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1.
The fair nun unmask'd [graphic]

Creator:
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs 1780.
Call Number:
780.00.00.94+
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Fair nun unmasked
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Costumes and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fair nun unmask'd [graphic]

2.
The fair nun unmask'd [graphic]

Creator:
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs, A.D. 1769.
Call Number:
769.00.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an oval frame, a half-length portrait of woman with a black veil over her head looks left. In her right hand she holds a mask; around her neck is cross. She wears pearl earrings, pearls in her hair, and a strand hangs from the jeweled rose at her ...
Alternative Title:
Fair nun unmasked
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Accessories (Clothing & dress), Dancers, Jewelry, Masks, and Masquerades
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fair nun unmask'd [graphic]

3.
Two heads better than one, or, The governess outwitted [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[January 1817]
Call Number:
817.01.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A pretty and elegant young woman kneels on a bed supporting her elbows on the pillow. A woman stands beside her raising the girl's skirt in order to birch her, but finds her posterior covered by a life-sized mask which is a close portrait of herself....
Alternative Title:
Governess outwitted
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1817 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Governesses, Child discipline, Beds, Masks, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Two heads better than one, or, The governess outwitted [graphic].

4.
The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[17 December 1803]
Call Number:
803.12.17.01+
Collection Title:
Leaf 83. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the left side of the stage, including part of a stage box on the extreme left. From this leans a figure of Folly wearing a fool's cap with ass's ears, clapping his hands. Within the shadow of the box is the head of a staring owl (cf. Britis...
Alternative Title:
New way to keep one's head above water
Description:
Title etched in lower right corner image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 17th Decr. 1803 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Str
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Stages (Platforms), Dogs, Owls, Fools' caps, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with rapturous applause at Drury Lane Theatre / [graphic]

5.
The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[17 December 1803]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 83. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the left side of the stage, including part of a stage box on the extreme left. From this leans a figure of Folly wearing a fool's cap with ass's ears, clapping his hands. Within the shadow of the box is the head of a staring owl (cf. Britis...
Alternative Title:
New way to keep one's head above water
Description:
Title etched in lower right corner image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 17th Decr. 1803 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Str
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Stages (Platforms), Dogs, Owls, Fools' caps, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with rapturous applause at Drury Lane Theatre / [graphic]

6.
The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[17 December 1803]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 83. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the left side of the stage, including part of a stage box on the extreme left. From this leans a figure of Folly wearing a fool's cap with ass's ears, clapping his hands. Within the shadow of the box is the head of a staring owl (cf. Britis...
Alternative Title:
New way to keep one's head above water
Description:
Title etched in lower right corner image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 17th Decr. 1803 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Str
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Stages (Platforms), Dogs, Owls, Fools' caps, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The manager and his dog, or, A new way to keep one's head above water a farce performed with rapturous applause at Drury Lane Theatre / [graphic]

7.
The mask [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 May 1783]
Call Number:
783.05.21.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 15. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full face mask combined from faces of Charles Fox on the left and Lord North on the right. Fox's dark hair, squinted eye and self-assured smile are countered by North's powdered wig, puzzled frown and straight mouth. Inscribed above, "Fronti nulla fid...
Alternative Title:
Fronti nulla fides
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 21st May 1783 by H. [sic] Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mask [graphic]

8.
The mask [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 May 1783]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 15. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full face mask combined from faces of Charles Fox on the left and Lord North on the right. Fox's dark hair, squinted eye and self-assured smile are countered by North's powdered wig, puzzled frown and straight mouth. Inscribed above, "Fronti nulla fid...
Alternative Title:
Fronti nulla fides
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 21st May 1783 by H. [sic] Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mask [graphic]

9.
The mask [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 May 1783]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 15. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full face mask combined from faces of Charles Fox on the left and Lord North on the right. Fox's dark hair, squinted eye and self-assured smile are countered by North's powdered wig, puzzled frown and straight mouth. Inscribed above, "Fronti nulla fid...
Alternative Title:
Fronti nulla fides
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 21st May 1783 by H. [sic] Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mask [graphic]

10.
The Holy Alliance unmasked [graphic]

Creator:
Purcell, E. (Edward), printmaker
Published / Created:
[February 1823]
Call Number:
823.02.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of the Holy Alliance (the rulers of Russia, Spain, Austria and Britain) seated round a table plotting to restore Ferdiand of Spain to his throne"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Published Feb. 1823 by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond St.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Angoulême, Louis-Antoine d'Artois, duc d', 1775-1844, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833., and Congress of Verona
Subject (Topic):
Bulldogs, Monkeys, Bears, Masks, Flags, and Globes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Holy Alliance unmasked [graphic]

11.
The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, attributed name
Published / Created:
[October 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 4. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Princess of Wales, squat and fat, wearing a short transparent dress, adjusts her hair at a large glass above a console table on which lies her black mask. Bergami stands beside her, holding a scarf and a box of 'Essence Bergamy'; he wears orders ...
Alternative Title:
Dressing for a masked ball at Naples
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 1820 by G. Humphrey, St. James St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Obesity, Mirrors, Grooming, Masks, and Volcanoes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]

