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1.
Tit for tat; or the merry wives of Wapping

Published / Created:
[1765?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Merry wives of Wapping
Description:
Caption title above first two columns.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the printing office in Stonecutter-street, Fleet Market
Subject (Name):
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Adultery, Cuckolds, Ballads, English, Husband and wife, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tit for tat; or the merry wives of Wapping

2.
The married macaroni Alas! Poor Benedick. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1777]
Call Number:
777.00.00.08
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A young dandy carrying walking stick and sword and with huge buttons on his coat, walks towards the left of the print, a long horn sprouting from his forehead and a diminutive woman emerging from his left shoulder. Behind him, arm in arm with a woman,...
Alternative Title:
Alas! Poor Benedick
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Couples, Dandies, British, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The married macaroni Alas! Poor Benedick. [graphic]

3.
A hint to [the] husbands, or, The dresser, properly dressed [graphic].

Published / Created:
14 Augst. 1777.
Call Number:
777.08.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady sits at her dressing table, her elaborate mountain of hair being combed by her equally coiffed hair-dresser who stands behind her. The lady turns to see her husband who has just entered the room in riding dress, his whip upraised. Behind him in...
Alternative Title:
Hint to the husbands and Dresser properly dressed
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Couples, Hairdressing, Dressing tables, Boudoirs, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A hint to [the] husbands, or, The dresser, properly dressed [graphic].

4.
Petticoat government, or, The Scripture fulfilled [graphic]

Published / Created:
[ca. 1778]
Call Number:
778.00.00.43
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed woman with elaborate coiffure decorated with ribbons and ostrich plumes, holds a whip in the left hand and reins in the right, as she rides on the back of a corpulent man with horns. He leans on his walking stick, the reins in h...
Alternative Title:
Scripture fulfilled
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Cuckolds, Couples, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Petticoat government, or, The Scripture fulfilled [graphic]

5.
The husband's holyday, or, Right road to the horns [graphic]

Creator:
Cornutus, printmaker
Published / Created:
Decr. 7, 1778.
Call Number:
778.12.07.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a semi-rural setting with a cow and duck pond in foreground, and house in the background, a husband with his wig falling off, carries a vomiting infant up a hill, accompanied by his 2 other children. His wife follows behind him, enjoying the attent...
Alternative Title:
Right road to the horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published at No. 46 St. Johns Street, West Smithfield as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England and British
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Clothing & dress, Houses, Walking, Military officers, Couples, Fathers & children, and Accidents
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The husband's holyday, or, Right road to the horns [graphic]

6.
The minogoat [graphic].

Creator:
Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before November 1780]
Call Number:
780.11.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a fruiterer's shop. Behind a counter sits a man (left) with long goat's horns and a goat's beard. He holds up his hand with an expression of dismay at a man who shows him a bust portrait of himself with horns and beard. The man, who w...
Description:
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Fruit, Newspapers, Goats, and Stores & shops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The minogoat [graphic].

7.
The shilling, or, the value of a P...y-C........r's matrimonial honor [graphic].

Published / Created:
Feb 27, 1782.
Call Number:
782.02.27.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout man, seated (right) with stag's horns growing from his forehead, turns away from a lawyer in wig and gown who approaches him from the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Value of a P...y-C........r's matrimonial honor and Value of a Privy-Councillor's matrimonial honor
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publ. as the act dir. by H. Humphrey New Bond St. No. 18
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Worsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Lawyers, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The shilling, or, the value of a P...y-C........r's matrimonial honor [graphic].

8.
Maidstone whim [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1782?]
Call Number:
782.03.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Worsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805. and Bisset, Maurice George, 1757-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Maidstone whim [graphic].

9.
Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 June 1782]
Call Number:
782.06.15.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the Prince of Wales's relations with Lady Salisbury, the pair shown holding hands on the right, while her husband, drawn as a block of stone, stamps angrily in the center. Between them is Mrs. Robinson, who had been deserted by the Prince,...
Alternative Title:
Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Salisbury Plain (England) and England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, and Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Couples, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].

10.
Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 June 1782]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the Prince of Wales's relations with Lady Salisbury, the pair shown holding hands on the right, while her husband, drawn as a block of stone, stamps angrily in the center. Between them is Mrs. Robinson, who had been deserted by the Prince,...
Alternative Title:
Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Salisbury Plain (England) and England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, and Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Couples, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].