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1.
Dialogue on Friendship

Creator:
Facino, Conte, ca. 1438-ca. 1485
Published / Created:
[ca. 1470].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1062
Image Count:
84
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on goatskin parchment of Contes Facinus (Conte Facino), Dialogus de amicitia (Dialogue on Friendship), with a dedicatory letter addressed to Francesco Molin (or Molino), dated Padua, 6 March 1470
Description:
Script: Copied by a single hand in Humanistica Textualis. The text at the end of art. 1 is triangular shaped.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Facino, Conte.
Subject (Topic):
Friendship, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dialogue on Friendship

2.
The inseparable friends, or, Weary after a walk [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 September 1797]
Call Number:
797.09.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two fashionably dressed young women dose on a sofa in a sitting room with wallpapered walls and a rug on the floor. A young man stands behind the sofa and quietly tickles the check of the young woman on the right. The friendship between the two women...
Alternative Title:
Weary after a walk
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 8th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Friendship, Jewelry, Mirrors, Seduction, Sofas, Sleeping, Wallpapers, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The inseparable friends, or, Weary after a walk [graphic].

3.
De amicitia

Creator:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Published / Created:
[1432?]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 781
Image Count:
41
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment (goatskin) of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Laelius de amicitia. With marginal corrections by the scribal hand and interlinear and marginal glosses and variants by various contemporary hands
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Subject (Topic):
Dialogues, Latin, Friendship, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De amicitia

4.
[Two ladies with a picnic basket] [art original].

Creator:
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1770 and 1808]
Call Number:
Drawings B373 no. 1 Box D200
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Two young women sit near a secluded stand of trees looking at each other. The one on the right rests her arm on a picnic basket as she turns left to look at her companion who is stretched out behind her on the ground, a large white shawl draped over h...
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Picnic baskets, Picnics, Women, and Friendship
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Two ladies with a picnic basket] [art original].

5.
Commonplace book, circa 1756

Call Number:
Osborn c135
Image Count:
24
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven English poems on such subjects as happiness, ambition, nature, and friendship. Titles include A pastoral tale; On happiness; Ode in praise of friendship; Meditations and reflections on a storm o...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Friendship, Nature, Occasional verse, English, Sonnets, English, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, circa 1756

6.
Contentment [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 June 1810]
Call Number:
810.06.04.23
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two country men lean together to look on as a third uncorks a wine bottle, all look pleased with their anticipated pleasure
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. June 4, 1810, by Edwd. Orme, London
Subject (Topic):
Friendship and Happiness
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Contentment [graphic].

7.
Letters between B. Strutt and J. Pattison, 1778-1782.

Published / Created:
1778-1782
Call Number:
Osborn fc156
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Album containing the correspondence of Benjamin Strutt of Colchester and John Pattison Jr. of Witham. The letters are highly literary in nature, and contain many references to, playful imitations of, and comments on MacPherson's Ossian, Walpole's The ...
Description:
Binding: contemporary half-calf, boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century
Subject (Name):
Kames, Henry Home,--Lord,--1696-1782--Influence, Macpherson, James,--1736-1796--Influence, Pattison, John--Jr.,--1758-1782, Strutt, Benjamin,--1754-1827, and Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Influence
Subject (Topic):
Classical studies, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Friendship, Sentimentalism in literature, and Students--Books and reading--England
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters between B. Strutt and J. Pattison, 1778-1782.

8.
The honey-moon [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs [June 1777]
Call Number:
777.06.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Satire: a young couple seated together on a sofa as they drink coffee, a plate beside her on a table. The husband on the right has his arm around his bride as they look at each other fondly
Alternative Title:
Honeymoon
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Coffee cups, Couples, Friendship, Honeymoons, Love, Marriage, and Tea tables (Tables)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The honey-moon [graphic].

9.
The two friends [graphic].

Published / Created:
29 August, 1786.
Call Number:
786.08.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two fashionably dressed young women looking over a letter together sit at a table beside a window in a well-appointed room with an ornate rug on the floor and draperies hanging before the windows. The letter begins: "Dear Sir, When last I had the hono...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Parlors, Friendship, and Rugs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The two friends [graphic].

10.
Warm thoughts about matrimony on a winter evening [graphic].

Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
792.07.02.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three good-looking young women sit before a large fire, pulling up their petticoats to warm their legs. The woman on the left has an open book inscribed 'Matrimony - To have and to hold' and appears to be reading to the others. A cat plays with a mous...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 2d July 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Cats, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Friendship, Interiors, Mice, Parlors, Reading, Wallpapers, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Warm thoughts about matrimony on a winter evening [graphic].