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37. Modern-hospitality, or, A friendly party in high life [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 March 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.03.31.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene at a faro-table; part of the table, including an angle of the central well, stretches across the foreground, players and spectators sit and stand behind it. Lady Archer is the most prominent; she holds a pack of cards in one hand, a knave in the other, looking with a triumphantly rapacious smile at a stout lady (? Mrs. Hobart) who sits (right) clenching her fists and scowling back. All the others have expressions of alarm or concern, the least agitated being the Prince of Wales, seated on Lady Archer's left. On the extreme right and next Mrs. Hobart is Fox, turning up his eyes. The guests (except the Prince) are much caricatured; one of Gillray's witch-like hags sits between the Prince and Mrs. Hobart. On the table are heaps of coins, notes or bills, and rouleaux of guineas. Above the design is etched 'The Knave wins all'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Friendly party in high life and Knave wins all
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Dedication following title: To those earthly-divinities who charmed 20 years ago this honorable method of banishing mortifying reflections is dedicated., One line of text below title: O Woman! Woman! Everlasting is your power over us, for in youth you charm our hearts, and in your after-years you charm away our purses., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Gambling: faro -- Playing cards -- Furniture: faro table -- Money., and Window mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 31st, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Modern-hospitality, or, A friendly party in high life [graphic].
38. Over weight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro [graphic]
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- March 14, 1797.
- Call Number:
- 797.03.14.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lady Buckinghamshire, enormously fat, is seated in profile to the right in an open chariot which sinks through a rectangular aperture in front of the Weigh-House, its weight being too great for the apparatus for weighing wagons. She throws up her arms and one leg, dropping her whip and reins. The hind legs of the plunging horses are in the pit; they snort wildly; the chariot and horses resemble those of Phaeton burlesqued. On the chariot is an oval escutcheon with four quarterings (cards, dice, wine-bottle, and glass) and the letter 'B'. On the right (behind) are two street-lamps on tall pyramidal posts."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Overweight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro, Sinking fund, and Downfall of faro
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Card games, Horses, Obesity, and Street lights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Over weight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro [graphic]
39. Restoration dressing room [graphic].
- Creator:
- Kingsbury, Henry, 1775-1804, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 April 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.04.24.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Imprint continued in lower right corner: whare [sic] may be had the funeral prossesion [sic] of Miss Regency., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: loyalty to George III during Regency -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Slogans: loyalty to George III during Regency -- Interiors: dressing rooms -- Furniture: dressing tables -- Barbers., and Watermark: countermark, initial W.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Aprill [sic] 24, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Restoration dressing room [graphic].
40. Road to ruin [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1792.
- Call Number:
- 792.03.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Notorious rakes and gamblers ride or run furiously towards rays descending from a sun in the upper left corner of the design inscribed 'Chance'; its centre, a segment of which is visible, is composed of the letters on an 'E.O.' (roulette) table (cf. British Museum Satires No. 5928). The foremost pair are the Duke of Clarence and the Prince of Wales; the Duke, slightly ahead, wears a chamber-pot on his head marked with an anchor (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7909) and sits behind Mrs. Jordan, who cries, "Push away! that's your sort!" He cries, "Straight Sailing! that's your sort!" Both the horses have human heads; that of the Duke says, "I'm the Sort for Leading; that of the Prince is Fox." The Prince's hat with feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' flies from his head, two women sit behind him; the one holding his waist (? Mrs. Crouch) says, "No Jealous Fitz - that's your sort!" The other, seated behind her, holds the end of the Prince's shirt, she has a large fox's brush and is probably Mrs. Armistead; she says, "Well done Charley! That's your sort!" The Prince