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1.
Smithfield sharpers hocussing the countryman [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 68. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., In the manner of Rowlandson, and likely engraved after one of his drawings., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?], and On leaf 68 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Gambling, Intoxication, Sleeping, Tables, Bottles, Drinking vessels, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Smithfield sharpers hocussing the countryman [graphic].

2.
Banditti [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
Dec. 22, 1783. and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 24. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on a fox. He leans on the table keeping his right hand on three dice signed, "Madras," "Bombay," and "Bengal," and clutching a dice box in his left. Behind him Admiral Keppel, the date of the battle of Ushant (1778) on his helmet, raises his goblet in a toast. Behind him Sheridan, with ass's ears and "School for Scandal" written across his head cover, watches the Duke of Portland count out money to Lord Carlisle. On Portland's shoulder leans Lord Cavendish in a centurion's armor under his cloak. Between him and North sits Burke in a Jesuit's outfit reading his own "Plan of oeconomy [sic]." Under the table lie the corpses of Lords Shelburne and Ashburton, ousted by the Coalition
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate signed I.B. (that is John Boyne) in lower right corner of image., Restrike, with imprint mostly burnished from upper left corner of plate. For original issue, see no. 6281 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?], and On leaf 24 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Banditti [graphic]

3.
"Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 9. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment
Alternative Title:
Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue published ca. August 1782, see no. 6027 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 41., and On leaf 9 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Gambling, Catholicism, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic]

4.
Gambling in the mines

Published / Created:
[between 1850 and 1859?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 393 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two gentlemen in top hats sit at a table with several miners, some looking forlorn, while other miners stand around watching
Alternative Title:
Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Lith & published by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gambling in the mines

5.
Gambling in the mines

Published / Created:
[between 1850 and 1859?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 393 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two gentlemen in top hats sit at a table with several miners, some looking forlorn, while other miners stand around watching
Alternative Title:
Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Lith & published by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gambling in the mines

6.
Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1849?]
Call Number:
782.07.22.01.3+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
Alternative Title:
Devil addressing the sun
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date of publication from those of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Plate from: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn by C. Whiting, [1849?]., For an earlier state lacking plate number, see no. 6012 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Printed on verso, an uncolored impression of: The V- Committee framing a report. [London] : Pubd. according to act of Parliament, Augt. 12th, 1782 by C. Atkinson, and sold in Mark Lane!!! Numbered in upper right corner of image: 10.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey [i.e. H.G. Bohn]
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].

7.
The betting crib the betting boy's introduction to a gentleman of the turf, who volunteers to give

Published / Created:
[1848?]
Call Number:
848.00.00.16
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A room with filled with men smoking and drinking and placing bets. On the wall in the background is a poster "Epson Races".
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Text preceding title: Plate 3., One of at least eight prints in an unidentified series., and Hand-drawn ink lines added along bottom of design.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bookmakers (Gambling) and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The betting crib the betting boy's introduction to a gentleman of the turf, who volunteers to give his most invaluable advice. [graphic]

8.
Fores's racing envelope [graphic].

Creator:
Leech, John, 1817-1864, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1840]
Call Number:
841.00.00.29
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Number five in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's musical envelope, Fores's alderman envelopes, Fores's hunting envelopes, etc
Description:
Other prints in the series attributed to John Leech and dated 1840. See British Museum onlne catalogue., Title from text above image., and "No. 5".
Publisher:
Published by Messrs. Fores at their sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactury, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Horse racing, Postal stationery, Race horses, and Race tracks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fores's racing envelope [graphic].

9.
The perpetual almanack, or, Gentleman soldier's prayer book : shewing how one Richard Middleton was

Published / Created:
[1837 or 1838]
Call Number:
File 68 837 P453+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Gentleman soldier's prayer book
Description:
Caption title., Printed in two columns with a woodcut at the head of each column, and playing cards surrounding text., Text begins: The serjeant commanded his party to the church, and when the parson had ended his prayer, he took his text; and all of them that had a Bible pulled it out to find the text, but this soldier had neither Bible, almanack, nor common prayer book, but he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a pack of cards, and spread them before him as he sat, and while the parson was preaching he first kept looking at one card and then at another., Undated; James Catnach was active at this address from 1813 until his retirement in 1838; see Hindley, C. The history of the Catnach Press ..., 1886. Queen Victoria is mentioned in the text: "And also of Queen Victoria, to pray for her.", so the printing date must be after her accession in 1837., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Catnach, printer, 2 & 3, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Middleton, Richard, Private in the 66th Regiment of Foot.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Prayer, Christianity, Soldiers, Religious life, Almanacs, Playing cards, Religious services, Soliders, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The perpetual almanack, or, Gentleman soldier's prayer book : shewing how one Richard Middleton was taken before the Mayor of the City he was in, for using cards in church during Divine Service : being a droll, merry, and humurous account of an odd affair that happened to a private soldier, in the 60th Regiment of Foot

