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1. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 8
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.36
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, a hunchback woman, sitting on the base of a pillar in a large building and holding a distaff in her left hand, examines the palm of another hunchback standing in front of her, his hat in his other hand. The man is smiling while the woman looks serious. In the lower image, two dwarf hunchback children fight. The larger of the two boys holds his opponent by the hair while raising in his right arm a distaff from which falls a spindle, unrolling the thread. The smaller boy, on the left, holds the other's arm, ready to stub him with a sabre he holds in his right hand
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 8
2. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 8
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.36
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, a hunchback woman, sitting on the base of a pillar in a large building and holding a distaff in her left hand, examines the palm of another hunchback standing in front of her, his hat in his other hand. The man is smiling while the woman looks serious. In the lower image, two dwarf hunchback children fight. The larger of the two boys holds his opponent by the hair while raising in his right arm a distaff from which falls a spindle, unrolling the thread. The smaller boy, on the left, holds the other's arm, ready to stub him with a sabre he holds in his right hand
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 8
3. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 7
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.34
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, two hunchbacks, dressed in 17th century costume walk to the left in a sagging gate following each other. The figure on the left wears a large hat with plumes, a tip of a long sword protrudes from under his cape. The figure on the right laughs as he points to his companion's back. Both have spurs attached to their boots. In the lower image, two figures travel in an open landscape, one on foot, the other, following him, on a donkey. The latter is holding a scroll in his left hand
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 7
4. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 7
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.34
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, two hunchbacks, dressed in 17th century costume walk to the left in a sagging gate following each other. The figure on the left wears a large hat with plumes, a tip of a long sword protrudes from under his cape. The figure on the right laughs as he points to his companion's back. Both have spurs attached to their boots. In the lower image, two figures travel in an open landscape, one on foot, the other, following him, on a donkey. The latter is holding a scroll in his left hand
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 7
5. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 6
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.32
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Each image shows two dwarf hunchbacks dressed in 16th century attire. In the upper image, they sit on the opposite sides of a block, playing cards. The figure on the right, sitting with his legs crossed, is about to show a card, as his companion has already shown his card. In the lower image, the figures roll the dice on a small stone plinth, in the foreground two small pails probably used as dice-boxes
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwarfs, Gambling, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 6
6. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 6
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.32
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Each image shows two dwarf hunchbacks dressed in 16th century attire. In the upper image, they sit on the opposite sides of a block, playing cards. The figure on the right, sitting with his legs crossed, is about to show a card, as his companion has already shown his card. In the lower image, the figures roll the dice on a small stone plinth, in the foreground two small pails probably used as dice-boxes
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwarfs, Gambling, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 6
7. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 5
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.30
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, two dwarf hunchbacks, a woman, and a man, walk from left to right, pointing towards the right with their left hands. In the lower image, two dwarf hunchbacks, dressed in a costume resembling that of the 16th century, count coins spread on a block between them. The hunchback on the left leans over the the block and appears to be ready to scoop the coins while his companion on the right is pointing to one of the heaps with his right hand, his left arm raised. He has a dagger attached to his belt
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 5
8. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 5
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.30
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, two dwarf hunchbacks, a woman, and a man, walk from left to right, pointing towards the right with their left hands. In the lower image, two dwarf hunchbacks, dressed in a costume resembling that of the 16th century, count coins spread on a block between them. The hunchback on the left leans over the the block and appears to be ready to scoop the coins while his companion on the right is pointing to one of the heaps with his right hand, his left arm raised. He has a dagger attached to his belt
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 5
9. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 4
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.28
