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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 looking man (left), looks down at his half of the shell, mouth agap. On the wall behind them are rolls of documents and a shelf of books; other papers are tacked on the wall above the desk. On the desk (right) is an ink well with feather pens. The center of the design at the lower edge is decorated with the musical symbols for sharps and flats
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Numbered "604" in lower left corner., Companion print: A flat between two sharps., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 42 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- 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. 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., Attributed to Dighton based on published print of the same title., Date based on publication date. Original sketch of British Museum 8395A?, Robert Dighton, English draughtsman, 1752-1814., and Watermark.
- Subject (Topic):
- Government officials, Excise tax, Inkstands, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack in office [art original].
3. 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 coat-tails blow in the wind, his ink-pot dangles from his neck, his 'Journal' is under his left arm. A sailor (right) stands in back view leaning against the side of the vessel."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "As I saw them all busy doing something, I asked Col. with much earnestness what I could do. He with a happy readiness put into my hand a rope which was fixed to the top of one of the masts ..." Vide Journal p. 349., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Ink pot., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-159.
- 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].
4. 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. and Date supplied by cataloger.
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounting, Business people, Dutch, Inkstands, Pens, and Tobacco pipes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Dutchman's creed [art original]
5. 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 new ministry's contempt for the Westminster Association's demands for parliamentary reform
- Alternative Title:
- Right honorable catch singers
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower left corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6225 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 48., Temporary local subject terms: Coalition: Fox and North -- Westminster Petition, May 1783 -- Two-handled tankards., and On leaf 4 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- 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]
6. 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 new ministry's contempt for the Westminster Association's demands for parliamentary reform
- Alternative Title:
- Right honorable catch singers
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
- 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].
7. 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., Restrike of a plate possibly first published ca. 1820. For prints of similar title and composition, published in 1813 and 1819, see nos. 12037 and 13287 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 46 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Taxes, Food, and Inkstands
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The free born Englishman [graphic].
8. The night constable [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cooper, Robert, active 1795-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 September 1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.09.08.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A companion print to British Museum satire no. 6878: The country justice. Inside a watch-house, a burly watchman stands (left) facing an elderly constable who sits frowning in his arm-chair. He holds out a broken lantern and points to a thin, fashionably dressed, and apparently drunken man who stands beside him with closed eyes, holding a large stick in his left hand. Next to the constable is a clerk writing at a desk with a slanted top. The room is lit by a lantern slung from the roof. A map on the wall apparently represents the roads of the parish and the beats of the watchmen. A fire burns in a grate (right).
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Eight lines of verse below title: "Watchman. This wicked dog did lift his hand, First knocked me down, then bid me stand; The peaceful neighbours he awoke, And then the Knave my lanthorn broke, At which the Villain loud did Laugh, So down I knock'd him with my staff. "Constable: If so: you Justice did yourself, Therefore begone thou prating Elf.", Originally published July 10, 1785. Cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6879., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on a shield with initials G R below.
- Publisher:
- Published Sepr. 8th by S.W. Fores at the Caracature [sic] Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Law enforcement, Police, Clerks, Dogs, Fireplaces, Inkstands, Lanterns, Rifles, Soldiers, British, Watchmen, and Writing materials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The night constable [graphic]
9. The poet and the painter [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1763]
- Call Number:
- 771.00.00.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date inferred from the earliest issue of the periodical for which this plate, originally published without title and statement of responsibility in 1763., Cf. No. 4086 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Window mounted to 19 x 25 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists' materials, Bears, Dogs, and Inkstands
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The poet and the painter [graphic]