says, "I'm the sort for a Widow - she's done over!" Mrs. Fitzherbert has fallen from the horse into a stream and holds out her arms towards the Prince. From the water emerges a post inscribed 'Styx', a bridge or culvert beside it is 'Hazard'. Behind this group the Duke of York runs forward, wearing a hat made of playing-cards surmounted by a teetotum inscribed 'ABC....' In his right hand he holds out a dice-box inscribed 'Oat - ' shaking from it two dice inscribed 'la' and 'nds' (he had recently bought Oatlands); in his left is a tennis racquet. He wears regimentals; the ribbon across his shoulder is formed of playing-cards; at his back is a knapsack full of 'Tennis Balls' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7903) which resemble guineas. He says, "I'm the sort! for running out!" For his gaming see British Museum Satires No. 7301 (5), &c. Just behind him ride three bloods with cropped hair, wearing the high hats, long breeches, and coats with shawl collars hanging away from the neck which such young men affected (see British Museum Satires No. 8040, &c). The one nearest the spectator rides a horse with a bandage over his eyes inscribed 'Lottery Hack'; he looks up, regardless of the fact that he is riding into a pit, and points with his long whip to a castle resting on clouds inscribed 'Illegal Insurance' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7750); he says, "That's your sort - I'm in for it - I shall do the deep Ones!" The other two shout, "Go it! Dam'me! that 's your sort!" and "Dam Trade! Life and a Racer! that 's your sort." Behind this group is a couple on a galloping horse: a stout jovial woman wearing breeches rides astride, waving her whip, behind her sits an anxious-looking elderly citizen, wearing petticoats. He says, "We're the wrong side of Temple Bar, my dear, we are only the sort to be laughed at"; she answers, "Peace good Mr Jerry Candle-wick, its life! and Life and the Breeches! thats the sort." By their horse's head is a signpost inscribed 'Rotten Row', with a pointing hand inscribed 'Hoyle' (on Whist), the vertical post inscribed 'Crim. con.' The last rider is a stout woman, probably Mrs. Hobart (noted for her faro-table, see British Museum Satires No. 8167), on a rocking-horse inscribed 'Faro'; she carries on her arm a wicker cage containing pigeons and says, "Unplucked Pidgeons! that's the sort." In the foreground on the extreme right an elderly Jew sits on a bank watching the mad race with a smile; he says, "50 per Cent! dats de sort! if dey ride to de Devil, dey leave coot Security behind, Ah! Security! dot's de sort." Near him is a card house; at his feet is the Knave of Clubs. In the front of the design and near the Duke of York are other playing cards (left to right): four aces, the two of diamonds, King of Hearts, and (?) Queen of Diamonds, the last two having some resemblance to George III and Queen Charlotte."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Dent
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Social life and customs, Horses, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Road to ruin [graphic].
41. Savoyards of fashion, or, The musical mania of 1799 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [24 April 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.04.24.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Five ladies play musical instruments; all stand, except a performer on the triangle who is seated (right) in profile to the left. Next her a vast lady, perhaps Lady Buckinghamshire, raises a massive fist to thump a tambourine. The centre figure, who plays the cymbals with graceful energy, her head turned to the left to show a classic profile, may be Lady Charlotte Campbell .... A fat performer on the French horn inflates her cheeks grotesquely. On the extreme left a thin woman, of gipsy-like appearance, plays the true hurdy-gurdy or vielle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Musical mania of 1799
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 24th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816 and Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady, 1775-1861
- Subject (Topic):
- Savoyards, Bracelets, Clothing & dress, Chairs, Cymbals, French horns, Musical instruments, Organ grinders, Tambourines, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Savoyards of fashion, or, The musical mania of 1799 [graphic]
42. Symptoms of lewdness, or, A peep into the boxes [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 May 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.05.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Peep into the boxes
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Three lines of text following title: NB. in a fewe [sic] days will be given a peep into the pit ..., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: who has just fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic], admittance 1 sh. NB. folios of caracature [sic] lent out., and Temporary local subject terms: Theater: theater-boxes -- Spectacles: opera-glasses -- Jewelry: necklace -- Miniature portraits -- Female costume: fans -- Crowns: Earl's coronet -- Reference to George IV -- Playbills.