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Both images show two dwarf hunchbacks in an open landscape. In the upper image, the hunchback on the right sits on a mound, playing a trumpet while his companion on the left, with a beard and a pointed hat, dances to the music. In the lower image, the two figures engage in a conversation
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger from the first plate in the series., Imprint from the first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 4
10. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 4
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.28
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Both images show two dwarf hunchbacks in an open landscape. In the upper image, the hunchback on the right sits on a mound, playing a trumpet while his companion on the left, with a beard and a pointed hat, dances to the music. In the lower image, the two figures engage in a conversation
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger from the first plate in the series., Imprint from the first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 4
11. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 3
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.26
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, a dwarf hunchback with a walking stick carries on his shoulders another dwarf hunchback who holds a book in his right hand. In the background are ruins of a castle. In the lower image, a bearded dwarf hunchback wearing eyeglasses and a pointed hat trimmed with fur capers merrily while playing a tambourine. His companion on the left dances to its rhythm
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 3
12. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 3
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.26
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, a dwarf hunchback with a walking stick carries on his shoulders another dwarf hunchback who holds a book in his right hand. In the background are ruins of a castle. In the lower image, a bearded dwarf hunchback wearing eyeglasses and a pointed hat trimmed with fur capers merrily while playing a tambourine. His companion on the left dances to its rhythm
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 3
13. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 2
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, two dwarf hunchbacks face each other in argument as the one on the left, while gesticulating with his left arm, holds in his right hand, hidden behind his back, a knife or a stick. His agitated opponent is pulling a sword from its sheath. In the lower image, a dwarf hunchback approaches from the left with a plate of food in his outstretched right arm. He presents it to an androgynous-looking figure standing behind a table and pointing to its surface. The latter raises a goblet above his head in a toast
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate one below another., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Robt. Sayer
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 2
14. [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 2
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In the upper image, two dwarf hunchbacks face each other in argument as the one on the left, while gesticulating with his left arm, holds in his right hand, hidden behind his back, a knife or a stick. His agitated opponent is pulling a sword from its sheath. In the lower image, a dwarf hunchback approaches from the left with a plate of food in his outstretched right arm. He presents it to an androgynous-looking figure standing behind a table and pointing to its surface. The latter raises a goblet above his head in a toast
- Alternative Title:
- Collection of droll figures
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate one below another., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Robt. Sayer
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Punch, or, A collection of droll figures]. [graphic]. 2
15. [Felice Giardini] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits G435 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., Plate possibly from: XII sonate a violino e basso. London: Welcker, [1765]., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Giardini, Felice, 1716-1796,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Felice Giardini] [graphic]
16. 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., Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "All you that delight in a frolicksome song.", In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the third and fourth columns each contain a woodcut; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 54. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- 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
17. The true portrait of Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- July 9, 1765.
- Call Number:
- 765.07.09.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., In lower right corner: Pr. 6d., Nine lines of biographical description below title: Boatswain in the Danish Navy, who was born in Norway in the year 1626, and is still living & in health at the uncommon age of 139, in Denmark ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Sailors -- Old men -- Aging -- Walking staves.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd accordg. to the act of Parliamt. for securing property, by Jn Spilsbury, Engraver, Map & Printseller in Russel [sic] Court, Covent Garden, London
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The true portrait of Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg [graphic]
18. The triumph of Britannia from the original painting at Vauxhall, painted by Mr. Franc Hayman, in the collection of Jonathan Tyers, Esqr., lover and encourager of the arts, to whom this plate is dedicated by his most obliged and most humble servant / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- January 1st 1765.