10.
Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, [not after 1832]
Call Number:
832.00.00.53
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Virtue'. A small dog stands beside her. In the background (right) is a country house, on the left farm-buildings and haystacks. The four corners are filled ... with the disasters which beset the woman who does not 'keep within compass'. (1) A woman weeps dejectedly with cards and an empty purse on the ground at her feet. (2) A drunken woman lets an infant fall from her arms; on the wall is a torn print inscribed 'Domestic Happiness'. (3) A woman is being conducted to the watch-house by two watchmen, one with his lantern, the other with a rattle. (4) She beats hemp in Bridewell, a man standing behind her with a whip, as in Hogarth's 'Harlot's Progress'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a larger version of the same design
Alternative Title:
Prudence produceth esteem and Keep within compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure
Description:
Title from text above and below circular image at center of design., Alternative title from text etched within circular border of center image: Keep within compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure., After a watercolor drawing by Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.57., Reissue, with new imprint and date removed, of a print published by Carington Bowles in 1785; see no. 6908 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6. For a larger mezzotint version of the same design with more extensive verses below, see no. 6907 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6., Date based on the partnership of Bowles and Carver from 1793 until 1832., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns at bottom of plate: Attend unto this simple fact, as thro' this life you rove, that virtuous and prudent ways, will gain esteem and love., and Plate numbered "347" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Compasses (Drawing instruments), Dogs, Dwellings, Farms, Gambling, Handicraft, Intoxication, Lanterns, Meadows, Mothers, Parables, Playing cards, Punishment & torture, Vice, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

11.
Sketches of the celebrated skeletons originally designed on the long wall between Turnham Green and

Published / Created:
[1830?]
Call Number:
830.00.00.121+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Gaming
Description:
Title from text above images., Text below title: No. 1. Gaming., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Six designs on one sheet, each individually captioned.
Publisher:
Printed & published at J. Netherclift's Lithographic Establishment, 8 Newman St.
Subject (Topic):
Skeletons, Card games, Gambling, and Billiards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sketches of the celebrated skeletons originally designed on the long wall between Turnham Green and Brentford / [graphic]

12.
[The great subscription room at Brooks's, or, Opposition members engaged upon Hazard-ous points

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1825]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C9 824 no. 18
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The palatial room, lit by a candle chandelier, is filled with members standing in conversation. Burdett, in breeches and boots, is recognizable. Four throw dice at a table in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Opposition members engaged upon hazardous points
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15217 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 2, Page 252.
Publisher:
Sherwood & Co.
Subject (Name):
Brooks's (Club)
Subject (Topic):
Chandeliers, Conversation, Eating & drinking, Gambling, Men, and Private clubs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The great subscription room at Brooks's, or, Opposition members engaged upon Hazard-ous points] [graphic].

13.
The great subscription room at Brooks's, or, Opposition members engaged upon Hazard-ous points

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1825]
Call Number:
825.07.01.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The palatial room, lit by candle chandelier, is filled with memebers standign conversation. Burdett, in breeches and boots, is recognizable. Four throw dice at a table in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Opposition members engaged upon hazardous points
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication rubbed from this impression. Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Date of publication erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Published by Sherwood & Co.
Subject (Name):
Brooks's (Club)
Subject (Topic):
Chandeliers, Conversation, Eating & drinking, Gambling, Men, and Private clubs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The great subscription room at Brooks's, or, Opposition members engaged upon Hazard-ous points [graphic]

14.
The Kremlin in commotion, or, The Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 December 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print shows King George IV fallen to the floor, he clutches his stomach, near him are a "Plan for Divorce," a decanter and cup, cards and dice. In the background sits his estranged wife Caroline about to be crowned by Justice while surrounded by her loyal supporters
Alternative Title:
Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 27 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "1 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1820, by W. Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Sick persons, Medical equipment & supplies, Gambling, Bottles, Crowns, Justice, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Kremlin in commotion, or, The Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic graphic].

15.
The profligate son : a dream

Published / Created:
[approximately 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Title from item., Letterpress text, printed in two columns, beginning: Ruminating on the days which have long past over me ..., With a wood engraved illustration on first page showing George IV in a tattered uniform, sitting on a stool in an alley in front of a sign saying "Remember the poor debtors"; another sign above him reads "Fleet Market," and the pawnbrokers' symbol hangs on a wall to the right. Antlers, dice, bottles, and papers (including one reading "Debts of honor") are on the ground at the King's feet. A crowd of angry men waiting for loan repayment can be seen in the background. A caption from Psalm lii. 7 is printed below: "Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength ...", Publisher's advertisement at foot of second page: Just published, the following dreams: (by the same author.) 1. The depraved husband. -- 2. The conspirators. -- 3. The degraded King. With appropriate cuts., "Price 3d. coloured, - 2d. plain.", Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other item) on leaf 12 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Geo. IV" identified in ink beneath illustration.
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. Turner, 170, Aldersgate Street, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Debt, Pawnshops, Antlers, Gambling, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The profligate son : a dream

16.
A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses

Published / Created:
[approximately 1790-1820]
Call Number:
66 790 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
A collection of six gaming counters or monetary tokens from the gambling houses and clubs of Georgian London. Four were made by John Milton (signed "J. Milton f." or "J.M" on the smaller pieces) with an ace of spades encircled with the quote "Honi soit qui mal y pense", wreathed and crowned. The two others by Milton have on the obverse the initials "S.F." (S. Fiuri, in Bury Street St. Mary Axe) and the date "1 May 1792" and a value of "XII" or "VI". The two other Milton counters are marked "S&L" indicating Smith & Lockwood and the other "JL" for John Lister in Haymarket. Another small token in white metal issued by the "Cocoa Tree" with the value on the obverse "One guinea". The last counter in gilt-brass issued by "Free Mason Tavern" and marked "462' in the center and on the obverse "M. Richold Guina." with laurels above and below
Description:
For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Roulette, and Clubs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses

17.
Idleness [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1812 and 1817]
Call Number:
812.00.00.113
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a churchyard four young men, one of whom is a boot-black, play a game of hustle-cap on a tomb; a beadle raises his cane to strike them; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church
Description:
Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "30" in upper right corner., After a Hogarth print entitled "The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard, during divine service," from his series "Industry and idleness.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Officials, Shoe shiners, Skulls, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Idleness [graphic].

