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28. Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the R-l A- [graphic]

Published / Created:: July 20, 1773.
Call Number:: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:: Leaf 98. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A lawyer (Theodosius Forrest), shown whole length in profile looking right, carries a lawyer's bag in which there is a scroll labeled "of Damocles"; in his pocket is another scroll labeled "Ge. ho. Dobbin." A dog at his side sniffs the bag. The door is labeled 'Good Entertainment gratis' and is probably a bagnio
Alternative Title:: Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the Royal Academy
Description:: Title etched above image., Artist and printmaker's names are unidentified pseudonyms., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Theodosius Homunculus Esq. is a representation of Theodosius Forrest., Below image is etched: In opinion a Poet, a Painter, a Critic Dear The: take my word instead of some Physic, A Poet in Bawdy, a Painter in Daubing, A Coxcomb the Critics your Friends are allowing., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 98., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.3 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:: Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):: Forrest, Theodosius, 1728-1784
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Dandies, British, Dogs, and Lawyers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Theodosius Homunculus Esq., attorney general to the R-l A- [graphic]

29. 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]

30. 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]

31. [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].

32. [Revels, Covent Garden bagnio, 1736] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1736?]
Call Number:: Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:: Page 219. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title and date from note in ink below image, on mounting page., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of text., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Gaming-table -- Male costume, 1736 -- Female costume, 1736 -- Table settings -- Furniture., Folded to 23.1 x 25 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 219 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Brothels, Prostitutes, Eating & drinking, Alcoholic beverages, Gambling, Sconces, and Beds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Revels, Covent Garden bagnio, 1736] [graphic].

33. [The march to Finchley] [graphic].

Creator:: Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [December 1750]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The March to Finchley"; scene at Tottenham Court (after the painting in the Foundling Museum) with soldiers gathering to march north to defend London from the Jacobite rebels; the crowd includes, in the foreground, a man urinating painfully against a wall as he reads an advertisement for Dr. Rock's remedy for venereal disease, an innocent young piper, a drunken drummer, a young soldier with a pregnant ballad seller (her basket contains "God Save our Noble King" and a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland) and a Jacobite harridan selling newspapers, a milkmaid being kissed by one soldier while another fills his hat from her pail, a muffin man, a young chimney sweep, a gin-seller whose emaciated baby reaches for a drink. In the background a boxing match takes place under the sign of Giles Gardiner (Adam and Eve depicted), a wagon loaded with equipment follows the marching soldiers and, to the right, prostitutes lean from the windows of a brothel at the sign of Charles II's head; beyond the sunlight shines on Hampstead village on the hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title, imprint, artist, printmaker and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed with plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Aqua fortis proof. See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 299., and On page 149 in volume 2.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, Boxing, Brothels, Carts & wagons, Children, Crowds, Eating & drinking, Gin, Intoxication, Marching, Prostitutes, Soldiers, Street vendors, and Urination
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The march to Finchley] [graphic].

34. [The march to Finchley] [graphic].

Creator:: Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [December 1750]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The March to Finchley"; scene at Tottenham Court (after the painting in the Foundling Museum) with soldiers gathering to march north to defend London from the Jacobite rebels; the crowd includes, in the foreground, a man urinating painfully against a wall as he reads an advertisement for Dr. Rock's remedy for venereal disease, an innocent young piper, a drunken drummer, a young soldier with a pregnant ballad seller (her basket contains "God Save our Noble King" and a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland) and a Jacobite harridan selling newspapers, a milkmaid being kissed by one soldier while another fills his hat from her pail, a muffin man, a young chimney sweep, a gin-seller whose emaciated baby reaches for a drink. In the background a boxing match takes place under the sign of Giles Gardiner (Adam and Eve depicted), a wagon loaded with equipment follows the marching soldiers and, to the right, prostitutes lean from the windows of a brothel at the sign of Charles II's head; beyond the sunlight shines on Hampstead village on the hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title, imprint, artist, printmaker and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 150 in volume 2.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, Boxing, Brothels, Carts & wagons, Children, Crowds, Eating & drinking, Gin, Intoxication, Marching, Prostitutes, Soldiers, Street vendors, and Urination
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The march to Finchley] [graphic].

35. [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]