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11.
The rivals [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 July 1812]
Call Number:
812.07.14.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a well-furnished parlor, a woman (left) sits playing at a harpsichord as she turns to gaze with admiration at young military officer who looks at her with intimacy; an older officer to her left scowls at them, his hand in the breast of his vest. On the right another young woman leans her head in her hand, a bored, annoyed look on her face; her elbow is resting on a table on which sits her sewing basket; in her right hand she holds a scissors, her arm thrown back over the back of the upholstered chair. On the floor at her feet is a book "Tirumph of temper." A dog sits at her feet looking up at her. On the back well is a portrait of old woman. On the mantel is a sculpture of a roman chariot and horses
Description:
Title etched below image., The year of publication in lower right corner is etched over "1807.", In lower left corner of design: Rowlandson 1812. "1812" is etched over "1807.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 14, 1812 by T Rowlandson, No. 1 James S[t]., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Anger, Couples, Dogs, Draperies, Envy, Fireplaces, Harpsichords, Mantels, Paintings, Parlors, and Scissors & shears
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The rivals [graphic]

12.
Sampson asleep on the lap of Dalilah [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[19 March 1809]
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke (left), more of a siren than in authentic portraits, sits indecorously on a sofa, while the Duke, with eyes tipsily closed, reclines against her, seated on the floor. She holds scissors and the Duke's long pigtail, which she has cut off and displays to two men who approach from the right, a military officer, probably Wardle, who puts his finger slyly to his nose, and a good-looking young civilian (? Folkestone). She says: "Gentlemen you may now take him with safety, his strength is gone, I have cut off his regulation tail, and there is no danger"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Samson asleep on the lap of Delilah
Description:
Title etched below item., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on one side., Plate number "71" lightly etched in upper right., 1 print : etching ; irregular sheet 17 x 22 cm, mounted to 20 x 25 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed closely around the figures of Mary Anne Clarke and the Duke of York, with the rest of the design and all text trimmed away., and Mounted on verso of fourth front flyleaf.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 19, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Earl of, 1779-1869, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Samson (Biblical judge), and Delilah (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Mistresses, Sofas, Scissors & shears, Military officers, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sampson asleep on the lap of Dalilah [graphic].

13.
Sampson asleep on the lap of Dalilah [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[19 March 1809]
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke (left), more of a siren than in authentic portraits, sits indecorously on a sofa, while the Duke, with eyes tipsily closed, reclines against her, seated on the floor. She holds scissors and the Duke's long pigtail, which she has cut off and displays to two men who approach from the right, a military officer, probably Wardle, who puts his finger slyly to his nose, and a good-looking young civilian (? Folkestone). She says: "Gentlemen you may now take him with safety, his strength is gone, I have cut off his regulation tail, and there is no danger"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Samson asleep on the lap of Delilah
Description:
Title etched below item., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on one side., Plate number "71" lightly etched in upper right., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23.5 x 33.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bound in after title page.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 19, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Earl of, 1779-1869, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Samson (Biblical judge), and Delilah (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Mistresses, Sofas, Scissors & shears, Military officers, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sampson asleep on the lap of Dalilah [graphic].

14.
The city sheep shearing [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 12th, 1809.
Call Number:
809.04.12.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men shear four rams with human faces and long spiral horns. The first (left), still unshorn, has the bottle-nose and drink-blotched face of Curtis; a large bell hangs from his neck; he bleats B A A A A A A. His shearer says: Come along you Blubber--alias Bell Weather S'Blood what a Cur 'tis; in his pocket is a paper: Quintus Curtius. He is Quin, who took an active part against Flower. The second, Councillor Waithman (a draper), holds Flower, the Mayor, labelled The Flower of the Flock, who is almost shaved; he says: Egad I have Cut them preelly [sic] close; his shears, like those of Quin, are inscribed Vox Popula [sic]. The third, Alderman Harvey Combe, uses a comb. He holds Alderman Price and says to Waithman: Ne'er Wait man I have Combed them well--. Price says: N'o Blubber Sperm fetches the best Price. Beside him is another ram (Shaw), completely shorn and dejected; it says: Pshaw I can never Stand upright in the presence of a great Mon but always Keep Booing, booing [cf. British Museum Satires No. 11306]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Ruse & Turners 180[5?].
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818, Waithman, Robert, 1764-1833, Price, Charles, Sir, 1748-1818, Shaw, James, Sir, 1764-1843, and Flower, Charles, Sir, 1763-1834
Subject (Topic):
Sheep, Scissors & shears, Sheep shearing, and Combs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The city sheep shearing [graphic].

15.
Scissars grinder [graphic].

Creator:
Busby, T. L. (Thomas Lord), printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
800.00.00.79
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scissor grinder stands beside his cart, mounted with a grinding wheel. He holds a pair of large scissors in his hands
Alternative Title:
Scissors grinder
Description:
Title engraved in image., Printmaker and imprint from title page of work in which this print was published., Plate from: Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis / T.L.B. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: partially cut off name.
Publisher:
Samuel Leigh
Subject (Topic):
Carts & wagons, Grinding wheels, Occupations, and Scissors & shears
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scissars grinder [graphic].