18.
Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817 / [art original]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[1817]
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 2 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A crow stands on top of a table flanked by two gallows inscribed with the words "To Botany Bay" (left) and "To Hell" (right). Cards and dice are also on the table, the front of which displays two crossed swords. Bottles of wine and a pot of gold pieces are underneath the table. The table itself sits on a dias
Description:
Title from item., Inscriptions in pencil above and below image with instructions on which colors to use. In the artist's hand?, Inscription in ink (part of image): Dedicated to the Members of White's, Boodle's, Brookes'. Let those laugh who win!. Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817., Signed in ink lower left: G. Cruikshank fecit., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Daggers & swords, Crows, and Gallows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817 / [art original]

19.
The jockey club, or, Newmarket meeting [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 10 October 1811]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.2
Collection Title:
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gathering of members of the Jockey Club meeting in a large room lined with paintings of horses and jockeys. In the centre, the mass of the congregation consisting of jockeys, owners and betting agents, stand talking whilst a board game takes place on the left. On the right, a group of men play cards."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Newmarket meeting
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; imprint has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pubd. October 10th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810858., Plate numbered "111" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins on two sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 51 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Clubs and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The jockey club, or, Newmarket meeting [graphic]

20.
The jockey club, or, Newmarket meeting [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 10 October 1811]
Call Number:
811.00.00.06+
Collection Title:
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gathering of members of the Jockey Club meeting in a large room lined with paintings of horses and jockeys. In the centre, the mass of the congregation consisting of jockeys, owners and betting agents, stand talking whilst a board game takes place on the left. On the right, a group of men play cards."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Newmarket meeting
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; imprint has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pubd. October 10th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810858., Plate numbered "111" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins on two sides., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Clubs and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The jockey club, or, Newmarket meeting [graphic]

21.
A hitt at backgammon [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 19 November 1810]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.1
Collection Title:
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man and woman, fat, elderly, and grotesque, play backgammon, the surface of a round table and the backgammon board forming the base of the design. The woman (right), a harridan, frantic with rage, leans towards the man clutching his wig. Two candlesticks are overturned, the guttering candles broken. A cat miaows at the back of his mistress's chair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Hit at backgammon
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; imprint has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint "Pubd. November 19th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11637 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 193-4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 41 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Games and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A hitt at backgammon [graphic]

22.
A hitt at backgammon [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 19 November 1810]
Call Number:
810.11.19.01+
Collection Title:
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man and woman, fat, elderly, and grotesque, play backgammon, the surface of a round table and the backgammon board forming the base of the design. The woman (right), a harridan, frantic with rage, leans towards the man clutching his wig. Two candlesticks are overturned, the guttering candles broken. A cat miaows at the back of his mistress's chair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Hit at backgammon
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; imprint has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint "Pubd. November 19th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11637 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 193-4., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Games and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A hitt at backgammon [graphic]

23.
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Steet [sic] [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.2
Collection Title:
V. 2 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior view of the great room at Brookes's Subscription House; men sit playing cards at large round tables to the right side of room; a grand chandelier hanging from ceiling; sofas and smaller tables to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 39., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 94., 1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.9 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27 x 33.8 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Brooks's (Club),
Subject (Topic):
Private clubs, Interiors, Parlors, Card games, Gambling, and Chandeliers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Steet [sic] [graphic]

24.
Gaming house where a parcell of sharks meet to bite one anothers heads off / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1808]
Call Number:
808.00.00.21
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item: a quotation from satirist Thomas Brown's 'Works'., Attribution following title: Vide Tom Brown Works., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gaming house interior -- Illustrative material -- Literature quotation: Thomas Brown, 1663-1704: Works., Print numbered '28' in ms. above design., and Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gaming house where a parcell of sharks meet to bite one anothers heads off / [graphic]

25.
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Steet [sic] [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1808]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 12+
Collection Title:
V. 2 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior view of the great room at Brookes's Subscription House; men sit playing cards at large round tables to the right side of room; a grand chandelier hanging from ceiling; sofas and smaller tables to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 39., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 94., and Matted to 36 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Brooks's (Club),
Subject (Topic):
Private clubs, Interiors, Parlors, Card games, Gambling, and Chandeliers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Steet [sic] [graphic]

