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2.
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 21 Box D175
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lavishly costumed female dwarf performs a dance while holding up a section of her dress
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in black ink above image in the artist's hand., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Operas & operetta, Dancers, Dwarfs, and Human curiosities
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Lilliputian opera dancer [art original].
3.
- Creator:
- Albanesi, Angelo, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publishd. according to act of Parliament the 30 Octobr. 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.10.30.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A print showing the front elevation of a brothel, with a sign over the door "Young Ladies Educated & Board." At the threshold of the establishment, the brothel keeper (possibly Charlotte Hayes) stands at the front door talking with a young man who holds a riding crop (possibly her common-law husband, Dennis O’Kelly.) The two windows on the ground floor show, on the left, a woman entertaining a portly gentleman, and, on the right, two pretty, young woman, one leaning out the window to view the scene at the door. In the two windows on the upper, left and center, two other women are already entertaining men (one of whom is a clergyman) while on the right, two pretty women look down at the scene on the brothel threshold. On the left, a man reads handbills in a covered alley identified as "Kings Place." On the sidewalk (left) a pedestrian holds a monocle to his eye to better see the women; in his pocket is a paper with a title "Economical Lowe[r?]. On the sidewalk to the right, a flower girl in ragged clothes holds out a bunch of flowers to the young man addressing the madam. A woman (dwarf) crier holds a sheet titled "The Harlot's Progress."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Hayes, Charlotte, 1725-1813, and O’Kelly, Dennis, 1725-1787,
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Humor, Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitutes' clients, Clergy, Dogs, Doors & doorways, Dwarfs, Windows, Signs (Notices), and Peddlers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Afternoons amusement [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 54 Box D305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Ten figures arranged in two rows depicting dwarfs or 'Lilliputians' dressed and acting in a variety of roles indicated by a respective caption: A Lilliputian actress; a Lilliputian candidate; a Lilliputian voter; a Lilliputian woman of fashion; a Lilliputian man of fashion; a Lilliputian dowager; a Lilliputian alderman; a Lilliputian vicar; a Lilliputian man of consequence; a Lilliputian informer!!
- Description:
- Title from ink inscription in the artist's hand below image., Signed by the artist., Date supplied by cataloger., and Three sheets of paper pasted on a mount in two rows forming one coherent design.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwarfs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > All alive at Lilliput!! [art original]
5.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.01.01.02.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
- Description:
- Title etched above imprint and below text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five lines of text below image and above title: Some school-boys who were playing at soldiers found one of their number so ill made and so much under size that he would have disfigured the whole body if put into the ranks. What shall we do with him asked one. Do with him says another? Why, make an officer of him., Publisher's statement below image: Prints & drawings lent on the plan of a circulating library, folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Any thing will do for an officer [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.01.01.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
- Description:
- Title etched above imprint at the end of five lines of text., Printmaker from another state in Lewis Walpole collection. This state also lacks the publisher's statement following printmaker's statement. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library 796.01.01.02.2., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side and top., Five lines of text below image and preceding title: Some school-boys who were playing at soldiers found one of their number so ill made and so much under size that he would have disfigured the whole body if put into the ranks. What shall we do with him asked one. Do with him says another? Why, make an officer of him., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With printseller's stamp: S.W. Fores.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Any thing will do for an officer [graphic].
7.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794] and [printed not before 1842]
- Call Number:
- 794.00.00.211
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Byrne, Charles, 1761-1783,, Cranstoun, Geordie, active 1784,, Fairholme, George, active 1730-1800,, McGowan, John, -1805,, and Watson, Alexander,
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Dwarfs, Giants (Persons), and Singers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Byrne, the Irish giant, Mr. Watson, Mr. M'Gowan, Mr. Fairholme, and Geordie Cranstoun
8.
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1874]
- Call Number:
- Print00823
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date derived from publisher's date of death., Place of publication from item., Title continues: in his Character of Napolean., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Stratton, Charles (1838-83).
- Publisher:
- J.T. Wood, 33, Holywell Str. Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Human curiosities and Dwarfs
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Charles S. Stratton as General Tom Thumb [graphic].
9.
- Creator:
- Baugniet, Charles, 1814-1886, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1844]
- Call Number:
- Print00359
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., Below image at left: Baugniet Lith., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Stratton, Charles S. (1838-83).
- Publisher:
- Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen
- Subject (Name):
- Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwarfism, Human curiosities, Dwarfs, Books, Pens, Eggs, and Bottles
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Charles S. Stratton known as General Tom Thumb, the American in miniature / [graphic]
10.
- Creator:
- Gallon, 19th century, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 March 1844]
- Call Number:
- Print00375
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Below title: "The Portrait of General Tom Thumb Painted by Mr. Durham & Lithographed by Mr. Gallon was taken from Life and I regard it as an Excellent Likeness" P. T. Barnum, Guardian of Genl. Tom Thumb and Proprietor of the American Museum in New York., In margin lower left: Paris Goupel & Vibert Deposé., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dwarfism; Stratton, Charles (1838-83).
- Publisher:
- Published March 21st. 1844 at Rudolph Ackermann's Eclipse Sporting & Military Gallery 191 Regent Street and Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen
- Subject (Name):
- Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Human curiosities and Dwarfs
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Charles S. Stratton, known as General Tom Thumb Drawn in his character of Napoleon Buonaparte / [graphic]