- Publisher:
- Pub. May 20th 1794, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Jewelry
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of lewdness, or, A peep into the boxes [graphic]
43. The Pic-Nic orchestra [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 April 1802]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Musicians are grouped round the almost spherical Lady Buckinghamshire, who sits at the piano in profile to the right, playing and singing. In back view and on the extreme right sits Colonel Greville, playing a fiddle; from his coat pocket hangs a paper: 'Pic Nic Concert - Imitations - Nightingale by Lord C. - Tom Tit Lord ME. - Jack daw Genl G. Screech Owl Lady B. - Poll Parrot...' On the left is Lord Mount Edgcumbe, very small, playing a 'cello, in profile. Behind him, full face, towers Lord Cholmondeley putting a flute below tightly closed lips. Seated on the pianist's left is Lady Salisbury, blowing a French horn. On the extreme right opposite Greville is a lady's arm holding out a trumpet. See BMSat 9916, &c, and, for the 'musical mania' of the period, BMSat 9938, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 73 of volume 10 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 23d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1764-1839
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Pic-Nic orchestra [graphic]
44. The loss of the faro-bank, or, The rook's pigeon'd [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 February 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.02.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The fat and florid Lady Buckinghamshire, seated at the head of her faro-table, throws up her arms in dismay, turning towards her husband, who enters through a door (left), saying, "The Bank's stole! - we're ruin'd my Lady! - but I'll run to Bow Street & fix the Saddle upon the right horse, my Lady!" She exclaims: "The Bank stole, my Lord? - why I secur'd it in the Housekeepers-room myself! - this comes of admitting Jacobins into the house! - Ah! the Cheats! Seven Hundred gone smack; - without a single Cock of the Cards!" She fills the centre of the design, and is much larger than her husband. Her guests are crowded together on the right. A pretty young woman, Mrs. Concannon, seated on her left, clasps her hands, exclaiming, "Bank stole! - why I had a Gold snuffbox stole last night from my Table in Grafton Street." Lady Archer, on the extreme right, on the nearer side of the table, turns a corvine and angry profile towards Lord Buckinghamshire, saying, "Stole! - bless me why a Lady had her Pocket pick'd at my House last Monday." Opposite her sits Fox, wearing a hat and putting his hand over his mouth, saying, "Zounds! I hope they dont Smoke me." Sheridan looks over his shoulder, saying, "nor me". Behind Fox, Hanger stands in profile to the left, wearing a hat and holding his bludgeon; he says: "O! if they come to the Mount, if I don't tip them Shelalee" (see BMSat 8889). ... The door (left) resembles that of a strongroom, with two heavy locks and three bolts."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Rook's pigeon'd and Rook's pigeoned
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text following title: "When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Literature: Quotation from Nathaniel Lee's The Rival Queens, iv. ii.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby 2d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hobart, Robert, Earl of Buckinghamshire, 1760-1816, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobins, Card games, Floor coverings, Gambling, Robberies, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The loss of the faro-bank, or, The rook's pigeon'd [graphic]
45. The loss of the faro-bank, or, The rook's pigeon'd [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 February 1797]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The fat and florid Lady Buckinghamshire, seated at the head of her faro-table, throws up her arms in dismay, turning towards her husband, who enters through a door (left), saying, "The Bank's stole! - we're ruin'd my Lady! - but I'll run to Bow Street & fix the Saddle upon the right horse, my Lady!" She exclaims: "The Bank stole, my Lord? - why I secur'd it in the Housekeepers-room myself! - this comes of admitting Jacobins into the house! - Ah! the Cheats! Seven Hundred gone smack; - without a single Cock of the Cards!" She fills the centre of the design, and is much larger than her husband. Her guests are crowded together on the right. A pretty young woman, Mrs. Concannon, seated on her left, clasps her hands, exclaiming, "Bank stole! - why I had a Gold snuffbox stole last night from my Table in Grafton Street." Lady Archer, on the extreme right, on the nearer side of the table, turns a corvine and angry profile towards Lord Buckinghamshire, saying, "Stole! - bless me why a Lady had her Pocket pick'd at my House last Monday." Opposite her sits Fox, wearing a hat and putting his hand over his mouth, saying, "Zounds! I hope they dont Smoke me." Sheridan looks over his shoulder, saying, "nor me". Behind Fox, Hanger stands in profile to the left, wearing a hat and holding his bludgeon; he says: "O! if they come to the Mount, if I don't tip them Shelalee" (see BMSat 8889). ... The door (left) resembles that of a strongroom, with two heavy locks and three bolts."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Rook's pigeon'd and Rook's pigeoned
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text following title: "When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Literature: Quotation from Nathaniel Lee's The Rival Queens, iv. ii., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.6 x 35.8 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 39.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 9 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby 2d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hobart, Robert, Earl of Buckinghamshire, 1760-1816, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobins, Card games, Floor coverings, Gambling, Robberies, and Tables
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The loss of the faro-bank, or, The rook's pigeon'd [graphic]
