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1. Mrs. Pritchard in the character of Hermione in the Winter's Tale / [graphic]

Creator:: Aliamet, François Germain, 1734-1788, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1765]
Call Number:: Portraits P961 no. 1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The actress in character standing in an archway, wearing a shawl over her head and a crucifix attached to a string of pearls around her neck, her right hand raised and a large urn beside her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image., Text below title: Shakespear [sic] Act 5th Scene 3rd., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: Publish'd according to Act of Parlt., 1765, by R.E. Pine in St. Martin's Lane, London
Subject (Name):: Pritchard, Hannah, 1711-1768,
Subject (Topic):: Actresses and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Pritchard in the character of Hermione in the Winter's Tale / [graphic]

2. Cibber [graphic]

Creator:: Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1765]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Caius Gabriel Cibber, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, holding a pair of compasses in his hand, dressed in a black doublet with a wide collar and plain cuffs and with his hair scrolling to his shoulders, the title on the plinth below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text in image., After a watercolor drawing by Christian Richter that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. [Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Vol. III, p. 80"--Above image in upper right., and Mounted on page 56 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:: Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):: Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cibber [graphic]

3. Cibber [graphic]

Creator:: Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1765]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Caius Gabriel Cibber, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, holding a pair of compasses in his hand, dressed in a black doublet with a wide collar and plain cuffs and with his hair scrolling to his shoulders, the title on the plinth below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text in image., After a watercolor drawing by Christian Richter that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. [Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Vol. III, p. 80"--Above image in upper right., Mounted on page 59 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.8 x 12.7 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of statement of responsibility from bottom edge and volume and page numbering from top edge.
Publisher:: Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):: Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cibber [graphic]

4. [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]

5. A new deceptio visûs [graphic]

Creator:: Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 1760]
Call Number:: 765.00.00.73 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two further panels, one with a coin of George II, the other lettered 'A new Deceptio Visus. Engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, in London' [part of address erased].
Alternative Title:: New deceptio visus, or, A guinea for a shilling
Description:: Title from print in upper right., Date based on publisher's years of activity at 53 Fleet Street., Later state of a print, a composite of images and verses to form a greeting card, folded for mailing as advertisement for Bickham's engravings. With docket title: A new Deceptio Visus, or A guinea for a shilling : being a curious medley, by way of letter / engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, at his drawing school, at Hatten Garden near Holburn, London. See impression in the Library of Congress, PC 3 - 1729 - Near deceptio visus., See also working proof (?) at the British Museum online catalogue, no. 1980,U.861., Description based on imperfect impression; impression lacks plate with docket title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:: Printed for Robt. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):: Greece.
Subject (Name):: Dennis, John, 1657-1734., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Harte, Walter, 1709-1774.
Subject (Topic):: Pegasus, Coins, Columns, Musical instruments, Puzzles, Ruins, and Wells
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A new deceptio visûs [graphic]

6. Jason [graphic]

Creator:: Boydell, John, 1720-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:: Novr. 2d, 1765.
Call Number:: Drawer 769.00.00.81
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Jason leaning forward across a rock from the right, pouring the magic sleeping potion given to him by Medea over the back of the dragon, which curls its head backwards to right, in a forested, rocky landscape; after Salvator Rosa."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text below image., Coat of arms engraved below image, with text etched on either side., Dedication below title: From the original picture ... in the collection of The Right Honourable the Earl of Besborough, to whom this plate is ... dedicated by His Lordship's most obliged and most humble servant, J. Boydell., Text below dedication in lower left: Size of the picture, 2 f. 6 i. in height, 2, 1 1/4 wide., Plate from: A collection of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in England. London: [J. Boydell, 1769], v. 1., and Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 24.
Publisher:: Publish'd according to act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Jason [graphic]

7. Miss Crieuse and her sister [graphic]

Creator:: Brookshaw, Richard, 1736- printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1765 and 1773]
Call Number:: Portraits C927 no. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Misses Crewe after Reynolds (Mannings 450); three-quarter length, standing, with Elizabeth on the right, holding a flower basket in one hand and embracing her sister, Emma, on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Miss Crewes and her sister
Description:: Title from text below image. and Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1840,0808.59.
Publisher:: Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhil
Subject (Name):: Crewe, Emma, and Hinchliffe, Elizabeth Crewe,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Crieuse and her sister [graphic]

8. A perspective view of Brighthelmston, and of the sea coast as far as the Isle of Wight Inscribed (by permission) to His Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught of the Kingdom of Ireland, Ranger of Hampton Court Park, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter - by His Royal Highnesses most obedt. & devoted servt. James Lambert / [graphic]

