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2.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Eleven views in three rows, arranged around a larger central image of "A view of the island of St. Helena"; the ten smaller views, four in the top row, two in the middle row, and four in the third row, show images of various boats, ships and other sailing vessels on the sea
- Alternative Title:
- View of the island of Saint Helena
- Description:
- Titles etched below images., Publication date based on date assigned by Isaac to other Davison prints., Plate numbered "45" in upper right corner., and Not in: Isaac, P. Some Alnwick caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- Saint Helena
- Subject (Topic):
- Boats, Sailing ships, Warships, British, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the island of St. Helena A fishing boat ; A frigate laying at anchor ; A brisk gale ; A pleasure boat ; Homeward bound ; A ship of the line ; British ships of war ; French ships of war ; A chase ; A light breeze. [graphic]
3.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.106
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A portly, bald gentleman with a churchwarden pipe looks over his shoulder towards the viewer
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Numbered '21' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ax about [graphic].
4.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.112 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Hogarth's print of the same title., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.3 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 26.5 cm., and Printed in raw sienna ink on wove paper.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eggs, and Legends
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
5.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.112 Impression 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Hogarth's print of the same title., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.3 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 26.5 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eggs, and Legends
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
6.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.112 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Hogarth's print of the same title., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eggs, and Legends
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
7.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.114 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows a man and a boy chasing a pig in the yard of a country alehouse. In the background, another man pauses to remove his hat and wipe his brow, while a fourth has evidently tripped and lies sprawling on the ground. A dog barks at the commotion
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "31" in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Games, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Country sport [graphic].
8.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.114 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows a man and a boy chasing a pig in the yard of a country alehouse. In the background, another man pauses to remove his hat and wipe his brow, while a fourth has evidently tripped and lies sprawling on the ground. A dog barks at the commotion
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "31" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; sheet 19 x 25.2 cm., and Printed in vermillion ink on laid paper.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Games, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Country sport [graphic].
9.
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.00.00.36
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date conjectured from period of printer's activity., Later, altered version of no. 6153 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Print based on "A journeyman parson going on duty".
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, England, Horseback riding, Taverns (Inns), and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Curate going on duty [graphic].
10.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.122
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Nine small scenes, arranged in three rows, showing people and animals engaged in various activities
- Description:
- Titles etched below images., Publication date based on date assigned by Isaac to other Davison prints., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Plate numbered "44" in upper right corner., and Not in: Isaac, P. Some Alnwick caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomers, Criminals, Dogs, Farmers, Folk singers, Singers, Swine, and Trained animals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dancing bear Don Quixote & Sancho ; Paul Puff & Jerry Sneak ; Farmer & pig ; Ballad singers ; Pompey the Little ; Dancing dogs ; A robber ; Astronomers. [graphic]
11.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.89
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The highlander falls back against a table, his one leg held by the 'druid' who sits on a chair made from a barrel as he tends a wound on the Scotsman's calf
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Numbered '15' in upper left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Barrels and Wounds & injuries
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Druid and highlander [graphic].
12.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.124
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Daniel Lambert; whole length, seated facing front; wearing striped waistcoat, breeches and jacket; his hat and his right hand resting on a table at the left
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Image after a print by John Fairburn, published 22 April 1806 in London. See British Museum catalogue, see Museum number: 1851,0308.420., and Publisher and date of publication from Isaac.
- Publisher:
- W. Davison
- Subject (Name):
- Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809
- Subject (Topic):
- Human curiosities and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Duke of Dumplings eldest son [graphic].
13.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.118
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a sitting room, a man in a fit of anger kicks over a chair and table set with tea; a pitcher, cups and saucers, tongs and other tableware are in flight or shattered on the floor. The man holds his wig in his left hand as a woman looks on with fear. Two cats fight in front of a fireplace above which hangs a seascape with rough waters and lightening. On the back wall another painting shows a man standing over a woman
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Plate numbered "38" in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Anger, Couples, Kicking, Interiors, Tables, Fireplaces, and Cats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Effects of passion [graphic].
