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1.
Law and equity, or A peep at Nando's [graphic].

Creator:
Kingsbury, Henry, active 1776-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 May 1787]
Call Number:
787.05.14.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Peep at Nando's
Description:
Title from caption engraved below image., Attributed to Kingsbury in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Coffeehouses: Nando's -- China -- Mary Edmonds, fl. 1772-1787.
Publisher:
Pub. May 14, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Bishops, and Candelabras
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Law and equity, or A peep at Nando's [graphic].

2.
A musico-oratorical portrait an oddity wags have at ye / [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1st, 1791.
Call Number:
791.03.01.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconce. He is giving a musical entertainment. In the text he is ridiculed as Petronius Broadgrin, noted for consummate effrontery, and he is recommended the works of Joe Miller as a repertory of jokes. Below the title: 'Wags have at ye.'"--British Museum online catalogue and A description of Dibdin's musical entertainments, Oddities and The Wags
Alternative Title:
Oddity wags have at ye
Description:
Title etched above image. Above title: Attic miscellany., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., For another state published under different title, see: Marmaduke Momus., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. ii, page 197., and Mounted to 27 x 20 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Subject (Topic):
Musicians, Musical instruments, and Candelabras
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A musico-oratorical portrait an oddity wags have at ye / [graphic]

3.
The music manufacturer [graphic].

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[September 1794]
Call Number:
794.09.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconce. He is giving a musical entertainment. In the text he is ridiculed as Petronius Broadgrin, noted for consummate effrontery, and he is recommended the works of Joe Miller as a repertory of jokes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from original issue, published by Bentley & Co., March 1, 1791, for the Attic Miscellany, under title, A Musico-Oratorical Portrait., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine., Plate from: Carlton House magazine, September 1794., Another state, with different title. Cf. No. 7953 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Clipping of a fictitious letter to the editor of the Carlton House Magazine from "Dollabella" pasted on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Subject (Topic):
Candelabras, Harpsichords, and Singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The music manufacturer [graphic].

4.
A comic scene in the Lame Lover [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
770.00.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication date based on first performance of the play at the Haymarket Theatre on June 22, 1770., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on cardboard, mounted again (with two other prints) to 26 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Candelabras, Costumes, Comedies, and Theatrical scenes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A comic scene in the Lame Lover [graphic].