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1.
Études comiques sur le magnétisme [graphic]

Creator:
Cham, 1819-1879, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1879]
Call Number:
Print00381
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication supplied by curator., Above image: Études comiques sur le magnétisme, par Cham., Recto of a sheet containing three additional vignettes on verso (p. 27-28)., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Animal magnetism.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Magnetism, Hypnotism, Somnambulism, Police, Cats, Mice, and Beavers
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Études comiques sur le magnétisme [graphic]

2.
The sleep-walker [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1795]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt, walks down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair; he is about to descend the first step, perilously near the left edge. Behind him, in a wall of heavy masonry, is an open door surmounted by a crown. A tall gothic window pierces the wall of the building."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sleepwalker
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Possibly etched from a drawing by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36.1 x 24.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., and Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Castles & palaces, Interiors, Quatrefoils, Sleepwear, Somnambulism, and Stairways
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The sleep-walker [graphic].

3.
The sleep-walker [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1795]
Call Number:
795.11.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt, walks down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair; he is about to descend the first step, perilously near the left edge. Behind him, in a wall of heavy masonry, is an open door surmounted by a crown. A tall gothic window pierces the wall of the building."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sleepwalker
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Possibly etched from a drawing by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 48 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Castles & palaces, Interiors, Quatrefoils, Sleepwear, Somnambulism, and Stairways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sleep-walker [graphic].