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2.
Beauty and fashion [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 January 1797]
Call Number:
797.01.24.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two well-dressed young women sit in chairs opposite each other over a table on which are placed scissors, fabric, and ribbon and other sewing notions. They each are sewing , the woman facing the views attaches a large feather to a hat. The room is w...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Jany 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hats, Interiors, Parlors, Rugs, Sewing, and Wallpapers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Beauty and fashion [graphic].

3.
Dame Andrews : a ballad

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1795 or 1796]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Cheap Repository
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Marshall, printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts, at no. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and no. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard; and R. White, Piccadilly, London. By S. Hazard, printer to the Cheap Repository, at Bath; and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country
Subject (Topic):
Candles, Fireplaces, Sewing, and Reading
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dame Andrews : a ballad

4.
Domestick amusement. The fair seamstress [graphic]

Creator:
Watson, James, 1740-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1764]
Call Number:
764.00.00.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman sitting directed to left in a wicker-backed chair in a panelled room, wearing a gown with frills at the elbows and a mob-cap, sewing; with a ribbon box and pin cushion on a small table to left; after Heilmann."--British Museum online ca...
Alternative Title:
Domestic amusement and Fair seamstress
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, and Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Chairs, Interiors, Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Domestick amusement. The fair seamstress [graphic]

5.
Emma Corbett making childbed linen, during a voyage at sea. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[12 May 1794]
Call Number:
794.05.12.18+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A dying young naval officer's widow, seated with right leg crossed over the other, in a ship's cabin, directed to right, head in profile, wearing a sprigged gown and plumed hat, making lace at a small work-table, naval coat and sword on the window-si...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Pratt, Mr. 1749-1814. (Samuel Jackson),
Subject (Topic):
Sewing, Staterooms, and Widows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Emma Corbett making childbed linen, during a voyage at sea. [graphic]

6.
How very blue the candle burns!! [graphic]

Published / Created:
[30 July 1796]
Call Number:
796.07.30.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A family, grouped round a small round table, see with consternation that the candle has a large blue flame. They are an elderly woman who is sewing, an elderly man in a smock frock, a youth, a small child, and a dog, whose raised head appears in the ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. July 30, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Families, Tables, Ghosts, Candles, Candlesticks, Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > How very blue the candle burns!! [graphic]

7.
I am offended Tom [art original].

Published / Created:
[183-?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 29 Box D160
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A male cat standing erect on his hind legs and fashionably in a morning coat and holding a top hat rests his left paw on the shoulder of a female cat dressed in women's puffed-sleeved dress and wearing a cap. She is seated in a chair and sewing; besid...
Description:
Title from caption inscribed within image in brown ink.
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Animals in human situations, Sewing, and Sewing equipment & supplies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > I am offended Tom [art original].

8.
Love's last shift [graphic].

Published / Created:
[26 February 1787]
Call Number:
787.02.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A squalid domestic interior: the Prince of Wales (right) and Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) sit facing each other on each side of an open fireplace. A calf's head suspended from a string roasts before the fire. She mends a pair of breeches which he has take...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd Feby. 26, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,, Hanger, George,, and Weltje, Louis,
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, and Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Love's last shift [graphic].

9.
Morning preparation [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 February 1785] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 10. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic]

10.
Morning preparation [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 February 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic].

11.
Morning preparation [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 February 1785]
Call Number:
785.02.25.01+
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic].

12.
Our heroines United States Sanitary Commission / [graphic]

Creator:
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1864]
Call Number:
Print10261
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
History, Health aspects, Nurses, United States Sanitary Commission, Nuns as nurses, Military medicine, Soldiers, Battlefields, Hospital wards, Sick persons, Families, Fairs, Parlors, and Sewing
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Our heroines United States Sanitary Commission / [graphic]

13.
Preparing the witnesses a view in Cotton Garden / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[August 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Italian witnesses, in a large bare room or warehouse, where three are being washed in a large bath by Castlereagh, Sidmouth, and Liverpool. The bath is inscribed: 'Waters of Oblivion. Non mi Recordo [sic]--Ministerial Washing Tub--!' The three witnes...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1820 by T. Dolby, 132 Strand
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Warehouses, Witnesses, Ethnic Stereotypes, Wash tubs, Bathing, Pails, Combs, Lawyers, Brooms & brushes, Trousers, Sewing, Card games, Smoking, Eating & drinking, Gin, Food, Barrels, Eggs, Daggers & swords, and Cannons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Preparing the witnesses a view in Cotton Garden / [graphic]

14.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

15.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

16.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

17.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

18.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 28K Box 210
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

19.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Sotheby 29++ Box 305
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

20.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Hogarth 740.12.15.01++ Box 300
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

