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1. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.02.14.02.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 34 x 25 cm, mounted to 35 x 26 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of imprint and plate number., and Music notes below image removed.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
2. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., No. 43 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
3. A north view of Westminster Bridge Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 22. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of Westminster Bridge from the centre of the Thames; a number of small boats in foreground; Westminster Abbey and Hall beyond bridge to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from description of 19th-century reissue by Francis West; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1462., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., and Leaf 22 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Bridges, Rivers, and Boats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A north view of Westminster Bridge Vüe du Pont de Westminster du cote du nord. [graphic] =
4. A perspective view of Westminster Hall with both houses of Parliament assembled on the tryal of Simon Lord Lovat also a view of the peeresses, their daughters, the foreign ambassadors & the rest of [the] numerous company as they were ranged on the scaffolding erected on that solemn occasion. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1747]
- Call Number:
- 747.03.00.03.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item. and Publication date based on Carington Bowles's succession to Thomas Bowles's business in 1764. See Ian Maxted's The London book trades, 1775-1800, p. 25.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England), and Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Legislative bodies, Legislative hearings, and Trials, litigation, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Westminster Hall with both houses of Parliament assembled on the tryal of Simon Lord Lovat also a view of the peeresses, their daughters, the foreign ambassadors & the rest of [the] numerous company as they were ranged on the scaffolding erected on that solemn occasion. [graphic]
5. A prospect of the inside of Westminster Hall, shewing how the King and Queen with the nobility and other did sit at dinner on the day of the coronation also the manner of the Champions performing the Ceremony of Challenge whilst the King &c. were at dinner. The whole taken from Sandford. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1752 and 1764]
- Call Number:
- 752.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of Westminster Hall depicting the banquet following the coronation of James II."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of a series of four prints, all based on the large plates in Sandford's 'History of the Coronation', first published by Bowles as a composite plate in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8). The plate used in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'S Moore fecit'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Date of publication based on the mention of "John Bowles & Son", a partnership that lasted from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Mounted on board to 29.2 x 26.0 cm
- Publisher:
- Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- James II, King of England, 1633-1701 and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Coronation, Banquets, and Coronations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A prospect of the inside of Westminster Hall, shewing how the King and Queen with the nobility and other did sit at dinner on the day of the coronation also the manner of the Champions performing the Ceremony of Challenge whilst the King &c. were at dinner. The whole taken from Sandford. [graphic]
6. A view of the court sitting on the trial of Warren Hastings Esqr. in Westminster Hall [graphic]
- Creator:
- Prattent, Thomas, active 1780-1796, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1788]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Trial scene; Court of Peers in Westminster Hall, galleries packed with spectators."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The lady's magazine, or, Entertaining companion for the fair sex ..., v. 19 (April 1788)., A key to the image, labeled A-Q, is etched on either side of title., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of periodical name from upper margin. Missing text supplied from a more perfect impression., "Ladys magazine"--Above image., Mounted to 27.1 x 17.9 cm., and Mounted after page 182 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1st, 1788, according to act of Parliament by G. Robinson & Co., Pater Noster Row
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Government officials, Judicial proceedings, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the court sitting on the trial of Warren Hastings Esqr. in Westminster Hall [graphic]
7. Ciuitatis Westmonasteriensis pars [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800?]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Westminster from the river; view of Westminster abbey taken from mid-stream, with the Parliament on the left the Hall and Westminster stairs in the centre; boats in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched at top of plate., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image from right and left sides., Mounted to 20.5 x 27.2 cm., and Mounted before page 175 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Thames River (England), and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Abbey,, Westminster Hall (London, England),, and Westminster Palace (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Capitols, Abbeys, Rivers, and Boats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ciuitatis Westmonasteriensis pars [graphic]
8. Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
- Collection Title:
- V. 1 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of the court in session, in Westminster Hall; a tapestry with royal arms at back of room."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 23., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 203.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 1st June 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- England. Court of Common Pleas, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtrooms, Interiors, and Judicial proceedings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall [graphic]
9. Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
- Collection Title:
- V. 1 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior view of the court, taken during a trial."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 25., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 207.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- England. Court of Exchequer. and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtrooms, Interiors, and Judicial proceedings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall [graphic]
