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1. A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order
- Published / Created:
- [between 1680 and 1710?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Description:
- In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint below the last three; the columns are not separated by rules., Date range conjectural; other ballads with similar imprints are also undated; printer’s name conjectured from other imprints recorded by Wing., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In this setting line 24 begins with "straight"., Not in Wing., Mounted on leaf 52. Copy trimmed., Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1., and Sheet in two pieces repaired and mounted as one piece.
- Publisher:
- Printed by and for C.B. [Brown?] and sold by J. Walter, at the Hand and Pen in High Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order
2. A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children
- Published / Created:
- [between 1701 and 1800?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Description:
- Caption title above woodcut., Date range conjectural., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., In this setting line 24 begins with "and"., Mounted on leaf 51. 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children
3. A perspective view of the execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn May 5th 1760, for the murder of his steward [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1760?]
- Call Number:
- 760.05.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date based on the subject of the print., and Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill
- Subject (Name):
- Ferrers, Laurence Shirley, Earl, 1720-1760
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial and Homicides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of the execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn May 5th 1760, for the murder of his steward [graphic].
4. A true & lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 September 1804]
- Call Number:
- 804.09.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Illustration to a song engraved in three columns below the title: A scene on the shore, with a frigate in the offing. A grotesque naval officer, with wooden leg and black patch over one eye, takes the wrist of a young sailor of feminine appearance who holds a pistol. In the background (right) a dead sailor lies across the body of a woman. The song relates that Billy Taylor was taken by a press-gang; his sweetheart dressed as a sailor to follow him, but discovered his inconstancy with 'a lady gay', and shot him With his fair one in his hand. The last verse:'When the Captain com'd for to hear on't He werry much applauded her for what she'd done, And quickly he made her the first Lieutenant, Of the Gallant - Thunder Bomb.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- True and lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor
- Description:
- Title below image, at head of verses., Plate numbered '367' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., One line of text above design: (Sung by Mr. Bannister, of Drury Lane Theathre, Mr. Fawcett, and Mr. Emery, of Covent Garden. &c &c &c.), and Ten numbered stanzas of verse below title: Billy Taylor was a gay young fellow, full of mirth and full of glee, and his heart he did diskiver, to a lady gay and free ...
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Sepr. 24, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Eye patches, Homicides, Military officers, British, Peg legs, Sailors, Sailing ships, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A true & lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy / [graphic]
5. An excellent song, made of the successors of King Edward the IVth. To the tune of, O man in desparation [sic]. Note, as the use of these old songs is very great, ...
- Published / Created:
- [1720?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Verse -- "When as the King of England dy'd,"., In five columns with the title, prose introduction and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., Title continues: in respect that many children never would have learn'd read had not they took delight in poring over Jane Shore or Robin Hood & c. which has insensibly stole into them a curiosity and desire of reading other like stories ..., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 34. Copy trimmed into two pieces with last two columns mounted below main portion., 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 by William Dicey
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Edward, IV, King of England, 1442-1483
- Subject (Topic):
- Regicide, Kings and rulers, Succession, Prisons, Homicides, Torches, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An excellent song, made of the successors of King Edward the IVth. To the tune of, O man in desparation [sic]. Note, as the use of these old songs is very great, ...
6. Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.03.00.09+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wellington and Peel, portrayed as the notorious murderers Burke and Hare, pin down an old woman (Mrs. Docherty of the trial) who struggles as they suffocate her. A Jesuit priest enters the room on the right holding a crucifix
- Description:
- Title from item., Caption at top: Hark! the Doctor Knoxcks [sic], she is almost done and ready for you. Vide Old Play., A figure of 'Paul Pry' is an artist's device used by Wiliam Heath., and In lower border: Sole publisher of P. Prys caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Pub. March 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand, London
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, William, 1792-1829., Hare, William, 1792?-1870?, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholic emancipation, Great Britain, Homicides, and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]
7. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751. and [between 1790 and 1835]
- Call Number:
- Print20074
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Restrike of a plate first published in 1751. This later printing was issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). The plate was again issued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prevention of cruelty to animals -- Murder -- Pregnancy., and Price statement has perhaps been partially burnished from plate; it is lightly printed but visible on this impression.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth and publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
8. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
- Call Number:
- Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
- Collection Title:
- Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publisher and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.7 x 31.9 cm, on sheet 56 x 45 cm., and Leaf 54 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
9. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 54K(b) Box 215
- Collection Title:
- Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publisher and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., and Imperfect: sheet trimmed to plate mark 384 x 313 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
10. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 71++ Box 315
- Collection Title:
- Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publisher and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", and "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
11. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 751.02.01.05.1+ Box 200
- Collection Title:
- Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publisher and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 383 x 319 mm, on sheet 473 x 380 mm., and Pencilled note on verso: '2nd state'.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
12. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publisher and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.6 x 31.9 cm, on sheet 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 78 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
13. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publisher and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., and On page 156 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 37.8 x 30.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]
14. Death of Archbishop Sharp [graphic]
- Creator:
- Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 1799.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 812 B68
- Collection Title:
- Plate [169] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; the archbishop, dragged from carriage, is attacked by a gang, as his daughter rushes forward to protect him but is pulled back by one of his murderers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Death of Archbishop Sharpe
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [169] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Sharp, James, 1613-1679, and Sharp, James, 1613-1679
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial and Homicides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Death of Archbishop Sharp [graphic]
15. Executions during the Lent Assizes
- Published / Created:
- [1827]
- Call Number:
- File 52 Ex96 827++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- "Broadside with four columns of prose and three woodcuts, one along the top with a line of 19 hanged persons, and in the centre two scenes, one of a man slitting the throat of a boy, the other of a man in prison surrounded by his weeping family."--British Museum online catalogue and "The text describes 14 different cases heard in April 1827, that resulted in the hanging of the person found guilty. None of the cases seems to have any relation to the two scenes in the woodcuts."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Caption title., First lines: Execution of Richard Thomas, for murder. Richard Thomas was indicted for the muder of Mary Ann Matilda Taylor ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- J. Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Murderers, Executions and executioners, Hangings (Executions), Homicides, Prisoners, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Executions during the Lent Assizes
16. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
- Alternative Title:
- Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
17. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 20. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
- Alternative Title:
- Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., and Formerly on page 118 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
18. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 20. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
- Alternative Title:
- Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 46.3 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 20 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
19. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
- Alternative Title:
- Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
20. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 20++ Box 300
- Collection Title:
- Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
- Alternative Title:
- Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., and After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
21. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
- Alternative Title:
- Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., Ms. note, and On page 119 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 38.1 x 46.1 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V
22. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V.
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- according to act of Parliament April 1st 1745.
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 17K Box 300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays. The painting above the door, the mural on the back wall, and the portrait near the window illustrate the theme
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., The engraver's initials 'R.F. Ravenet' are a mistake for 'S.F.' or Simon François., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V.
23. Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V
- Creator:
- Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1800]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 800.08.01.08++ Box 310
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays. The painting above the door, the mural on the back wall, and the portrait near the window illustrate the theme
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 5 in a series of 6 images. Series title engraved below image., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2748., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 162., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 232.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Aug. 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Biblical events, Brothels, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V
24. Mary Aubrey, a French midwife who murdered her husband in Long Acre [graphic] : anno 1687-8.
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.01.01.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mary Aubrey, dismembering her husband's body with a broad-bladed knife, encouraged by two demons behind; her twelve-year-old son holding his severed head at left; small image inset behind at left showing her being burnt at Tyburn."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of an 1688 print, with the supplied title in the London Picture Archive (record no. 26631): Murder in Long Acre. The original print, with a transcribed title from the caption below the image: A representation of the bloody murder committed by Mary Aubrey, a French midwife, which was burn [sic] to death the 2d day of March 1687/8. Cf. London Metropolitan Archives collections, reference code SC/GL/PR/LC/42/021/p7500042., Text to the left of title: Her son 12 years of age acquitted as acting by compulsion., Text to the right of title: She was hanged & burnt at Tyburn., and Mounted to: 32.5 x 27.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published Jany. 1, 1798 by J. Caulfield
- Subject (Name):
- Hobry, Marie, -1688,
- Subject (Topic):
- Homicides, Criminals, Dismemberment, Burning at the stake, Knives, and Demons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mary Aubrey, a French midwife who murdered her husband in Long Acre [graphic] : anno 1687-8.
