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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 Architect[ure]", a paper with geometrical figures struck by a ray from the rising sun
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece
Description:
Paulson's title: Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture., State and publication information from Paulson., Original drawing in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Original., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Brook Taylor's Perspective. See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 371., and On page 185 in volume 2.
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., Attributed to Benjamin Wilson, after the print by Rembrandt, in the British Museum catalogue., A copy in reverse after Rembrandt's etching. See White, C. Rembrandt's etchings, no. 292, copy 4., Sheet trimmed to close to plate mark on top., On page 207 in volume 3., and Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand on separate scrap pasted below print: This is a mere copy from one of Rembrandt's small heads reversed. On taking it out of the frame in which it had been placed with much precaution, it appeared to have been recently printed off a modern French card. --Caveat emptor. In the year 1788, a gentleman picked it up (price 1s 6d) as a Broker's Shop in Goodman's Fields.
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, while a gentleman identified by Stephens as Nathaniel St André, wearing a hat, has laid down a walking stick and kneels to lift a rabbit that is emerging from below her skirts. On the left, three men enter through an open door, the foremost, evidently John Maubray, holding up a specimen bottle and grasping by the shoulder another doctor, who points towards Toft; another holding a staff aplpears to be a constable. Other men (one perhaps intended as her husband) gather behind Toft's chair; Samuel Molyneux, wearing a hat and holding a walking stick turns away in disgust as a midwife holds up a "new-born" rabbit. On a table in the background lie a hat, ink stand and specimens of Toft's rabbits; the walls are hung with five paintings and a large map of Surrey."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image, between two columns of verse., Artist and printmaker from later state: Geo. Vertue del. Jas. Vertue sculp., Date based on advertisement in the Daily journal, 23 December 1726., "Pr. 6d."--Price following imprint., Two columns of verse on either side of title: The Surrey Rabbet-Breeder here behold, Imposture greater than appear'd of old, ... Tis hop'd will bring forth pillory and ears., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 42 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: The plate is said to have given offence to Frederick Prince of Wales who is here represented. His note below the print: Vertue was employed as the engraver.
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., Date based on other work by Van der Gucht., Quotation from book I, line 203 of Virgil's Aeneid etched below image: Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit. Virg., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Scots opera / 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
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, & enjoys [the] storm". In the sea Neptune near the shore looks at the ship in displeasure. Above in the sky are three Winds, as three young boys, one blowing, one farting, the last kicking a hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., Questionable attribution in Paulson's 2nd edition., Lettered below image: Tanta haec mulier potuit suadere malorum., Latin motto below image translated: So much evil can a woman induce., Verse etched in lower right of image: She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., and On page 89 in volume 1.
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].

6.
Mary's chappel five at night / [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1730?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand on mount beneath print: Concert at St. Mary's Chapel. See Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 445. Sold at Gulston's auction, for £3.4.0., and On page 48 in volume 1. Mounted to sheet: 14.7 x 15.8 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Music ensembles and Musicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mary's chappel five at night / [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:
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 gentleman looks out of the window at a bonfire in the street below; on the wall is a picture of the execution of Charles I."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Calf's Head Club
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., "Price 6d."--Lower right corner., Five lines of text below image: The healths. To the pious memory of Oliver Cromwell, damnation to the race of the Stuarts To the glorious year, 1648. To the man in the mask, &c. &c. &c., and Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 34 x 45 cm.
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:
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 gentleman looks out of the window at a bonfire in the street below; on the wall is a picture of the execution of Charles I."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Calf's Head Club
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., "Price 6d."--Lower right corner., Five lines of text below image: The healths. To the pious memory of Oliver Cromwell, damnation to the race of the Stuarts To the glorious year, 1648. To the man in the mask, &c. &c. &c., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., Ms. note in Steevens's hand below plate mark: Engraved at least by Vandergucht., and On page 89 in volume 1. Plate mark 208 x 191 mm, on sheet 228 x 196 mm.
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. The Princess Huncamunca and the Amazon Glumdalca, rivals for the love of Thumb. Hogarth show Huncamunca with large breasts and heavy arms, thick neck, and cherubic countenance
Description:
Title and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Note in Steevens's hand above: Tom thumb / 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
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., Third state: Act and scene references have been removed but traces remain., Used as a frontispiece to: Select comedies of Mr. de Molière (London : John Watts, 1732)., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: L'Avare 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
Publisher:
John Watts
Subject (Name):
Molière, 1622-1673.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to L'Avare] [graphic]

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