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1.
[John Thorley in his library studying bees] [graphic]

Creator:
Loveday, T., printmaker
Published / Created:
[1772?]
Call Number:
772.00.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
John Thorley sits in his library at a cloth-draped table writing with a quill pen; the shelves behind him are lined with books. He makes notes on paper as he fingers bodies of bees (labeled 'B') on the table beside him. Through open French doors are s...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Thorley, John, 1671-1759,
Subject (Topic):
Bee culture, Beehives, Entomologists, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Bookcases
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [John Thorley in his library studying bees] [graphic]

2.
Argus [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 7. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George III, wearing a crown and ermine-trimmed robe is seated in an arm-chair asleep. The tassels of his girdle are thistles, indicative of Scottish influence. Round his neck is a chain from which hangs a cross, indicating the Romanizing tendencies o...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1780, by W. Renegal [i.e. Field & Tuer]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Commerce, Sleeping, Beehives, Harps, and Lions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Argus [graphic]

3.
Argus [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1780]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George III, wearing a crown and ermine-trimmed robe is seated in an arm-chair asleep. The tassels of his girdle are thistles, indicative of Scottish influence. Round his neck is a chain from which hangs a cross, indicating the Romanizing tendencies o...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1780, by W. Renegal
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)., Commerce, Sleeping, Beehives, Harps, and Lions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Argus [graphic].

4.
Argus [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1780]
Call Number:
780.05.15.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George III, wearing a crown and ermine-trimmed robe is seated in an arm-chair asleep. The tassels of his girdle are thistles, indicative of Scottish influence. Round his neck is a chain from which hangs a cross, indicating the Romanizing tendencies o...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1780, by W. Renegal
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character)., Commerce, Sleeping, Beehives, Harps, and Lions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Argus [graphic].

5.
A Treatise of Bees &c,

Published / Created:
[ca. 1646-1658]
Call Number:
Osborn b399
Image Count:
110
Abstract:
"An Epitome of Mr. Levett's Treatise of the Ordering of Bees, by [T.F.?], Arm:," separately paginated, follows the author's own treatise.
Description:
Accompanied by typed transcript of the Treatise of Bees &c only.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649, Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Prisoners and prisons, and Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1660
Subject (Name):
Levett, John.--Ordering of bees
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Economic aspects--England--Northumberland, Bee culture--Early works to 1800, Bee culture--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Beehives, Beekeepers--Handbooks, manuals, etc, and Plague--England--17th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A Treatise of Bees &c,

6.
Old Darby and Joan [graphic].

Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, 1759.
Call Number:
759.00.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly man and woman are sitting in armchairs in front of a cottage, each smoking a pipe. The woman holds a glass, the man a pitcher. They are surrounded by farm animals. A beehive, a birdcage and birdhouses are in the background
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Livestock, Birdcages, Birdhouses, Beehives, Chairs, and Windmills
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Old Darby and Joan [graphic].

7.
Paying tythes in kind [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 January 1795]
Call Number:
795.01.24.03.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A farmer releases a drove a bees from the beehive he delivers to a well-fed parson with a large wig. The clergyman and the couple behind him react with alarm as they swat at the bees. The parson's dog bites the farmer's smock. Another man enters the ...
Alternative Title:
Paying tithes in kind
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 24th Jany. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Beehives, Clergy, Farmers, and Tithes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Paying tythes in kind [graphic].

8.
Political reformation [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1780]
Call Number:
780.07.00.02
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A man standing next to a tree tries to defend himself from an attacking swarm of hornets whose nest he disturbed with his cane. A reference to the County Associations and petitions (1779-1780) and to Edmund Burke's plan of economical reform
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Beehives, Wasps' nests, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Political reformation [graphic].