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31.
The doctors in labour, or, A new whim wham from Guildford being a representation of [the] frauds by

Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
726.00.00.26+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print with twelve panels relating to the affair of Mary Toft, "the rabbit breeder": from top left, she is held aloft by two men and a Harlequin or Merry Andrew, she has a rabbit in either hand; she pursues a rabbit while working in a field; she dreams of being impregnated by rabbit, Cupid is shown on a cloud beside her bed holding a rabbit in either hand; she is seated in a chair attended by two women while the two men and Harlequin discuss the monstrous birth; Harlequin demonstrates that he can express milk from her breast; Harlequin feels "the rabbets leapin in her belly" while two men look on; she sits on the edge of a bed and Harlequin kneels to seize a rabbit that emerges from her skirts while a doctor raises his hands in surprise, wishing to anatomize the animal; Harlequin stands behind a table holding a balance in which he weighs dung removed from the rabbit explaining to two men that this will allow him to judge whether the animal had "breath'd in air"; doctors and midwives discuss the phenomenon around a table and Harlequin enters claiming that the birth must be "praeternatural"; a crowd of gentlemen are welcomed to the bagnio in Leicester Square where Toft is housed; two men spy from the door to Toft's room as another hands her a dead rabbit; Toft, weeping, is led away to Bridewell by two constables while Harlequin "sits upon Repenting stool, Cursing his fate in being made a Fool. See British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New whim wham from Guildford
Description:
Title etched above images. and Trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
Subject (Topic):
Christianity, Superstition, Demonology, Births, Brothels, Cupids, Fools & jesters, Fraud, Law enforcement, Physicians, Pregnant women, and Rabbits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The doctors in labour, or, A new whim wham from Guildford being a representation of [the] frauds by which [the] Godliman woman, carried on her pretended rabbit breeding; also of [the] simplicity of our doctors, by which they assisted to carry on that imposture discover'd their own skill, & contributed to [the] Mirth, of His Majesties liege subjects. [graphic]

32.
The only true list, of those celebrated sporting ladies, or petticoat amblers, who afford the bucks

Published / Created:
[ca. 1780]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 780 On58
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Caption title., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: Miss Diana G---y is arrived at this meeting for the diversion of those gentlemen who are stong in hand ..., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., and London.
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Prostitution, Brothels, and Sex
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The only true list, of those celebrated sporting ladies, or petticoat amblers, who afford the bucks and bloods an amorous felicity every evening during the races

33.
Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the R-l A- [graphic]

Published / Created:
July 20, 1773.
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.6 plate 13
Collection Title:
Leaf 98. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lawyer (Theodosius Forrest), shown whole length in profile looking right, carries a lawyer's bag in which there is a scroll labeled "of Damocles"; in his pocket is another scroll labeled "Ge. ho. Dobbin." A dog at his side sniffs the bag. The door is labeled 'Good Entertainment gratis' and is probably a bagnio
Alternative Title:
Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the Royal Academy
Description:
Title etched above image., Artist and printmaker's names are unidentified pseudonyms., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Theodosius Homunculus Esq. is a representation of Theodosius Forrest., Below image is etched: In opinion a Poet, a Painter, a Critic Dear The: take my word instead of some Physic, A Poet in Bawdy, a Painter in Daubing, A Coxcomb the Critics your Friends are allowing., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., and Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Forrest, Theodosius, 1728-1784
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Dandies, British, Dogs, and Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the R-l A- [graphic]

34.
Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the R-l A- [graphic]

Published / Created:
July 20, 1773.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 98. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lawyer (Theodosius Forrest), shown whole length in profile looking right, carries a lawyer's bag in which there is a scroll labeled "of Damocles"; in his pocket is another scroll labeled "Ge. ho. Dobbin." A dog at his side sniffs the bag. The door is labeled 'Good Entertainment gratis' and is probably a bagnio
Alternative Title:
Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the Royal Academy
Description:
Title etched above image., Artist and printmaker's names are unidentified pseudonyms., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Theodosius Homunculus Esq. is a representation of Theodosius Forrest., Below image is etched: In opinion a Poet, a Painter, a Critic Dear The: take my word instead of some Physic, A Poet in Bawdy, a Painter in Daubing, A Coxcomb the Critics your Friends are allowing., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 98., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.3 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Forrest, Theodosius, 1728-1784
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Dandies, British, Dogs, and Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the R-l A- [graphic]

35.
[Revels, Covent Garden bagnio, 1736] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1736?]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 219. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date from note in ink below image, on mounting page., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of text., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Gaming-table -- Male costume, 1736 -- Female costume, 1736 -- Table settings -- Furniture., Folded to 23.1 x 25 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 219 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Prostitutes, Eating & drinking, Alcoholic beverages, Gambling, Sconces, and Beds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Revels, Covent Garden bagnio, 1736] [graphic].

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