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1.
"Laid up in port." Ods blood! what a time for a seaman to skulk ... [graphic]

Published / Created:
[18--]
Call Number:
Print01171
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
T. Caddel, Gravesend, Printer
Subject (Topic):
Lottery tickets, Lottery ticket vendors, Peg legs, Sailors, Amputees, Money, Alcoholic beverages, and Pipes (Smoking).
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > "Laid up in port." Ods blood! what a time for a seaman to skulk ... [graphic]

2.
A broken leg, or the carpenter the best surgeon. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[24 February 1800]
Call Number:
Print00992
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 24th Feby. 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street London
Subject (Topic):
Prosthesis, Carpentry, Amputees, Falling, Dogs, Peg legs, Carpenters, and Sailors
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A broken leg, or the carpenter the best surgeon. [graphic]

3.
A broken leg, or, The carpenter the best surgeon [graphic].

Published / Created:
[2 February 1800]
Call Number:
800.02.24.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sailor sits on the ground outside a house from which a man (doctor) emerges to offer assistance. He has an amused look on his face as he holds his broken peg leg. One of his two companions puts up his hand to hold off the assistance of the doctor as...
Alternative Title:
Carpenter the best surgeon
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 24th Feby. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carpenters, Dogs, Peg legs, Physicians, British, and Sailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A broken leg, or, The carpenter the best surgeon [graphic].

4.
A bundle of truths sung with great applause by Mr. Henry Johnston in Dublin, Cork, &c &c. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[2 September 1811]
Call Number:
811.09.00.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to (printed) verses 'Sung, with great Applause, by Mr. Henry Johnston, in Dublin, Cork, &c. &c.' A pedlar with a wooden leg stands at a street corner, singing, a bottle of 'Irish Whisky' in his left hand, another bottle in his coat-pocket. Hi...
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Published 2nd Septr., 1811 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Strt., London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Bakers, Barbershops, Peddlers, British, Peg legs, Puppets, and Tailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bundle of truths sung with great applause by Mr. Henry Johnston in Dublin, Cork, &c &c. [graphic]

5.
A chip of the old block [graphic]

Creator:
Gleadah, Joshua, active 1815-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 1832.
Call Number:
Print00904
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A midwife holds out a newborn child, who exhibits a combination its parents' physical traits: the nose of its mother, who lies in bed, and the hook arm, peg leg, glasses and queue of its father, who stands proudly at the foot of the bed. The midwife e...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Tregear, Cheapside, London
Subject (Topic):
Genetics, Prosthesis, Children, Infants, Parents, Midwives, Amputees, Peg legs, Interiors, Beds, Fireplaces, and Cats
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A chip of the old block [graphic]

6.
A rescue, or, The tars triumphant [graphic]

Creator:
Clowes, Butler, -1782, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs, June 12, 1768.
Call Number:
Drawer 768.06.12.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Tars triumphant
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Rob. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Military uniforms, British, Peg legs, Police, Prostitutes, Riots, Sailors, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A rescue, or, The tars triumphant [graphic]

8.
A sketch by anticipation [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Hypothetical scenario of the defeated British soldiers returning from Spain with numerous injuries."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Name):
Evans, George De Lacy, Sir, 1787-1870.
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, British, Wounds & injuries, Amputees, Peg legs, and Crutches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sketch by anticipation [graphic]

9.
A smoking club [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1 May 1792]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 81. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four men smoking long pipes sit stiffly in upright wooden chairs. One (left) in profile to the right, very obese, is an old military officer with a wooden leg; next is a lean man in back view, next a stout man sits full face, and on the right is a th...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st, 1792, by W. Dickinson, engraver, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Amputees, Peg legs, Chairs, Tables, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A smoking club [graphic]

10.
A smoking club [graphic]

Published / Created:
[15 Mar. 1794]
Call Number:
Bunbury 794.03.15.02++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four men smoking long pipes sit stiffly in upright wooden chairs. One (left) in profile to the right, very obese, is an old military officer with a wooden leg; next is a lean man in back view, next a stout man sits full face, and on the right is a th...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. March 15th, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Amputees, Peg legs, Chairs, Tables, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A smoking club [graphic]

11.
A subscriber to The penny magazine [and 28 other designs] / [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer
Published / Created:
[1834]
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 11 Impression 1 Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on caption below image in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Squr
Subject (Topic):
Umbrellas, Boats, Headdresses, Carriages & coaches, Skeletons, Dogs, Peg legs, Amputees, Military uniforms, Rifles, Mirrors, Deer, Sleepwear, Turbans, Monuments & memorials, Birds of prey, Devil, Cats, and Carts & wagons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A subscriber to The penny magazine [and 28 other designs] / [graphic]

