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19. 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]

20. Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the characters of Romeo and Juliet [graphic]

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
Published / Created:: 1765.
Call Number:: Drawer 765.00.00.91
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Looking from the outside into the interior of Capulet's tomb, the viewer sees Juliet's despair as she hears the news of Romeo's death from Friar Lawrence. Outside on the right, Romeo lies dead on the ground
Description:: Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: Published according to act of Parlit. by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Subject (Name):: Bellamy, George Anne, 1731?-1788, Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):: Performances, Illustrations, Actors, British, Theatrical productions, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the characters of Romeo and Juliet [graphic]

21. 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]

22. Barbara Countess of Coventry [graphic]

Creator:: Spicer, Henry, 1742 or 1743-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1765 and 1771]
Call Number:: Folio 75 P839 800 v. 1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait after Reynolds; three-quarter length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to left, her left arm leaning resting on her robes, right hand holding her left wrist; clouds and pillar behind.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1833,0515.15., Mounted on leaf numbered 43 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Coventry, Barbara, Countess,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Barbara Countess of Coventry [graphic]

23. 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]

24. 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]

25. The Dutch merchant [graphic].

Creator:: Steen, John, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 1765]
Call Number:: 765.00.00.90+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Tentatively attributed to Steen., Words "and Son" in imprint statement mostly burnished from plate and replaced with a flourish., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Probably later state, after 1764, when Carington Bowles established his own business separate from his father's. See Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., and Temporary local subject terms: Merchants' stalls -- Customers -- Merchandise: fish -- Vegetables -- Eggs -- Scales.
Publisher:: Printed for John Bowles and Son, at No. 13 Cornhill
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Dutch merchant [graphic].

26. The Dutch chymist [graphic]

Creator:: Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1765?]
Call Number:: 765.00.00.03+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a chemist's workshop, a man sits at a table made of a slab of wood placed over a brick structure, as he mixs the contents of a pot placed on a burner. A large mortar with pestle and a couple of glass bottles stand next to the burner. To his left, a young man with a hat covering part of his face is reading aloud from a sheet of paper while a third man, in a tall hat, is looking over his shoulder
Alternative Title:: Dutch chemist
Description:: Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):: Chemists
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Dutch chymist [graphic]

27. 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]