- Call Number:
- Portraits H392 no. 1++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Allegory of Britain's naval victory, with Neptune driving the Chariot of Britannia, while nymphs riding on fish alongside carry portrait medallions of, from left to right: Pocock, Bosc[a]wen, Hawke, Saunders, Keppel and Howe; ships at battle in the background at right, representing the defeat of the French fleet by Sir Edward Hawke, November 20th. 1759."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below the title: "N.B. In the back Ground is represented the defeat of the French Fleet by Sr. Edw. Hawke, Nov. 20th 1759" and "Size of the Picture 12 F. by 15 F. in Length.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to sheet: 473 x 666 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
- Subject (Name):
- Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Saunders, Charles, Sir, 1713?-1775, Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, and Pocock, George, Sir, 1706-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The triumph of Britannia from the original painting at Vauxhall, painted by Mr. Franc Hayman, in the collection of Jonathan Tyers, Esqr., lover and encourager of the arts, to whom this plate is dedicated by his most obliged and most humble servant / [graphic]
19. The studious fair [graphic]
- Creator:
- Spooner, Charles, 1720-1767, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman, in a rich dress and elaborate headdress, sits by a table reading a book she is holding in her left hand. Her right elbow rests on the table and her chin in her right hand
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and Possibly a portrait of Queen Charlotte. See Chaloner Smith.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The studious fair [graphic]
20. The spendthrift [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item, Numbered '316' in lower right of plate., Two columns of verse on either side of title: Near five o'clock - his comrade's gone, and luckless squander left alone ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Spendthrifts -- Young men -- Furnishings: wall clock -- Window curtain -- Lighting: candleholder -- Dishes: china bowl -- Money: empty purse -- Smoking: pipe -- Gambling: playing cards -- Male dress, ca. 1765., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The spendthrift [graphic]
21. The seamstress [graphic]
- Creator:
- Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1768]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.89+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Richard Purcell signed his works, among other names, as Charles Corbutt. See Bénézit's Dictionaire critique et documentaire des peintres, ... v. 11, p. 302.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Baskets, Fireplaces, Sewing, and Sewing equipment & supplies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The seamstress [graphic]
22. The reviewers cave [graphic].
- Creator:
- Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1765]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.49
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on the reproduction in Paston. See Social caricature in the eighteenth century, by Paston, 1905., Attributed to Mortimer in contemporary hand on verso. Also added in contemporary hand in the lower left corner of design: EP., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece to: The powers of the pen / by Evan Lloyd. London, 1765., Early state, with the face of the president turned away from the viewer, of No. 4247 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: dungeon -- Reviewers -- Birds: owl -- Serpent -- Publications: stack of printed sheets -- Posters -- Personifications: Genius of Dulness -- Porters -- Containers: basket -- Books -- Asses -- Altars -- Lighting: oil lamp -- Literature: The powers of the pen by Evan Lloyd.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The reviewers cave [graphic].
23. The pillory triumphant [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1765]
- Call Number:
- 765.03.01.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sixth edition, with four additional stanzas of the song, of No. 4115 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and with minor losses of text in the song below it., Published together on one sheet with The pillory triumphant, or, No. 45 for ever (Tune, There was a jovial beggar,) &c. Sixth editio[n]. [Sol]d by E. Sumpter, at Bible and Crown, facing Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, and all the printsellers and pamphlet shops in London and Westminster. Price 6d plain or 1s. coloure[d], Publisher's advertisement following the song's imprint: Where may also be had The choice spirit museum, being a collection of songs by H. Howard, elegantly printed in quarto., Temporary local subject terms: Pillories -- Newspapers: reference to No. 45 of North Briton -- Buildings: Westminster -- Westminster: Palace Yard -- Emblems: jack boot as Lord Bute -- Vehicles: coach -- Emblems: greyhound for the King's messenger -- Ladders -- Boxing -- Crowds -- Angels -- Reference to Joh Wilkes -- Michael Curry, 1732-1788, printer and informer against Wilkes., and Watermark: Pro patria.
- Publisher:
- Published according to act of Parliament, March 1st 1765 for E. Sumpter
- Subject (Name):
- Williams, John, fl. 1767-1772 and Bradshaw, John, 1602-1659
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The pillory triumphant [graphic].
24. The philosopher in meditation [graphic]
- Creator:
- Spooner, Charles, 1720-1767, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.18
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An old, bearded man in a cap and long, furred robe, sits by a table, his eyes downcast in a pensive expression. On the table, placed next to large and opened window, are several volumes and an inkwell. One of the volumes is opened and propped up on a lectern. On ledge separating lower and upper window stands a vase. In the background is an empty fireplace. A plate hangs on the wall above it.