12.
A subscriber to The penny magazine [and 28 other designs] / [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer
Published / Created:
[1834]
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 11 Impression 2 Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on caption below image in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Squr
Subject (Topic):
Umbrellas, Boats, Headdresses, Carriages & coaches, Skeletons, Dogs, Peg legs, Amputees, Military uniforms, Rifles, Mirrors, Deer, Sleepwear, Turbans, Monuments & memorials, Birds of prey, Devil, Cats, and Carts & wagons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A subscriber to The penny magazine [and 28 other designs] / [graphic]

13.
A subscriber to The penny magazine [and 28 other designs] / [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer
Published / Created:
[1834]
Call Number:
834.00.00.24+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on caption below image in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Squr
Subject (Topic):
Umbrellas, Boats, Headdresses, Carriages & coaches, Skeletons, Dogs, Peg legs, Amputees, Military uniforms, Rifles, Mirrors, Deer, Sleepwear, Turbans, Monuments & memorials, Birds of prey, Devil, Cats, and Carts & wagons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A subscriber to The penny magazine [and 28 other designs] / [graphic]

14.
A true & lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy / [graphic]

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 September 1804]
Call Number:
804.09.24.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to a song engraved in three columns below the title: A scene on the shore, with a frigate in the offing. A grotesque naval officer, with wooden leg and black patch over one eye, takes the wrist of a young sailor of feminine appearance wh...
Alternative Title:
True and lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor
Description:
Title below image, at head of verses.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 24, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Eye patches, Homicides, Military officers, British, Peg legs, Sailors, Sailing ships, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A true & lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy / [graphic]

15.
A view of the hospital piazza of St. Mari al Florence [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1760]
Call Number:
Print10047
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd according to Act of Parliament August, 1760 ; A Paris chez Daumont rue St. Martin
Subject (Geographic):
Italy.
Subject (Name):
Spedale di S. Maria Nuova (Florence, Italy).
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Plazas, City & town life, People with disabilities, Peg legs, Carriages & coaches, and Families
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A view of the hospital piazza of St. Mari al Florence [graphic].

16.
Ardent spirits [graphic]

Published / Created:
[May 1826]
Call Number:
826.05.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A group of three men drinking, one has a peg leg
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1826 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking and Peg legs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ardent spirits [graphic]

17.
Arithmetical terms being a frontispiece to "The tutors assistant". [graphic]

Published / Created:
[between 1832 and 1836?]
Call Number:
Maidment Un58 no. 14 Box 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consisting of twenty-six small images, each with a caption below. The images are scenes punning on the mathematical terms of the captions
Description:
Title from text at top of design.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Lifting & carrying, Decapitations, Families, Alligators, Fencing, Singing, Wounds & injuries, Bandages, Counters, Peg legs, Amputees, and Mathematics
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Arithmetical terms being a frontispiece to "The tutors assistant". [graphic]

18.
Be kind to a veteran tis only his due, in his time he has cleared many crossings for you [graphic]

Published / Created:
[April 1829]
Call Number:
829.04.00.09
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man with a wooden leg stands outside begging for alms, with a broom in one hand and his hat in the other. On the wall above his head is a broadside which reads "Supported by voluntary contributions."
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April, 1829 by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St. Soho Square and Printed by C. Hullmandel
Subject (Topic):
Peg legs, Pleading (Begging), and Veterans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Be kind to a veteran tis only his due, in his time he has cleared many crossings for you [graphic]

19.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

20.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Hogarth 758.01.01.01.3++ Box 305
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

21.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Sotheby 42++ Box 310
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

22.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 42K Box 315
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

23.
Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
published 1st Janry., 1758, as the act directs.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chairing the members. [graphic] / Plate 4

24.
Chelsea Hospital [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 January 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior view of the dining hall in the hospital; fresco covering end wall; men in red coats and black hats sit at long tables in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Veterans' hospitals, Dinners and dining, Interiors, Murals, Dining rooms, Dining tables, Eatings & drinking, Disabled veterans, Amputees, and Peg legs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chelsea Hospital [graphic]

25.
Chelsea Hospital [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 January 1810]
Call Number:
Print00167
Collection Title:
V. 3 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior view of the dining hall in the hospital; fresco covering end wall; men in red coats and black hats sit at long tables in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Veterans' hospitals, Dinners and dining, Interiors, Murals, Dining rooms, Dining tables, Eatings & drinking, Disabled veterans, Amputees, and Peg legs
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Chelsea Hospital [graphic]

26.
Club night [art original]

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[1785]
Call Number:
Drawings B87 no. 26 Box D300
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Five men accompanied by two dogs leisurly sit around a small table in a tavern smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes and drinking while one of their number squeezes juice and pulp from a fruit into a large punch bowl resting on the table
Description:
Title and artist's signature inscribed in the artist's hand below image.
Subject (Topic):
Taverns (Inns), Drinking vessels, Peg legs, Tobacco pipes, Leisure, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Club night [art original]

