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2.
The old bachelor's thermometer. The old maid's thermometer [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1809 and 1839]
Call Number:
Print10068
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print with an image at the top and two columns of letterpress below: A middle-aged man in a robe sits in an upholstered armchair, his gouty foot resting on a footstool, and a pained look on his face; medicine and a bowl on the table beside his chair (...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by S. and J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone-Place and Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bachelors, Life cycle, Human, Gout, Single women, Women domestics, Canopy beds, Chairs, Crutches, Cupids, Servants, Medicines, Cats, and Dogs
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The old bachelor's thermometer. The old maid's thermometer [graphic].

3.
The old bachelor's thermometer. The old maid's thermometer [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1809 and 1839]
Call Number:
809.00.00.64
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print with an image at the top and two columns of letterpress below: A middle-aged man in a robe sits in an upholstered armchair, his gouty foot resting on a footstool, and a pained look on his face; medicine and a bowl on the table beside his chair (...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by S. and J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone-Place and Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bachelors, Life cycle, Human, Gout, Single women, Women domestics, Canopy beds, Chairs, Crutches, Cupids, Servants, Medicines, Cats, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The old bachelor's thermometer. The old maid's thermometer [graphic].

4.
Kitty take those books to the library and get Mrs. Smith to change them, tell her I like something

Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1836]
Call Number:
830.00.00.176
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly woman reading a novel by the fire asks her maid to change out her library books, stating a preference for romantic fiction. She wears spectacles and holds the book in one hand, a drink in the other. Two cats are at her feet; three additiona...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by J.L. Marks
Subject (Topic):
Single women, Older people, Eyeglasses, Cats, Reading, Books, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Kitty take those books to the library and get Mrs. Smith to change them, tell her I like something amorous

5.
Frontispiece to the Singer's penny magazine & reciter's album. [graphic] / Vol. 1

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
Feby. 24th, 1835.
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 15 Box 2
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consisting of thirty-six small images, each individually captioned below, arranged in nine rows of four. The images are comic scenes illustrating the captions, which might be song titles or lyrics
Description:
Title from text within banner at top of design.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Drake, 12 Houghton St., Clare Market and S. Lingham, printer
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Single women, Couples, Interracial dating, Peg legs, Umbrellas, Carts & wagons, Mirrors, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Taxes, Beer, Wash tubs, Clotheslines, Carriages & coaches, Swine, Pipes (Smoking), Devil, Rifles, Teachers, and Law enforcement officers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to the Singer's penny magazine & reciter's album. [graphic] / Vol. 1

6.
Mixing a recipe for corns [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
Augt. 1st, 1835.
Call Number:
Print00051
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A crowded interior. An old maid, grotesquely lean, spectacled, and hideous, sits in an arm-chair beside her fire (left) on which a concoction in a saucepan boils over, surrounded by fierce flames. This she stirs with a spoon but turns to the right to...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
House furnishings, Costume, Medicine bottles, Pets, Painting, Foot, Diseases, Birdcages, Cats, Dogs, Feet, Fireplaces, Medicine, and Single women
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Mixing a recipe for corns [graphic]

7.
Perfection [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1833?]
Call Number:
833.00.00.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Single women, Ugliness, Pets, Cats, Dogs, Birds, and Monkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Perfection [graphic].

9.
Rare specimens of comparative craniology An old maid's skull phrenologised / [graphic]

Creator:
Hunt, F. C., active 1823-1846, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1820s]
Call Number:
Print10067
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles Street Soho
Subject (Name):
Gall, F. J. 1758-1828. (Franz Joseph),
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Quacks and quackery, Anatomy, Comparative, Single women, Straw hats, Scientists, Wigs, Dogs, and Scientific equipment
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Rare specimens of comparative craniology An old maid's skull phrenologised / [graphic]

10.
Miss-Ann-thropy [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist
Published / Created:
[1828?]
Call Number:
Print10215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A stereotyped image of an old maid who wears a cap and sits very upright in a high-back chair as she reads a newspaper, The Morning Herald. She has a large, hooked nose and wears spectacles, her lips pursed with disapproval at what she reads. She ha...
Alternative Title:
Misanthropy
Description:
Title from caption below image ; the second "s" in "Miss" and the second "n" in "Ann" are lightly crossed out, suggesting the word "misanthropy."
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Misanthropy, Single women, Newspapers, Kettles, Parrots, Snuff, Dogs, Cats, and Taxidermy
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Miss-Ann-thropy [graphic]