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1. Afternoons amusement [graphic]

Creator:: Albanesi, Angelo, printmaker
Published / Created:: publishd. according to act of Parliament the 30 Octobr. 1777.
Call Number:: 777.10.30.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A print showing the front elevation of a brothel, with a sign over the door "Young Ladies Educated & Board." At the threshold of the establishment, the brothel keeper (possibly Charlotte Hayes) stands at the front door talking with a young man who holds a riding crop (possibly her common-law husband, Dennis O’Kelly.) The two windows on the ground floor show, on the left, a woman entertaining a portly gentleman, and, on the right, two pretty, young woman, one leaning out the window to view the scene at the door. In the two windows on the upper, left and center, two other women are already entertaining men (one of whom is a clergyman) while on the right, two pretty women look down at the scene on the brothel threshold. On the left, a man reads handbills in a covered alley identified as "Kings Place." On the sidewalk (left) a pedestrian holds a monocle to his eye to better see the women; in his pocket is a paper with a title "Economical Lowe[r?]. On the sidewalk to the right, a flower girl in ragged clothes holds out a bunch of flowers to the young man addressing the madam. A woman (dwarf) crier holds a sheet titled "The Harlot's Progress."
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and England.
Subject (Name):: Hayes, Charlotte, 1725-1813, and O’Kelly, Dennis, 1725-1787,
Subject (Topic):: Prostitution, Humor, Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitutes' clients, Clergy, Dogs, Doors & doorways, Dwarfs, Windows, Signs (Notices), and Peddlers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Afternoons amusement [graphic]

2. The commercial dandy & his sleeping partners [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 November 1821]
Call Number:: 821.11.01.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Thomas Raikes sits on a divan between two courtesans, his head in profile to the right. On the right is a round table spread with a luxurious dessert, pine-apple, peaches, decanters, &c. The centre-piece is a figure of Mercury (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7592) poised on a globe and holding up a second globe, perhaps a lamp. A long bill hangs from the table . . . Dr to Mrs Wood--Bed--10-- Brandy 5--coffee 1--Eggs--Brandy 2--Oysters 1--Eggs--20, 0 Ham--10-- Coffee 11--Beds 5--Brandy 2--Bed 1-- to show that the establishment is a brothel run by Mrs. ('Mother') Wood (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13734). On the wall are two pairs of crossed rakes tied with ribbons, and pictures, with punning titles: Siege of Belle Lisle, Wood Deamon [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10796], Babes in ye Wood, The Rakes Progress, Burn em Wood, Deity of the Woods, Wood Pigeon Wood Cock."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: The commercial dandy and his sleeping partners
Description:: Title from caption below image., "Dr. E.D." pseudonym of George Cruikshank?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Costume: male, female, 1821 -- Furniture: round table -- Divan -- Food: pineapple, fruit -- Decanters -- Lighting: candlestick -- Mythology: Mercury -- Rakes -- Mrs. "Mother" Wood, fl. 1821., Manuscript "256" in upper center of plate., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1821 by G. Humprey [sic] 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):: Raikes, Thomas, 1777-1848
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Courtesans, Dandies, British, and Prostitutes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The commercial dandy & his sleeping partners [graphic]

3. Whither my love! Ah! Whither art thou gone [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: April 28, 1798. and [printed 1824].
Call Number:: 798.04.28.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A street scene. An artisan staggers forward, dismayed at the disappearance of a woman who has fallen head first down a cellar whose flap has been left open. Her legs and petticoats issue from the small aperture. Behind is a window in which are bottles inscribed 'Cordials & Compounds'. A placard of clasped hands suggests a brothel. In the man's hat is thrust a pipe from which smoke issues."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent for the evening., Printing date from watermark., Temporary local subject terms: Placards: brothel -- Emblems: clasped hands as a sign of brothel -- Shops: liquors,, and Watermark: Ansell 1824.
Publisher:: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 5 [sic] Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Topic):: Artisans, Brothels, Signs (Notices), and City & town life
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Whither my love! Ah! Whither art thou gone [graphic]

4. Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V

Creator:: Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 August 1800]
Call Number:: Hogarth 800.08.01.08++ Box 310
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays. The painting above the door, the mural on the back wall, and the portrait near the window illustrate the theme
Description:: Title engraved below image., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 5 in a series of 6 images. Series title engraved below image., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2748., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 162., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 232.
Publisher:: Pub. Aug. 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Biblical events, Brothels, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V

5. [Das Bordell] [diorama].

