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1.
A cat in pattens [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
803.00.00.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A grotesquely ugly old maid, wearing pattens, walks preceded by a small poodle, clipped in an exaggeration of the French manner, and followed by a black foot-boy in livery, who holds on a skewer a lump of 'Cat's Meat'. He carries an umbrella under hi...
Description:
Title below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Beggars, Dogs, Servants, and Single women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A cat in pattens [graphic]

2.
A meeting of connoisseurs Assemblée des connoisseurs / [graphic] =

Creator:
Williamson, Thomas, active 1801-1825, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1807]
Call Number:
807.02.02.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in an artist's studio lit from an attic window (left). Four connoisseurs are grouped round a large canvas on an easel: an Apollo with a sheaf of arrows, head turned in profile to the left. The model is a tall black man in the pose of the Apoll...
Alternative Title:
Assemblée des connisseurs
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 2, 1807, by R. Cribb, 288 Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Apollo, Black people, Artists' studios, Artists' models, Artists' materials, Artists, Brooms & brushes, Windows, Canopy beds, Cradles, Infants, Fireplaces, Boys, Cats, Dogs, and Urination
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A meeting of connoisseurs Assemblée des connoisseurs / [graphic] =

3.
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]

4.
Black-George [graphic]

Creator:
Chapman, J. (John), active 1792-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[5 January 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 73. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of a man wearing large-brimmed and feathered hat and carrying a rifle over his shoulder, his catch attached to his belt, which two of the six dogs grouped around him look at with interest at left; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd January 5th, 1791, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Hunters, Rifles, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Black-George [graphic]

5.
Caricature shop [graphic].

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[September 1801]
Call Number:
801.09.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the shop of P. Roberts, publisher, from the street with a crowd on the sidewalk and street looking at the display of prints in the window. An elegant figure Roberts (?) stands in the doorway with a tool of his trade (a burin?) in hand; a cus...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd. Sepr. 1801 by P. Roberts, Middle Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, City & town life, Crowds, Dogs, Merchandise displays, Prints, Stores & shops, Window displays, Printing industry, and People with disabilities
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Caricature shop [graphic].

6.
Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1779]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In avenue of trees, an old farmer's wife (right), dressed in black silk hat and mantle and muslin apron, starts back in astonishment at seeing her daughter (left) dressed in the extreme fashion of 1765-1775, with high hair and hat perching on top; to ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Daughters, Dogs, Hairstyles, Servants, and Mothers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic].

7.
Medicinal see-saw, or, A cure for flatulency [graphic]

Creator:
Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 November 1829]
Call Number:
Print01284
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. The lady asks: "O! dear, doctor, has John studied the book?", her doctor replies: "Aye, aye; nothing requir'd but my book, page 75 -gently John! Gently! Pag...
Alternative Title:
Cure for flatulency
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published November 30, 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Household employees, Dogs, Flatulence, Black people, House furnishings, Costume, History, Obesity, and Servants
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Medicinal see-saw, or, A cure for flatulency [graphic]

8.
The advantage of a wooden leg Living on wooden legs ; The advantage of putting the best leg

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 May 1828]
Call Number:
828.05.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below center image.
Publisher:
George Cruikshank
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Black people, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Peg legs, Stilts, and Street entertainers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The advantage of a wooden leg Living on wooden legs ; The advantage of putting the best leg foremost! ; A gentlemans rest broken in consequence of going to bed with his leg on ; "Sing Old Rose & burn the bellows" ; A jury mast ; A trifling accident / [graphic]

9.
The chevaliers market, or, Highland fair [graphic].

Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament 1745.
Call Number:
745.11.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the Jacobite rebellion, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, and the pro-French and Catholic measures he was expected to introduce. The Prince walks through a market place wearing a tartan kilt and a coat covered in fleur-de-l...
Alternative Title:
Highland fair
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings, Covent Garden ...
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Tencin, Pierre Guérin de, 1679-1758, and Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Dogs, Donkeys, Petitions, Frogs, Street vendors, Markets, Sweeping & dusting, Chapels, Skulls, Bones (Anatomy), and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The chevaliers market, or, Highland fair [graphic].

10.
The fortunate transport [graphic].

Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1741?]
Call Number:
741.00.00.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire based on a novel of the same title on the cruel and hypocritical behaviour of a female former convict with four scenes enclosed within rococo scrolls. The scene on the left shows Polly Haycock, visibly pregnant, standing on a quay chained with...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Branch, Elizabeth and Haycock, Mary, active 1741
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Carriages & coaches, Criminals, Dogs, Horses, Masks, Prison laborers, Servants, Enslaved people, and Whips
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fortunate transport [graphic].

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