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1. Bon ton [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1817 and 1819?]
- Call Number:
- 818.00.00.56+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A dandy (left), opera-hat in hand, bends towards a lady to inspect her necklace through his glass. He has the short waist, high collar, and conspicuous watch-ribbon of the dandies, with long tight pantaloons to the ankle (cf. No. 13029). She wears a short white ball-dress, and holds up a closed fan, a shawl over her left arm. She stands at the foot of a staircase on which are flowering plants in ornamental pots. Below the title: '"Pon honor Lady Caroline, You appear a "divinity! -by Jove those Jewels are of the premiere "qualité, did Love furnish them? "On my truth Sir William You are a gay Man.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., "One of prints (coloured) by, after, or attributed to G. Cruikshank [many were closely copied and unless original and copy can be compared they are difficult to distinguish; some attributed by Reid or Cohn to Cruikshank are in the manner of the supposed copyist; some are probably by I. R. Cruikshank], from a set issued c. 1817 to c. 1819 ... She resembles Lady Caroline Lamb, the most conspicuous Lady Caroline of the day. There was a jeweller named Love."--British Museum curator's comment., Attributed to Captain Hehl in British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, and Jewelers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bon ton [graphic].
2. Ladies ears bored gratis [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 October 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.10.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a jeweller's shop, indicated only by three necklaces festooned on the wall and by a door giving on to the street. A lady sits between two men; one (left) points insinuatingly to a box of ear-rings which he holds, the other applies a boring instrument to her left ear. To her left, a dog barks as he looks up at her startled face. Behind, a weeping schoolboy with a bag of books is being birched by a young woman. Through the door are seen a Highlander blowing bagpipes and a milkmaid screaming for custom
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and One of a series of 'Drolls.'
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 24th Octr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Bagpipes, Dairy workers, Earrings, Jewelers, Jewelry stores, Necklaces, School children, Women, and Young adults
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ladies ears bored gratis [graphic].
3. Weddell, jeweller, Hyde Street, Bloomsbury [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1779?]
- Call Number:
- 66 800 C69
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date of publication from pencil annotation on impression in the British Museum; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Banks,67.230, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. 32" engraved at top of image; "Jewels set in [the] most elegant taste" engraved within banner below numbering., and Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box.
- Publisher:
- Weddell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Jewelers and Putti
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Weddell, jeweller, Hyde Street, Bloomsbury [graphic]