25. Miss Martha Ray [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1779]
- Call Number:
- 523 H11 779cj
- Collection Title:
- Frontispiece. Case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, and of his acquaintance with the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Martha Ray; bust length, looking to left; in oval, with scene of her street murder beneath; illustration to unknown publication."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Miss Martha Reay
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Bound in as frontispiece in an extra-illustrated copy of: The case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statment from bottom edge., and Mounted to 21.1 x 12.8 cm
- Publisher:
- Published 1st of May 1779 by Fielding & Walker, Pater Noster Row
- Subject (Name):
- Reay, Martha,
- Subject (Topic):
- Victims of crimes and Homicides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Martha Ray [graphic].
26. Terrible massacre de femmes dont l'histoire na jamais donne l'éxemple [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1792]
- Call Number:
- Print00981
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Terrible massacre de femmes dont l'histoire na jamais donne l'example
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publisher and place of publication derived from Revolutions de Paris., Date from item., In margin top left and right: Rev. de Paris ; No. 165. P. 430., From: Révolutions de Paris, 1-8 September 1792., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- Louis Marie Prudhomme
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Salpêtrière (Hospital).
- Subject (Topic):
- Massacres, Hospitals, Crowds, Soldiers, Prisoners, Homicides, Prostitutes, and History
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Terrible massacre de femmes dont l'histoire na jamais donne l'éxemple [graphic].
27. The collector of the poll-tax murder'd by Wat Tyler [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Septr. 1798.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 812 B68
- Collection Title:
- Plate [56] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's History of England; Tyler in his smithy, holding a hammer in his right hand and raising his arm to strike the tax collector standing at left, who reaches greedily towards him, another collector behind him carrying a bag labelled 'poll tax / three groa[ts]'; a woman stands between the two men, attempting to hold back the tax collector; further angry people in the background, a snarling dog between Tyler's legs."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Collector of the poll tax murdered by Wat Tyler
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [56] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Tyler, Wat, -1381,
- Subject (Topic):
- Homicides, Poll taxes, Hammers, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The collector of the poll-tax murder'd by Wat Tyler [graphic]
28. The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 9"--Below frame., Ninth plate in the series of twelve: "Industry and idleness"., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life.", 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 43.5 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 52 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]
29. The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 9"--Below frame., Ninth plate in the series of twelve: "Industry and idleness"., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life.", and On page 139 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.3 x 34.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]
30. The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 52 Box 100
- Collection Title:
- Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 9"--Below frame., Ninth plate in the series of twelve: "Industry and idleness"., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life.", and On laid paper.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]
31. The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 9"--Below frame., Ninth plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life., and On page 139 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.5 34.6 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
32. The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 9"--Below frame., Ninth plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 34.4 cm, on sheet 26.9 x 40.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 44 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
33. The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 747
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 9"--Below frame., Ninth plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life., and Sewn into contemporary blue paper wrappers with the eleven other plates in the series, all on wove paper; inscribed "H. Man. 1798" on front wrapper. With a further brown paper dust wrapper and brown paper envelope, inscribed "Hogarth Industrious and Idle Apprentice. H.S. Man 1796, a gift from his father". For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
34. The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 49K(a) Box 100
