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1.
Every body out of town. [graphic] / Plate 2nd

Creator:
Sansom, Francis, active 1784-1799, printmaker
Published / Created:
[13 September 1796]
Call Number:
796.09.13.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Second plate from a series of six., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Septr. 13, 1796, by G.M. Woodward, No. 11 Berners St., Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):
Brooches, Courtesans, Hats, Jewelry, Millinery, and Occupations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Every body out of town. [graphic] / Plate 2nd

2.
T.F. Salter, hat maker, at the Gold Laced Hat and Fame, 47 Charing Cross, London military & naval

Creator:
Salter, T. F. (Thomas Frederick), active 1814-1826
Published / Created:
[between 1793 and 1843]
Call Number:
File 66 793 Sa176
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
Trade card of Thomas Frederick Salter, a milliner who ran several shops in London during the late eighteenth century and first half of the nineteenth century. The shopfront of his longest-standing premises at 47 Charing Cross is depicted at the bottom of the card, its windows full of hats in various styles, mostly men's hats. At the top of the card a depiction of the process of hat making, showing a team of men working on different elements of the manufacturing process
Alternative Title:
Hat making
Description:
Title from item., Above design in ruled border: Hat making., Date based on information in London merchant and post office directories., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., With advertisement printed in letterpress on verso: The cheapest hat-warehouse in the world. Thomas Frederick Salter, with gratitude, offers his best thanks for the great and continual increase in business which he has experienced for several years ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T.F. Salter
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Millinery, Stores & shops, Hat industry, Window displays, Workshops, and Hats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > T.F. Salter, hat maker, at the Gold Laced Hat and Fame, 47 Charing Cross, London military & naval hats / [graphic]

3.
La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[5 April 1797]
Call Number:
797.04.05.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull stands full-face on the pavement outside a shop window, holding on his head a red cap (i.e., bonnet rouge) trimmed with fur of quasi-military, quasi-libertarian shape. He is the yokel with wrinkled gaiters ... with a tattered great-coat held together by a military belt. In his left hand is a ragged hat. He says, with a broad grin: "Wounds, when Master Billy sees I in a Red-Cap, how he will stare! - egad; I thinks I shall cook em at last. - well if I could but once get a Cockade to my Red Cap, & a bit of a Gun - why, I thinks I should make a good stockey Soldier!" The shop is that of 'Billy-Black-Soul [Pitt], Hatter, & Sword-cutler \ Licenced to deal in Hats and Swords.' Above the door (right) are the royal arms and 'Stamp-Office' (the tax on hats being levied by a stamp). Within the window are crossed swords and military cocked hats with a number of stamps bearing the royal arms. In the foreground (left) is a pile of dead cats with a paper: 'List of Cats Killed for making skin caps 20000 Red 5000 Tabb ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull evading the hat tax
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. April 5th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond & St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Taxation of articles of consumption, Law and legislation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Cats, Hats, Millinery, Slaughtering, Swords, Taxes, Show displays, and Window displays
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]

4.
Le chapelier [graphic].

Creator:
Gaillot, Bernard, 1780-1847, artist
Published / Created:
[1849?]
Call Number:
849.00.00.19
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An image of a hatter constructed from various hats and tools of the trade such as brushes
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Artist, lithographer and imprint from other prints in this series.
Publisher:
Chez Bénard, Galerie Vivienne, 49 and Lith. Senefelder
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Hats, Millinery, and Occupations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Le chapelier [graphic].

5.
A morning ramble, or, The milliners shop [graphic].

Published / Created:
Published as the Act directs [not before 20 May 1782]
Call Number:
782.05.20.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Shop interior with three milliners in frilled caps behind the counter, one seated and two sewing. Behind them the window to the left displays their work, while to the right shelves hold boxes labelled Feathers, Love, Coxcomb and Mode. Two fashionable men and a Pomeranian dog are before the counter, one man seated upon it and the other handing the ladies a "Masquerade Ticket".
Alternative Title:
Milliners shop
Description:
Title from item., Date erased from print., Numbered 478 in lower left margin., and Date estimated from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles."
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):
Millinery, Interiors, Counters, Clothing & dress, and Hats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A morning ramble, or, The milliners shop [graphic].

6.
Peter Pridham, from London, on the Quay, Brixham : sells the following articles, in the linen

Published / Created:
1779.
Call Number:
File 66 779 P947
Image Count:
2
Description:
Caption title., Text within ornamental border., Articles for sale listed in three columns, separated by printers' ornaments; first column begin: Black half-ell modes; three quater ditto; yard-wide ditto; black half-ell, three-quarter, plain, and figur'd satins ..., Watermark: T. Boyd. For further information, consult library staff., and Ms. receipt on blank verso signed by Pridham and dated 27 May 1780 for 40 yards of canvas.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Grigg, bookseller and stationer near Broad-Gate, in the Fore-Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing trade, Millinery, Textile fabrics, and Merchants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Peter Pridham, from London, on the Quay, Brixham : sells the following articles, in the linen, woollen, haberdashery and hosiery, with every other article in the millinery branch

7.
Shop-lifter detected

Published / Created:
10 Augt., 1787.
Call Number:
787.08.10.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman is seized by constables and shopkeepers and the items that she has stolen confiscated by her apprehenders
Alternative Title:
Shoplifter
Description:
Title from item., Number '147' in lower right corner of plate., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Mercury.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Shoplifting, Millinery, and Police
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Shop-lifter detected

8.
Shop-lifter detected : from an original picture painted by Mr. John Collett

Published / Created:
Augst. 10, 1787.
Call Number:
787.08.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman is seized by constables and shopkeepers and the items that she has stolen confiscated by her apprehenders
Alternative Title:
Shoplifter detected
Description:
Number '89' in lower left corner of plate., Title from item., and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Mercury.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Shoplifting, Millinery, and Police
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Shop-lifter detected : from an original picture painted by Mr. John Collett

9.
The pretty milliner [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1827?]
Call Number:
827.00.00.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Treagear [sic], 123, Cheapside and Dean & Munday, 35, Threadneedle Street
Subject (Topic):
Millinery, Hats, and People associated with commercial & service activities
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The pretty milliner [graphic].