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1. A band of Savoyards [graphic]
- Creator:
- Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 September 1785]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 35. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An organ grinder turning angrily to left at the sight of a soldier placing his hand on the arm of a beautiful girl from his troupe playing the mechanical organ at left, his dog at his ankles reflecting his sentiment by growling at another at the soldiers feet, behind at left a woman beating a drum and on the right a young girl plays a triangle, two friars stand behind, ogling the organ player, buildings and a church on the street behind; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on page 35 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Sepr. 20th, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Street musicians, Organ grinders, Drums (Musical instruments), Soldiers, Monks, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A band of Savoyards [graphic]
2. Charity covereth a multitude of sins [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 November 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.11.27.01+
- 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, supported on crutches, his forehead bandaged. Behind the sailor are two itinerant musicians: a man carrying a rectangular box, and a woman turning the handle of a mechanical organ which is slung round her neck, her mouth is open as if singing. The door of the house is ornamented with a carved wooden pediment, and bears a plate "Mrs Mitchel". The knocker has a lion's head. Only the corner of the house appears, the street is "Cleveland Row". A brick wall extends from the house to the left, over it appear trees, and a notice-board inscribed "Men Traps are laid here: every Night also ...." On the wall a placard is pasted, "Dr Leaks Pills. . . "."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- 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:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charity covereth a multitude of sins [graphic].
3. John of Gant in love, or, Mars on his knees [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish's according to act of Parliament, July 15th, [1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.07.15.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Mars on his knees
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., Two lines of verse below title: Musick hath charms to soothe the savage breast! / To soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak. Congrave [sic]., and Temporary local subject terms: Savoyards -- Mythology: allusion to Mars -- Buildings: Eton College -- Peasants -- Royal Arms -- 'The great fat hog to be seen alive' -- Literature: quotation from The mourning bride by William Congreve, 1670-1729.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Musical instruments, Organ grinders, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John of Gant in love, or, Mars on his knees [graphic].
4. John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his journey [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament [1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.07.00.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Duke of Cumberland rides a horse towards the left; in the distance are buildings which are labelled 'Eton College'. From his mouth come the words, "My all is in my possession, possession, possession. My all is in my posession. Mounted behind him on the horse is a pretty, young woman playing a hurdy-gurdy. From her mouth, the words, "Virgins are like [the] fair flowers in its lustre." A large belt labelled "The girdle of affection" encircles the two riders waists. A distressed young peasant, the girl's brother, chases the horse, crying, "My dear sister. Stop 'e. Stop 'e. Stop 'e. O, I fear she's gone for aye." He carries the box for the hurdy-gurdy on his back. An allusion to the Savoyards - and Mars. Quotation from Twelfth night, I.i.1, by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616
- Alternative Title:
- Mars on his journey
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner., One line of verse added after title: If musick be the food of love, play on. Gay., Temporary local subject terms: Savoyards -- Mythology: allusion to Mars., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic):
- Organ grinders
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his journey [graphic].
