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1. Course of the exchange, &c.
- Published / Created:
- 1719-
- Call Number:
- File 61 C858
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Caption title., Single issue only. This twice weekly account of the price of money, precious metals, grain, cochineal, stocks, bonds, lottery tickets, Exchequer annuities, etc. began publishing 1719, ran to at least 1758., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Published Tuesdays and Fridays, by George Shergold, broker, and the sister of the late John Castaing
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Stock Exchange (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Prices, Stocks, and Annuities
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Course of the exchange, &c.
2. Long faces at Smithfield. Peace, long faces at the Corn-Exchange [graphic]
- Creator:
- Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.00.00.34+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- British merchants and farmers congrete in two groups weeping and sad-faced, bemoan the loss of the high profits that they enjoyed for their domestic produce during the Revolutionary Wars
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication based on reference to the Treaty of Amiens of 1802., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Economic conditions, Prices, Farmers, and Merchants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Long faces at Smithfield. Peace, long faces at the Corn-Exchange [graphic]
3. Out of place Hors d'emploi. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- 2 Sepr. 1784.
- Call Number:
- 784.09.02.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two politicians out of office sit shivering in a garret with very downcast expressions. The man on the left writes on a paper entitled 'Abusing Administration', with other similar papers scattered at his feet and those of his partner. Their landlady presents a unpaid bill for their lodging; a tattered print pinned to the wall behind, depicting an anchor inscribed 'Hope'. Both men are much thinner than in the companion print celebrating their corrupt practices: "In place. En emploi." A tattered curtain partially obscures the diamond-paned windows. On the right shelves hold dishes and a broken candle stuck in a bottle as a lamp; below the shelves is a chair and a nearby chamber pot
- Alternative Title:
- Hors d'emploi
- Description:
- Title from caption below image, in English and French., Numbered "540" in lower left corner., Companion print numbered "539" in lower left corner: In place. En emploi., Artist from Sotheby's catalog: Watercolours by Robert Dighton, 23 February 1978, lot 32., For an earlier version of this print see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, pt. II, no. 3773., and Also included in the design is a list of ways of obtaining places.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Poverty, Chamber pots, Costumes, Prices, Interiors, Furniture, and Emblems
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Out of place Hors d'emploi. [graphic] =
4. Out of place Hors d'emploi. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- 2 Sepr. 1784.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two politicians out of office sit shivering in a garret with very downcast expressions. The man on the left writes on a paper entitled 'Abusing Administration', with other similar papers scattered at his feet and those of his partner. Their landlady presents a unpaid bill for their lodging; a tattered print pinned to the wall behind, depicting an anchor inscribed 'Hope'. Both men are much thinner than in the companion print celebrating their corrupt practices: "In place. En emploi." A tattered curtain partially obscures the diamond-paned windows. On the right shelves hold dishes and a broken candle stuck in a bottle as a lamp; below the shelves is a chair and a nearby chamber pot
- Alternative Title:
- Hors d'emploi
- Description:
- Title from caption below image, in English and French., Numbered "540" in lower left corner., Companion print numbered "539" in lower left corner: In place. En emploi., Artist from Sotheby's catalog: Watercolours by Robert Dighton, 23 February 1978, lot 32., For an earlier version of this print see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, pt. II, no. 3773., Also included in the design is a list of ways of obtaining places., No. 29 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., 1 print: mezzotint, on laid paper, sheet 35.2 x 25.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Poverty, Chamber pots, Costumes, Prices, Interiors, Furniture, and Emblems
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Out of place Hors d'emploi. [graphic] =
5. The house that Jack-built [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [September 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.09.00.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A more realistic rendering of the squib, illustrated in British Museum Satires No. 11414, &c., the text slightly altered. Seven designs in two rows, three above and four below, the verses etched across the upper part of each. [1] A close-up view of part of the east front of the new theatre, not accurately drawn, but showing the portico and its flanking sculptures of 'Antient Drama' and 'Modern Drama'. Above: 'This is . . .' [&c.]. [2] An arc of the third tier of boxes, showing three boxes crowded with fashionables in polite conversation; one lady only looks at the stage, using a glass. Above: 'These are the Boxes . . .' [&c.]. [3] A similar view of three pigeon-holes showing lighted chandeliers suspended from brackets below them. The occupants of the front row sit, those behind stand in a massed crowd; all are behaving well. Above: 'These are the Pigeon holes made for the poor, over the Boxes . . .' [&c.]. [4] A bust portrait of Catalani, singing, with tense bony neck, a claw-like hand on her breast. Above: 'This is the Cat . . .' [&c.]. [5] A bust portrait of an obese neatly dressed 'cit' in profile to the left, fiercely blowing a trumpet from which issues the word 'Hiss'. In his right hand is a paper: 'The Age of Reason [cf. No. 8646] a New Comedy perform[ed] by J Bull & C°'. Above: 'This is John Bull. . .' [&c.]. [6] A bust profile portrait of Townsend, neatly dressed, and wearing a top-hat. His right arm is outstretched as if to seize John Bull in the adjacent design; in his left hand is a constable's crowned staff. Above: 'This is the Thief taker . . .' [&c.]. [7] A bust portrait of Kemble, sternly frowning, in profile to the left, clasping a rolled document inscribed 'King John'. He wears ordinary dress with swathed neck-cloth and high-collared coat. Above: 'This is the Manager . . .' [&c.]. (Cf. British Museum Satires No. 11419.)"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Septr. 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849, Townsend, John, 1760-1832, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, and Covent Garden Theatre,
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Theaters, Interiors, Chandeliers, Theater audiences, Bugles, Prices, and Anger
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The house that Jack-built [graphic]
