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1.
A city officer taught by Miss Tittup to cock his spontoon with proper grace [graphic]

Published / Created:
[10 January 1782]
Call Number:
782.01.10.01
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed young woman (left) stands before a very large bear (left) dressed in a military uniform, wig, and tricorne hat. She strokes his chin with her left hand as she gently clasps the tip end of the spear that the bear holds in his left...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. as the Act directs Jany. 10, 1782 by T. James, No. 14 Castle Strt. Oxford Market
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Bears, Clothing & dress, Couples, Military uniforms, British, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A city officer taught by Miss Tittup to cock his spontoon with proper grace [graphic]

2.
A long pull, strong pull, and pull all together [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 January 1783]
Call Number:
783.01.09.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
William Petty, Lord Shelburne, braces himself against the door to the Treasury in order to resist the pull of the rope tied around his waist. He is helped by John Dunning dressed in legal wig and cloak. The four men attempting to remove Shelburne from...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 9th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Ropes, Tug of war, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government, 1760-1789
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A long pull, strong pull, and pull all together [graphic].

3.
A morning frolic, or, The transmutation of sexes [graphic]

Published / Created:
publish'd as the Act directs [25 March 1780]
Call Number:
780.03.25.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A soldier and a woman in deshabille swapping clothes; the woman standing hands on hips on the left wearing the sword and tricorn; the man sitting demurely on the right holding a fan and wearing a bonnet; tea-tray and four poster bed behind, a dog jum...
Alternative Title:
Transmutation of sexes
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Cross dressing, Soldiers, Military uniforms, British, Boudoirs, Tableware, Furniture, Pets, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A morning frolic, or, The transmutation of sexes [graphic]

4.
A scene in the park [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 July 1780]
Call Number:
780.07.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a group of fashionably-dresed people inspect a military encampment and a cannon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub accg. to act July 9 1780 by M Darly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Cannons, and Flags
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in the park [graphic].

5.
A trip to Cocks Heath [graphic]

Creator:
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 October 1778]
Call Number:
778.10.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A crowd of visitors on the right are shown approaching the military camps at Coxheath indicated on the left with tents and cannon. The crowd, preceded by a barking dog, is chiefly comprised of women, led by a prostitute in pseudo-military garb who is ...
Alternative Title:
Trip to Coxheath
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 28 1778 by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Crowds, Military uniforms, British, Military training, Courtesans, Wheelbarrows, Dogs, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A trip to Cocks Heath [graphic]

6.
A vieu [sic] of Plymouth [graphic].

Published / Created:
May 4, 1780, accg. to act.
Call Number:
780.05.04.02.1 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A raree-show man (right) is exhibiting his peep-show, in a box inscribed "A Vieu of Plymouth", to Lord Amherst, in profile to the right, who stoops down, his hands on his knees, to look through one of the two round holes. The showman says, "There you...
Alternative Title:
Vieu of Plymouth and View of Plymouth
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by M. Darly (39) Strand
Subject (Name):
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 and Great Britain. Board of Ordnance.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, and Peepshows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A vieu [sic] of Plymouth [graphic].

7.
An officer in the light infantry, driven by his lady to Cox-Heath [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs [1778?]
Call Number:
778.00.00.19+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady, wearing over her dress a military coat with epaulets, stands plying her whip as she drives the two small white ponies who pull her carriage past the Cox Heath signpost. Her clothes mirror those of the fat and elderly militia officer who sleeps...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Military officers, Sleeping, Clothing & dress, Carriages & coaches, Covered wagons, Horses, and Hats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An officer in the light infantry, driven by his lady to Cox-Heath [graphic]

8.
Beating up for fencibles [graphic]

Creator:
Stewart, Graham, -1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
780.00.00.155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a gr...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, British, Hats, and Drums
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Beating up for fencibles [graphic]

9.
Beating up for recruits [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
780.00.00.46
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a gr...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, British, Hats, Drums, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Beating up for recruits [graphic]

10.
Charity covereth a multitude of sins [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 November 1781]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young military officer wearing a gorget stands at the door of a house, his left hand on the knocker, looking up at two courtesans who lean out of a sash-window over the door. He puts a coin into the hat of a disabled sailor who stands behind him, s...
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act direts [sic], Nov. 27, 1781, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Brothels, Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Charity covereth a multitude of sins [graphic].

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