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1.
Doctor Blowbladder discovering the perpetual motion [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 16 March 1772.
Call Number:
772.03.16.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly doctor in an old-fashioned wig, holding his silver-headed cane to his nose, takes the pulse of a young woman seated on a sofa. Her eyes are averted to avoid his leering gaze. A bottle of "Blessed Medicine" protrudes from his left pocket
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Medicine bottles -- Female dress, 1772 -- Canes.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Young adults, Women, Medicines, Bottles, Staff (Sticks), and Wallpapers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Doctor Blowbladder discovering the perpetual motion [graphic].

2.
On the wings of love [graphic].

Published / Created:
[12 May 1794]
Call Number:
794.05.12.33
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '218' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Courtship, Draperies, Living rooms, Love letters, Sofas, Wallpapers, Women, Writing materials, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On the wings of love [graphic].

3.
The inseparable friends, or, Weary after a walk [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 September 1797]
Call Number:
797.09.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two fashionably dressed young women dose on a sofa in a sitting room with wallpapered walls and a rug on the floor. A young man stands behind the sofa and quietly tickles the check of the young woman on the right. The friendship between the two women is illustrated by the long ribbon tied on one of each of their wrists; around their necks, each, too, wears a pendant with miniature portrait of the other. An open book between them on the sofa is titled "The Fair Seducer." An oval mirror hangs on the wall between two windows behind the young man
Alternative Title:
Weary after a walk
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '200' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 8th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Friendship, Jewelry, Mirrors, Seduction, Sofas, Sleeping, Wallpapers, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The inseparable friends, or, Weary after a walk [graphic].

4.
Warm thoughts about matrimony on a winter evening [graphic].

Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
792.07.02.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three good-looking young women sit before a large fire, pulling up their petticoats to warm their legs. The woman on the left has an open book inscribed 'Matrimony - To have and to hold' and appears to be reading to the others. A cat plays with a mouse (right). The wall-paper and carpet and the striped backs of the three chairs complete the design
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend and lily, upper left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd 2d July 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Cats, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Friendship, Interiors, Mice, Parlors, Reading, Wallpapers, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Warm thoughts about matrimony on a winter evening [graphic].