26.
A mistake at New-Market, or, Sport and piety [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[5 October 1807]
Call Number:
807.10.05.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A countrywoman (right), wearing a cloak apron, and pattens and holding out a volume of 'Wesleys Hymns', addresses a jockey standing before the door of 'The Ram Inn' (left): "Pray Young Man--- are there any Meetings in this Town?" He answers: "Yes Ma'am two a Year Spring and October." The dog at his feet wears a collar "Snap". Three persons standing on the doorstep watch with amused interest: a typical betting man in top-boots arm-in-arm with a young woman, and a stout rubicund man. Behind is the race-course; three horses (right) are almost neck and neck. Spectators on horse-back watch from 'Devils Ditch', and on the horizon (right) is the winning-post with a flag."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sport and piety, Mistake at New Market, or, sport and piety, and Mistake at Newmarket, or sport and piety
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '28' in upper right corner., Printseller's announcement following imprint statement: Price one shilling col[ore]d., and Later reissued without publication date. Cf. no. 10920. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 5, 1807 by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Gambling, Horses, Racing, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A mistake at New-Market, or, Sport and piety [graphic]

27.
Pope-Joan [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[November 1805]
Call Number:
805.11.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four ladies and two men play cards at a round table lit by two candles. A woman in back view says to a handsome woman next her: "Whom in your opinion Madam, are the happiest couple in England?" The other shows King and Queen, answering, "The King and Queen, Ma'am that's a stop." An elderly woman turns to a man in regimentals with a scarred face: "And do you really think, Major, that Bonaparte means to attempt an Invasion? - pray what is your opinion of him." He displays a knave: "A knave Ma'am, and that's a stop." A young woman says to a fat parson who sits in a wheeled armchair, his gouty leg on a cushion: "What unfortunate Old Lady was that you mentioned just now, Mr Spintext!" He holds the nine of diamonds, intent on the bag of counters, and answers: "The Pope, Ma'am and I clear the Table.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pope Joan
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to: George III< king of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Allusion to: Charlotte, queen consort of George III, 1744-1818 -- Allusion to: Pius VII, Luigi Barnaba Chiarmonti, pope, 1740-1823 -- Allusion to: Napolean I, emperor of France, 1769-1821 -- Allusion to: Joan, pope of Rome, fl. 853-855 -- Parsons -- Medical Disease: gout -- Medical Equipment: Wheelchair -- Military Unifroms: Officer -- Playing cards -- Candlesticks -- Furniture: Card table -- Games: Pope Joan., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1805 by Willm. Holland, Cockspur Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Card games and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Pope-Joan [graphic].

28.
The humours of St. Giles's [graphic]

Creator:
Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 July 1803]
Call Number:
803.07.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched on image., Date portion of imprint emphasized in contemporary ms. hand., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where prints and drawings are lent out on the plan of a library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. July 10, 1803 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Boys, City & town life, Dogs, Fighting, Gambling, Intoxication, Pickpockets, Poor persons, Seduction, Street vendors, Taverns (Inns), and Urination
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The humours of St. Giles's [graphic]

29.
How to pluck a goose [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 June 1802]
Call Number:
802.06.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three older ladies and one gentleman in military uniform sit at a table playing cards. Speech balloons from the ladies berate him for his lack of card playing skills
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: W Elgar.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 10, 1802, by T. Williamson, No. 20 Strand, London
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses, Gambling, and Playing cards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > How to pluck a goose [graphic]

30.
The family party, or, Prince Bladduds man traps!! [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 May 1799]
Call Number:
799.05.11.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Prince Bladduds man traps and Prince Bladdud's man traps
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Six lines of verse in two columns below title: Skill'd in all arts that grace the modish fair, the air of confidence the high bred flare ..., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: gaming table -- Candle-snuffers -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Female fashion -- Slang: man traps -- Mrs. Panton, fl. 1799., Watermark: Durham., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. May 11, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Gambling, Headdresses, Playing cards, and Sconces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The family party, or, Prince Bladduds man traps!! [graphic].

31.
Damn Mambrino [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on betting on horses: a fat man seated in a chair looks angrily to right, a dog sits beside him."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Reissue, with imprint statement added, of a print originally published circa 1779. Cf. No. 4731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
Publisher:
Publishd. Feb. 14, 1799, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Anger, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Damn Mambrino [graphic]

32.
Speculation, or, A new way of saving a thousand pounds an original tale. [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 October 1798]
Call Number:
798.10.12.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
New way of saving a thousand pounds
Description:
Title printed below plate., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Text of the tale printed in three columns below title: Hazard, a careless fellow, known at every gambling house in town was oft in want of money, yet could never bear to run in debt ..., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dining room -- Glass: decanter -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Ancestral knights -- Genealogy -- Young women -- Domestic service: footmen -- Reference to marriage contract., and Watermark: 1796.
Publisher:
Published 12th October 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Gambling and Interiors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Speculation, or, A new way of saving a thousand pounds an original tale. [graphic]

33.
Over weight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro [graphic]

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
March 14, 1797.
Call Number:
797.03.14.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Buckinghamshire, enormously fat, is seated in profile to the right in an open chariot which sinks through a rectangular aperture in front of the Weigh-House, its weight being too great for the apparatus for weighing wagons. She throws up her arms and one leg, dropping her whip and reins. The hind legs of the plunging horses are in the pit; they snort wildly; the chariot and horses resemble those of Phaeton burlesqued. On the chariot is an oval escutcheon with four quarterings (cards, dice, wine-bottle, and glass) and the letter 'B'. On the right (behind) are two street-lamps on tall pyramidal posts."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Overweight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro, Sinking fund, and Downfall of faro
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Card games, Horses, Obesity, and Street lights
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Over weight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro [graphic]