Creator:: Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1765]
Call Number:: Drawer 765.00.00.95
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: View of Brighton, the town with numerous houses and other buildings, St. Nicholas's Church on the hill above the town to the right, the coast stretching away in the distance, windmills in the fields to the left with haywains drawn by oxen and reapers at their work amongst the crops to the right, elegant ladies and gentlemen strolling through the scene with a man sketching to the left, several boats and ships on the calm sea beyond, gulls amongst the clouds above. The Royal Arms below
Description:: Title engraved below image. and Titled 'A Perspective View of Brighthelmstone, and of the Sea coast as far as the Isle of Wight: by Jas. Lambert, engraved by Canot.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, & sold by Jas. Lambert, painter, at Lewes in Sussex, and Robert Sayer, map and printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):: Brighton (England), England., England, and Brighton.
Subject (Topic):: Buildings, structures, etc, Cityscapes, Churches, Coastlines, Meadows, Windmills, and Church buildings
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Brighthelmston, and of the sea coast as far as the Isle of Wight Inscribed (by permission) to His Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught of the Kingdom of Ireland, Ranger of Hampton Court Park, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter - by His Royal Highnesses most obedt. & devoted servt. James Lambert / [graphic]

9. Cornelius Polenburg [graphic]

Creator:: Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1765]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Cornelis van Poelenburch, bust directed to the right, head slightly turned to face the viewer, wearing an embroidered jacket and flat lace collar, with poitny beard and mustache; within oval; after a self-portrait."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. [Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Vol. 2, p. 105"--Upper left corner., Engraved after a miniature on copper that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 153 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:: Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):: Poelenburch, Cornelis van, approximately 1594-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cornelius Polenburg [graphic]

10. Lord Cardross [graphic]

Creator:: Finlayson, John, 1730-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd according to act of Parliamant, Novr. 22d, 1765.
Call Number:: Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Volume 1, page 57. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 585); half-length turned slightly to right, head and eyes to left, in Van Dyck costume; pillar behind; state with publication line, before final alteration of title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, price 5s."--Lower right corner of plate., Mounted on page 57 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and "Earl of Buchan" added in ink below title, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Lord Cardross [graphic]

11. The Right Honorable Hugh Lord Warkworth aid de camp to His Majesty, member of Parliament for the city & liberty of Westminster / [graphic]

Creator:: Finlayson, John, 1730-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:: [2 November 1765]
Call Number:: Portraits N878a no. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait, half-length standing directed to left, looking over his shoulder to right, right arm resting on a ledge, tricorn under left hand, wearing a coat with a high sheen, waistcoat buttoned over a lace cravat, powdered wig tied at the nape, trees behind to left and a city in the distance to right; after Battoni. 1765."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image., "Price 5s."--Lower right corner., and Mounted to paper: 455 x 334 mm.
Publisher:: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Novr. 2d. 1765 ; sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street
Subject (Name):: Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honorable Hugh Lord Warkworth aid de camp to His Majesty, member of Parliament for the city & liberty of Westminster / [graphic]

12. Prints publish'd by the late W. Hogarth : genuine impressions of which are to be had of Mrs. Hogarth, at her house in Leicester Fields, 1765

Creator:: Hogarth, Jane Thornhill, 1709?-1789
Published / Created:: [1765]
Call Number:: Hogarth 765.00.00.01 Box 112
Image Count:: 1
Alternative Title:: Prints published by the late W. Hogarth and Prints published by the late William Hogarth
Description:: Caption title. and With one ms. addition to the N.B.: 'half' inserted before the word "bound".
Publisher:: Jane Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Prints, English
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Prints publish'd by the late W. Hogarth : genuine impressions of which are to be had of Mrs. Hogarth, at her house in Leicester Fields, 1765

13. The Most Reverend Richard Robinson D.D. Archbishop of Armagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland, Jan. 19, 1765 [graphic]

Creator:: Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 1765]
Call Number:: Portraits R742 no. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1535); three-quarter length seated in profile to right, looking towards front, his right hand turning the pages of a book resting on the table to right
Description:: Title from caption below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., Publisher from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and In paper frame: 182 x 268 mm. Ownership stamp on back: "CIFB" within the shape of an artist's palette.
Publisher:: C. Bowles & G. Woodfall
Subject (Name):: Rokeby, Richard Robinson, Baron, 1709-1794,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Most Reverend Richard Robinson D.D. Archbishop of Armagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland, Jan. 19, 1765 [graphic]

14. 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].

15. Charles Saunders Esq. Vice Adml. of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's fleet & Lieutt. General of His Majesty's marine forces / [graphic]

Creator:: McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1760?]
Call Number:: 760.00.00.107+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of the imprint statement., and Questionable publication date based on entry in Goodwin.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: British
Subject (Name):: Saunders, Charles, Sir, ca.1713-1775,
Subject (Topic):: Military uniforms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Charles Saunders Esq. Vice Adml. of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's fleet & Lieutt. General of His Majesty's marine forces / [graphic]

16. The Rt. Honble. Catharine Compton Countess of Egmont, daughter of Charles Compton Esqr. and sister to Spencer Compton, now Earl of Northampton with Master Charles Perceval her eldest son

