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10. Arms of the Foundling Hospital [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- printed in the year MDCCXLIX [1749]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 73K(l) Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Engraving of the coat of arms of the Foundling House used to illustrate the title page of "An account of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children". Coat-of-arms shows a naked child, a lamb holding a sprig of thyme as the crest, figures of maternal nature and Britannia as supporters, and the motto "Help".
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text above image., Imprint from letterpress text below image., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 230.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Arms of the Foundling Hospital [graphic].
11. Iphigenia [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1749]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 53 C46 776
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 15. Trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An engraving, showing a scene from the Venetian Ambassadors Masquerade in which Miss Chudleigh appears wearing stockings, shoes, and a tunic, the last covering only a very small portion of her person, and taking off her mask on being seized round the waist by a gentleman. "Punch", "Judy", and another masquerader, George II?, are behind
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Attributed to Charles Moseley in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3894., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "Price 6 d."--Lower right corner of plate., and Bound in opposite page 15 in an extra-illustrated copy of: The trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers ... London : Printed for Charles Bathurst, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
- Subject (Topic):
- Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Iphigenia [graphic].
12. John of Gant in love, or, Mars on his knees [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish's according to act of Parliament, July 15th, [1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.07.15.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Mars on his knees
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., Two lines of verse below title: Musick hath charms to soothe the savage breast! / To soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak. Congrave [sic]., and Temporary local subject terms: Savoyards -- Mythology: allusion to Mars -- Buildings: Eton College -- Peasants -- Royal Arms -- 'The great fat hog to be seen alive' -- Literature: quotation from The mourning bride by William Congreve, 1670-1729.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Musical instruments, Organ grinders, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John of Gant in love, or, Mars on his knees [graphic].
13. John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his journey [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament [1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.07.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Duke of Cumberland rides a horse towards the left; in the distance are buildings which are labelled 'Eton College'. From his mouth come the words, "My all is in my possession, possession, possession. My all is in my posession. Mounted behind him on the horse is a pretty, young woman playing a hurdy-gurdy. From her mouth, the words, "Virgins are like [the] fair flowers in its lustre." A large belt labelled "The girdle of affection" encircles the two riders waists. A distressed young peasant, the girl's brother, chases the horse, crying, "My dear sister. Stop 'e. Stop 'e. Stop 'e. O, I fear she's gone for aye." He carries the box for the hurdy-gurdy on his back. An allusion to the Savoyards - and Mars. Quotation from Twelfth night, I.i.1, by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616
- Alternative Title:
- Mars on his journey
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., One line of verse added after title: If musick be the food of love, play on. Gay., Temporary local subject terms: Savoyards -- Mythology: allusion to Mars., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Organ grinders
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his journey [graphic].
14. No peace for the wicked, or, Wars broke out in the city : to the tune of, Under the greenwood tree
- Published / Created:
- printed in the year 1749.
- Call Number:
- 749.00.00.06++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A broadside satirising the Jacobite Alderman William Benn, who was involved in a drunken fight with another alderman at a London City feast because the former had proposed to the health of the Young Pretender; with an etching showing in the foreground Benn on the ground, holding in his right hand a bottle, his wig is pulled off by a dog, on the right another alderman, attacking Benn with a raised bottle, in the background a group of people looking on; with engraved title and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in three columns, and with two vertical and one horizontal segment of type ornament."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Wars broke out in the city
- Description:
- Caption title., Broadside illustrated with an etching at top of sheet (plate mark 20.3 x 33.1 cm)., First line: Draw near, ye sober citizens., and Temporary local subject terms: Animals: dog wearing a collar "Charls's [sic] Breed" and chains -- Drunken battle with wine bottles -- Bottles: wine bottles used as weapons -- Hospitals of Bethlem and Bridewell -- Gold chains -- City of London feast -- Ass's ears on William Benn -- Envelope -- Aldermen.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766. and Benn, William, 1702-1755
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons, Jacobites, Dogs, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > No peace for the wicked, or, Wars broke out in the city : to the tune of, Under the greenwood tree
15. The arrest at the Compter a song. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1749?]
- Call Number:
- 749.00.00.27+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man with his hands clasped in supplication, is seized on one side by a burly turnkey and on the other by a man wearing in a Kevenhuller hat and armed with a cudgel. A third man tries to hit the prisoner on the head with a long cudgel. A fourth man, standing near the turnkey, threatens a boy and a woman who both kneel facing the prisoner whie a little girl in front of the woman stretches her arms towards her. On the far left, a well dressed man points to the scene with his left hand, his right hand resting on his hip. To his right is an entrance to a building with a lamp in the shape of an acorn hanging above the door. On the opposite side is another building with old-fashioned casement windows with diamond panes, or possibly bars, on upper floors and modern square paned windows on the ground floor. Over the door, in lieu of a lantern, hangs a bunch of grapes. The two buildings are connected in the background by a wall with a gate with heavy grill through which two men are peeking into the courtyard. On the wall above the grill are the Royal Arms, flanked by the arms of London and Westminster
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image: Welcome, welcome, brother debtor, As an old and hearty song ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Prisons: The Compter -- Turnkeys -- Hats: Kevenhuller -- Weapons: cudgel -- Arms: royal arms -- Arms: City of London -- Arms: City of Westminster -- Emblems: grapes hanging over the dooor -- Lighting: outdoor hanging lantern., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The arrest at the Compter a song. [graphic]
16. The bellman and the captain [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.07.25.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge with loss of upper part of title., Ninety four lines of verse in five columns, in letterpress, below image on the plate: An arch and sturdy bellman of the town, that us' to cry his matters up and down ..., Temporary local subject terms: LIterature: The bellman and the captain, by John Byrom, 1691-1763, The Chester Courant, July 25 1749 -- Jacobites -- Literature: Jacobitish tales -- Bells: hand bells -- Bellmen -- Trades: butcher -- Military uniforms: captain's uniform -- Signs: butcher's sign -- Male costume: butcher's outfit -- Bellman's outfit -- Harlequin -- Allusion to King George II., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bellman and the captain [graphic].
17. The bottle conjurer, from head to foot, without equivocation [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Jan. 24th 1749.
- Call Number:
- 749.01.24.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publisher indentified from address., Four columns of verse below image: When conjurers [the] quality can bubble, and get their gold w[i]th very little trouble ..., Temporary local subject terms: Haymarket Theatre: burning of stage properties -- Bottles: conjurer in a bottle -- Watch: Military uniforms: Grenadier, Foot Guard -- Sticks -- Placards: Foote gives tea., and Watermark: countermark IV.
- Publisher:
- Sold in Mays Building, Covent Garden
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Bonfires, Butchers, Cats, Chandeliers, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), and Theater curtains
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bottle conjurer, from head to foot, without equivocation [graphic].
18. The conduct of the two b*****rs [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.01.18.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Conduct of the two brothers
- Description:
- Title from item., The 'u' in 'conduct' etched backwards., Publisher tentatively attributed to Bickham in an unverified card catalog record., Publication place and date inferred from British Museum catalogue., Twelve lines of verse in two columns below image: O England, how revolving is thy state! How few thy blessings! How severe thy fate ..., Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) as St. Erasmus -- Martyrdom of St. Erasmus -- Dissections -- Emblems: the White Horse of Hanover -- Baron Ilton., and Watermark: countermark IV.
- Publisher:
- G. Bickham?
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The conduct of the two b*****rs [graphic].
