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1.
A hint to married men [graphic].

Published / Created:
[12 May 1794]
Call Number:
794.05.12.24
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Furnishings, Canopy beds, Furniture, Dressing tables, Chairs, Couples, Wallpapers, and Hairdressing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A hint to married men [graphic].

2.
A journeyman parson with a bare existence [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 25 June 1782.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The interior of a poor wooden house, a parson's family of four gather around a table covered in a tablecloth worn with holes. They are eating beans, while he sits on the right, gnawing a bone; his wife (left) nurses the youngest child. Behind her on ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Canopy beds, Birdcages, Breast feeding, Cats, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Families, Interiors, and Poverty
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A journeyman parson with a bare existence [graphic].

4.
A meeting of connoisseurs Assemblée des connoisseurs / [graphic] =

Creator:
Williamson, Thomas, active 1801-1825, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1807]
Call Number:
807.02.02.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in an artist's studio lit from an attic window (left). Four connoisseurs are grouped round a large canvas on an easel: an Apollo with a sheaf of arrows, head turned in profile to the left. The model is a tall black man in the pose of the Apoll...
Alternative Title:
Assemblée des connisseurs
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 2, 1807, by R. Cribb, 288 Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Apollo, Black people, Artists' studios, Artists' models, Artists' materials, Artists, Brooms & brushes, Windows, Canopy beds, Cradles, Infants, Fireplaces, Boys, Cats, Dogs, and Urination
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A meeting of connoisseurs Assemblée des connoisseurs / [graphic] =

5.
A nice place in cold weather [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1830?]
Call Number:
830.00.00.82
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"See BM Satires No. 16435. A pretty girl, perhaps the subject of BM Satires No. 16435, lies in a bed drawn close to a fire, indicated by corner of chimney-piece, fender, and guard (left). She is framed in drawn-back curtains, lit by firelight, and is ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A nice place in cold weather [graphic]

6.
A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [art original].

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. July 1801]
Call Number:
Drawings N736 no. 7 Box D205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with ...
Description:
Title from note in artist's hand above image.
Subject (Topic):
Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [art original].

7.
A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [graphic].

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
July 1801.
Call Number:
801.07.00.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub'd by Wm. Holland, Oxford street
Subject (Topic):
Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [graphic].

8.
Amsterdam, Shanks Leggs servant shaving him [art original].

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings N736 no. 12 Box D141
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in a bedroom, the bed in a niche behind a curtain, one man sits as he is being shaved by his servant, as a companion stands with his arms crossed. To their left is an open trunk wotj slippers and boots on the ground on the far left. A fourth m...
Alternative Title:
Shanks Leggs servant shaving him
Description:
Title from ink inscription in lower margin, in the artist's hand.
Subject (Name):
Nixon, John, -1818,
Subject (Topic):
Artists, British, Shaving, Servants, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Amsterdam, Shanks Leggs servant shaving him [art original].

9.
An amusing state of uncertainty, peace or war!! [graphic].

Published / Created:
[20 June 1791]
Call Number:
791.06.20.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fox hides under a four-poster bed hung with curtains, his hand resting on his chin with a speech balloon above his head: "They'll do nothing at last!" A bare-breasted woman [Catherine II of Russia] wearing a nightdress, a crown on her head, and pearl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 20, 1791, by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bedrooms, Daggers & swords, Canopy beds, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An amusing state of uncertainty, peace or war!! [graphic].

10.
Bags out of place, or, A new administration [graphic]

Creator:
Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately April 1827]
Call Number:
827.04.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a bedroom, meanly furnished except for a four-post curtained bed (left) and a carpeted floor; it is lit by a single candle or rush-light. Lady Eldon (right), a lean and ugly virago, assails the ex-Chancellor with a shovel, holding him by the...
Alternative Title:
New administration
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by E. King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 and Eldon, Elizabeth, Lady, 1754-1831
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Floor coverings, Candles, Spouses, Fighting, Shovels, Handkerchiefs, and Books
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bags out of place, or, A new administration [graphic]

11.
Chambre du coeur de Voltaire [graphic].

Published / Created:
[10 October 1885]
Call Number:
885.10.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The "Bedroom of the heart of Voltaire" in Ferney: a bedroom with alcove bed on the far right, portraits hung on the walls, and to the left a pyramid-shaped altar in an alcove; ... with small bust of Voltaire in the lower margin."--British Museum onli...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Imp. A. Quantin
Subject (Geographic):
France and Ferney-Voltaire.
Subject (Name):
Voltaire, 1694-1778 and Château de Ferney (Ferney-Voltaire, France)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chambre du coeur de Voltaire [graphic].

12.
Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[December 1726]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sparse interior where (G) Mary Toft lies on a curtained bed apparently in the throes of labour. She is attended by (E) her husband Joshua Toft and (F) his sister Margaret, acting as nurse. (D) Dr John Howard is receiving a dead rabbit from a butcher...
Alternative Title:
Wise men of Godliman in consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Toft, Joshua, fl. 1720-1726, Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759, St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776, and Howard, John, fl. 1690-1720
Subject (Topic):
Births, Butchers, Chamber pots, Canopy beds, Interiors, Physicians, and Rabbits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation [graphic].

