishing, Scepters, Nets, Kingfishers, Birds, Frogs, Mistresses, Dwellings, and Castles & palaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A king-fisher [graphic].

41.
A paradice [sic] for fools. A nocturnal trip, or, The disciple of Johanna benighted vide Scourge No

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1814]
Call Number:
814.09.01.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Paradice for fools
Paradise for fools
Nocturnal trip, or, The disciple of Johanna benighted
Disciple of Johanna benighted
Description:
Title from caption below images.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1st, 1814, by W.N. Jones, No. 5 Newgate Street
Subject (Name):
Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814.
Subject (Topic):
Birds and Owls
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A paradice [sic] for fools. A nocturnal trip, or, The disciple of Johanna benighted vide Scourge No. xxxvi , page 510. [graphic]

42.
The wise schoolmaster [graphic]

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1792]
Call Number:
792.03.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published March 1st 1792 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Birdcages, Children, Classrooms, Poverty, and Teachers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wise schoolmaster [graphic]

43.
A king-fisher, and a water-wag-tail [graphic].

Published / Created:
[13 July 1826]
Call Number:
836.07.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his scepter as a rod, watched by a kingfisher and a wagtail. On the end of his line is a frog, which is being netted by Lady Conyngham, his mistress
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jul. 13, 1826, by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Lakes & ponds, Fishing, Scepters, Nets, Kingfishers, Birds, Frogs, Mistresses, and Castles & palaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A king-fisher, and a water-wag-tail [graphic].

44.
A visit to the grandmother [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 December 1789]
Call Number:
789.12.01.02.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman visiting her grandmother with two children, standing on the right ready to take the little child the grandmother holds on her knee, while the child holds out a hat to receive a bird's nest offered by a young boy; a little truck lying in the fo...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1789 by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Children, Eyeglasses, Families, Grandparents, and Nests
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to the grandmother [graphic].

45.
A visit to the grandmother [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 December 1789]
Call Number:
789.12.01.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman visiting her grandmother with two children, standing on the right ready to take the little child the grandmother holds on her knee, while the child holds out a hat to receive a bird's nest offered by a young boy; a little truck lying in the fo...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1789 by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Children, Eyeglasses, Families, Grandparents, and Nests
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to the grandmother [graphic].

48.
Deadly lively [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1815]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 13
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A drinking scene; a drunken man carousing with two women, raising a glass into which Death, a crowned skeleton standing behind him, pours a liquid from a small bottle, a great quantity of steam or smoke rising off; one of the women lies asleep on the...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Alcoholism, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Poisons, Skeletons, Birdcages, Birds, Dogs, Loss of consciousness, Eating & drinking, and Barrels
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Deadly lively [graphic]

49.
Feeding the young [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1793]
Call Number:
793.00.00.67
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an oval frame, a young woman with long hair and pearls around her neck, feeds a bird from a straw as she leans over a shelf. Beside her is a basket with other little birds and on the right a potted blooming plant
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Nests, Plants, Women, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Feeding the young [graphic].

50.
Lucky thought this of mine to lay down in the ditch can hit 'em beautiful now [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not after 1833]
Call Number:
Maidment Un58 no. 21 Box 5
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man lies on his back in a ditch, his shoulders propped up against one wall of the ditch and his feet resting on the wall opposite; his hat sits on the ground beside his head. He takes aim with his shotgun at a small bird on the branch above him
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by G. Tregear, 123 Cheapside, London
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Ditches, Rifles, Hats, and Birds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lucky thought this of mine to lay down in the ditch can hit 'em beautiful now [graphic].

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