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19. The Tower Hill Esculapius [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs, 25 Sepr. 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.09.25.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- With the Tower of London visible in the background, a quack doctor on a platform holds up a bottle of medicine before a small crowd of city folk, as his assistant passes out handbills. Among the crowd is a carter with his whip, a chimney sweep's boy, and an obese woman. On the platform behind the doctor are several invalids, including a man with a crutch. A sign attached to the platform reads "Doctor Van Cheatall."
- Description:
- Title from item., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Numbered "11" in plate., and Probably an earlier version of no. 6757 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Tower of London (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Patent medicines, Sick persons, Quacks, Clothing & dress, Crowds, and City & town life
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Tower Hill Esculapius [graphic].
20. The coach overturned [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1770]
- Call Number:
- 770.00.00.35
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a crowded city street, showa a stage coach overturned and passengers being helped out by bystanders with a crowd gathered around; a plate from the 'Lady's Magazine', I 1770, facing p.73
- Description:
- Title from caption engraved above image., Publication date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Lady's magazine, & museum of the belles lettres ... London : 1770-1837, v. 1 (1770/1771), p. 73., and Mounted to 15 x 20 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Accidents, Carriages & coaches, and City & town life
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The coach overturned [graphic].
21. The mad bullock [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 2 Jany. 1792.
- Call Number:
- 792.01.02.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A London scene: in the foreground men and women flee diagonally from right to left towards the spectator away from a bullock (right) in the middle distance, pursued by men with sticks. The fugitives include a little chimney-sweeper on the extreme left, a stout citizen wearing a high hat, an old military officer on crutches, a woman who has fallen to the ground, a Billingsgate woman with a basket of fish on her head, the contents about to fall, a would-be beau crouching behind a barrel and taking snuff. The bullock has tossed a dog into the air. The background of houses with an open space enclosed by railings suggests Smithfield Market."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Beaux -- Chelsea pensioners' uniform., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, published as the act directs
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Smithfield Markey,
- Subject (Topic):
- Animal fighting, Barrels, Bulls, City & town life, Crowds, Fishmongers, Food vendors, Markets, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The mad bullock [graphic].
22. The rival whiskers [graphic]
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1824]
- Call Number:
- 824.00.00.61+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Scene on the steps of a London club. A Life Guards officer with moustache and whiskers stares at two exotic-looking civilians who appear arm-in-arm, walking (right to left) along the pavement, both moustached and with whiskers of incredible length and luxuriance. These are worn with wide turn-down collars, one with a loosely knotted tie, the other with his tie passed through a ring, a contrast with the tightly curled whiskers and high stock of the officer. A Guards officer in a high bearskin, without moustache but with bushier whiskers than those of the cavalry officer, stands on the steps, stretching and yawning, his back to the whiskered civilians. Through the open sash-windows two whiskered civilians are seen, one raises a side of his collar, to which the whiskers seem to be attached; the other pompously caresses an immense whisker. A man of French appearance, whiskered and moustached, standing on the steps, gapes at the two pedestrians, whose whiskers have something of the lion's mane. This is stressed by a poster behind them headed by a picture of a lion: Nero is to be Seen . . . On a second poster is a bear: Bears' Grease for the Growth of Whiskers. Two bees make for the tawny whiskers of the taller pedestrian, who holds a riding-whip and is followed by a poodle with shaggy ears and shoulders. A woman in a bonnet and shawl (right) gapes in amazement. A little chimney-sweeper laughs."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Quote below title: "They look not like the inhabitants o' the earth and yet are on't"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Beards, Broadsides, Chimney sweeps, City & town life, Clubs, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival whiskers [graphic]
23. To the Right Honorable William Pitt, first Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Principal Secretary of State, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, this accurate perspective view of the outside of the Royal Exchange in London is (by permission) humbly dedicated by his most grateful, obedient, and most obliged humble servant, J. Chapman [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 August 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.08.12.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Exterior view of the Royal Exchange; looking down a busy street with carriages, carts and pedestrians, St Paul's Cathedral in the distance to the left, the prominent entrance of the Royal Exchange with tower to right; in right foreground a man enters a shop with the sign "John's Coffee"; after Loutherbourg and Chapman; published etched state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Perspective view of the outside of the Royal Exchange in London