12.
The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]

Creator:
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, attributed name
Published / Created:
[October 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 4. George Humphrey shop album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Princess of Wales, squat and fat, wearing a short transparent dress, adjusts her hair at a large glass above a console table on which lies her black mask. Bergami stands beside her, holding a scarf and a box of 'Essence Bergamy'; he wears orders ...
Alternative Title:
Dressing for a masked ball at Naples
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 1820 by G. Humphrey, St. James St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Obesity, Mirrors, Grooming, Masks, and Volcanoes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]

13.
Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
Sotheby 86+ Box 205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides b...
Alternative Title:
Hudibras catechized
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Beating, Interiors, Masks, Mirrors, Wardrobes (Case furniture), Women, and Puritans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic]

14.
Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides b...
Alternative Title:
Hudibras catechized
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Philip Overton and John Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Beating, Interiors, Masks, Mirrors, Wardrobes (Case furniture), Women, and Puritans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic]

15.
[A harlot's progress. Plate 2] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1732]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 4K(c) Box 200
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and y...
Description:
Title, state and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Prostitution, Biblical events, Ethnic stereotypes, Blacks, Boudoirs, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, Tea, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A harlot's progress. Plate 2] [graphic]

16.
[Harlot's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 2

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1732]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 4K(b) Box 200
Collection Title:
Leaf 3. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and y...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Rake's progress, Relations between the sexes, Servants, and Tea
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Harlot's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 2

17.
[Harlot's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 2

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1732]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 3. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and y...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Rake's progress, Relations between the sexes, Servants, and Tea
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Harlot's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 2

18.
[Harlot's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 2

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1732]
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 3. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and y...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Rake's progress, Relations between the sexes, Servants, and Tea
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Harlot's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 2

19.
[Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1732]
Call Number:
Sotheby 3++ Box 300
Collection Title:
Plate 3. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and y...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Ethnic stereotypes, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, Tea, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]

20.
[Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1732]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 3. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and y...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Ethnic stereotypes, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, Tea, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]

21.
[Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1732]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 3. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and y...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Ethnic stereotypes, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, Tea, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]

22.
[Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1732]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 3. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and y...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Biblical events, Blacks, Boudoirs, Ethnic stereotypes, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, Tea, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mary Hackabout distracts her patron's attention by kicking over the tea table] [graphic]

23.
[Boy with mask] [art original].

Creator:
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing depicting a boy with in a scenic mask. This image, on an antique red stone set in gold, was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Boys, Masks, and Jewelry
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Boy with mask] [art original].

24.
"What ever is, is right. Pope! A weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1821]
Call Number:
821.04.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in the House of Commons, showing the Ministerial benches, with the Speaker's Chair and the Table partly cut off by the right margin. The Speaker (Manners Sutton) and one of the Clerks are just within the design. Castlereagh is speaking; he st...
Alternative Title:
Whatever is, is right. Pope! and Weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780-1845, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Legislative bodies, Politicians, Public speaking, Popes, Crosiers, Keys (Hardware), Demons, Masks, and Candles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "What ever is, is right. Pope! A weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation / [graphic]

25.
Wynnstay [art original].

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman, shown full-length, stands in a field in front of a theater, holding a dramatic mask; other masks are at her feet. Surrounding the scene is an oval frame of laurel with 'Wynnstay' on the ribbon at the bottom. A design for an admission ticket f...
Description:
Title from inscription in ink at bottom of image.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wynnstay Theatre.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Theaters, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Wynnstay [art original].

26.
Hamlet [graphic].

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1787?]
Call Number:
787.00.00.20+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Shown before the gate of a castle, Hamlet is supported by two men as the ghost of his father, dressed in armour the knees of which are etched with the masks of Comedy and Tragedy, appears before him
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Boyne & Walker, Turnstile, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Armor, Gates, Ghosts, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hamlet [graphic].

27.
The fortunate transport [graphic].

Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1741?]
Call Number:
741.00.00.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire based on a novel of the same title on the cruel and hypocritical behaviour of a female former convict with four scenes enclosed within rococo scrolls. The scene on the left shows Polly Haycock, visibly pregnant, standing on a quay chained with...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Branch, Elizabeth and Haycock, Mary, active 1741
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Carriages & coaches, Criminals, Dogs, Horses, Masks, Prison laborers, Servants, Enslaved people, and Whips
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fortunate transport [graphic].

29.
A May Day garland for 1820 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[May 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Ministers and others, holding hands, caper in a ring round a pole to which are symmetrically attached the decollated heads of the Cato Street conspirators executed on 1 May, see British Museum Satires No. 13707, &c. Between Sidmouth and the smiling C...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1820 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832, and Edwards, George, 1788-1843
Subject (Topic):
Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820, Politicians, May poles, Dance, Decapitations, Heads (Anatomy), Criminals, Masks, Knives, and Violins
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A May Day garland for 1820 [graphic].

