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10. Mirth ; Anguish [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [4 June 1810]
- Call Number:
- 810.06.04.11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two men sit facing each other as the one on the right pulls on a string which has been tied around a front tooth of the man on the left. His left foot bent up and braced in the patient's left hand, the large-nosed doctor laughs as he pushes a redhot coal in a pair of large tongs towards the patient's mouth. The patient screams in agony as his head is forced back and to the side, his hand pushing the tongs away
- Alternative Title:
- Anguish
- Description:
- Title from item., Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Plate numbered '8' published as part of a 1810 edition of Bobbin's Human passions delineated, with an engraved dedication page, a portrait of the artist, and at least 25 individual prints depicting human passions., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. June 4, 1810, by Edwd. Orme, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Dental equipment & supplies, Dentistry, Distress, Happiness, and Pain
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mirth ; Anguish [graphic].
11. Misery [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [2 February 1788]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 788.02.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A mother selling her daughters to two men at the door of their cottage, pushing one distraught girl out of the door and extending her hand for the payment, at left the father turns away from the transaction with shame, as the sister kneels on the floor with hands clasped, desperately pleading with him to reconsider, at the right of the basic room a young man sits solemnly, a little girl leaning against his leg and a baby in a crib in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Two lines of verse below image, one on either side of title: To barter virtue, see the parent led, and with a child's dishonour, purchase bread., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Cottages -- Baby in cradle -- Pottery jugs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Feby. 2d 1788, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, Portland Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Cradles, Disgrace, Distress, Dwellings, Dogs, Domestic life, Hunters, Interiors, and Pitchers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Misery [graphic]
12. The feeling heart [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hunt, George, active 1824-1831, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1825. and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 50. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caricature with a distraught lover interrupted by a seller of eels."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1991,0615.101., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Two lines of dialogue below title: Bill, Bill, you'll break my tender heart, that's what you will ..., and On leaf 50 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Distress, Donkeys, Baskets, Peddlers, Fishmongers, Eels, Umbrellas, Cats, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The feeling heart [graphic]
13. The sorrows of Werter. The last interview
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, etcher
- Published / Created:
- [29 March 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.03.29.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Werter clutches his head in anguish as he stands before Charlotte on a sofa supporting her head on one hand as she reaches out imploringly towards Werter. The pictures on the wall amplify the subject
- Alternative Title:
- Last interview
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Text below publisher's line: At length with the firm determined voice of Virtue she cried Werter, and he was awed by it, tearing himself from her arms., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark in center of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 29 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14 Marylebone Street Golden Square
- Subject (Name):
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Distress, Grief, Love, and Parlors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The sorrows of Werter. The last interview
14. The striking likeness [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
- Description:
- Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The striking likeness [art original]
15. The striking likeness [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
- Description:
- Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The striking likeness [art original]
16. Werke der Barmherzigkeit. Bekümmert trösten [art original]
- Creator:
- Fäsi-Gessner, Conr., 1796-1870, artist
- Published / Created:
- [before 1870]
- Call Number:
- Print01425
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Works of Mercy. Comforting the Afflicted
- Description:
- Title written above image., Artist's name in ink at lower right., and Date of production based on artist's date of death.
- Subject (Topic):
- Counseling, Spiritual works of mercy, and Distress
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Werke der Barmherzigkeit. Bekümmert trösten [art original]
17. [Bad news] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- 1791?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 60 Box D165
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor depicting a group of four men sitting around a table containing several empty and spilled pewter tankards responding with shock, distress, and sadness to one of their number reading aloud from their local newspaper
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Cf. Lewis Walpole Library Drawings Un58 no. 59 for a watercolor, probably from the same artist, that continues the 'news' theme.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Newspapers, Sadness, Distress, Taverns (Inns), Drinking vessels, and Tobacco pipes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Bad news] [art original].