27.
Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1801]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 63. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticula...
Alternative Title:
Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Prosthesis, Amputees, Older people, Veterans, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]

28.
Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1801]
Call Number:
801.03.00.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 63. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticula...
Alternative Title:
Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Prosthesis, Amputees, Older people, Veterans, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]

29.
Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1801]
Call Number:
Print01026
Collection Title:
Leaf 63. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticula...
Alternative Title:
Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Prosthesis, Amputees, Older people, Veterans, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]

30.
Dicky Day, the cruel cobler, or, The downfall of Miss Nancy Wiggins a burlesque ballad*. Tune

Published / Created:
[18 December 1806]
Call Number:
806.12.18.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Heading to printed verses: 'A Burlesque Ballad* - Tune "Billy Taylor was a brisk young Fellow". A man and woman in bed in an attic. A figure, draped in a sheet, stands at the foot of the bed, holding up a lantern. The man reaches for his wooden leg w...
Alternative Title:
Downfall of Miss Nancy Wiggins and Dicky Day, the cruel cobbler
Description:
Title from letterpress caption title below image and above verses.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 18, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Lanterns, and Peg legs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dicky Day, the cruel cobler, or, The downfall of Miss Nancy Wiggins a burlesque ballad*. Tune "Billy Taylor was a brisk young fellow". [graphic]

32.
Fought all his battles o'er again and thrice he slew the slain [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1st Jany. 1782.
Call Number:
Bunbury 782.01.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Design in an oval. An old military officer with a wooden leg describes his campaigns to two cronies. He is seated in a chair (right) in profile to the left wearing regimentals and sword, his wig has a long loosely twisted pigtail queue; his wooden le...
Alternative Title:
Fought all his battles over again and thrice he slew the slain
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Musical instruments, Musicians, Peg legs, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fought all his battles o'er again and thrice he slew the slain [graphic]

33.
Frontispiece to the Singer's penny magazine & reciter's album. [graphic] / Vol. 1

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
Feby. 24th, 1835.
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 15 Box 2
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consisting of thirty-six small images, each individually captioned below, arranged in nine rows of four. The images are comic scenes illustrating the captions, which might be song titles or lyrics
Description:
Title from text within banner at top of design.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Drake, 12 Houghton St., Clare Market and S. Lingham, printer
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Single women, Couples, Interracial dating, Peg legs, Umbrellas, Carts & wagons, Mirrors, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Taxes, Beer, Wash tubs, Clotheslines, Carriages & coaches, Swine, Pipes (Smoking), Devil, Rifles, Teachers, and Law enforcement officers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to the Singer's penny magazine & reciter's album. [graphic] / Vol. 1

34.
Greenwich Hospital the Painted Hall / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 January 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior view of the hall, in Greenwich Hospital, later the Old Royal Naval College; two groups of figures admiring the painted walls and the grand victory cart."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, and Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Veterans' hospitals, Prosthesis, Hearses, Disabled veterans, Amputees, Peg legs, Tourists, Interiors, and Murals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Greenwich Hospital the Painted Hall / [graphic]

35.
Greenwich Hospital the Painted Hall / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 January 1810]
Call Number:
Print00166
Collection Title:
V. 3 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior view of the hall, in Greenwich Hospital, later the Old Royal Naval College; two groups of figures admiring the painted walls and the grand victory cart."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, and Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Veterans' hospitals, Prosthesis, Hearses, Disabled veterans, Amputees, Peg legs, Tourists, Interiors, and Murals
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Greenwich Hospital the Painted Hall / [graphic]

36.
High life below stairs [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
770.00.00.103+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Carington Bowles?
Subject (Name):
Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, Dogs, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs [graphic].

38.
It beats Brown-Sequard. -- Tanner's infallible elixir of life, for pension-grabbers only / [graphic]

Creator:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 August 1881]
Call Number:
Print20102
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Brown-Séquard, Charles-Edouard, 1817-1894. and Tanner, James, 1844-1927
Subject (Topic):
Pensions, Disabled veterans, Quacks and quackery, Polilticians, Disabled persons, Healing, Money, Peg legs, Crutches, and Politics and government
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > It beats Brown-Sequard. -- Tanner's infallible elixir of life, for pension-grabbers only / [graphic]

39.
Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 February 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 60. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an inn, a parson snores while his table companion, an old soldier with a wooden leg, recounts animatedly the battle of Dettingen, the map of which hangs on the wall behind them. Next to him, a dog sleeps by the roaring fireplace above which hangs a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby. 11, 1784, by W. Humphey [sic], Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743, Clergy, Soldiers, Peg legs, Taverns (Inns), Servants, Eating & drinking, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].

