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10. Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.08.24.01+ Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Ms. note in an unknown hand below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Date obolum Belisario [graphic]
11. Entrance to Vauxhall [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [early 19th century?]
- Call Number:
- Folio LWL Mss Vol. 191
- Collection Title:
- Page 87. Vauxhall miscellany.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title written in watercolor at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 87 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Covered walks, Garden walls, and Light fixtures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Entrance to Vauxhall [art original].
12. Scene in a farce calld. The Quaker [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1783.
- Call Number:
- 783.00.00.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four characters participating in the quintet of the first act finale of Dibdin's "The Quaker" are shown here: Gillian and Floretta look over the garden wall while Steady attempts to keep Solomon from conversation with them
- Alternative Title:
- Scene in a farce called The Quaker
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Rowlandson in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,57.124., Plate dated "1783" in lower left corner., and Design includes portraits of the actors John Bannister and William Parsons. See British Museum online catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814., Bannister, John, 1760-1836, and Parsons, William, 1736-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Singing, Garden walls, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Scene in a farce calld. The Quaker [graphic].
13. The Earl of Mansfields, at Caen Wood, near Hampstead, Middlesex [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [12 September 1792]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 49. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the grand house at Kenwood with walled garden, seen from the passing road; three figures on horseback riding by, a couple walking to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., "The design is attributed to [Jefferyes Hamett] O'Neale on stylistic grounds; the lively spotted dog is typical of his work"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.5592., Fourth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 49 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Hampstead (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 and Kenwood House (Hampstead, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Estates, Dwellings, Garden walls, Horseback riding, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Earl of Mansfields, at Caen Wood, near Hampstead, Middlesex [graphic].
14. The Pall Mall concert [graphic].
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 January 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 42. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two cats on garden walls approach each other menacingly. One (left) is white, with the features of Queen Caroline, the other a dark tabby with the features of George IV. Each miaows, raising an angry paw. The Queen is on a 'Party Wall', at right angles to that of the King. In the garden below is a placard, 'Malbrou'. She says: "Meyough you -- you have no business to go Caterwalling." He says: "Meyough you B-- you have no business to come so near me." Below the design: 'Like two Cats on a Wall; They Quarrel & Snarl, To amuse the Weak Minds of the Nation. They Squander large Sums, Expose their bare Bums, For all which they deserve Castigation.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 42 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 31, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Fighting, and Garden walls
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Pall Mall concert [graphic].
15. The Royal Palace of Hampton Court Le Palais Royale de Hampton Court. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1747]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 52. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the palace from the surrounding formal gardens; a brick wall dividing gardens, a fountain and paths in gardens outside palace to the left; in the foreground two trees to the right, figures strolling amongst it and in formal gardens to the left and beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of identical composition
- Alternative Title:
- Palais Royale de Hampton Court
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., and Leaf 52 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces, Gardens, Garden walls, Trails & paths, and Fountains
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Royal Palace of Hampton Court Le Palais Royale de Hampton Court. [graphic] =
16. The incumbent [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.12.01.04 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Possibly after Woodward., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Seven lines of verse below title: Proceed we next unto the old incumbent at his gate ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Incumbents -- Old men -- Male costume: banyan -- Furniture: garden benches -- Architectural details: garden gates -- Spectacles -- Literature: parody on Shakespeare's As You Like It -- Literature: quotation from Richard Graves's The Spiritual Quixote.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Decr. 1, 1790, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Older people, Benches, Garden walls, Gates, Reading, and Eyeglasses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The incumbent [graphic].
17. The overthrow of Dr. Slop [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 63. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Obadiah (left) mounted on the coach-horse at full gallop attempts to pull up his horse, leaning back in the saddle, his cap in his right hand. On the ground is Dr. Slop's pony. Behind the pony on the right. Dr. Slop lies on his back; a spotted dog prances over him. The doctor lies under a sign-post terminating in a hand pointing "To Shandy Hall". Behind the coach-horse, which is wearing blinkers, is the angle of a high garden wall, in the distance (right) is a church spire among trees."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Overthrow of Doctor Slop
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of text below image, two on either side of title: "When Obadiah & his coach horse turn'd the corner rapid, furious, pop, full upon him ..." Vide vol. 1st, Tristram Shandy., One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: Physicians -- Coach-horse -- Male costume: Riding hats., and Mounted on page 63 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 3d February 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Horseback riding, Accidents, Horses, Dogs, Traffic signs & signals, and Garden walls
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The overthrow of Dr. Slop [graphic]
18. [The gallant's downfall] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1816]
- Call Number:
- Print00227
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The corner of a house seen from a walled garden. Death throws down a ladder which gave access to a window from which a distraught girl looks out; her lover, a young lieutenant, falls from it towards a pond, while an elderly colonel, the father, fires a blunderbuss towards cats on the wall, the charge being intercepted by the falling man. A prancing dog barks."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Assailant does not feel a wound; but yet he dies, for he is drown'd
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: The assailant does not feel a wound; but yet he dies, for he is drown'd., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 2, opposite page 241., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 1 - 1816, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Combe, William, 1742-1823.
- Subject (Topic):
- Death (Personification), Accidents, Courtship, Military officers, British, Gardens, Garden walls, Skeletons, Ladders, Falling, Firearms, Dogs, Cats, and Lakes & ponds
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The gallant's downfall] [graphic].