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1. Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1743]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3646 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
- Alternative Title:
- Discovery
- Description:
- Inscription in ink under title in Horace Walpole's hand: " [A black girl imp[...]ed on High[...] Manager of Drury lane]. These three from plates in Mr Ireland's collection.", Inscription in ink: From Horace Walpole's Collection. Bought at Strawberry Hill Sale 1842. The remarks in his hand., Text in Latin and English., See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal Satires, v. 3, no. 2600., Tracing of original print., Samuel Ireland, English printmaker and writer, d. 1800., and Portfolio containing 365 original drawings by, or prints engraved by and after, Hogarth. Folio.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].
2. Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].
- Creator:
- Steevens, George, 1736-1800, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1743 and 1799]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A tracing by George Steevens of a print by William Hogarth: A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
- Alternative Title:
- Discovery
- Description:
- Title from item., Date based on publication of the original print on which this tracing is based., Lengthy pencil note in William Windham's hand above the drawing: These two pieces viz. the one marked Qui Color albus erat and The Charmers of the age? are not prints but copies taken with a pen by Mr. Steevens, and given to me, together with many others, not copies, in return for those mentioned in his collection as given by me to him. [Signed] W.W. March 22d 1800., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 155., Tracing of a published print. Cf. See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal Satires, v. 3, no. 2600., and On page 100 in volume 1.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain,
- Subject (Topic):
- Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].
3. Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1743]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3646 no. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed by four men. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
- Alternative Title:
- Discovery
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher and date from Paulson., See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal, v. 3, no. 2600., 'Hogarth' written in ink below title., and Mounted to 24.7 x 36.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].
4. Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1743]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed by four men. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
- Alternative Title:
- Discovery
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher and date from Paulson., See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal, v. 3, no. 2600., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Original., Ms. note above in pencil: See Mr. Nichol's Book, 3rd ed. p. 442. Given me by the Right Honourable William Windham., Ms. note below in pencil: Sold for £7.7.0., and On page 7 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 17.3 x 19.5 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Confrontations, Black people, and Bedrooms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].
5. The full moon in eclipse [graphic]
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 8, 1797.
- Call Number:
- 797.05.08.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An old man sits outdoors in an upholstered chair, looking through a telescope which is pointed up left to a black woman standing on a cliff with her dress pulled up and her large derrière bared. A dog sits by the man's chair with a similar look on its face as it too looks up at the woman
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to: 38 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by W. Holland, Oxford St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain,
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Buttocks, Dogs, and Telescopes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The full moon in eclipse [graphic]
6. The library [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1813]
- Call Number:
- 813.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a fashionable library with ladies and gentlemen conversing with attendants at the counters on either side. On the left a woman looks in a book while her male companion converses with a clergyman, as the woman behind the counter consults a book. On the right, a man sits in a chair as a lady discusses her choices with the man behind the counter who reaches for a book below a sign 'Stamp'. Behind him is another sign "Just published [...]" An older woman with a walking stick approaches the counter on the right, followed by a Black servant and a dog. The windows are filled with books and prints. Through the open door a woman with an umbrella is silhouetted; to the left another sign "History Westminster and its monuments."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from the volume in which this plate was issued., Plate from: Poetical sketches of Scarborough / illustrated by twenty-one engravings ... made upon the spot by J. Green and etched by T. Rowlandson. London : Printed for R. Ackermann by J. Diggens, 1813., Aquatint probably added to this plate and others in the volume by J.C. Stadler and J. Bluck. See: Hardie, M. English coloured books., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, partially trimmed: [J. Wha]tman [18]14.
- Publisher:
- R. Ackermann
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scarborough (England) and Great Britain,
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Interiors, Libraries, Books, Bookcases, Window displays, Light fixtures, Dogs, and Stores & shops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The library [graphic]
7. What a nice bit! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- July 8, 1796.
- Call Number:
- 796.07.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A large black woman, smiling in her sleep, lies in a bed surrounded by bedcurtains. She wears a cap and earrings, and her large breasts hang out over her nightclothes. A thin old, white man also in nightclothes and a night cap ogles her by the candlelight from the candlestick he holds in his right hand
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to: 33 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain,
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Lust, and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > What a nice bit! [graphic]