Creator:: Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Published / Created:: ca. 1750?]
Call Number:: 2009 1828
Image Count:: 13
Abstract:: A diorama consisting of 6 engraved cardboard leaves that give a perspective view through a peep hole of a contemporary public boulevard, a walled middle-European town in the background, with a lively crowd. The first panel apparently shows the bordello's exterior, to the left a man leans out of a window to admire a woman (who takes a rose from a boy) and to the right one man steps from the door as another, hand seeking out his purse, is about to proceed in. In other panels may be seen young women pointing men toward the doorways or leading them there
Description:: BEIN 2009 1828: Plates numbered on verso in ms. and Illustrations hand colored.
Publisher:: s.n.
Subject (Topic):: Brothels and Peep shows
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Das Bordell] [diorama].

6. [The old...scamps] [graphic]

Creator:: Ensor, James, 1860-1949, printmaker
Published / Created:: 1895.
Call Number:: Print00801
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Vieux...polissons
Description:: Title in English and French from "Five Hundred Years of Medicine in Art"., Artist's name etched on plate at lower right., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and "James Ensor" in pencil at lower right.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Prostitution, Death (Personification)., Brothels, Skeletons, Prostitutes, Prostitutes' clients, and Older people
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The old...scamps] [graphic]

7. Water cresses, come buy my water cresses [graphic]

Creator:: Merke, Henri, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 March 1799]
Call Number:: 799.03.01.06+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A decrepit old man stands at the door of a house of ill fame at the corner of Portland Street; Mrs Burke is on the door-plate. One hand is on the knocker; he turns to scowl at a woman (right) who holds out a bunch of water-cress from a large shallow basket slung from the hip. A child clings to her shoulders; a little girl (left) with a small basket also offers him a bunch. Two young courtesans lean from a first-floor window. In the background (right), behind a spiked gate, are trees and a large house (or houses)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Watercresses, come buy my watercresses
Description:: Title etched below series title and number.
Publisher:: Pub. Mar. 1, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Children, City & town life, Mothers, Peddlers, Prostitutes, Vegetables, and Women
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Water cresses, come buy my water cresses [graphic]

8. Water cresses, come buy my water cresses [graphic]

Creator:: Merke, Henri, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 March 1799]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 6
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A decrepit old man stands at the door of a house of ill fame at the corner of Portland Street; Mrs Burke is on the door-plate. One hand is on the knocker; he turns to scowl at a woman (right) who holds out a bunch of water-cress from a large shallow basket slung from the hip. A child clings to her shoulders; a little girl (left) with a small basket also offers him a bunch. Two young courtesans lean from a first-floor window. In the background (right), behind a spiked gate, are trees and a large house (or houses)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Watercresses, come buy my watercresses
Description:: Title etched below series title and number., 1 print : etching with aquatint border on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36 x 29.6 cm, on sheet 49 x 30.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pub. Mar. 1, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Children, City & town life, Mothers, Peddlers, Prostitutes, Vegetables, and Women
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Water cresses, come buy my water cresses [graphic]

9. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 April 1745]
Call Number:: Sotheby 20++ Box 300
Collection Title:: Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:: Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., and After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

10. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 April 1745]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:: Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., Ms. note, and On page 119 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 38.1 x 46.1 cm.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

11. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 April 1745]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 20. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:: Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., and Formerly on page 118 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

12. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 April 1745]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:: Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

13. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 April 1745]
Call Number:: Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:: Leaf 20. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:: Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 46.3 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 20 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

14. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 April 1745]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:: Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

15. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V.

Creator:: Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
Published / Created:: according to act of Parliament April 1st 1745.
Call Number:: Kinnaird 17K Box 300
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays. The painting above the door, the mural on the back wall, and the portrait near the window illustrate the theme
Description:: Title engraved below image., The engraver's initials 'R.F. Ravenet' are a mistake for 'S.F.' or Simon François., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V.

