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1. October = Octobre / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814
- Published / Created:
- [1784?]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.11+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed woman in a riding costume walks down the path beside a walled garden, riding crop in hand. In the distance a hunters and hunting dogs are shown in pursuit of a deer. On the hills in the far distance is a large compound of buildlings with spires
- Alternative Title:
- Octobre
- Description:
- Title in English and French etched below image., Publication date inferred from costume., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to "March ; Mars" published by Carington Bowles in the same year., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Autumn, Hunting, Hunting dogs, and Riding habits
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > October = Octobre / [graphic]
2. Sad sloppy weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.02.10.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout, elderly, well-dressed man walks along a pavement past a ramshackle hovel, holding, reversed, a closed umbrella, which he uses as a walking-stick. He steps on a stone which tilts, splashing his white stockings with filth. From a rotten pipe which runs down the adjacent building a black flood drips and streams across the pavement. From an (invisible) upper window hang ragged garments, dripping down the wall. Broken crockery and refuse lie against the edge of the pavement."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Autumn, City & town life, Rain, Streets, and Weather
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sad sloppy weather [graphic]
3. Windy weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.02.10.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A thin, sharp-featured man walks in the teeth of the wind, holding on his hat, and with his left hand in his breeches pocket. His hat-brim, hair, cravat, coat, the tail of his shirt, the strings of his breeches and shoes, all fly backwards. He walks (right to left) up a rough sandy road edged by windswept bushes. A milestone is inscribed 'To Hampstead Hill'. On the horizon (right) is St. Paul's, dominating the spires of London, and backed by dense cloud."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Autumn, Cityscapes, Milestones, and Winds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Windy weather [graphic]