21.
The dress-maker [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1848?]
Call Number:
848.00.00.72
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A three-quarters length image of a pretty young seamstresses in the act of sewing. Text below title: Why hast thou lost the fresh blood in thy cheeks? King Henry IV, part 1.
Alternative Title:
Dressmaker
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Occupations, Seamstresses, and Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The dress-maker [graphic]

22.
The dutiful grandson [graphic]

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1792]
Call Number:
792.03.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design in a circle: An old woman and a little boy sit facing each other in a bare and dilapidated room. She sits in profile to the left, in an upholstered armchair, threading a needle to mend clothes; a shirt lies on her patched apron. He sits with h...
Description:
Title from time.
Publisher:
Published March 1st 1792 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Cats, Chairs, Dwellings, Eyeglasses, Grandparents, Interiors, Poverty, and Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The dutiful grandson [graphic]

23.
The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]

Creator:
Darcis, Louis, -1801, printmaker
Published / Created:
publishd. March 25, 1800.
Call Number:
Drawer 800.03.25.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his rea...
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Families, Interiors, Poor persons, Povery, Sewing, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]

24.
The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

Creator:
Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1789]
Call Number:
789.07.01.03++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his rea...
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Interiors, Families, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

25.
The monastic drone [graphic]

Creator:
Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1754 and 1764]
Call Number:
754.00.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman and a monk sit under two trees while a monk sews or embroiders a piece of fabric with floral motifs. They are being observed by a man hiding behind the trees. In the background on the left is a church
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Monks, and Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The monastic drone [graphic]

26.
The penny Sunday chronicle, people's weekly advertizer : an original, comic, dramatic, and

Published / Created:
Sunday, November 14, 1841.
Call Number:
841.11.14.01++
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
With three wood engravings entitled "Destructive fire in the Tower of London", "Ruling the roast", and "One of the thimble-rig gentry", the last of which is signed with the initials of Charles Jameson Grant.
Publisher:
W. Vickers, Holywell Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Tower of London (London, England), Fires and fire prevention, Cookery, Fires, and Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The penny Sunday chronicle, people's weekly advertizer : an original, comic, dramatic, and entertaining odd fellow's miscellany

27.
The seamstress [graphic]

Creator:
Cheesman, Thomas, 1760- printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1787]
Call Number:
Portraits H217a no. 1++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A print after Romney's portrait of Amy Lyon, mistress of The Honorable Charles Greville who, wanting a portrait of her, introduced her to Romney. She later became Emma, Lady Hamilton and still later, the mistress of Admiral Lord Nelson. She is shown ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815,
Subject (Topic):
Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The seamstress [graphic]

28.
The seamstress [graphic]

Creator:
Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1768]
Call Number:
765.00.00.89+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Fireplaces, Sewing, and Sewing equipment & supplies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The seamstress [graphic]

29.
Workhouse, St. James's Parish [graphic]

Creator:
Sunderland, 19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1809]
Call Number:
Print00842
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809. at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Almshouses, Workhouses, Poor persons, Sewing, Textiles, and Needlework
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Workhouse, St. James's Parish [graphic]

30.
[A family group with children playing] [art original]

Creator:
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1770 and 1808?]
Call Number:
Drawings B373 no. 2 Box D100
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Mother and father depicted with three small children under a tree. The mother sews as the father plays with a small child. The older girl plays with a bucket in her lap, and the other small child slumbers in the foreground
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Families and Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A family group with children playing] [art original]

31.
[Edward proposes marriage] [art original]

Creator:
Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:
Drawings D639 no. 5 Box D117
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The fifth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series 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...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Allegorical drawings, Buddhas, Courtship, Mirrors, Parables, Parlors, and Sewing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Edward proposes marriage] [art original]

32.
[Frontispiece to The miseries of human life] [graphic]

Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769-1843, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1806]
Call Number:
806.06.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a drawing room, left, a woman with a very cross expression on her face sits on a settee threading a needle. Before her, a thin man sits on chair staring into the fire, a despairing expression on his face; at his feet are two open books: Much ado ab...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd June 1, 1806 by W. Miller, Albemarle Strt
Subject (Name):
Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Sewing, and Anger
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The miseries of human life] [graphic]

33.
[The distressed poet] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 March 1736]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and ...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]

34.
[The distressed poet] [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 March 1736]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 27K Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and ...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
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35.
[The distressed poet] [graphic]

Creator:
Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818
Published / Created:
[1 October 1797]
Call Number:
Hogarth 797.10.01.02++ Box 310
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An untidy garret with a man in a dressing-gown working on a poem entitled 'Poverty' while his wife is confronted by a milkmaid with a lengthy tally who demands payment; a baby in bed is crying; a dog eats meat from a plate on a chair; behind the poet...
Alternative Title:
Studious he sate, with all his books around
Description:
Title from Paulson.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1st, 1797 by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]

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