34.
The loss of the faro-bank, or, The rook's pigeon'd [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1797]
Call Number:
797.02.02.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The fat and florid Lady Buckinghamshire, seated at the head of her faro-table, throws up her arms in dismay, turning towards her husband, who enters through a door (left), saying, "The Bank's stole! - we're ruin'd my Lady! - but I'll run to Bow Street & fix the Saddle upon the right horse, my Lady!" She exclaims: "The Bank stole, my Lord? - why I secur'd it in the Housekeepers-room myself! - this comes of admitting Jacobins into the house! - Ah! the Cheats! Seven Hundred gone smack; - without a single Cock of the Cards!" She fills the centre of the design, and is much larger than her husband. Her guests are crowded together on the right. A pretty young woman, Mrs. Concannon, seated on her left, clasps her hands, exclaiming, "Bank stole! - why I had a Gold snuffbox stole last night from my Table in Grafton Street." Lady Archer, on the extreme right, on the nearer side of the table, turns a corvine and angry profile towards Lord Buckinghamshire, saying, "Stole! - bless me why a Lady had her Pocket pick'd at my House last Monday." Opposite her sits Fox, wearing a hat and putting his hand over his mouth, saying, "Zounds! I hope they dont Smoke me." Sheridan looks over his shoulder, saying, "nor me". Behind Fox, Hanger stands in profile to the left, wearing a hat and holding his bludgeon; he says: "O! if they come to the Mount, if I don't tip them Shelalee" (see BMSat 8889). ... The door (left) resembles that of a strongroom, with two heavy locks and three bolts."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rook's pigeon'd and Rook's pigeoned
Description:
Title etched below image., One line of quoted text following title: "When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Literature: Quotation from Nathaniel Lee's The Rival Queens, iv. ii.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 2d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hobart, Robert, Earl of Buckinghamshire, 1760-1816, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subject (Topic):
Jacobins, Card games, Floor coverings, Gambling, Robberies, and Tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The loss of the faro-bank, or, The rook's pigeon'd [graphic]

35.
Two-penny-whist [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1796?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 C22 781
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (right) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her right. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the printseller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer, a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather',"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Copy in reverse. Cf. No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., No. 4 in an album of 10 prints., and Bound in half calf with marbled paper boards and spine title "Colored caricatures" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Chairs, Floor coverings, Gambling, and Playing cards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Two-penny-whist [graphic].

36.
Lady Godina's rout, or, Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan vide fashionable modesty / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 March 1796]
Call Number:
796.03.12.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fashionable crowd, with two card-tables, a round table in the foreground (left) at which four persons play Pope-Joan; the most conspicuous is a pretty young woman directed to the left, her loose semi-transparent draperies revealing her person and leaving her breasts almost uncovered. A leering man stands behind her chair, negligently holding candle-snuffers to a candle on the table, in order to peer down her décolletage. A stout lady in back view, sitting on a stool (identified as Lady Buckinghamshire, but (?) Duchess of Gordon), a little girl, and an elderly man (identified as Dr. Sneyd) complete the table. On the right is another card-table at which three persons are playing. Standing figures freely sketched form a background, the whole design being dominated by the erect feathers of the ladies, usually springing from a turban."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816 and Bedford, Georgina Gordon, Duchess of, 1781-1853
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Clothing & dress, Gambling, Headdresses, Lust, Obesity, Tables, and Upper classes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Godina's rout, or, Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan vide fashionable modesty / [graphic]

37.
[Two-penny whist] [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
796.01.11.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [Or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the print-seller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer.] a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print (reversed) appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, date, and publisher from finished state. and Cf. No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Chairs, Gambling, Stools, and Tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Two-penny whist] [graphic].

38.
Two-penny whist [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 January 1796]
Call Number:
796.01.11.01.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the printseller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer, a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print (reversed) appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Chairs, and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Two-penny whist [graphic]

39.
Dividing the spoil!! [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 May 1796]
Call Number:
796.05.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the image at the top: Four ladies, fashionably dressed, sit round a table dividing the profits of 'the Faro Bank'. On the table are heaps of guineas with cheques or banknotes, a sword, a ribbon and star, a paper: 'Bond 200 . . half Pay . . Faro'. The two central figures seated behind the table are Lady Archer (with an angry expression) and Lady Buckinghamshire facing each other in profile, their breasts much exposed. On the extreme left sits a young and good-looking woman, her chin concealed by a swathing round the neck; she watches the dispute warily, her arms folded. Facing her (right) an older woman reads through a glass a paper inscribed 'Hond Sir please to pay Lady Bilkem one Thousand Pound for your Dutiful Son Dupe'. These two are probably Mrs. Concannon and Mrs. Sturt, the other two fashionable and notorious holders of faro-banks. Lighted candle-sconces decorate the wall. The near edge of the table forms the lower edge of the design. In the image on the bottom, titled "St Giles's: Four prostitutes in a ramshackle room are grouped, much as the four above, round a table on which their night's plunder is spread: seals, watches, &c. They are younger, handsomer, and have pleasanter expressions than the women of fashion; their breasts are similarly exposed, though their dress is ragged
Alternative Title:
St. James's and St. Giles's
Description:
Title etched between the two images on one sheet., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios lent out for the evening., Variant wtih artist's name. Cf. No. 8880 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Watermark: G R and date 1794 below.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801 and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Poverty, Prostitutes, and Social classes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dividing the spoil!! [graphic]

