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2.
The High Church champion pleading his own cause, or, The pope and the devil vanquish'd by a flurt

Published / Created:
[1709]
Call Number:
709.00.00.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sacheverell sits at a table opposite a bishop wearing a mitre. He flicks his pen at a devil that flies to the left. The bookshelves on the wall behind them is filled with books. On the floor are a papal tiara and cope
Alternative Title:
Pope and the devil vanquish'd by a flurt from the doctors pen
Description:
Engraved broadside; title from caption above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sacheverell, Henry, 1674?-1724
Subject (Topic):
Bishops, Devil, Writing materials, and Bookcases
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The High Church champion pleading his own cause, or, The pope and the devil vanquish'd by a flurt from the doctors pen [graphic].

3.
[John Thorley in his library studying bees] [graphic]

Creator:
Loveday, T., printmaker
Published / Created:
[1772?]
Call Number:
772.00.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
John Thorley sits in his library at a cloth-draped table writing with a quill pen; the shelves behind him are lined with books. He makes notes on paper as he fingers bodies of bees (labeled 'B') on the table beside him. Through open French doors are s...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Thorley, John, 1671-1759,
Subject (Topic):
Bee culture, Beehives, Entomologists, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Bookcases
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [John Thorley in his library studying bees] [graphic]

4.
The cribbage players [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 January 1773]
Call Number:
773.01.04.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two men, both in elaborate wigs, sit on opposite sides of a table playing cribbage while a young woman seated between them at the end of the table, watches the game. The player on the left looks delightedly at his loosing opponent and puts another peg...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 4th, 1773, by W. Humphrey, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Eating & drinking, Card games, Gambling, Games, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cribbage players [graphic].

5.
The consultation [graphic].

Published / Created:
[27 April 1774]
Call Number:
774.04.27.01
Collection Title:
Leaf 49. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man with the profile of an animal, perhaps a sheep, wearing gown and bands, holds a large tie-wig of the kind worn by judges in his left hand, the fingers of his right hand are held out as if in calculation; he looks at himself in an ornately frame...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 27, 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Chairs, Interiors, Judges, Law offices, Lawyers, Mirrors, Sculpture, Sheep, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The consultation [graphic].

6.
The Reverend Mr. Edward Hitchin, B.D. [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 20 April 1774.
Call Number:
Portraits H675 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A half-length portrait of The Reverend Mr. Edward Hitchin, dissenting minister at Spitalfields, looking forward, with body turned to the left, in wig and bands; a curtain behind, open on the left to reveal two shelves of book with only one spine title...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Hitchin, Edward, 1725 or 1726-1774,
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Reverend Mr. Edward Hitchin, B.D. [graphic].

7.
The consultation [graphic].

Published / Created:
[27 April 1774]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 49. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man with the profile of an animal, perhaps a sheep, wearing gown and bands, holds a large tie-wig of the kind worn by judges in his left hand, the fingers of his right hand are held out as if in calculation; he looks at himself in an ornately frame...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 27, 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Chairs, Interiors, Judges, Law offices, Lawyers, Mirrors, Sculpture, Sheep, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The consultation [graphic].

8.
The historians [graphic]

Creator:
Darly, Mattina, active 1764-1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1777]
Call Number:
777.05.01.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile sits at a table opposite a clergy man (Dr. Wilson) as she writes with a quill pen. The walls are lined with full bookshelves separated in the middle by a fireplace with a mantelpiece on which s...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1777, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791. and Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Clergy, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Private libraries, Sculpture, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The historians [graphic]

9.
Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 20 Apr. 1778.
Call Number:
778.04.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A very fat gentleman on the left paying court to an ugly old lady on the right; both are seated with the gentleman with a small dog beneath his chair and a cat near his feet; the lady is holding a fan and wearing the towering hairstyle of the period. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Montague, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800. and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Couples, Interiors, Bookcases, Dogs, and Cats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].

10.
The accomplish'd maid [graphic].

Published / Created:
[21 May 1778]
Call Number:
778.05.21.03+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A rather oversized woman with towering hairstyle is seated facing right, singing as she plays a piano. On the piano is a sheet of music entitled "Anna", with more music on the floor and books labelled "Scotch airs," "New songs", and "Cottilio." A smal...
Alternative Title:
Accomplished maid
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly May 21, 1778 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Interiors, Singing, Cupboards, Bookcases, Pianos, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The accomplish'd maid [graphic].