40.
Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 February 1784]
Call Number:
784.02.11.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an inn, a parson snores while his table companion, an old soldier with a wooden leg, recounts animatedly the battle of Dettingen, the map of which hangs on the wall behind them. Next to him, a dog sleeps by the roaring fireplace above which hangs a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby. 11, 1784, by W. Humphey [sic], Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743, Clergy, Soldiers, Peg legs, Taverns (Inns), Servants, Eating & drinking, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].

41.
Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 February 1784]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an inn, a parson snores while his table companion, an old soldier with a wooden leg, recounts animatedly the battle of Dettingen, the map of which hangs on the wall behind them. Next to him, a dog sleeps by the roaring fireplace above which hangs a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby. 11, 1784, by W. Humphey [sic], Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743, Clergy, Soldiers, Peg legs, Taverns (Inns), Servants, Eating & drinking, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].

43.
Mars & Venus discover'd by Phaeton &c. [graphic].

Published / Created:
[16 February 1784]
Call Number:
784.02.16.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the right, an old gentleman with wooden left leg stands between a tree and a mile marker trying to conceal with the spread tails of his coat an old, obese lady hiding behind him in a half-crouching position. The driver of a phaeton brings his horse...
Alternative Title:
Mars and Venus discovered by Phaeton
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the Act directs Feby 16, 1784, by B. Walwyn, No. 2 Pedlars Acre, Westr. Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Phaethon (Greek mythology), Carriages & coaches, Horses, Peg legs, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mars & Venus discover'd by Phaeton &c. [graphic].

44.
Mars and Venus, or, Sir Cecil chastised [graphic] / Annibal Scratch fecit

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 April 1784]
Call Number:
784.04.02.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A furious veteran with a wooden leg and bandaged eye and a maid servant attack Sir Cecil Wray with a crutch and a broom, respectively. The maid stands on a piece of paper inscribed,"Tax on servants" and in front of a padlocked door to the "Register O...
Alternative Title:
Sir Cecil chastised
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published April 2nd, 1784, by Willm Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Disabled veterans, Servants, Peg legs, Crutches, Brooms & brushes, and Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mars and Venus, or, Sir Cecil chastised [graphic] / Annibal Scratch fecit

45.
May-Day in London [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 1, 1784.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Volume 1, opposite page [161] Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"May-Day; a busy urban street festival; milkmaids with their 'garlands' - headresses of plate, greenery and brushes; chimney sweepers, a violinist with an artificial leg, and others."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, May Day, Festivals, Milkwomen, Headdresses, Chimney sweeps, Street musicians, Violins, Peg legs, Dance, and Eating & drinking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > May-Day in London [graphic]

46.
May-Day in London [graphic]

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 1, 1784.
Call Number:
61 W78 v. 1-2
Collection Title:
Volume 1, opposite page [161] Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"May-Day; a busy urban street festival; milkmaids with their 'garlands' - headresses of plate, greenery and brushes; chimney sweepers, a violinist with an artificial leg, and others."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, May Day, Festivals, Milkwomen, Headdresses, Chimney sweeps, Street musicians, Violins, Peg legs, Dance, and Eating & drinking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > May-Day in London [graphic]

47.
Mother Carey's chickens [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[November 1808]
Call Number:
808.11.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout and comely lady stands at the door of an ornamentally rustic cottage, shaking a cloth from which tiny officers leap out, holding money-bags. The cloth is inscribed in large letters 'Pin Money instead of Allowance'. She says: "This is a profit...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1808 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., Great Britain. Army, and Great Britain. Royal Navy
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Promotions, Recruiting, enlistment, etc, Military officers, British, Amputees, Dwellings, Doors & doorways, Eye patches, Mistresses, Peg legs, and Uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mother Carey's chickens [graphic].

49.
Nautical dispute [graphic]

Creator:
Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:
Nov. 21, 1827.
Call Number:
827.11.21.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a bare but neat ale-house room three Greenwich pensioners are in deep and heated discussion at a table before the fire. They point to fragments of pipe stem, arranged to show the position of ships in some engagement. Two sit, one stands; two have ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Gillard, 40, Strand
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
Subject (Topic):
Amputees, Peg legs, Disabled veterans, Interiors, Sailors, British, Taverns (Inns), and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Nautical dispute [graphic]

50.
Navy victualler and contractors reading the extraordinary gazette announcing the Spanish convention

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
N[ovember] 8th, 1790.
Call Number:
790.11.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man seated behind a rectangular table holds a paper: 'Extraordinary Gazette Convention'; he looks up with an expression of dismay, saying, "Oh! Dam the Dons! if they keep their Word what am I to do with my Oxen". On the table, which is in reversed ...
Description:
Title from text within image.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829 and Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Subject (Topic):
Tables, Tablecloths, Drinking vessels, and Peg legs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Navy victualler and contractors reading the extraordinary gazette announcing the Spanish convention [graphic].

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