- Description:
- Title from dedication below image. and Companion print to: Perspective view of the inside of the Royal Exchange in London.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs August 12, 1788, & sold by Mr. Chapman at Mr. Christie's, Pall Mall
- Subject (Geographic):
- City of London (England), England, London, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806,, Royal Exchange (London, England),, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, Stock exchanges, Streets, Stores & shops, City & town life, People associated with manual labor, Carriages & coaches, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To the Right Honorable William Pitt, first Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Principal Secretary of State, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, this accurate perspective view of the outside of the Royal Exchange in London is (by permission) humbly dedicated by his most grateful, obedient, and most obliged humble servant, J. Chapman [graphic]
24. 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]
25. William Darton, bookseller [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1822]
- Call Number:
- File 66 822 W716
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view from the street of the bookseller William Darton's shop at No. 58 Holborn in London, with the shop window filled with prints and books. Above the windows Darton advertises the scope of his wares: "Books in all languages on the arts, sciences &c.; Maps, plans, charts, prints & games; Works of merit soon as published. A woman and two children are shown looking in the windows while a second woman and child are shown entering the shop. A horse-drawn carriage enters the scene from the right. On the left, a man sits beside a lamppost with a basker and dog at his side
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Possibly used as a trade card?, and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, 1822, where may be had maps and prints wholesale
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Darton, William, 1781-1854.
- Subject (Topic):
- Booksellers and bookselling, City & town life, Lampposts, Stores & shops, Window displays, and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > William Darton, bookseller [graphic].
26. [Album of drawings of Bletchingley, 1828-1829] [art original]
- Creator:
- L., S. G., artist
- Published / Created:
- 1828-1829.
- Call Number:
- Folio 64 Su7 828
- Image Count:
- 66
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An album of amateur drawings, with scenes in Kent, East Sussex, Hertfordshire and Surrey. The artist, only identified with the initials 'S.G.L.', provides titles and dates for the majority of the drawings. The first group (thirteen in all) dated 1828 are views in Kent, Sussex, and Hertfordshire, including Leeds Castle, Hythe, Sandgate, Rye, Pevensey Castle, Tunbridge Wells, St. Albans, and Hatfield. The second, larger group of drawings are scenes in and round the village of Bletchingley (sometimes Bletchingly) in Surrey, depicting village life -- for example, the 'Church Yard', 'Parsonage', 'Farm Yard', landscapes with farm houses, country lanes, bridges, and people fishing, andc. -- and include both people and animals. Other views of places in the vicinity are scenes in Nutfield, London Road, Bletchingley from London Road, Rabbit Heath, et cetera All the drawings in or around Bletchingley (thirty-nine in total) are dated between August 14th and October 14th 1829. Several of the drawings are on blue paper and are highlighted with white chalk, conveying a nocturnal quality to the scene. A final group of ten undated, untitled drawings also depict rural scenes, presumably in southeastern England
- Alternative Title:
- Bletchingley S.G.L. 1828-1829
- Description:
- In English., Title from contemporary manuscript note on front cover., Album bound in three-quarter leather with marbled-paper boards, with the title written in black ink on front board: Bletchingly S.G.L. 1828 1829. Also with a dark-green morocco spine label gilt-stamped: S.G.L. Bletchingley 1828-29. On front pastedown: a label manuscript note "Laura" scored through and then "Alice" written above., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bletchingley (England), East Sussex (England), Kent (England), Hertfordshire (England), Surrey (England), England, Surrey., and England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Country lif, Bridges, Castles & palaces, Fishing, City & town life, and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Album of drawings of Bletchingley, 1828-1829] [art original]
27. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Pasquin No. XCV"; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Text and image from two plates., "Price 1 shilling"--Before date, centered on lower edge., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Could new dumb Faustus, to reform the age, Conjure up Shakespear's or Ben Johnson's ghost, they'd blush for shame, to see the English stage Debauch'd by fool'ries, at so great a cost. What would their Manes say? should they behold Monsters and masquerades, where usefull plays Adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old, And rival wits contended for the bays., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 26 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748, Senesino, -1759?, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