11.
Mr. King, Mrs. Abington, Mr. Smith and Mr. Palmer in the characters of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle

Creator:
Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[12 May 1778]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Collection Title:
Volume 1, opposite page 180. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole lengths, standing in a library, King on left, his hands clasped, before him a fallen screen, behind which, her back to a window, stands Mrs. Abington, elegantly dressed, holding fan before her face, Palmer points towards her with right hand whi...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 12th May 1778, by John Harris, map & printseller, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., King, Thomas, 1730-1805,, Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),, Palmer, John, 1742?-1798,, and Smith, William, 1730-1819,
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Actresses, Theatrical productions, Sets (Architectural elements), Interiors, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), Bookcases, Screens, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. King, Mrs. Abington, Mr. Smith and Mr. Palmer in the characters of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle, Joseph and Charles Surface, in the comedy of the School for scandal / [graphic]

13.
Conjugal peace [graphic].

Published / Created:
14 Feb. 1782.
Call Number:
782.02.14.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fashionably-dressed young woman sitting on a sofa, stroking a dove in her lap and looking up to left at its pair, which perches on a picture of a vase of flowers; glass-fronted bookcase and fringed curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer and J Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Fire screens, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Conjugal peace [graphic].

14.
Whiggism, or, Master Billy learning his task [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 19th, 1784.
Call Number:
784.01.19.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Lord Thurlow depicted as a schoolmaster is seated on the left. He wears an enormous wig, and holds in his left hand the book "A new guide to India" and in his right a birch rod. Facing him stands Pitt dressed as a young girl, with a key (to the Treasu...
Alternative Title:
Master Billy learning his task and Wiggism, or, Master Billy learning his task
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd for S.W. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Bookcases
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Whiggism, or, Master Billy learning his task [graphic]

15.
Loose principles [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1789]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox rises from a close-stool; Sheridan (left) is about to apply a syringe, inscribed 'R------ts [Regent's] Clyster', to his rectum. Burke (right), wearing a Jesuit's biretta (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6026), gropes in the close-stool, holding in...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 21, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Defecation, Medical equipment & supplies, and Bookcases
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Loose principles [graphic].

16.
Loose principles [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1789]
Call Number:
789.01.21.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox rises from a close-stool; Sheridan (left) is about to apply a syringe, inscribed 'R------ts [Regent's] Clyster', to his rectum. Burke (right), wearing a Jesuit's biretta (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6026), gropes in the close-stool, holding in...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 21, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Defecation, Medical equipment & supplies, and Bookcases
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Loose principles [graphic].

17.
Melopoyn (a distressed poet) and the manager [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 27, 1793.
Call Number:
793.07.27.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Melopoyn, a gaunt, black-clad figure, standing at left by a table covered with sheaves of paper, at which sits a theatre manager to whom he has submitted a play for consideration, who gestures emptily at him; illustration to Tobias Smollett, 'The Adv...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by J. Sibbald
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Parlors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Melopoyn (a distressed poet) and the manager [graphic]

18.
The dry gripes, or, The comforts of a hot summer [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 January 1801?]
Call Number:
Print00233
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a plainly furnished room a whole family suffers. An elderly 'cit' and a skinny old woman register acute discomfort. Between their chairs is a round table on which is a dish of cherries and currants. A stout maidservant (left) drinks from a bottle ...
Alternative Title:
Comforts of a hot summer
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 12th, 1881 [sic], by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Diarrhea, Eating & drinking, Cherries, Berries, Families, Sick persons, Stomach aches, Defecation, Dogs, Cats, Birdcages, and Bookcases
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The dry gripes, or, The comforts of a hot summer [graphic].

19.
Royal Institution, Albemarle Street [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1809]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of the library of the Royal Institution; members searching for books on shelves and on gallery, others reading at large green tables or by the windows; a group of four men stand in conversion in centre of room."--British Museum online catalo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st May 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Interiors, Reading, Bookcases, and Globes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Royal Institution, Albemarle Street [graphic]

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