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226. [Fragments from Borders for rooms] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 March 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.00.00.36 Impression 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Five images: 1. Two men converse: Man on the left: "If this is not the Tippy I wonder." Man on the right replies, "What pains some people take to make themselves ridicolous! 2. Two elderly couples sit at a game of cards with the man on the right addressing his partner: "I believe, Ma'am, we have two honors." 3. Two women walking with parasols discuss the novelty of their dresses. A short woman on the leftt says, "I believe Ma'am you'll find this the complete thing." The tall woman on rights responds with a haughty look on her face, "I beg your pardon Ma'am this is the true Bond Street." 4. Two elderly men read a letter from Copenhagen. "They write from Copenhagen!" "What do they say?" 5. A watchman brings a man he had accosted to an elderly judge or parson, "Please your Worship, this terrible looking fellow knock'd me down five times." The judge sitting in a chair replies, "A fierce looking countenance indeed, he shall be committed directly."
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series of Borders For Rooms, designed by Woodward and etched by Rowlandson. Cf. British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Publication information from an unverified attribution on verso of the print., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 10 x 9 cm, mounted to 27 x 22 cm, together with one more image cut out from a Borders plate., and Image 2 only.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 30, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fragments from Borders for rooms] [graphic].
227. [Fragments from Grotesque borders for rooms & screens] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 March 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.00.00.36 Impression 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Single image showing four women seated around the table and taking tea. One of them says, "I have long had my suspicions." Another replies, "You dont say so." Behind her stands a gaping footman with a salver in his hand. A small dog is begging for a treat
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Fragments of a horizontal border from the series of Borders for rooms, designed by Woodward and etched by Rowlandson, identified on verso of the mounting sheet as Plate 3. Cf. British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Publication information from an unverified attribution on verso of the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm.; one sheet together with impression 3 of image 2 from Lewis Walpole prints 799.00.00.36.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 30, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fragments from Grotesque borders for rooms & screens] [graphic].
228. [Tomb of Sir George Savile] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [November 1799?]
- Call Number:
- 799.11.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A sculptured monument to Sir George Savile against a stone wall. A life-like half length figure of Savile looking to the right is set in an alcove with inscriptions above and below. Above: 'The Guardian Genius of that Good Man and Upright Senator \ Sir George Saville Bart \ Hovers with anxiety over The Tomb; not without Hopes, that his Countrymen \ may e're it be too late, see the Necessity of Peace, - the Improbability of \ the Present Ministers making it, - & the Benefit which would result, from a Temperate Reformation of those Abuses, "from which {to use his own memorable words) \ it was notorious, that all our Calamities Sprung."!!!' Below: 'Fuimus Troes, fuet [sic] Ilium et ingens Gloria Teucrorum. Virgil Here lie the Remains of the \ - Requisition, - \ The last Hopes of the Independent Gentlemen of Yorkshire; \ in full Confidence \ that when Corruption shall have ceased to prey upon the \ Human Frame, that it will rise again to \ - Immortal Glory.- \ Reader, \ You will no longer doubt the just Cause or upright \ Intention of this Requisition, when you learn, that \ the Merchants of Leeds, its greatest Enemies, have \ Thought that an Elegant Monument should be dedicated \ to it's \ Memory. \ "Your Cause of Sorrow must not be measured by his \ "Worth, for then it hath no End." Shakespere Mackbeth \ "Quis Desiderio sit Pudor aut Modus \ "Tam chari Capitis." Horace.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Probably commissioned by the Yorkshire Reform movement. See British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Monuments: sepulchral monument to George Savile, 8th Bt. -- Literature: Shakespeare's Macbeth, v.8.44 -- Literature: Virgil, Aeneid.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Tomb of Sir George Savile] [graphic].
229. [Woman wearing flowered dress and hat] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1799]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman shown half-length is seated in a chair, her left arm on a table and facing right. She wears a bonnet after the dormeuse pattern, adorned with a wide ribbon, tied in a bow in the front Her floral printed dress is ruffled around the neck and the front of the bodice, with ruffles below the elbow. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
- Alternative Title:
- Fashion-plate
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and Date and place from watermark: Hayes & W[...] 1799.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Woman wearing flowered dress and hat] [graphic].
230. [Woman wearing turban] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1799]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman is shown nearly half-length and facing front, her right hand holding a book and resting on a chair back. Her upswept hair is swathed turban-like in a large piece of striped cloth. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
- Alternative Title:
- Fashion-plate
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and Date and place from watermark of another print in the same series.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Woman wearing turban] [graphic].
231. [Woman with feathered hat] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1799]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman is shown bust length, facing left, wearing a large hat after the bergère pattern, adorned with ribbons and ostrich plumes. Her shoulders are draped with a neckerchief tied with a bow. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
- Alternative Title:
- Fashion-plate
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and Date and place from watermark of other print from the same series.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Fashion, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Woman with feathered hat] [graphic].
232. [Woman with ruffled hat] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1799]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman nearly half-length is shown facing right, wearing a large bonnet after the dormeuse pattern, with ruffled ribbons hanging down behind. A large bow adorns her bodice. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
- Alternative Title:
- Fashion-plate
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and Date and place from watermark of other print from the same series.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Woman with ruffled hat] [graphic].