40.
Cocking the Greeks [graphic].

Published / Created:
[16 May 1796]
Call Number:
796.05.16.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Archer (left) and Lady Buckinghamshire (right) stand in the pillory as in BMSat 8876, their heads turned in profile towards each other. Lady Archer wears a feathered hat, riding-habit, and boots (cf. BMSat 7973, &c.); Lady Buckinghamshire wears feathers in her hair, her broad breast is immodestly bare, her face is patched. She stands on tip-toe on the top of her Faro 'Bank Box'. The shadow beneath the edge of the platform forms the base of the design; in front of it stands Lord Kenyon, half length, in wig and gown, ringing a hand-bell inscribed 'K' and shouting; he holds a large scroll: "Oh Yes - Oh Yes - this is to give notice that several silly Women in the Parish of St Giles, St James & St Georges [see BMSat 8880], have caus'd much Distress & uneasiness in Family by Keeping bad Houses late hours, & by Shuffling & cutting have Obtain'd divers valuabl Articles - Whoever will bring before me -""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Printseller's stamp in the lower right of plate, partially trimmed: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 16, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
Subject (Topic):
Gambling and Pillories
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cocking the Greeks [graphic].

41.
Faro's daughters, or, The Kenyonian blow up to gamblers [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 May 1796]
Call Number:
796.05.16.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Kenyonian blow up to gamblers
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Cards: faro -- Pillory -- Mrs. Sturt, fl. 1796 -- Mrs. Concannon, fl. 1796., Watermark: countermark E & P., and Printseller's stamp in the lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. May 16, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Faro's daughters, or, The Kenyonian blow up to gamblers [graphic].

42.
Riches and honor ; Infamy and disgrace [graphic]

Creator:
Brett, J., active 1794-1795, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1795]
Call Number:
795.02.02.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire: two contrasting men; one sits at a desk, wearing glasses, writing in an account book, above the title "Riches and Honor"; the other stands at a gaming table throwing dice from a shaker in his right hand, above the title "Infamy and Disgrace"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Infamy and disgrace
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1795 -- Industry -- Ledger books -- Gambling: dice-box.
Publisher:
Published 2nd Feby. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Writing materials, Desks, and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Riches and honor ; Infamy and disgrace [graphic]

43.
Death and life contrasted, or, An essay on man [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before 1793]
Call Number:
Print10031
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A figure of a man, divided vertically, shown on the left as a skeleton holding a spade and standing next to a tombstone inscribed with biblical and literary quotations, and on the right as a richly and fashionably dressed gentleman standing in a landscaped park. Next to him lie a dice box and dice, playing cards, tickets to masquerades, a broken framgment of an EO table, billiard balls and cues, a pedigree, and a book inscribed "Rambler" [i.e., The rambler's magazine, first published in 1783]. In the background stands a garden folly
Alternative Title:
Essay on man
Description:
Title from item., Artist suggested in Sotheby's catalog., Date of publication inferred from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. Cf. Dictionaries of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1557-1775 / by H.R. Plomer. [London] : Bibliographical Society, 1977., Originally published ca. 1760. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 3792., Plate numbered '519' in lower left corner., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as death., and 1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 348 x 245 mm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Skeletons, Spades, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Death and life contrasted, or, An essay on man [graphic].

44.
[Charles gambles away his fortune] [art original]

Creator:
Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:
Drawings D639 no. 6 Box D117
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The sixth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this sixth drawing, three men play at dice in a room at a club. The man seated at the table (left) and the man standing with his back to the wall both have piles of coins in front of them. Charles with a worried look stands at the table as he throws the dice. Another pair of men play cards at the table on the right. On the walls are pictures of a ship on a river along the shore with a tower, a painting of a race horse, and pastoral scene
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Text in faint pencil below image: Charles [illegible text]., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '6' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Card games, Gambling, and Parables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Charles gambles away his fortune] [art original]

45.
A Right Honble. alias a san culotte alias the man of the people alias the dissapated patriot alias

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 June 1793]
Call Number:
793.06.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable alias sansculotte ...
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... whe [sic] may be seen the largest collection of caratures [sic] in the world. Admite 1 shilg., and Temporary local subject terms: Dice and dicebox -- Allusion to Crown and Anchor tavern -- Male costume: sansculotte -- Allusion to sansculottes -- Subscription for Fox, 1793 -- Allusion to Catiline: Fox as Catiline.
Publisher:
Pub. June 14, 1793, by W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Gambling and Treasure chests
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Right Honble. alias a san culotte alias the man of the people alias the dissapated patriot alias the gamester alias the leader of Opposition alias the word eater ailas [sic] the solisiter for the French republic alias S--t Breeches alias the protector turned beggar [graphic].

