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1.
A sharp between two flats a pearly shell for him and thee, the oyster is the lawyer's fee. [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 14 Feb. 1791.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lawyer stands in his office between two disconcerted litigants who are turned and walking away from him. As he brings a fork with an oyster on it to his mouth, he offers half of the empty oyster shell to the man on the right. A bald, worn-down look...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Customer relations, Desks, Inkstands, Interiors, Lawyers, and Offices
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sharp between two flats a pearly shell for him and thee, the oyster is the lawyer's fee. [graphic]

2.
Ann Yearsley, the Bristol milkwoman

Creator:
Grozer, J. (Joseph), printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 May 1787]
Call Number:
Portraits Ye39 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three-quarter length, directed towards the right, and looking thoughtfully to the front, sitting at a table with an open notebook and an inkstand, right hand holding a quill, left hand touching the side of her face; written in the notebook are four l...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 16th, 1787, by Sarah Shiells, Lambeth Terrace; Mr. Dickinson, Bond Street; & Mr. Boydell, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Yearsley, Ann, 1753-1806,
Subject (Topic):
Poets, Women, Inkstands, and Writing materials
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ann Yearsley, the Bristol milkwoman

3.
Jack in office [art original].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
Published / Created:
[1793]
Call Number:
Drawings D574 no. 5 Box D117
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A exciseman stands in profile facing to the left. His lower lip protrudes, and his chest is thrown out
Description:
Title inscribed in ink, lower right: Jack in office.
Subject (Topic):
Government officials, Excise tax, Inkstands, and Taxes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jack in office [art original].

4.
Sailing among the Hebrides [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1786]
Call Number:
786.05.15.11+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men on the deck of a small sailing-vessel. Boswell, his knees flexed, stands in profile to the left holding the end of a rope and looking at Col, in Highland dress, who holds up his finger admonishingly. His Scots cap flies from his head, his c...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Inkstands, Dancing, Scottish, Costumes, Sailing ships, and Sailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sailing among the Hebrides [graphic].

5.
Sailing among the Hebrides [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men on the deck of a small sailing-vessel. Boswell, his knees flexed, stands in profile to the left holding the end of a rope and looking at Col, in Highland dress, who holds up his finger admonishingly. His Scots cap flies from his head, his c...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Inkstands, Dancing, Scottish, Costumes, Sailing ships, and Sailors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sailing among the Hebrides [graphic].

6.
The Dutchman's creed [art original]

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1805]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 41 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A stout Dutchman sits smoking a long-stemmed pipe while writing in his ledger with a quill pen
Description:
Artist's signature and title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image.
Subject (Topic):
Accounting, Business people, Dutch, Inkstands, Pens, and Tobacco pipes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Dutchman's creed [art original]

7.
The Rt. honble. catch singers [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 May 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 4. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox and Lord North sit on a bench, raising together a two-handled tankard in celebration of the coalition's victory. North (as Boreas) blows at the froth spilling it carelessly on a document inscribed "Westminster Petition" thus implying the n...
Alternative Title:
Right honorable catch singers
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 2d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Drinking vessels, Eating & drinking, Inkstands, Petitions, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Rt. honble. catch singers [graphic]

8.
The Rt. honble. catch singers [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 May 1783]
Call Number:
783.05.02.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox and Lord North sit on a bench, raising together a two-handled tankard in celebration of the coalition's victory. North (as Boreas) blows at the froth spilling it carelessly on a document inscribed "Westminster Petition" thus implying the n...
Alternative Title:
Right honorable catch singers
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 2d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Drinking vessels, Eating & drinking, Inkstands, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Rt. honble. catch singers [graphic].

9.
The Rt. honble. catch singers [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 May 1783]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox and Lord North sit on a bench, raising together a two-handled tankard in celebration of the coalition's victory. North (as Boreas) blows at the froth spilling it carelessly on a document inscribed "Westminster Petition" thus implying the n...
Alternative Title:
Right honorable catch singers
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 2d, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Drinking vessels, Eating & drinking, Inkstands, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Rt. honble. catch singers [graphic].

10.
The free born Englishman [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 46. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Freeborn Englishman
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Taxes, Food, and Inkstands
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The free born Englishman [graphic].