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1. A naturel genius [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1810]
- Call Number:
- 810.00.00.05
- Collection Title:
- V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour addresses two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen, similarly dressed and resembling her mother. On the right is a piano with open music, and a chair on which is propped a needlework picture of Charlotte mourning under a weeping willow, at a tomb with an urn inscribed 'Werter'. The governess holds in her hand a card: 'Terms of B[on] Tons School'; she points to the picture, saying, "You would perhaps like the Young Lady to work something in silks Madam! there is a pretty subject, Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter". The visitor exclaims: "A very pretty piece I pertest! my Dater has a Genii for Drawing! Penelope my dear! you shall work Charlotte at the Tub of Water". The girl, delighted, answers: "La Mother! I shall like that! you know Mounseer Gumboge says: I make Water as natural as Life". Trees are seen through an open window."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Natural genius
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge leaving thread margin.
- Publisher:
- Thomas Tegg
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Daughters, Interiors, Mothers, Parlors, Pianos, Social classes, Student aspirations, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A naturel genius [graphic].
2. A naturel genius [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1810]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.1
- Collection Title:
- V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour addresses two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen, similarly dressed and resembling her mother. On the right is a piano with open music, and a chair on which is propped a needlework picture of Charlotte mourning under a weeping willow, at a tomb with an urn inscribed 'Werter'. The governess holds in her hand a card: 'Terms of B[on] Tons School'; she points to the picture, saying, "You would perhaps like the Young Lady to work something in silks Madam! there is a pretty subject, Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter". The visitor exclaims: "A very pretty piece I pertest! my Dater has a Genii for Drawing! Penelope my dear! you shall work Charlotte at the Tub of Water". The girl, delighted, answers: "La Mother! I shall like that! you know Mounseer Gumboge says: I make Water as natural as Life". Trees are seen through an open window."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Natural genius
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge leaving thread margin., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 26 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- Thomas Tegg
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Daughters, Interiors, Mothers, Parlors, Pianos, Social classes, Student aspirations, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A naturel genius [graphic].
3. An affecting scene in Hyde Park, or, Modern domestic happiness [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1813]
- Call Number:
- 813.03.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Modern domestic happiness
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker suggested by cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military guards -- Hyde Park -- Reference to Windsor -- Reference to Blackheath -- Headcold, medical.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1813 by S Knight 3 Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Carriages & coaches, and Horses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An affecting scene in Hyde Park, or, Modern domestic happiness [graphic].
4. Belles! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1819?]
- Call Number:
- 819.00.00.34+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side leaving thread margins., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Belles! [graphic].
5. Fashionable ties, or, Modern neckcloths [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1810]
- Call Number:
- 810.00.00.83+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A macabre caricature divided into two compartments, The Dandy and The Dangle. On the left, a strutting dandy ties his neckcloth in front of a mirror saying: 'I declare these large Neckcloths are monstrously handy, They [serve] for a shirt too and make one a Dandy.' The right hand image is of a dandy, head covered in a cloth, dangling from a wooden beam with a tie around his neck. Behind him is a town square and in the foreground, a crowd looks on. The image is accompanied by the text: 'When a man comes to this there's little to hope, His neat Dandy Neckcloth is changed for a Rope'.
- Alternative Title:
- Modern neckcloths
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date from dealer's description., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Contemporary manuscript correction in ink of the leftmost speech bubble, with the omitted word "serve" inserted.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Fashion, Great Britain, Clothing & dress, Crowds, Dandies, Mirrors, Neckties, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fashionable ties, or, Modern neckcloths [graphic].
6. La walse le bon genre, 1810. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1810]
- Call Number:
- 810.00.00.09+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Copy of a French print. Two fantastically dressed couples dance, but in different manners. One pair (left) dance side by side, the man's right arm on his partner's waist, her left arm on his shoulder. The other couple face each other, the lady leaning outwards, hands on her partner's shoulders, while his left hand touches the back of her shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bon genre, 1810
- Description:
- Title from text above and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Matted to 47 x 62 cm.
- Publisher:
- Dépose à la Bibliot. Nat., Rue Montmartre, No. 132, et à Londres, chéz H. Humphrey, St. James Street, No. 27
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Couples, and Dance
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La walse le bon genre, 1810. [graphic]
7. Minuet la cour [graphic].
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 6 June 1817]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on costume, showing the unsuitability of modern dress to the minuet. A grotesque man bends towards his partner, taking her left hand in his right. The other guests stand or sit. He has a large moustache, a shock of hair, high shirt-collar, short-waisted coat with long tails, and loose striped trousers, tied in above the ankle. His partner has short skirt hanging from just below the breast which she holds up by the hem; towering feathers rise from a wreath of flowers on her head. A man in back view (right) wears tight pantaloons tied below the calf, others wear loose trousers. There is a hanging chandelier with candles."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state; former plate number "391" has been replaced with a new plate number, and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pub. June 6th, 1817, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London. Cf. No. 12938 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "193" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 47 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- By T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Chandeliers, Clothing & dress, Couples, Dandies, Dance, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Minuet la cour [graphic].
8. Minuet la cour [graphic].
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 6 June 1817]
- Call Number:
- 817.06.06.01+
- Collection Title:
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on costume, showing the unsuitability of modern dress to the minuet. A grotesque man bends towards his partner, taking her left hand in his right. The other guests stand or sit. He has a large moustache, a shock of hair, high shirt-collar, short-waisted coat with long tails, and loose striped trousers, tied in above the ankle. His partner has short skirt hanging from just below the breast which she holds up by the hem; towering feathers rise from a wreath of flowers on her head. A man in back view (right) wears tight pantaloons tied below the calf, others wear loose trousers. There is a hanging chandelier with candles."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Later state; former plate number "391" has been replaced with a new plate number, and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pub. June 6th, 1817, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London. Cf. No. 12938 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "193" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge.
- Publisher:
- By T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Chandeliers, Clothing & dress, Couples, Dandies, Dance, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Minuet la cour [graphic].
9. Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature!!! [art original]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1818.
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 3 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man and a woman are shown in profile, half-length; their facial features fit together likes pieces of a puzzle
- Description:
- Signed in ink lower left: GCk., Original drawing, basis for a publish print: Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by Nature!!! See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13131., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Dandies, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature!!! [art original]