46.
Death and life contrasted, or, An essay on man [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before 1793]
Call Number:
793.00.00.176+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A figure of a man, divided vertically, shown on the left as a skeleton holding a spade and standing next to a tombstone inscribed with biblical and literary quotations, and on the right as a richly and fashionably dressed gentleman standing in a landscaped park. Next to him lie a dice box and dice, playing cards, tickets to masquerades, a broken framgment of an EO table, billiard balls and cues, a pedigree, and a book inscribed "Rambler" [i.e., The rambler's magazine, first published in 1783]. In the background stands a garden folly
Alternative Title:
Essay on man
Description:
Title from item., Artist suggested in Sotheby's catalog., Date of publication inferred from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. Cf. Dictionaries of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1557-1775 / by H.R. Plomer. [London] : Bibliographical Society, 1977., Originally published ca. 1760. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 3792., Plate numbered '519' in lower left corner., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as death.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Skeletons, Spades, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Death and life contrasted, or, An essay on man [graphic].

47.
A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
Print10042
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, with decanters of 'Port' and 'Brandy', a castor of 'Chian'. Under the table, partly covered by the cloth, are empty wine-bottles. Behind the chair (right) a brimming chamber-pot stands on a table or commode on which are long bills: 'Poulterers Bill . . . unpaid, Butcher's Bill . . . unpaid, Baker's Bill . . . unpaid', and (on the ground) 'Doctors Bill'. In the foreground (right) lie a dice-box and dice with three books: 'Debts of Honor Unpaid', 'Newmarket List', and 'Faro Partnership Account Self Archer Hobart & Co.' On a shelf behind the Prince (right) is a triple stand of jelly-glasses, among which is a small pot: 'For the Piles', and a bottle: 'Drops for a Stinking Breath'. Beside it are a box of 'Leakes Pills', and a bottle of 'Velnos Vegetable Syrup' (see BMSat 7592). On the wall above is a candle-sconce with a burlesque coat of arms for the Prince: a plate with a crossed knife and fork, with his motto, coronet, and feathers; one candle is stuck in a wine-bottle, the other in a wine-glass. Above the Prince's head is a round picture in an elaborate frame inscribed 'L. Comoro, Ætat. 199 [sic]': a half length portrait of a man with a long beard drinking from a glass inscribed 'Aqua'. (Luigi Cornaro of Padua, 1467-1566, published 'Discorri della vita sobria . . .', a treatise on the means of living to extreme old age, describing the ascetic diet by which he had recovered health and vitality when in danger of death at the age of forty. Portrait by Tintoretto, Pitti Palace.) A carpet covers the floor. Through the window is seen the (unfinished) colonnade of Carlton House."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Companion print to: Temperance enjoying a frugal meal., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Gastronomy., and 1 print : stipple engraving with etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.2 x 29.1 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Obesity, Chamber pots, Eating & drinking, Medicines, Gambling, and Sconces
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

48.
Road to ruin [graphic].

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 20, 1792.
Call Number:
792.03.20.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Notorious rakes and gamblers ride or run furiously towards rays descending from a sun in the upper left corner of the design inscribed 'Chance'; its centre, a segment of which is visible, is composed of the letters on an 'E.O.' (roulette) table (cf. British Museum Satires No. 5928). The foremost pair are the Duke of Clarence and the Prince of Wales; the Duke, slightly ahead, wears a chamber-pot on his head marked with an anchor (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7909) and sits behind Mrs. Jordan, who cries, "Push away! that's your sort!" He cries, "Straight Sailing! that's your sort!" Both the horses have human heads; that of the Duke says, "I'm the Sort for Leading; that of the Prince is Fox." The Prince's hat with feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' flies from his head, two women sit behind him; the one holding his waist (? Mrs. Crouch) says, "No Jealous Fitz - that's your sort!" The other, seated behind her, holds the end of the Prince's shirt, she has a large fox's brush and is probably Mrs. Armistead; she says, "Well done Charley! That's your sort!" The Prince says, "I'm the sort for a Widow - she's done over!" Mrs. Fitzherbert has fallen from the horse into a stream and holds out her arms towards the Prince. From the water emerges a post inscribed 'Styx', a bridge or culvert beside it is 'Hazard'. Behind this group the Duke of York runs forward, wearing a hat made of playing-cards surmounted by a teetotum inscribed 'ABC....' In his right hand he holds out a dice-box inscribed 'Oat - ' shaking from it two dice inscribed 'la' and 'nds' (he had recently bought Oatlands); in his left is a tennis racquet. He wears regimentals; the ribbon across his shoulder is formed of playing-cards; at his back is a knapsack full of 'Tennis Balls' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7903) which resemble guineas. He says, "I'm the sort! for running out!" For his gaming see British Museum Satires No. 7301 (5), &c. Just behind him ride three bloods with cropped hair, wearing the high hats, long breeches, and coats with shawl collars hanging away from the neck which such young men affected (see British Museum Satires No. 8040, &c). The one nearest the spectator rides a horse with a bandage over his eyes inscribed 'Lottery Hack'; he looks up, regardless of the fact that he is riding into a pit, and points with his long whip to a castle resting on clouds inscribed 'Illegal Insurance' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7750); he says, "That's your sort - I'm in for it - I shall do the deep Ones!" The other two shout, "Go it! Dam'me! that 's your sort!" and "Dam Trade! Life and a Racer! that 's your sort." Behind this group is a couple on a galloping horse: a stout jovial woman wearing breeches rides astride, waving her whip, behind her sits an anxious-looking elderly citizen, wearing petticoats. He says, "We're the wrong side of Temple Bar, my dear, we are only the sort to be laughed at"; she answers, "Peace good Mr Jerry Candle-wick, its life! and Life and the Breeches! thats the sort." By their horse's head is a signpost inscribed 'Rotten Row', with a pointing hand inscribed 'Hoyle' (on Whist), the vertical post inscribed 'Crim. con.' The last rider is a stout woman, probably Mrs. Hobart (noted for her faro-table, see British Museum Satires No. 8167), on a rocking-horse inscribed 'Faro'; she carries on her arm a wicker cage containing pigeons and says, "Unplucked Pidgeons! that's the sort." In the foreground on the extreme right an elderly Jew sits on a bank watching the mad race with a smile; he says, "50 per Cent! dats de sort! if dey ride to de Devil, dey leave coot Security behind, Ah! Security! dot's de sort." Near him is a card house; at his feet is the Knave of Clubs. In the front of the design and near the Duke of York are other playing cards (left to right): four aces, the two of diamonds, King of Hearts, and (?) Queen of Diamonds, the last two having some resemblance to George III and Queen Charlotte."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Social life and customs, Horses, and Playing cards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Road to ruin [graphic].