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and Part of imprint, following Sayer's address, burnished from plate.
- Publisher:
- Sold by Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Philosophers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The philosopher in meditation [graphic]
25. The parents scheme, or, Marriage consultation [graphic]
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1765 and 1775]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.88+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A Dutch interior with two Puritan men asking the parents of Saartje to marry her to Reinier Adriaansz. On the left in the background a young girl eavesdrops at the door. On the wall is a portrait of a girl and a seascape with two sailing vessels. On the right windows with curtains and another frames painting (or mirror?). A scene from the comedy "Jan Claasz. of de Gewaande Dienstmaagd".
- Alternative Title:
- Marriage consultation
- Description:
- Title engraved below image, with quotation on either side: Well, quoath her parents, be it so: Sukey was ready months ago. Had but an husband offer'd: Eighteen my friends, a ticklish time: Let Johnny take her in her prime ... The very thought my rage alarms, Shall Summer marry Winter., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., After the 1738 pastel by Troost in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, inv. no. 180., Imperfect: sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt Sayer, Print & Map Seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Marriage proposals, Parents, and Puritans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The parents scheme, or, Marriage consultation [graphic]
26. The great financier, or, British oeconomy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1765]
- Call Number:
- 766.08.00.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.4371., A reduced copy of no. 4128 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate engraved for: The British Antidote or Scot's Scourge. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Economy -- Law: taxation without representation -- Ships: ships for sale (with brooms at masthead) -- Prisons -- Personifications: America as a native man -- Newfoundland: reference to the Newfoundland fisheries -- Frenchmen -- Spaniards -- Reference to Havana -- Reference to Guadeloupe -- Reference to Philippines -- Money: colonial dollars -- General Warrants -- Lighting: save-all -- Excisemen: Stamp men -- Reference to the dismissal of Henry Seymour Conway, 1721-1795., Mounted to 34 x 44 cm., and Watermark: Vryheyt.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Grenville, George, 1712-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout and Britannia (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The great financier, or, British oeconomy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765 [graphic].
27. The courier [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1765]
- Call Number:
- 765.05.19.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A courier on horseback blows his horn as he approaches a small building with a sign board dangling from its post "Popularity, The Blown Bladder by W P". A bandaged foot (gouty) resting on a stool is sticking out the door; crutches resting against the side of the hovel. Behind the rider is a cushion with a royal crown, decorates with thistles labeled B-e (for Lord Bute) and M-d (for the Earl of Mansfield). Three young trees on the lower right represent the three British kingdoms. A quotation from Book II of Virgil's Aeneid in lower right corner of image
- Description:
- Title etched at top of image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with the large cushion substituted for the public house behind the duke; It intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., A satire intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 23., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The courier [graphic].
28. The country girl's policy, or, the Cocknies outwitted. To a pleasant new tune
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- The country girl's policy: or, the Cockney outwitted and Cocknies outwitted to a pleasant new tune
- Description:
- Verse - "All you that are to mirth inclin'd". - In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 21. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold at the printing office in Stonecutter Street, Fleet Market
- Subject (Topic):
- Baskets, Infants, Geese, and Country life
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The country girl's policy, or, the Cocknies outwitted. To a pleasant new tune
29. The citizens fete champetre [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1765]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A picnic on the grounds of an elegant house are disrupted by dogs who steal the meat and a fist-fight that erupts between one of the attendants and the landowner(?).
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date based on costume. Cf. Brooke and Laver., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Fighting, Hats, and Picnics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The citizens fete champetre [graphic].
30. The celebrated Mr. George Catgut of B-l [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.74
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Celebrated Mr. George Catgut of Bristol
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: pewterers -- Kitchen utensils.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Catcott, George Symes
- Subject (Topic):
- Metalworkers, Cooking utensils, and Pots & pans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The celebrated Mr. George Catgut of B-l [graphic].