16.
Boggis and Clark hair dressers, No. 16, Ivey Lane, Newgate Street, London [graphic]

Published / Created:
[between 1770 and 1796]
Call Number:
File 66 770 B674
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Alternative Title:
Boggis and Clark hairdressers ...
Description:
Title from item., Date inferred from printmaker's street address; Garnett Terry occupied various numbers on Paternoster Row from 1770 to 1796. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Text within banners surrounding central image, clockwise from upper right: Toupees; Wholesale & Retail; Cushion's; Braids; Perfumery; Wigs., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Boggis and Clark
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Hairdressing, Wigs, Scissors & shears, and Combs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Boggis and Clark hair dressers, No. 16, Ivey Lane, Newgate Street, London [graphic]

17.
A man-mid-wife [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 June 1793]
Call Number:
Print00032
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A whole length figure stands full-face divided by a vertical line, one half (left) representing a man, the other a woman. The background is similarly bisected, one half (left) being a surgeon's dispensary, the other a carpeted room with a domestic grate on which a saucepan is heating. Beneath the title: 'or a newly discover'd animal, not known in Buffon's time; for a more full description of this Monster, see, an ingenious book, lately publish'd, price 3/6, entitled, Man-Midwifery dessected, containing a variety of well authenticated cases, elucidating this animal's Propensities to cruelty & indecency, sold by the publisher of this Print, who has presented the Author with the above for a Frontispiece to his Book.' The surgeon, who is fashionably dressed, holds an instrument inscribed 'Lever'; the woman holds out a small vessel. The man's bottles, &c, are ranged on three shelves; on the lowest, inscribed 'This shelf for my own use', are bottles inscribed 'Love Water', 'Cantharides', 'Eau de vie', 'Cream of Violets'. Obstetric instruments are inscribed: 'forceps', 'Boring Scissors', and 'Blunt Hook'. On the ground (left) is a large pestle and mortar."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Man-midwife
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: Fores, S. W. Man-midwifery dissected; or, the obstetric family-instructor ... , London : Published for the author, by S. W. Fores, 1793., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Forceps.
Publisher:
Pub. June 15, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fores, S. W.
Subject (Topic):
Midwives, Pharmacists, Mortars & pestles, Medical equipment & supplies, Surgical instruments, and Scissors & shears
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A man-mid-wife [graphic].

18.
[Charles spends his fortune] [art original]

Creator:
Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:
Drawings D639 no. 2 Box D117
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The second drawing in a series of twelve on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this second drawing, Charles stands in an elegant room as he is measured for new cloths by a tailor who kneels to his right with a tape measure raised to Charles's leg; on the floor at his feet is a bolt of fabric and a scissors. Behind them on the right, a servant holds up a large silver urn for Charles's approval; it is reflected in one of two large Venetian mirrors on the wall behind, the second being hung by two servants. On the left, a woman in a large hat sits in an chair beside a round tea table holding another bolt of fabric; she sits in front of a large window through which is seen a elegant square with an equestrian statue. A little dog jumps toward Charles
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Text in faint pencil below image: Charles [illegible text]., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '2' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dogs, Equestrian statues, Mirrors, Scissors & shears, Tailors, Parables, Parlors, Plazas, and Wealth
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Charles spends his fortune] [art original]

19.
Fashion before ease, or, A good constitution sacrificed for a fantastick form [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 January 1793]
Call Number:
793.01.02.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Britannia (left), a buxom young woman, clasps the trunk of a large oak, while Paine tugs with both hands at her stay-lace, placing a large foot on her posteriors. He wears blue and buff with a tricolour cockade on his bonnet rouge. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscribed: 'Rights of Man'. His face is blotched with drink and his expression is fiercely intent, but he is neatly dressed. Behind him is a thatched cottage inscribed: 'Thomas Pain, Stay-maker from Thetford. Paris Modes, by express.' Britannia looks over her shoulder at the stay-maker (cf. British Museum Satires No. 9240) with an expression of pained reproach. Her shield leans against the tree; her spear is on the ground; across it lies an olive-branch."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Good constitution sacrificed for a fantastick form
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: stays -- Emblems: tri-colored cockade -- Male costume: bonnet rouge -- Reference to tailors -- Literature: Thomas Paine's Rights of Man -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Reference to Thetford and Paine's stay-making past -- Britannia's shield -- Symbols: olive branch., and Mounted to 42 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 2d, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Corsets, Scissors & shears, Liberty cap, Shields, Spears, and Olive branches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fashion before ease, or, A good constitution sacrificed for a fantastick form [graphic]

20.
The fighting taylors [graphic].

Published / Created:
[17 April 1788]
Call Number:
788.04.17.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two tailors, stripped to the waist, fight each other with shears. One tailor has cut off the nose of his emacipated opponent ; his own ear falls to the ground. One of the seconds holds a cucumber in each hand; the other holds a cabbade while on the right another tailor holds a tape measure. On the floor are cucumbers, cabbages, garments, and a tailor's goose
Alternative Title:
Fighting tailors
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Aprill [sic] 17, 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Tailors, Scissors & shears, Cucumbers, Cabbages, and Fighting
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fighting taylors [graphic].

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