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1. A representation of the several humorous heads, exhibited in the lecture: etched in caricatura. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780s]
- Call Number:
- Print00518
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Hearses, Coats of arms, and Obelisks
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A representation of the several humorous heads, exhibited in the lecture: etched in caricatura. [graphic]
2. Frontispiece to Lond. mag. 1760 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- 760.00.00.17
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Frontispiece to London magazine 1760
- Description:
- Title etched above image in upper right., Publisher and place of publication inferred from those of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin ... , 1732- , v. 29 (1760), page 393., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Concord -- Figure of Justice -- Figure of Religion -- Figure of Liberty -- Figure of Providence -- Containers: funeral urn -- Monuments: funeral obelisk.
- Publisher:
- R. Baldwin
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Britannia (Symbolic character), Justice, Liberty, Urns, Obelisks, and Cornucopias
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to Lond. mag. 1760 [graphic]
3. Life and death contrasted, or, An essay on woman [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1784]
- Call Number:
- Print00223
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A figure of a woman, divided vertically, shown on the right as a skeleton holding an arrow, standing next to a obelisk inscribed with biblical and literary quotations, skull and bones at its base. Her left side shows her as a fashionably dressed woman, holding a fan; she stands in a park with a high border hedge. Next to her lie playing cards, a book on gaming, and vol.1 of Romances and novels. In the background stands an urn on a pedestal in a garden
- Alternative Title:
- Essay on woman
- Description:
- Title from item. and Date supplied by curator.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Misogyny, Pride in literature, Pride and vanity, Memento mori, Death, Obelisks, Playing cards, Pride, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Life and death contrasted, or, An essay on woman [graphic].
4. Life and death contrasted, or, An essay on woman [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.00.00.179+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A figure of a woman, divided vertically, shown on the right as a skeleton, standing next to a obleiisk inscribed with biblical and literary quotations, skull and bones at its base. Her left side shows her as a fashionably dressed woman, holding a fan decorated with a scene showing a man and woman dancing; she stands in a park with a high border hedge. Next to her lie playing cards, a book on gaming, and vol.1 of Romances and novels. In the background stands an urn on a pedestal in a garden
- Alternative Title:
- Essay on woman
- Description:
- Title from item., Variant state, without plate number, of No. 3793 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Date of publication inferred from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. Cf. Dictionaries of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1557-1775 / by H.R. Plomer. [London] : Bibliographical Society, 1977.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Misogyny, Pride in literature, Pride and vanity, Death, Obelisks, Playing cards, and Pride
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Life and death contrasted, or, An essay on woman [graphic].
5. Nôtre Seigneur à la piscine [graphic]
- Creator:
- Flipart, Jean Jacques, 1719-1782, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1782]
- Call Number:
- Print30009
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Christ healing the paralytic
- Description:
- Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: Dedié à Monseigneur Louis André de Grimaldi; des Princes de Monaco, Evèque Comte de Noyon, pais de France; Le Tableau Original se trouve dans la Collection du Sr. Basan; Se vend à Paris ches Basan et Poignant rue et Hotel Serpente; Par son très humble et très Obéissant serviteur Basan., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Miracle cures.
- Publisher:
- Se vend à Paris ches Basan et Poignant rue et Hotel Serpente
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ
- Subject (Topic):
- Miracles, Medicine in the Bible, Healing of the paralytic (Miracle)., Biblical events, People with disabilities, Litters, Sick persons, Camels, and Obelisks
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Nôtre Seigneur à la piscine [graphic]
6. The British bull baited by mungrels [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1769]
- Call Number:
- 769.07.00.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- British bull baited by mongrels
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered 'Plate 3' in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Personifications: Liberty -- Animals -- Reference to France: Calais -- Monuments -- Reference to William Allen -- Reference to the Young Pretender -- Michael Curry, 1732-1788, printer -- Justice Gillam.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710-1763, Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771, Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Fame, Bulls, Dogs, Goats, Caves, and Obelisks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The British bull baited by mungrels [graphic].
7. The delights of Islington [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, Charles, -1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 April 1772]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 772.04.30.02 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the newly-rich owner of a suburban villa and garden at Islington: an ill-dressed man stands facing front, legs apart leaning on a stick and staring angrily as he complains about damage to his property; his hat lies on the ground beside him; behind on the left is a gazebo raised on a pillar around which winds a staircase, on the right is an obelisk surmounted by a huge sphere; a high wall beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Nine lines of prose within rectangular border at top of design: Whereas my new pagoda has been clandestinely carried off & a new pair of dolphins ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Pseudonyms: Jeremiah Sago -- Cockney speech.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs April 30th, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardens, Gazebos, and Obelisks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The delights of Islington [graphic]
8. [A procession through the Hippodrome] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1727 and 1732]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 81K(b) Box 225
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Scene in the Hippodrome in Constantinople with figures numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 196-97, 249-50). In the foreground a procession for a Turkish bride who is carried by Janizaries; the group includes musicians who blow horns and beat drums. In the background are horsemen, 'Serpetine', and the ancient obelisks
- Description:
- Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and "Tom. 1. No. XVI."--Upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- A. de La Mottraye
- Subject (Geographic):
- Turkey. and Turkish.
- Subject (Name):
- La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743. and Hippodrome of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Subject (Topic):
- Janizaries, Brides, Clothing & dress, Dogs, Jousting, Musicians, Obelisks, Parades & processions, Stadiums, and Weddings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A procession through the Hippodrome] [graphic]
9. [A procession through the Hippodrome] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1723]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Scene in the Hippodrome in Constantinople with figures numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 196-97, 249-50). In the foreground a procession for a Turkish bride who is carried by Janizaries; the group includes musicians who blow horns and beat drums. In the background are horsemen, 'Serpetine', and the ancient obelisks
- Description:
- Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen plates from: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "T. 1."--Upper left corner., "XV."--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 14 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- A. de La Mottraye
- Subject (Geographic):
- Turkey. and Turkish.
- Subject (Name):
- La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743. and Hippodrome of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Subject (Topic):
- Janizaries, Brides, Clothing & dress, Dogs, Jousting, Musicians, Obelisks, Parades & processions, Stadiums, and Weddings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A procession through the Hippodrome] [graphic]