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him to the magistrate and constables. A serving woman with a patch where her nose should be approaches the two thieves with a large tankard in her hands. To their right, the body of a man is being pushed through a trapdoor. In the far right a soldier with his back to the viewer embraces a woman. In the background there is a brawl while two other men sit by the fireside, one of whom is smoking a pipe before a roaring fire, the other asleep under a rope (noose?). The right of the frame is decorated with a scourge, manacles and a hangman's rope; on the left frame hang the mace of the City of London, the alderman's gold chain and a sword of state
- Alternative Title:
- Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 9"--Below frame., Ninth plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap:VI. Ve: 26. The Adulteress will hunt for the precious life., and On laid paper. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to 263 x 349 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9
35. The operation The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, ... [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- Print01005
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Published: The Political Register. Vol. 2, June, 1768., In lower margin: The Blood & Vitals from her Wounds he drew, And Fed the Hounds that help'd him to pursue. Dryden., British Museum description: Satirical frontispiece to the Political Register, June 1768, showing Britannia stabbed by Lord Bute, her blood caught in bowls held by Lords Weymouth and Barrington; behind on the right, Lord Mansfield hands a bowl of blood to Lord Chatham who is seated his gouty leg on a stool and holding a crutch; on the steps in front of them, Lord Talbot drinks greedily from another bowl, a spit hanging by his side instead of a sword identifies him Lord Steward of the Household; behind on the left, Fletcher Norton, in legal robes, stands drinking from another bowl, an unidentified man leans forward to look at Britannia as she falls back, and another lawyer stands behind drinking from yet another bowl., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793., Talbot, William Talbot, Earl of, 1710-1782., and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789.
- Subject (Topic):
- Great Britain, Politics and government, Politicians, Blood, Crutches, Bowls (Tableware)., and Homicides
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The operation The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, ... [graphic]
36. The whole particulars of a most barbarous, cruel, and horrid murder, committed upon the body of W. Weare, Esq. --- : together with the dreadful confessions of Hunt and Probart [sic].
- Published / Created:
- [1823]
- Call Number:
- File 523 W362 823++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Alternative Title:
- Just published --- Price twopence ---
- Description:
- Caption title., First line: On Friday night 24th ult. a murder was committed at a place about 6 miles from the town of Watford, Herts. ..., Printed in four columns. With two large woodcuts beneath the title illustrating the murder and the discovery of the body. A third, smaller woodcut depicting the burial of the victim appears in the lower right, above a poem with the heading "A copy of verses": A horrid deed I will relate, but newly brought to light, a deed so foul and barbarous, you've seldom heard the like ..., The Radlett murder, also know as the Elstree murder. The victim was William Weare was murdered by John Thurtell, who owed him a gambling debt, and his accomplices Joseph Hunt and William Probert., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- J. Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Ct., 7 Dials, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Hertfordshire., and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Weare, William, -1823., Thurtell, John, 1794-1824., Hunt, Joseph, active 19th century., and Probert, William, -1825.
- Subject (Topic):
- Murder, Criminals, and Homicides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The whole particulars of a most barbarous, cruel, and horrid murder, committed upon the body of W. Weare, Esq. --- : together with the dreadful confessions of Hunt and Probart [sic].
37. [Bloody newes from Dover] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1647]
- Call Number:
- 647.02.13.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A later print designed and etched to look like the woodcut that appeared on the title-page of a pamphlet of the same title. The image shows "Iohn and Mary Champian" described within image as "Presbyterian" and "Anabaptist", respectively, at the moment when Mary, holding the severed head of their baby in her right hand, points at the rest of the body with the left. John (on the left) raises his hands at the horror. At Mary's feet is the knife lying in foreground. The mother allegedly killed the child rather than have it christened
- Alternative Title:
- Bloody news from Dover
- Description:
- Title and publication date based on the and Original woodcut appeared on the title-page of the anonymous pamphlet: Bloody newes from Dover : being a true relation of the great and bloudy murder, committed by Mary Champion (an Anabaptist) who cut off her childs head, being 7 weekes old, and held it to her husband to baptize ... [London?] : [publisher not identified], printed in the yeare of discovery, Feb. 13. 1647.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Baptism, Anabaptists, Children, Couples, and Homicides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Bloody newes from Dover] [graphic].
