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1.
[Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture] [graphic]

Creator:
Woollett, William, 1735-1785, printmaker
Published / Created:
[July 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby's 'Perspective of Architecture' (1761); landscape, with river, domed temple and city, in foreground the upper part of a column, its capital bearing emblems of the Prince of Wales, a cupid with a book inscribed " Palladio's...
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece
Description:
Paulson's title: Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture.
Publisher:
Joshua Kirby
Subject (Topic):
Architecture and Cupids
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture] [graphic]

2.
Smith alias Buckhorse, 1747 the noted Bruiser / [graphic]

Creator:
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1747]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A later state lettered with the name of the famous pugilist John Smith: a bald headed man in profile to left; the artist's father (?); later state with added title; third state with inscription, copy in reverse after Rembrandt
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Smith alias Buckhorse, 1747 the noted Bruiser / [graphic]

3.
The Surrey-Wonder an anatomical-farce as it was dissected at [the] Theatre-Royal, Lincolns-Inn

Creator:
Vertue, James, 1725-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[December 1726]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on Mary Toft, the "rabbit breeder" and those who were duped by her fraud. The interior of a large room, presumably intended as Lacy's bagnio in Leicester Fields, in the centre of which Toft reclines on a chair attended by a doctor, John Howard...
Description:
Title etched below image, between two columns of verse.
Publisher:
Sold by Jon. Clark, engraver & printsellr. in Grays-Inn
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763.
Subject (Topic):
Births, Deception, Physicians, and Rabbits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Surrey-Wonder an anatomical-farce as it was dissected at [the] Theatre-Royal, Lincolns-Inn-Fields. [graphic]

4.
A Scot's opera [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1732?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Hogarth shows Sganarelle coming up behind his wife, who is admiring a miniature portrati of a young man which she had innocently discovered on the ground. Sganarelle is making the cuckold's sign with his right hand over his head
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, City & town life, Couples, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Scot's opera [graphic]

5.
Aeneas in a storm [graphic].

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd pursuant to an act of Parliament, 1737.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A ship, apparently bearing 'Aeneas' (George II) is tossed on a stormy sea. On the shore at right, 'Dido' (the figure of Britannia), points and smiles, above the inscription, "She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Dido,, Aeneas (Legendary character),, and Neptune (Roman deity),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sailing ships, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Aeneas in a storm [graphic].

7.
The true effigies of the members of the Calve's Head Club held on [the] 30th of January 1734 at

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1735]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on young Whig supporters and their supposedly republican tendencies: interior of a tavern with seven young gentlemen drinking at a table on which is a calf's head with a moustache and a nightcap; one of the party holds an axe; an eighth gentle...
Alternative Title:
Calf's Head Club
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The true effigies of the members of the Calve's Head Club held on [the] 30th of January 1734 at [the] Golden Eagle in Suffolk Street in [the] County of Middlesex [graphic]

8.
The true effigies of the members of the Calve's Head Club held on [the] 30th of January 1734 at

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1735]
Call Number:
735.01.30.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on young Whig supporters and their supposedly republican tendencies: interior of a tavern with seven young gentlemen drinking at a table on which is a calf's head with a moustache and a nightcap; one of the party holds an axe; an eighth gentle...
Alternative Title:
Calf's Head Club
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The true effigies of the members of the Calve's Head Club held on [the] 30th of January 1734 at [the] Golden Eagle in Suffolk Street in [the] County of Middlesex [graphic]

9.
[Frontispiece to Fielding's Tragedy of tragedies] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1730, i.e., 1731]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
The frontispiece to an enlarged version of Henry Fielding's The tragedy of tragedies ... London : Printed and sold by J. Roberts, 1731. Hogarth chose Act II, scene viii, a burlesque of the meeting of Octavia nd Cleopatra in Drydens' All for love. Th...
Description:
Title and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Subject (Topic):
Courtship and Dwarfs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Fielding's Tragedy of tragedies] [graphic]

