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1. Afternoons amusement [graphic]

Creator:: Albanesi, Angelo, printmaker
Published / Created:: publishd. according to act of Parliament the 30 Octobr. 1777.
Call Number:: 777.10.30.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A print showing the front elevation of a brothel, with a sign over the door "Young Ladies Educated & Board." At the threshold of the establishment, the brothel keeper (possibly Charlotte Hayes) stands at the front door talking with a young man who holds a riding crop (possibly her common-law husband, Dennis O’Kelly.) The two windows on the ground floor show, on the left, a woman entertaining a portly gentleman, and, on the right, two pretty, young woman, one leaning out the window to view the scene at the door. In the two windows on the upper, left and center, two other women are already entertaining men (one of whom is a clergyman) while on the right, two pretty women look down at the scene on the brothel threshold. On the left, a man reads handbills in a covered alley identified as "Kings Place." On the sidewalk (left) a pedestrian holds a monocle to his eye to better see the women; in his pocket is a paper with a title "Economical Lowe[r?]. On the sidewalk to the right, a flower girl in ragged clothes holds out a bunch of flowers to the young man addressing the madam. A woman (dwarf) crier holds a sheet titled "The Harlot's Progress."
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and England.
Subject (Name):: Hayes, Charlotte, 1725-1813, and O’Kelly, Dennis, 1725-1787,
Subject (Topic):: Prostitution, Humor, Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitutes' clients, Clergy, Dogs, Doors & doorways, Dwarfs, Windows, Signs (Notices), and Peddlers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Afternoons amusement [graphic]

2. The commercial dandy & his sleeping partners [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 November 1821]
Call Number:: 821.11.01.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Thomas Raikes sits on a divan between two courtesans, his head in profile to the right. On the right is a round table spread with a luxurious dessert, pine-apple, peaches, decanters, &c. The centre-piece is a figure of Mercury (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7592) poised on a globe and holding up a second globe, perhaps a lamp. A long bill hangs from the table . . . Dr to Mrs Wood--Bed--10-- Brandy 5--coffee 1--Eggs--Brandy 2--Oysters 1--Eggs--20, 0 Ham--10-- Coffee 11--Beds 5--Brandy 2--Bed 1-- to show that the establishment is a brothel run by Mrs. ('Mother') Wood (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13734). On the wall are two pairs of crossed rakes tied with ribbons, and pictures, with punning titles: Siege of Belle Lisle, Wood Deamon [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10796], Babes in ye Wood, The Rakes Progress, Burn em Wood, Deity of the Woods, Wood Pigeon Wood Cock."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: The commercial dandy and his sleeping partners
Description:: Title from caption below image., "Dr. E.D." pseudonym of George Cruikshank?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Costume: male, female, 1821 -- Furniture: round table -- Divan -- Food: pineapple, fruit -- Decanters -- Lighting: candlestick -- Mythology: Mercury -- Rakes -- Mrs. "Mother" Wood, fl. 1821., Manuscript "256" in upper center of plate., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1821 by G. Humprey [sic] 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):: Raikes, Thomas, 1777-1848
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Courtesans, Dandies, British, and Prostitutes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The commercial dandy & his sleeping partners [graphic]

3. Whither my love! Ah! Whither art thou gone [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: April 28, 1798. and [printed 1824].
Call Number:: 798.04.28.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A street scene. An artisan staggers forward, dismayed at the disappearance of a woman who has fallen head first down a cellar whose flap has been left open. Her legs and petticoats issue from the small aperture. Behind is a window in which are bottles inscribed 'Cordials & Compounds'. A placard of clasped hands suggests a brothel. In the man's hat is thrust a pipe from which smoke issues."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent for the evening., Printing date from watermark., Temporary local subject terms: Placards: brothel -- Emblems: clasped hands as a sign of brothel -- Shops: liquors,, and Watermark: Ansell 1824.
Publisher:: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 5 [sic] Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Topic):: Artisans, Brothels, Signs (Notices), and City & town life
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Whither my love! Ah! Whither art thou gone [graphic]

4. Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V

Creator:: Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 August 1800]
Call Number:: Hogarth 800.08.01.08++ Box 310
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays. The painting above the door, the mural on the back wall, and the portrait near the window illustrate the theme
Description:: Title engraved below image., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 5 in a series of 6 images. Series title engraved below image., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2748., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 162., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 232.
Publisher:: Pub. Aug. 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Biblical events, Brothels, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V

5. [Das Bordell] [diorama].

Creator:: Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Published / Created:: ca. 1750?]
Call Number:: 2009 1828
Image Count:: 13
Abstract:: A diorama consisting of 6 engraved cardboard leaves that give a perspective view through a peep hole of a contemporary public boulevard, a walled middle-European town in the background, with a lively crowd. The first panel apparently shows the bordello's exterior, to the left a man leans out of a window to admire a woman (who takes a rose from a boy) and to the right one man steps from the door as another, hand seeking out his purse, is about to proceed in. In other panels may be seen young women pointing men toward the doorways or leading them there
Description:: BEIN 2009 1828: Plates numbered on verso in ms. and Illustrations hand colored.
Publisher:: s.n.
Subject (Topic):: Brothels and Peep shows
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Das Bordell] [diorama].

6. [The old...scamps] [graphic]

Creator:: Ensor, James, 1860-1949, printmaker
Published / Created:: 1895.
Call Number:: Print00801
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Vieux...polissons
Description:: Title in English and French from "Five Hundred Years of Medicine in Art"., Artist's name etched on plate at lower right., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and "James Ensor" in pencil at lower right.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Prostitution, Death (Personification)., Brothels, Skeletons, Prostitutes, Prostitutes' clients, and Older people
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The old...scamps] [graphic]

7. Water cresses, come buy my water cresses [graphic]

Creator:: Merke, Henri, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 March 1799]
Call Number:: 799.03.01.06+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A decrepit old man stands at the door of a house of ill fame at the corner of Portland Street; Mrs Burke is on the door-plate. One hand is on the knocker; he turns to scowl at a woman (right) who holds out a bunch of water-cress from a large shallow basket slung from the hip. A child clings to her shoulders; a little girl (left) with a small basket also offers him a bunch. Two young courtesans lean from a first-floor window. In the background (right), behind a spiked gate, are trees and a large house (or houses)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Watercresses, come buy my watercresses
Description:: Title etched below series title and number.
Publisher:: Pub. Mar. 1, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Children, City & town life, Mothers, Peddlers, Prostitutes, Vegetables, and Women
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Water cresses, come buy my water cresses [graphic]

8. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 April 1745]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:: Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

9. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 April 1745]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 20. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:: Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., and Formerly on page 118 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V