14.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.102
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On a stage a man in a hat extracts a tooth from a patient as a clown taunts him; the audience on three sides of the stage look on with looks of horror or amusement
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Teeth, Extraction, Dentistry, Audiences, Clowns, and Pain
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hob and stage doctor [graphic].
15.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.111 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man on horseback, whip in hand but not in use, is shown attempting to clear a stile flanked by hedgerows; his horse's forelegs are on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider with a look of consternation raises his whip as he comes up behind
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Plate numbered "26" in upper right corner., After a print with the same title designed by Henry Bunbury, originally published in his "Annals of horsemanship.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 16.3 x 24 cm, and Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Edges of a watermark visible at lower edge.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > How to do things by halves [graphic].
16.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.111 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man on horseback, whip in hand but not in use, is shown attempting to clear a stile flanked by hedgerows; his horse's forelegs are on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider with a look of consternation raises his whip as he comes up behind
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Plate numbered "26" in upper right corner., After a print with the same title designed by Henry Bunbury, originally published in his "Annals of horsemanship.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > How to do things by halves [graphic].
17.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.113
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a churchyard four young men, one of whom is a boot-black, play a game of hustle-cap on a tomb; a beadle raises his cane to strike them; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "30" in upper right corner., After a Hogarth print entitled "The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service," from his series "Industry and idleness.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Officials, Shoe shiners, Skulls, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Young adults
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Idleness [graphic].
18.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man stands facing the viewer, a pipe in his left hand and a paper labelled "London Gazette" sticking out of the pocket of his coat. He gleefully points with his left hand to two bottles set on a drop-leaf table beside him. The room is decorated with a marble pilaster with Ionic capital
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., A copy in reverse after a print by John Collet published 9 November 1769 by Robert Sayer and John Smith. Cf. No. 4337 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate numbered "40" in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Alcoholic beverages, Pipes (Smoking), and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > In place ha! ha! hah! [graphic].
19.
- Creator:
- Elder, James (Merchant)
- Published / Created:
- [11 March 1817] and March 11, 1817.
- Call Number:
- File 66 817 El37
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Caption title., A handbill issued by James Elder recommending that his customers purchase wine before a new duty goes into effect., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- James Elder and J. Graham, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Alnwick., and Alnwick (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Vintners
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Intended duty on Cape Madeira : James Elder with thanks to his friends for the encouragement given to the system adopted by him of selling a good article at a moderate price ...
20.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.99
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows a caricatured Jewish peddlar or pawnbroker purchasing a pair of breeches from a young soldier on street corner. The jewish man holds up the breeches for inspection, grinning at the soldier who holds out his hand for his purchase money
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Jews and Peddlers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jew purchasing old clothes [graphic].
21.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.126
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Six designs, arranged in two rows, each showing a mother, father, and child from different cultures. The figures wear their native dress and appear in front of landscapes, buildings, and animals found in their region of the world
- Alternative Title:
- Six national figures
- Description:
- Titles etched below images., Alternative title and publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Plate numbered "36" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethnic stereotypes, Families, Africans, Chinese, English, Khoekhoe, Native American, and Sami (European people)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Laplanders English ; Americans ; Africans ; Chinese ; Hottentots. [graphic]
22.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.98
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Popular print, satire, after print published by Laurie & Whittle in 1794 (British Museum satires no. 8596): five men sit at a small square table on which are glasses and an empty punch-bowl, all have expressions of deep melancholy: one reverses his glass, another breaks his pipe, the bowl of which still smokes, the third weeps, the fourth looks down with a gesture of deprecating misery, the fifth looking towards the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Crying, Eating & drinking, Tables, Pipes (Smoking), and Sadness
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Let us all be unhappy together [graphic].
23.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on London hunters: A hare crouching in long grass beside an old tree at left while a young man runs forward dragging his gun, and holding out his hat to throw it over the animal. Two dogs follow behind him and a second man squats down with his gun to watch
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen finding a hare", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9599 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hunters and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > London sportsmen finding a hare [graphic].
24.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.127
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young huntsmen with a barnyard rooster hanging from his waist, negligently uses a ramrod. His pot-bellied companion leans against a fence, voraciously gnawing a cold chicken, a bottle of 'Porter' in front of him. Near him lies a dead cat. The men are accompanied by two dogs
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen re-charging", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9598 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Hunters and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > London sportsmen recharging [graphic].
