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1. [The quack doctor] [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 July 1814]
Call Number:: Print00237
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An apothecary's shop, the walls covered by jars closely ranged on shelves, a stuffed fish hanging from the ceiling. Behind a curtain (right) Death, wearing an apron, pounds at a mortar of 'slow Poison', looking gleefully in a mirror to watch the customers. The fat quack compounds medicines at the counter. A grotesque crowd of agonized patients enters through a doorway (left) inscribed 'Apothecaries Hall'. Two sit in arm-chairs. The jars are 'Canthar[ides]', 'Arsnic', 'Opium', 'Nitre', 'Vitriol', 'Elixir', with (right) 'Restorativ Drops'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: I have a secret art to cure each malady, which men endure
Description:: Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: I have a secret art to cure / each malady, which men endure., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 1, opposite page 85., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as death -- Pharmacy, interior -- Apothecaries.
Publisher:: Pub. July 1- 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):: Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):: Death (Personification), Quacks and quackery, Skeletons, Interiors, Drugstores, Pharmacists, Mortars & pestles, Sick persons, Medicines, Shelving, Containers, and Mirrors
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The quack doctor] [graphic].

2. [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. and For further information, consult library staff.
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].

3. [Human passions delineated]. [graphic] / 23

Creator:: Sanders, Thomas (Engraver), printmaker
Published / Created:: publish'd as the act directs, June 1773.
Call Number:: 773.06.00.23
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Tim Bobbin is John Collier's pseudonym., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate from: Human passions delineated ... by Timo. Bobbin. Manchester : Printed and published by John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Fops -- Toupée wig with club., 'June' missing in original imprint due to a poorly mended tear in the sheet., and Publication date from watermark on plates 12, 24 ,30, and 32 in the series: 1816.
Publisher:: John Heywood?
Subject (Topic):: Barbers, Dandies, British, Mirrors, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Human passions delineated]. [graphic] / 23

4. [Frontispiece to "The rule and exercises of holy living"] [graphic].

Creator:: Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1651?]
Call Number:: 651.00.00.03
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An engraving, which represents a clergyman (? Jeremy Taylor) showing to a lady (? Lady Carberry) a mirror, in which she is reflected as a skeleton; by her side is a child, who points to the mirror; and behind her stands an old man, lifting up his hands in astonishment. On the table, which sustains the mirror, is written "Fades natiuitatis suae, James 5. 23"; and on a scroll on the ground, "Vigilate et Orate quia nescitis horam"."--British Museum catalogue
Description:: Title and printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Publication place and date inferred from other states described in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. No. 821 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., Later annotations in an unidentified hand on verso, partially trimmed off and covered by mounting sheet., and Window mounted to 23 x 14 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Mirrors, Clergy, Skeletons, Children, and Older people
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to "The rule and exercises of holy living"] [graphic].

5. [French barracks] [art original]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [1786]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 19 Box D207
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A view of the interior of busy French barracks shows a more domestic atmosphere than military although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
Description:: Title from engraving based on this drawing, published by S.W. Fores 12 August 1791. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: France
Subject (Topic):: Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Yawning
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [French barracks] [art original]

6. [Edward proposes marriage] [art original]

Creator:: Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:: [between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:: Drawings D639 no. 5 Box D117
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The fifth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this fifth drawing, Edward sits in a parlor holding the hand of a young lady as she looks down demurely. Behind the couple, an older woman sits on a sofa sewing, her basket at the table before her. In addition to the fashionable sofa and chairs, the room is decorated with an ornate mirror with swags on the wall behind. On the wall to the left is a marble mantel with a Buddha and other decorative china
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Text in faint pencil below image: Edward [illegible text]., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '5' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Blacks, Allegorical drawings, Buddhas, Courtship, Mirrors, Parables, Parlors, and Sewing
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Edward proposes marriage] [art original]

7. [Dr. Dee's conjuring stone] [art original].

Published / Created:: [not after 1824]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Watercolor drawing depicting a speculum of kennel-coal, in a leather case, that was supposedly used by Dr. Dee the conjurer to deceive the mob in the reign of Queen Elizabeth
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Depicted object was formerly owned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. For a description of the object, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1966,1001.1., and Mounted on page 189 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):: Dee, John, 1527-1608. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Art collections, Magical devices, and Mirrors
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Dr. Dee's conjuring stone] [art original].

8. [Charles spends his fortune] [art original]

Creator:: Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:: [between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:: Drawings D639 no. 2 Box D117
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The second drawing in a series of twelve on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this second drawing, Charles stands in an elegant room as he is measured for new cloths by a tailor who kneels to his right with a tape measure raised to Charles's leg; on the floor at his feet is a bolt of fabric and a scissors. Behind them on the right, a servant holds up a large silver urn for Charles's approval; it is reflected in one of two large Venetian mirrors on the wall behind, the second being hung by two servants. On the left, a woman in a large hat sits in an chair beside a round tea table holding another bolt of fabric; she sits in front of a large window through which is seen a elegant square with an equestrian statue. A little dog jumps toward Charles
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Text in faint pencil below image: Charles [illegible text]., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '2' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Couples, Dogs, Equestrian statues, Mirrors, Scissors & shears, Tailors, Parables, Parlors, Plazas, and Wealth
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Charles spends his fortune] [art original]

9. [Charles dies in debt leaving his family destitute] [art original]

Creator:: Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:: [between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:: Drawings D639 no. 12 Box D117
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The twelfth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this twelfth drawing, Charles is in a coffin in his parlor. His wife cries into her handkerchief as two men with looks of pity point to the long sheet of paper with his list of debts. Her two children cling to her with fear and sadness. Two other men go about the room putting tags on the urns and other furnishings in preparation for their sale. The pistol on the sofa suggests Charles's suicide
Description:: Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '12' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Allegorical drawings, Coffins, Families, Grief, Handguns, Lawyers, Mirrors, Parlors, and Parables
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Charles dies in debt leaving his family destitute] [art original]