13.
Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[December 1726]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sparse interior where (G) Mary Toft lies on a curtained bed apparently in the throes of labour. She is attended by (E) her husband Joshua Toft and (F) his sister Margaret, acting as nurse. (D) Dr John Howard is receiving a dead rabbit from a butcher...
Alternative Title:
Wise men of Godliman in consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Toft, Joshua, fl. 1720-1726, Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759, St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776, and Howard, John, fl. 1690-1720
Subject (Topic):
Births, Butchers, Chamber pots, Canopy beds, Interiors, Physicians, and Rabbits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation [graphic].

14.
Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[December 1726]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 64K(d) Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sparse interior where (G) Mary Toft lies on a curtained bed apparently in the throes of labour. She is attended by (E) her husband Joshua Toft and (F) his sister Margaret, acting as nurse. (D) Dr John Howard is receiving a dead rabbit from a butcher...
Alternative Title:
Wise men of Godliman in consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Toft, Joshua, fl. 1720-1726, Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759, St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776, and Howard, John, fl. 1690-1720
Subject (Topic):
Births, Butchers, Chamber pots, Canopy beds, Interiors, Physicians, and Rabbits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation [graphic].

15.
Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[December 1726]
Call Number:
Hogarth 726.12.22.01 Box 100
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sparse interior where (G) Mary Toft lies on a curtained bed apparently in the throes of labour. She is attended by (E) her husband Joshua Toft and (F) his sister Margaret, acting as nurse. (D) Dr John Howard is receiving a dead rabbit from a butcher...
Alternative Title:
Wise men of Godliman in consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Toft, Joshua, fl. 1720-1726, Manningham, Richard, Sir, 1690-1759, St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776, and Howard, John, fl. 1690-1720
Subject (Topic):
Births, Butchers, Chamber pots, Canopy beds, Interiors, Physicians, and Rabbits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cunicularii, or, The wise men of Godliman in consultation [graphic].

16.
Cunning-m outwitted, or, Fair play at Brighton [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 July 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The King sits on a couch with Lady Conyngham on his left knee, the large feathers of her headdress extending over their heads. The couple gaze at each other amourously as a woman holding a candle (a maid?) enters through a doorway on the left. On the ...
Alternative Title:
Cunningham outwitted, Conygnham outwitted, and Fair play at Brighton
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 24, 1820, by Be[nbow], corner of St. Clements Church [Yard]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Couches, Candles, Headdresses, Feathers, Antlers, and Canopy beds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cunning-m outwitted, or, Fair play at Brighton [graphic].

17.
Dido in despair [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 3rd, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 36. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A parody of British Museum Satires No. 9752, Gillray's 'Dido in Despair!' The Queen takes the place of Lady Hamilton, in a similar pose but tearing her long black hair with more of rage and less of grief. She wears a bracelet on each arm, one inscrib...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., and Dido (Legendary character)
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Bracelets, Cakes, Crowns, Meat, Slippers, Miniatures (Paintings), Tables, Canopy beds, Bottles, Windows, and Lakes & ponds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dido in despair [graphic].

18.
Dido in despair [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 3rd, 1821.
Call Number:
821.04.03.01
Collection Title:
Page 36. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A parody of British Museum Satires No. 9752, Gillray's 'Dido in Despair!' The Queen takes the place of Lady Hamilton, in a similar pose but tearing her long black hair with more of rage and less of grief. She wears a bracelet on each arm, one inscrib...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., and Dido (Legendary character)
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Bracelets, Cakes, Crowns, Meat, Slippers, Miniatures (Paintings), Tables, Canopy beds, Bottles, Windows, and Lakes & ponds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dido in despair [graphic].

19.
Dido in despair [graphic].

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 3rd, 1821.
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 36. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A parody of British Museum Satires No. 9752, Gillray's 'Dido in Despair!' The Queen takes the place of Lady Hamilton, in a similar pose but tearing her long black hair with more of rage and less of grief. She wears a bracelet on each arm, one inscrib...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843., and Dido (Legendary character)
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Bracelets, Cakes, Crowns, Meat, Slippers, Miniatures (Paintings), Tables, Canopy beds, Bottles, Windows, and Lakes & ponds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dido in despair [graphic].

20.
Die Entdeckung [graphic]

Creator:
Heintz, C. F., printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1833 and 1836]
Call Number:
Hogarth 830.00.00.01 Box 140
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A German copy of Hogarth's "The Discovery" (1743?): a scene in a bedoom where four gentlemen stand beside a curtained bed in which a black woman reclines; she reaches out to touch the chin of one of the men who has evidently just pulled back the curta...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Highmore, John, 1694-1759,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Actors, British, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Practical jokes, Prostitutes, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Die Entdeckung [graphic]

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