25.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.96
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two 'cits' are shown out for a day's sport in the countryside. One is rather thin and fashionably dressed, while the other is an older, fat John Bull type. The younger man leaps a low fence, firing his rifle at a flight of birds, his clipped poodle leaping beside him. His fat companion stands on the far side of a ow stile, gun in hand, an eager bulldog at his side; he tries to catch his hat which his friend has knocked off
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date based on range of years in which Davison produced caricatures. See: Isaac, Peter. Some Alnwick caricatures. Wylam : Allenholme Press, 1965., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., A copy in reverse of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen shooting flying", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9597 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Game bird hunting, Rifles, and Fences
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > London sportsmen shooting flying [graphic].
26.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A family of three on horseback riding down a country road, seen from behind with the man in the centre and flanked by the two women in a baskets, in plain, house in the left middle distance
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Plate numbered "25" in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., After a print entitled "Me my wife & daughter," designed by Henry Bunbury and originally published in his "Annals of horsemanship.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Daughters, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Me and my wife and daughter [graphic].
27.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.119
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A gentleman is shown half-length in profile to the right, pressing a walking stick to his chin and holding his hat under his arm; he stands in a disconsolate manner at table on the right on which are set tankard lettered "small beer" and paper "W. Davison druggist Alnwick sells".
- Alternative Title:
- Out of place and unpensioned
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Plate numbered "39" in upper right corner., After a print by John Collet published 9 November 1769 (see British Museum satires, no. 4338), in reverse., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks), Drinking vessels, and Sadness
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Out of place and unpension'd [graphic].
28.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.108
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady walking along a high orchard wall has her enormous headdress, trimmed wtih lace and ribbons, pulled from her head by a monkey perched atop the wall. She clasps her hand to her bare head, a look of surprise on her face. A man perched on a ladder picking apples in the orchard looks over the wall in amusement at the scene
- Alternative Title:
- Sleight of hand by a monkey, or, The ladys head unloaded and Ladys head unloaded
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., Numbered '23' in upper right corner., Probably a copy of a mezzotint with the same title that was published in 1776 by Carington Bowles. Cf. No. 4546 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Apple orchards, Clothing & dress, Hairdressing, Monkeys, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Slight of hand by a monkey, or, The ladys head unloaded [graphic].
29.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.107 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An ugly woman with only two teeth and with holes in her sleeve, shown half-length to left, a scarf over her head and tied under her chin, one hand around a tankard, holding up the other hand with thumb and forefinger pinched together, a small round snuff box on the table
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., Probably a copy of a mezzotint with the same title that was published 2 March 1795 by Bowles & Carver. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.2105., Plate numbered "22" in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Snuff, Drinking vessels, Older people, and Poverty
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Snuff and twopenny [graphic].
30.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.107 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An ugly woman with only two teeth and with holes in her sleeve, shown half-length to left, a scarf over her head and tied under her chin, one hand around a tankard, holding up the other hand with thumb and forefinger pinched together, a small round snuff box on the table
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., Probably a copy of a mezzotint with the same title that was published 2 March 1795 by Bowles & Carver. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.2105., Plate numbered "22" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.7 x 16 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 18.6 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Snuff, Drinking vessels, Older people, and Poverty
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Snuff and twopenny [graphic].
31.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.93 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dejected-looking man stands barefoot, his shirt open, next to a stump of a tree, pulling a louse from his chest. In the distance is a walled city with two church spires
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.8 x 15.25 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 16.7 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Duvison [that is, Davison], Alnwick
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Spaniard lousing [graphic].
32.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.93 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dejected-looking man stands barefoot, his shirt open, next to a stump of a tree, pulling a louse from his chest. In the distance is a walled city with two church spires
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Duvison [that is, Davison], Alnwick
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Spaniard lousing [graphic].
33.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.90
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A French woman engages in a fist fight with a startled customer as his friend looks on in horror. Her hook-nosed colleague sits at a table and extends an offer of a shellfish (lobster?) the brawlers
- Alternative Title:
- Frenchmen in Billingsgate
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Billingsgate Ward (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Fighting, Fishmongers, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Frenchmen in Billinsgate [graphic].