Creator:: McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:: publ'd. accordg. to act of Parliamt. 1765.
Call Number:: Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait, three-quarter length, of the Countess of Egmont, seated three-quarter to right wearing ermine-trimmed robes, looking towards the viewer, holding her eldest son on a table in front of her, left arm behind his back, right hand on his feet, as he sits facing her, looking towards the viewer, holding her crown in front of him, against her chest."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: The Right Honourable Catharine Compton
Description:: Title from text below image, in three lines on either side of crest., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 6 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
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Rt. Honble. Catharine Compton Countess of Egmont, daughter of Charles Compton Esqr. and sister to Spencer Compton, now Earl of Northampton with Master Charles Perceval her eldest son

17. America! of wealth thou modern mine ... [graphic]

Creator:: Moore, James, active approximately 1761-1763, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1765]
Call Number:: 765.00.00.02.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two native Americans wearing fronded head-dresses and armed with arrows, on a sea-shore, one kneeling on a rock with one hand propped on cones from a palm-tree, the other standing clothed in a goat's skin, gesturing out to left with an ingot in one hand; a crocodile on the sand, a European ship at sea and three figures gathered around a hammock set between palms under a canopy on rocks in the upper right; from a set of the four quarters of the world; republished state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from first line of verses engraved beneath image., Verses continue: ... what if by conquest we possess thy shore, thy savages reveng'd should less repine, since we're the slaves of thy corrupting ore., Second state, with altered imprint statement; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.570., See Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, volume 3, page 941 for mention of an earlier state of this series of four plates "Quarters of the World", "Sold by I. McArdell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street"., One of a series of four allegorical prints, the others depicting Africa, Asia, and Europe., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge and with thin margins on the other three edges.
Publisher:: Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):: North America,
Subject (Topic):: Indigenous peoples, Headdresses, Arrows, Coastlines, Palms, Crocodiles, Ships, and Hammocks (Furniture)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > America! of wealth thou modern mine ... [graphic]

18. Enthusiasm displayed [graphic]

Creator:: Pranker, Robert, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1765]
Call Number:: 765.00.00.93++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A Methodist preacher preaching to an open-air congregation with a cloth in one hand, two women preparing to steal a pair of shoes in the midst of the crowd, various people looking on including an apple seller with a cart, a ballad seller with a baby on her back, two Jews, fashionable ladies and gentlemen, a man getting his pocket picked, dogs, and a group of boys with a figure formed of a chimney brush. In the distance, people walk on the field, a figure flying a kite behind, rows of houses in the background; an inn with a sign with a fox to the right and the Palladian facade of St. Luke's Hospital beyond
Description:: Title engraved below image., Probably dates from 1765, the year in which Griffiths exhibited 'Enthusiam Displayed in the character of a Methodist preacher and his congregation in Moorfields' at the Free Society; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,0812.1600., and Matted to 51 x 61 cm.
Publisher:: Published according to act of Parliament, & sold by the proprietor John Griffiths, Chief Porter of the Middle Temple, opposite the General Post Office, Middle Temple Lane, & the print shops &c.
Subject (Name):: St. Luke's Hospital (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Preaching, Audiences, Carts & wagons, Dogs, Kites (Toys), Pickpockets, Street vendors, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Enthusiasm displayed [graphic]

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]

28. A representation of a coal-pit when working [graphic]

Published / Created:: [January 1765]
Call Number:: 765.01.00.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A diagram showing the cross-section of a coal mine and the use of horses to raise coal from a pit
Description:: Title engraved below image., Plate from: London magazine. Or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 34 (January 1765)., "Engraved for the London magazine."--Above image., and Partial watermark along the right edge.
Publisher:: R. Baldwin
Subject (Topic):: Coal mining and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A representation of a coal-pit when working [graphic]

29. A representation of the several humerous heads exhibited in the Lecture on Heads, etched in caricatura [graphic]

Published / Created:: [1765]
Call Number:: 765.00.00.06
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Representation of the several humorous heads
Description:: Title from text above image., Publication date inferred from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The Universal museum, and complete magazine of knowledge and pleasure ... London : Publish'd monthly by I. Payne, 1765, v. I, page 455., Another version of No. 4113 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Lectures: Lecture 'On Heads' by George Stevens, 1710-1784 -- Busts: Alexander the Great -- Busts: Cherokee chief -- Trades: quacks -- Arms: coats of arms -- Emblems: cuckold's horns -- Jesters -- Personfication: Arts -- Monuments -- Funerals., and Watermark: royal cipher(?)
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A representation of the several humerous heads exhibited in the Lecture on Heads, etched in caricatura [graphic]

30. Dick Swift thieftaker of the City of London teaching his son the commandments [graphic].

Published / Created:: 1765.
Call Number:: 765.09.28.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title engraved below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Tentatively attributed to Thomas Orde on an unverified card catalog record., and Temporary local subject terms: Thieves -- Commandments -- Thieves' implements: picklocks and skeleton key -- Thieves' implements: masks -- Hornbooks -- Nooses -- Broadsides -- Furniture: table -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Tattooes -- Richard Swift, fl. 1765.
Publisher:: Publish'd according to act of Parliament
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Dick Swift thieftaker of the City of London teaching his son the commandments [graphic].