10.
[Frontispiece to L'Avare] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1732]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Hogarth shows Harpagon, the miser, at left, taking time out from the play's climactic scenc to snuff a candle (one is sufficient). Valère (putting on his hat) and Anselm (leaning on the table) are about to discover that they are son and father
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
John Watts
Subject (Name):
Molière, 1622-1673.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to L'Avare] [graphic]

11.
[Frontispiece to Sganarelle, ou, Le cocu imaginaire] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1732]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Hogarth shows Sganarelle coming up behind his wife, who is admiring a miniature portrati of a young man which she had innocently discovered on the ground. Sganarelle is making the cuckold's sign with his right hand over his head
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Molière, 1622-1673.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, City & town life, Couples, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Sganarelle, ou, Le cocu imaginaire] [graphic]

12.
[Frontispiece to The humours of Oxford] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1730]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Frontispiece to James Miller, 'The Humours of Oxford', 2nd edition (London, 1730); scene in a tavern; at centre Haughty, a Fellow of one of the Oxford colleges, sits drunkenly disputing with the Vice-Chancellor, who stands at right; on the other side ...
Description:
Title and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Miller, James, 1706-1744.
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Dogs, Scholars, and Teachers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The humours of Oxford] [graphic]

13.
[Frontispiece to The humours of Oxford] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1730]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Frontispiece to James Miller, 'The Humours of Oxford', 2nd edition (London, 1730); scene in a tavern; at centre Haughty, a Fellow of one of the Oxford colleges, sits drunkenly disputing with the Vice-Chancellor, who stands at right; on the other side ...
Description:
Title and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Miller, James, 1706-1744.
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Dogs, Scholars, and Teachers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The humours of Oxford] [graphic]

14.
[Frontispiece to The travels of Mr. John Gulliver] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[February 1731]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 86K(c) Box 125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The prisoner Gulliver is shown being presented to the Queen of Babilary
Alternative Title:
Gulliver presented to the Queen of Babilary
Description:
Title from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The travels of Mr. John Gulliver] [graphic]

15.
[Frontispiece to The travels of Mr. John Gulliver] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[February 1731]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The prisoner Gulliver is shown being presented to the Queen of Babilary
Alternative Title:
Gulliver presented to the Queen of Babilary
Description:
Title from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The travels of Mr. John Gulliver] [graphic]

16.
[Frontispiece to the oratorio of Judith] [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1733]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Judith holding a sword by the cutting edge is posed to cut off the head of Holofernes. The print appears opposite the title page of the printed version of William Hogarth's Judith : An Oratorio, or, Sacred drama ... the musick composed by Mr. William...
Alternative Title:
Per vulnera servor moret tuâ vivens
Description:
Title and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Virgil.
Subject (Topic):
Judith (Biblical figure) and Biblical events
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to the oratorio of Judith] [graphic]

17.
A scene in a pantomime entertainment lately exhibited. Second edition with additions [art original]

Creator:
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately November 1768]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A tracing of an etching that reproduces in a general way the design of "A scene of a pantamime entertainment lately exhibitied (British Museum satire no. 4220) with some additions and variations
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Sold in May's Buildings Covent Garg
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in a pantomime entertainment lately exhibited. Second edition with additions [art original]

18.
A scene in a pantomime entertainment lately exhibited. Second edition with additions. [art original]

Creator:
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. November 1768]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A tracing of an etching that reproduces in a general way the design of "A scene of a pantamime entertainment lately exhibitied (British Museum satire no. 4220) with some additions and variations
Description:
Title below image.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in a pantomime entertainment lately exhibited. Second edition with additions. [art original]

19.
The blockhead and boot [graphic].

Creator:
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. T...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Subject (Topic):
Artists, National emblems, and Scottish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The blockhead and boot [graphic].

20.
The boot & the block-head [graphic]

Creator:
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. T...
Alternative Title:
Boot and the block-head and Boot and the blockhead
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Subject (Topic):
Artists, National emblems, and Scottish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The boot & the block-head [graphic]

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