34.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.86 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off the back of his chair. On the wall behind them is a picture of the three crosses on Calvary
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Numbered '27' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 16.2 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 25.2 cm., and Printed in vermillion ink on laid paper.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Benedictions, Cats, and Prayer
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The blessing [graphic].
35.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.86 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off the back of his chair. On the wall behind them is a picture of the three crosses on Calvary
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Numbered '27' in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Benedictions, Cats, and Prayer
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The blessing [graphic].
36.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A crier, his mouth wide open and with an angry expression, shakes his bell in the faces of three gaping and alarmed yokels (right). He wears a long old-fashioned coat, broad cocked hat and wig, and holds a cane. A young man (farmer?) with a pitchfork (left) loiters complacently. A path leads to a farmhouse (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Plate numbered "35" in upper right corner., and A copy in reverse after an earlier print of the title, published in Dec. 16, 1793, by Robert Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London (see British Museum satires no. 8411).
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Agricultural facilities, Agricultural laborers, Bells, Pitchforks, and Town criers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The country crier [graphic].
37.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.101
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Popular print, satire ... : The interior of a farrier's smithy. A country woman sits on a low stool, while a farrier pulls at her tooth with a pair of pincers which he grasps in both hands. He presses one foot on her outstretched leg while a grinning assistant holds her head in both hands. A third man stands behind, also grinning and holding a stick above his head; one eye is bandaged. All three wear leather aprons. The wretched woman holds the tooth-drawer's left sleeve with one hand, his nose with the other; her eyes are closed. A boy (left) flourishes a broom. Behind (right) is the lighted forge. An anvil, horseshoes, and farrier's tools are in the foreground. A grinning face looks in through a wide-open window (left). Thatched buildings and trees are seen through the window."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Copy in reverse of a ca. 1784 print after Robert Dighton entitled: The country tooth-drawer. Cf. No. 6759 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Teeth, Extraction, Dentistry, Blacksmiths, and Pain
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The country tooth drawer [graphic].
38.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.92 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A poet sits at a table, pen in hand, posed to write on the sheet of paper before him. On the floor is a discarded piece of paper. His hat and coat hang from a peg on the wall beside the chimney above which is a shelf of books and a picture of a Greek temple. The only other furnishings in the room are a broken chair, a folding bed tilted up against the wall, and a chamber pot
- Alternative Title:
- Distressed poet
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered '32' in upper right corner., After Hogarth's print of the same name, 1740., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; sheet 18.5 x 25.5 cm., and Printed in vermillion ink on wove paper.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Interiors, Poets, Poor persons, and Writing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic].
39.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.92 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A poet sits at a table, pen in hand, posed to write on the sheet of paper before him. On the floor is a discarded piece of paper. His hat and coat hang from a peg on the wall beside the chimney above which is a shelf of books and a picture of a Greek temple. The only other furnishings in the room are a broken chair, a folding bed tilted up against the wall, and a chamber pot
- Alternative Title:
- Distressed poet
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered '32' in upper right corner., After Hogarth's print of the same name, 1740., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Interiors, Poets, Poor persons, and Writing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic].
40.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.104
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man sits in an armchair facing right, resting his gouty left foot on a footrest; a cane rests between his legs. He rings a bell and looks over his right shoulder at a young servant who is leaving the room through a door on the left. A hill is visible through a window on the right
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Sick persons, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The gout [graphic].
41.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.109
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An old man, wearing a robe from which hangs a crucifix, walks with a staff towards a city in the distance. A long beard grows from his chin and long hair hangs from the back of his head; the top of his head is completely bald
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., Plate numbered "24" in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Monks, Hermits, Robes, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hermit [graphic].
42.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.88
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A country woman in an apron and cloak, hands on her hips, laughs as she watches the havoc caused by a sow and her piglets who run in all directions on the road. A horse rears in panic and topples acouple and their buggy. Another man on horseback is pitched forward as his horse noses the piglet caught between his front legs. In the distance beyond a stone wall on the left is the town dominated by four steeples, on the right trees. While the woman is looking away, two small boys, eyeing her carefully, steal from the contents of her wheelbarrow
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Accidents, Carriages & coaches, Country life, Robberies, and Swine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The misfortune [graphic].