38. [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 1st. 1750.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title, state, and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., and On page 157 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 50.8 x 39.8 cm.
- Publisher:
- Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, Pregnant women, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]
39. [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 1st. 1750.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 750.01.01.01++ Box 305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title, state, and series title from Paulson. and Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty.
- Publisher:
- Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, Pregnant women, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]
40. [Groups from Hogarth's "Marriage à la mode". Plate V. E] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Riepenhausen, Ernst Ludwig, 1765-1840
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1786]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 786.00.00.85 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Plate lettered in the top center 'E': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of six figures in the fifth plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The dying earl; 2. The countess; 3. Silvertongue, escaping through the window; 4. and 5. The watchmen; 6. The head of Solomon, from the tapestry
- Description:
- Title and from British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '5' in upper left corner above border.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Couples, Death, Escapes, Homicides, Singers, Marriage, and Watchmen
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Groups from Hogarth's "Marriage à la mode". Plate V. E] [graphic].
41. [Lord Ferrers shooting his servant] [art original].
- Creator:
- Wale, Samuel, -1786, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W169 no. 1 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wash drawing depicting Laurence Shirley, Earl of Ferrers in the act of shooting his steward Mr. Johnson. The Earl is standing in profile facing the right aiming a pistol at his kneeling steward who has his hands clasped in front begging for mercy
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Artist from local card catalog record., Date based on print engraved from the drawing., and Design for an engraving published in The Tyburn chronicle, or Villainy display'd in all its brances ... [1868]. Print titled: Laurence Earl Ferrers, in the act of shooting Mr. Johnson his steward.
- Subject (Name):
- Ferrers, Laurence Shirley, Earl, 1720-1760,
- Subject (Topic):
- Firearms, Homicides, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Lord Ferrers shooting his servant] [art original].
42. [Mathilda, scene showing stabbing] [art original].
- Creator:
- Greatheed, Bertie, 1781-1804, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- 49 3729
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The scene in the church after Manfred has stabbed his daughter Mathilda. She lies on a cot as Theodore holds her head in his hands; a monk with a crucifix in his hand also attends her. Behind the monk, Manfred with arms crossed against his chest looks down in anguish. In the background (right) the right arm of the statue of Alfonso the Good points down accusatorily at the scene unfolding below his tomb
- Description:
- Title devised by curator. and Date based on Horace Walpole's letter (dated 22 February 1796) to Bertie Greatheed's father in which he admires his son's four drawings that were inspired by his reading of The Castle of Otranto. All four drawings are bound in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of The Castle of Otranto (Lewis Walpole Library 49 3729).
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches, Homicides, Monks, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mathilda, scene showing stabbing] [art original].
43. [Medea killing her children] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Boyvin, René, approximately 1525-approximately 1598, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1563]
- Call Number:
- Print01435
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title, creator, date, and place of creation supplied by curator., From: The History of Jason and the Conquest of the Golden Fleece., Above image: 25. In image at bottom: B., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage and Married Life; Children and Childcare.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character). and Jason (Mythological character).
- Subject (Topic):
- Retribution, Infanticide, Postpartum depression, Mothers, Children, Homicides, Snakes, Putti, and Warriors
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Medea killing her children] [graphic].
44. [The stabbing of Matilda] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1800]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 791P Copy 7
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 228. Castle of Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Matilda and Theodore shown at center talking in a church, one on either side of the statue marking the tomb of Alphonso; Theodore wears full armor and Matilda wears an orange gown. Behind Matilda on the right is Manfred, who interrupts the conversation by reaching over Maltida's shoulder and stabbing her with the dagger held in his left hand. The interior of the church forms the background, with statues in alcoves along the wall on the right and a row of arched windows along the wall on the left
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 228 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches, Interiors, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Homicides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The stabbing of Matilda] [art original].