30.
A harlot's progress. In high keeping by a Jew = Un juif l'entretien somptueusement / [graphic

Published / Created:
[not before 25 March 1768]
Call Number:
Hogarth 768.03.25.10+ Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 2 of A harlot's progress: Mary Hackabout (left), now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lov...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2, In high keeping by a Jew, and Juif l'entretien somptueusement
Description:
Title in English and French engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Jews, Boudoirs, Biblical events, Masks, Monkeys, Clegy, Horses, Lust, Rake's progress, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A harlot's progress. In high keeping by a Jew = Un juif l'entretien somptueusement / [graphic] : Plate II

31.
Britannia in distress [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1770]
Call Number:
770.02.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty cap, Petitions, Daggers & swords, Axes, Shields, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia in distress [graphic].

32.
House-breaking before sun-set [graphic].

Published / Created:
[6 January 1789]
Call Number:
789.01.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Political satire; under a sinking sun in which is drawn a crown, with the words "Obscured, not lost", a masked figure with a crow-bar labelled "Begum Sophistry" and the Prince Regent with a broken axe labelled "Presumptive Rights" try to break down t...
Alternative Title:
Housebreaking before sunset
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 6t 1789 by R. Butters, 79 Fleet Stt
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Treasuries, Buildings, Doors & doorways, Crowbars, Keys (Hardware), Locks (Hardware), Masks, Lanterns, Firearms, Sunrises & sunsets, and Crowns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > House-breaking before sun-set [graphic].

33.
Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 770.00.00.198 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides b...
Alternative Title:
Hudibras catechized
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Beating, Interiors, Masks, Mirrors, Wardrobes (Case furniture), Women, and Puritans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras catechiz'd [graphic].

34.
Hudibras catechized Part 3 Canto 1 l. 1159. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[between 1768 and 1794]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 768B
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides b...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Beating, Interiors, Masks, Mirrors, Wardrobes (Case furniture), Women, and Puritans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras catechized Part 3 Canto 1 l. 1159. [graphic]

35.
Ridotto al' fresco, or, The humours of Spring Gardens [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1740?]
Call Number:
740.00.00.07.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Humours of Spring Gardens
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Geo. Foster at the White Horse opposite the north gate in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Chandeliers, Masks, and Masquerades
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ridotto al' fresco, or, The humours of Spring Gardens [graphic].

36.
The child, or, A legacy for the House of Commons [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1771]
Call Number:
771.04.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"From the stage of a theatre, two figures address the audience: Charles Fox (left) with a fox's head, holds under his left arm a tray in which are two doll-like infants in swaddling bands; in his right hand is a paper inscribed, "Norton & Fox Sponsors...
Alternative Title:
Legacy for the House of Commons
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Theaters, Fountains, Masks, Supernatural beings, Abandoned children, Chandeliers, and Boots
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The child, or, A legacy for the House of Commons [graphic].

37.
Three tickets of admission to Sir W.W. Wynne's theatre at Wynnstay [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 February 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"[1] 'H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Punch (left) points to a large butt or tun inscribed 'WYNNSTAY', from the top of which hang comic masks which encircle its upper circumference; in his right hand is a stick with an ass's head. On the right side of the butt ...
Description:
Title from text above images.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feby. 1, 1786, by I. Sewell, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561 (Ursula), and Wynnstay Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Masks, Barrels, Demons, Theaters, and Pedestals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Three tickets of admission to Sir W.W. Wynne's theatre at Wynnstay [graphic].

38.
Three tickets of admission to Sir W.W. Wynne's theatre at Wynnstay [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 February 1786]
Call Number:
Bunbury 786.02.01.02 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"[1] 'H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Punch (left) points to a large butt or tun inscribed 'WYNNSTAY', from the top of which hang comic masks which encircle its upper circumference; in his right hand is a stick with an ass's head. On the right side of the butt ...
Description:
Title from text above images.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feby. 1, 1786, by I. Sewell, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561 (Ursula), and Wynnstay Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Masks, Barrels, Demons, Theaters, and Pedestals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Three tickets of admission to Sir W.W. Wynne's theatre at Wynnstay [graphic].

39.
Wynnstay [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1786?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Admission ticket for the theatre at Wynnstay, the private theatre of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. ... A full length woman standing in a field in front of the theatre, holding a dramatic mask, others at her feet, in oval frame of laurel with 'Wynnstay' o...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wynnstay Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Theaters, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Wynnstay [graphic].

41.
[Portrait of George Saville Carey] [art original].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 10 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Framed in an oval, the writer George Saville Carey is shown looking to his left while holding a mirror up in his extended right arm and holding a theater mask in his left arm, bent at the elbow
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Carey, George Saville, 1743-1807,
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings, Mirrors, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Saville Carey] [art original].

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