43.
- Creator:
- Davison, William, 1780-1858, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.91
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An old maid with a large chin and lump in her neck kneels in prayer before a simple table as a man looks down at her from a gap in the rafters. On the wall hang two notices entitled "Cupid's revenge" and "Love in a village".
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Date based on range of years in which Davison produced caritcatures. See: Isaac, P. Some Alnwick caricatures., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '4' in upper left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison
- Subject (Topic):
- Single women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old maids petition [graphic].
44.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.87 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. Behind him on the wall on either side are two wall maps, one of western Europe and the tip of northern Africa and the other of the Americas and Asia
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., After the design by WilliamHogarth, published by Jane Hogarth 1775., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 17.2 x 24 cm, on sheet 19.1 x 27 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Maps, and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The politician [graphic].
45.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.87 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. Behind him on the wall on either side are two wall maps, one of western Europe and the tip of northern Africa and the other of the Americas and Asia
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., After the design by WilliamHogarth, published by Jane Hogarth 1775., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Maps, and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The politician [graphic].
46.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tailor and cobbler, both are partially bald, are seated with their backs to roaring fire in the grate of a fireplace. The cobbler is sitting at a table with a glass and tankard in front of him; he is smoking a pipe and blowing the smoke into the tailor's face. The tailor sits slumped forward in a state of evident inebriation and his own pipe lies broken on the floor. On the wall behind them is a picture of a man seated under a tree sketching(?) the rural scene in front of him, a church with a steeple in the distance
- Alternative Title:
- Tailor and cobbler
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Four lines of verse below caption title: Behold the Tailor full of Liquor, The funny Cobler makes him sicker, No longer he for Ale can call, The needle's conquered by the awl., and Plate numbered "33" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Drinking vessels, Eating & drinking, Tailors, Pipes (Smoking), Shoemakers, and Smoking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tailor and cobler [graphic].
47.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.100
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a well-furnished room. The dentist stands in front of a middle-aged woman seated in a chair (right); he holds her forehead with one hand, with the other he applies a small instrument to her mouth. She grasps a shawl in her left hand. A black boy in livery stands behind the dentist (left) holding an open case of instruments; he looks round grinning. A young woman stands clasping her hands and looking with an expression of horrified concern at the operation. The dentist wears a bag-wig. A cat arches its back and meows. Through a draped sash-window is a steeple. On the wall is a bird in a cage and an oval landscape. Below it is a settee on which sheef of paper
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., Copy in reverse of a ca. 1784 print after Robert Dighton entitled: The London dentist. Cf. No. 6760 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Teeth, Extraction, Black people, Birdcages, Cats, City and town life, Drawing rooms, Servants, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The town tooth drawer [graphic].
48.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.103
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fat parson riding (right to left) on a small horse arrives at the high iron gate of his house, which is seen in the background. He points arrogantly to a groom in livery, who stands (left) holding another horse whose front half appears on the left. The groom raises his hat. A butler stands in front of the gate. In the distance among trees (right) is a church spire
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Later version of a ca. 1782 print after Robert Dighton entitled: A master parson returning from duty. Cf. No. 6154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Butlers, Clergy, Horse grooms, Gates, British, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vicar returning from duty [graphic].
49.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 808.00.00.37
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fat parson riding (right to left) on a small horse arrives at the high iron gate of his house, which is seen in the background. He points arrogantly to a groom in livery, who stands (left) holding another horse whose front half appears on the left. The groom raises his hat. A butler stands in front of the gate. In the distance among trees (right) is a church spire
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Later version of a ca. 1782 print after Robert Dighton entitled: A master parson returning from duty. Cf. No. 6154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Butlers, Clergy, Horse grooms, Gates, British, Horseback riding, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vicar returning from duty [graphic].
50.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.105
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three figures yawning, woman on the right and two men, sit in chairs around a table with casters, on which sit a book and paper lettered: "W. Davison chymist". On the wall are two landscape paintings
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Parlors and Yawning
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Yawning is catching [graphic].