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1. [Such things are] [art original].
- Creator:
- Mercer, Captain
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1787]
- Call Number:
- Drawings M553 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A campanion piece to print of the same title (Such things are. Telles choses sont) which ridicules women's dress. This plate shows four figures of dandies, one with a huge muff, one with a tall cane, all with the high waist, tight trousers, exaggerated ruffles at the neck, fashions that are all of the period
- Description:
- Title and date from print based on this drawing published by S.W. Fores April 2, 1787., Attributed to Captain Mercer: According to Henry Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comed. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328., and Formerly mounted with an impression of the engraving, based on this drawing: See Lewis Walpole Library 787.04.02.04+.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, French, and Men
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Such things are] [art original].
2. [Ninon de Lenclos] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1766]
- Call Number:
- Portraits L563 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Ninon de L'Enclos, half-length, three-quarter to right, looking towards the viewer, with pearl necklace, low-necked gown with bejewelled brooches, strap over her right shoulder; in oval frame with ribbons, curtain, flowers, unlettered cartouche below; working proof"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and artist from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1838,1215.58., Lettering on published state: Ninon de Lenclos from an original picture given by herself to the Countess of Sandwich and by the present Earl of Sandwich to Mr. Walpole 1757., Place of publication based on location of printmaker., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and In paper frame: 35.5 x 25.0 cm. Annotation in ms. in various hands on verso of etching. Dealer's catalogue description affixed to front.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Name):
- Lenclos, Ninon de, 1620-1705,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, French, Courtesans, and Philosophers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Ninon de Lenclos] [graphic].
3. [John Baptist Monoyer] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3664.11+ (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Drawing of John Baptist Monnoyer (bap.1636-1699), French-born painter educated in Antwerp, known for his floral interior decorations, fashionable in France in the second half of the 17th century. He moved to England in 1690 where he continued to specialize in decorating royal and grand houses
- Alternative Title:
- Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
- Description:
- Title based on title of engraving in Anecdotes of painting in England., Drawing that was later used as a basis for an engraving of Monoyer in: Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 3, p. 116. Vertue's drawing is based on a chalk drawing by Sir Godfrey Kneller, now in the Courtauld Institute of Art, London., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
- Subject (Name):
- Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste, ca. 1636-1699,
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [John Baptist Monoyer] [art original].
4. [French barracks] [art original]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1786]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 19 Box D207
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of busy French barracks shows a more domestic atmosphere than military although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
- Description:
- Title from engraving based on this drawing, published by S.W. Fores 12 August 1791. and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Yawning
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [French barracks] [art original]
5. [Changing horses at Clermont] [art original]
- Creator:
- Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawer Drawings B995 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A single-horse carriage is stopped in front of a rustic inn or roadhouse, with two caricatured Frenchmen (one a postillion wearing enormous boots) engaged in changing out the horse. An occupant of the carriage hands money out the window to a peasant woman holding an infant and accompanied by a young boy; two other shabbily dressed figures are nearby next to a tree, one of them playing a makeshift drum. In the doorway of the building stands a young woman, and to the left a man under an archway stands with arms crossed; both watch the scene unfold. In the background a postillion rides away on horseback, whip extended into the air
- Alternative Title:
- Changing horses on the road to Paris
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Signed by the artist in lower left., and One of five views by the artist F.G. Byron that record his visit to France in 1790; they were exhibited at the Society of Artists the following year. This drawing was exhibited under the title "Changing horses on the road to Paris" (Society of Artists, 1791, no. 39).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Clermont (France) and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Horses, Taverns (Inns), Postillions, French, Peasants, Country life, Ethnic stereotypes, and Drums (Musical instruments)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Changing horses at Clermont] [art original]
6. [Arrival of the flotilla of Admiral Howe into Portsmouth Harbour on 1 June 1794] [art original].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 17 Box D207
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and Inscribed on verso: Names of the Ships taken by Lord Howe on 1st of June 1794, and brought into Portsmouth Harbour; Sans Pareille 84 Guns, L'America 74, Limpetue 84, Northumberland 84, Achille 76, La Vengeur 74.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Portsmouth (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799.
- Subject (Topic):
- First of June, Battle of the, 1794, Harbors, Warships, British, French, Crowds, Cannons, Carriages & coaches, Peg legs, and Victories
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Arrival of the flotilla of Admiral Howe into Portsmouth Harbour on 1 June 1794] [art original].
7. [A postillion] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking over his right shoulder towards the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Later state, with position of the figure's head altered and with additional shading added to the foreground., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 14.5 x 10.1 cm, on sheet 15.1 x 10.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Postillions, French, Boots, Whips, and Coach drivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A postillion] [graphic].
8. [A postillion] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 115. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a postillion with huge boots holding his whip; a progress proof in pure etching before the addition in drypoint of the horse behind to the right."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0309.1663
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue., Early (proof?) state, before figure's queue added in drypoint and before the addition of background and foreground elements. For a later state with these changes to the plate, see no. 4743 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Postillions, French, Boots, Coach drivers, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A postillion] [graphic].
9. [A postillion] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 115. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A French postillion, whip in hand and wearing huge boots, is seen from behind looking forward, away from the viewer; a church is visible in the distance
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date of publication from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Early state, before position of the figure's head altered and before additional shading added to the foreground. For a later state with these changes to the plate, see no. 4745 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Postillions, French, Boots, Whips, and Coach drivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A postillion] [graphic].