5. Les Savoyards [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 1st, 1835.
- Call Number:
- 835.08.01.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- A little music à la françoise
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text above image: A little music à la françoise., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reissue of no. 13047 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9; originally published Sept. 18, 1818, by G. Humphrey., Temporary local subject terms: Gypsies -- Dustmen -- Dustman's bells., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 30.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Topic):
- Butchers, Children, City & town life, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Musical instruments, Organ grinders, Street entertainers, and Violins
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Les Savoyards [graphic]
6. Mademoiselle Catherina from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [approxiamtely 1750]
- Call Number:
- 750.00.00.13
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two ladies, a serving maid with a tea tray, and a gentleman kneeling on a chair watch a ragged youth who is kneeling down and displays a richly and fashionably dressed doll who appears to be walking on her own towards the group of observers. Behind the young man are two others, one playing hurdy-gurdy, the other carrying a large box strapped to his back. The scene takes place on a terrace of a large house
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
- Publisher:
- Robert Sayer
- Subject (Topic):
- Dolls, Musical instruments, Organ grinders, Servants, and Toys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mademoiselle Catherina from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]
7. Panorama of the times [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1821?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 39. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Print shows a man, the celebrated juggler, standing on a stage greeting the audience, sitting at his sides are two hurdy-gurdy players, one on a box labeled "Money Box" and the other on a box labeled "Quack Medicine." The stage projects from the back or side of a carriage with two panels that open to the right and left, each with two scenes, on the left, "shooting dint at yo inocent" (King George IV spraying Caroline) and "a bit of fun or a scene at Manchester!!!" (cavalry using swords to cut their way through a mob), on the right, "bank restrictions" (four people hanging from a gallows) and "Kinglike amusement" (the King(?) and bishop drinking). Includes lengthy verse which alludes to the trial of Caroline."--Library of Congress online catalog
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text below image., Date of publication from the Library of Congress online catalog, call number: PC 2 - Panorama of the times (A size) [P&P]., Annotation on Lewis Walpole Library copy suggests a date of July 1820., Text below title: The Sieur Kastleree (the celebrated juggler) is just arrived from the Continent, where he has been exhibiting in the capitals of all their Imperial and Royal Majesties, the sovereigns of Europe., "--Price 1s."--Following imprint., "Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Below imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching ; sheet 39.9 x 26 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement and other text from bottom of sheet., and Mounted on page 39 of: George Humphrey shop album.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour-Street, Soho
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Circuses & shows, Jugglers, Organ grinders, Stages (Platforms), and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Panorama of the times [graphic].
8. Panorama of the times [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1821?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 39. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Print shows a man, the celebrated juggler, standing on a stage greeting the audience, sitting at his sides are two hurdy-gurdy players, one on a box labeled "Money Box" and the other on a box labeled "Quack Medicine." The stage projects from the back or side of a carriage with two panels that open to the right and left, each with two scenes, on the left, "shooting dint at yo inocent" (King George IV spraying Caroline) and "a bit of fun or a scene at Manchester!!!" (cavalry using swords to cut their way through a mob), on the right, "bank restrictions" (four people hanging from a gallows) and "Kinglike amusement" (the King(?) and bishop drinking). Includes lengthy verse which alludes to the trial of Caroline."--Library of Congress online catalog
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text below image., Date of publication from the Library of Congress online catalog, call number: PC 2 - Panorama of the times (A size) [P&P]., Annotation on Lewis Walpole Library copy suggests a date of July 1820., Text below title: The Sieur Kastleree (the celebrated juggler) is just arrived from the Continent, where he has been exhibiting in the capitals of all their Imperial and Royal Majesties, the sovereigns of Europe., "--Price 1s."--Following imprint., "Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Below imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 35 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Canning," "Liverpool," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in black ink below image; date "July 1820" written in lower right corner. The blank space in the printed verses has been filled in using red ink, completing the censored line "To prove the Queen Consort a whore."
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour-Street, Soho
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Circuses & shows, Jugglers, Organ grinders, Stages (Platforms), and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Panorama of the times [graphic].
9. Punch's puppet shew [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 September 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.09.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Street scene. The showman (right) stands in profile to the right looking up at Punch and Judy who perform on their tiny stage, the supports of which are covered by a checked material. A monkey wearing a cocked hat and coat stands on his shoulder and takes an apple from the basket on the head of an apple-woman. A man plays a hurdy-gurdy in the foreground on the extreme right. The spectators gaze up intensely amused: A milkman (left), his yoke on his shoulder, has put down his pail, from which a second monkey dressed as a woman is drinking. A young woman holds out a hat for coins, while she picks the pocket of a spectator. A third monkey crouches on the ground. Beneath the title: 'Now 's the Time for Mirth & Glee, - Sing & Laugh & Dance with me.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Punch's puppet show
- Description:
- Title below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of verse below title: Now's the time for mirth & glee ..., Plate numbered '161' in lower left corner., and One of a series of Drolls.
- Publisher:
- Published 12th Sepr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- City & town life, Criminals, Crowds, Dogs, Milkmen, Monkeys, Organ grinders, Peddlers, Puppet shows, Spectators, and Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Punch's puppet shew [graphic].