16. Charity covereth a multitude of sins [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [27 November 1781]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A young military officer wearing a gorget stands at the door of a house, his left hand on the knocker, looking up at two courtesans who lean out of a sash-window over the door. He puts a coin into the hat of a disabled sailor who stands behind him, supported on crutches, his forehead bandaged. Behind the sailor are two itinerant musicians: a man carrying a rectangular box, and a woman turning the handle of a mechanical organ which is slung round her neck, her mouth is open as if singing. The door of the house is ornamented with a carved wooden pediment, and bears a plate "Mrs Mitchel". The knocker has a lion's head. Only the corner of the house appears, the street is "Cleveland Row". A brick wall extends from the house to the left, over it appear trees, and a notice-board inscribed "Men Traps are laid here: every Night also ...." On the wall a placard is pasted, "Dr Leaks Pills. . . "."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching in brown ink on wove paper ; plate mark 34.8 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 37.9 x 26.9 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 14 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pub. as the act direts [sic], Nov. 27, 1781, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: England and London
Subject (Topic):: Courtesans, Brothels, Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Charity covereth a multitude of sins [graphic].

17. Charity covereth a multitude of sins [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [27 November 1781]
Call Number:: 781.11.27.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A young military officer wearing a gorget stands at the door of a house, his left hand on the knocker, looking up at two courtesans who lean out of a sash-window over the door. He puts a coin into the hat of a disabled sailor who stands behind him, supported on crutches, his forehead bandaged. Behind the sailor are two itinerant musicians: a man carrying a rectangular box, and a woman turning the handle of a mechanical organ which is slung round her neck, her mouth is open as if singing. The door of the house is ornamented with a carved wooden pediment, and bears a plate "Mrs Mitchel". The knocker has a lion's head. Only the corner of the house appears, the street is "Cleveland Row". A brick wall extends from the house to the left, over it appear trees, and a notice-board inscribed "Men Traps are laid here: every Night also ...." On the wall a placard is pasted, "Dr Leaks Pills. . . "."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:: Pub. as the act direts [sic], Nov. 27, 1781, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: England and London
Subject (Topic):: Courtesans, Brothels, Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Charity covereth a multitude of sins [graphic].

18. Crimping a Quaker [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 March 1814]
Call Number:: 814.03.01.01.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A handsome strapping woman stands in the doorway of a brothel, a corner house of some size (right), tugging hard at the neck-cloth of a plainly dressed man, saying, "Wont you come, wont you come Mr Mug [a popular song, see No. 11205]." He leans back, pushing against the door-post, and the woman's chest, trying to escape, and saying: "Avaunt thee Satan." Two laughing prostitutes lean against him (left), pushing their posteriors against his, to prevent his escape; one of them, for better purchase, presses her hands and a foot against the post of the sign-board before the door. On this is a pictorial sign: 'Cat and Bagpipes'. A dog rushes barking towards the struggle. Behind (left), across the street, is a row of old houses with casement windows; washing hangs from a projecting pole."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "317" in upper right corner., and Watermark: Edmeads & Co.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 1, 1814 by Tho. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Quakers, Brothels, Dogs, and Prostitutes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Crimping a Quaker [graphic]

19. Dark lanthern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 April 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A night scene under the Piazza of Covent Garden, the center of which is seen through the arch of the arcade. A couple hurry arm-in-arm through a doorway (right) over which is Haddocks (a bagnio). The woman is the Duchess of Devonshire, shown with a bare breast and holding a lantern. She tells the prim young man "Vote for whom you please but kiss before you poll." He answers, "Tis too much neighbor! I could not go through with it." On the left behind the couple is Mrs. Hobart who holds her lantern to see an old Chelsea pensioner and a negro supported on stumps and crutches. She says to them, "D-m the Duchess, she got all the young voters."
Alternative Title:: Dark lantern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend and Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 24.6 x 34.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark., and Formerly mounted on leaf 68 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pub. April 24th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Lanterns, Lighting, People with disabilities, Political elections, and Prostitutes
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dark lanthern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend [graphic].

20. Dark lanthern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.24.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A night scene under the Piazza of Covent Garden, the center of which is seen through the arch of the arcade. A couple hurry arm-in-arm through a doorway (right) over which is Haddocks (a bagnio). The woman is the Duchess of Devonshire, shown with a bare breast and holding a lantern. She tells the prim young man "Vote for whom you please but kiss before you poll." He answers, "Tis too much neighbor! I could not go through with it." On the left behind the couple is Mrs. Hobart who holds her lantern to see an old Chelsea pensioner and a negro supported on stumps and crutches. She says to them, "D-m the Duchess, she got all the young voters."
Alternative Title:: Dark lantern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend and Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:: Pub. April 24th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Lanterns, Lighting, People with disabilities, Political elections, and Prostitutes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Dark lanthern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend [graphic].