49.
A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[2 July 1792]
Call Number:
792.07.02.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, with decanters of 'Port' and 'Brandy', a castor of 'Chian'. Under the table, partly covered by the cloth, are empty wine-bottles. Behind the chair (right) a brimming chamber-pot stands on a table or commode on which are long bills: 'Poulterers Bill . . . unpaid, Butcher's Bill . . . unpaid, Baker's Bill . . . unpaid', and (on the ground) 'Doctors Bill'. In the foreground (right) lie a dice-box and dice with three books: 'Debts of Honor Unpaid', 'Newmarket List', and 'Faro Partnership Account Self Archer Hobart & Co.' On a shelf behind the Prince (right) is a triple stand of jelly-glasses, among which is a small pot: 'For the Piles', and a bottle: 'Drops for a Stinking Breath'. Beside it are a box of 'Leakes Pills', and a bottle of 'Velnos Vegetable Syrup' (see BMSat 7592). On the wall above is a candle-sconce with a burlesque coat of arms for the Prince: a plate with a crossed knife and fork, with his motto, coronet, and feathers; one candle is stuck in a wine-bottle, the other in a wine-glass. Above the Prince's head is a round picture in an elaborate frame inscribed 'L. Comoro, Ætat. 199 [sic]': a half length portrait of a man with a long beard drinking from a glass inscribed 'Aqua'. (Luigi Cornaro of Padua, 1467-1566, published 'Discorri della vita sobria . . .', a treatise on the means of living to extreme old age, describing the ascetic diet by which he had recovered health and vitality when in danger of death at the age of forty. Portrait by Tintoretto, Pitti Palace.) A carpet covers the floor. Through the window is seen the (unfinished) colonnade of Carlton House."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Companion print to: Temperance enjoying a frugal meal., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Gastronomy.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Obesity, Chamber pots, Eating & drinking, Medicines, Gambling, and Sconces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion [graphic]

50.
A scene in the Gamester [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 February 1792]
Call Number:
792.02.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke and Duchess of York face each other, a small table between them; he sits (left), with his hands clasped and resting on the table; she stands (right), a small jewel-box in her left hand, holding out to him a string of jewels. A paper inscribed '17,000 . . .' lies on the table beside the Duke, whose words are etched above his head: 'Henceforth my follies and neglects shall cease And all to come be penitence and peace, Vice shall no more atract me with her Charms, Nor pleasure reach me, but in those dear arms.' She says, "My Jewels? trifles! not worth the speaking of, if weigh'd against a husband's peace; but let 'em purchase that, and the world's wealth is of less value". She wears the Duke's miniature round her neck. Behind her is a chest of drawers, the top drawer open and full of jewels. On it stands a small coffer of jewels, marked with the Prussian eagle. Beneath the design is etched: 'Ye slaves of passion, and ye dupes of chance, Wake all your powers from this destructive trance! Shake off the shackles of this tyrant vice : Hear other calls than those of card and dice Be learn'd in nobler arts than arts of Play, And other debts than those of Honor Pay. No longer live insensible to Shame Lost to your country, families, and fame.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with printmaker Isaac Cruikshank's initials in center right portion of image., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image, four on either side of title: [The] slaves of passion, and [the] dupes of chance ..., Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Duke of York's marriage, 1791 -- Furniture: chest of drawers -- Tables -- Upholstered chairs -- Furnishings: box with jewels -- Symbols: Prussian eagle -- Gambling debts -- Allusion to the Duke of York's gambling., and Watermark: [T?]aylor.
Publisher:
February 8, 1792, by S.W. Fores, 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and Moore, Edward, 1712-1757.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Boudoirs, Jewelry, Jewelry boxes, Chests, Tables, Chairs, Gambling, and Debt
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in the Gamester [graphic]

51.
A deep one and a knowing one [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 25 April 1791.
Call Number:
791.04.25.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two racing men in consultation on a race-course, with horses, jockeys, and a post-chaise in the background (left). They lean against a paling in front of the gable-end of a wooden barn or stable. One (left), with short unpowdered hair, wears a high-crowned hat and a long coat with many capes, he holds a riding-whip and a 'List of the Horses' printed in three columns and headed by a print of horses leaving the starting-post. The other wears a cocked hat, powdered hair or wig, and holds a 'Betting Book' and pencil-case in his right hand. Both wear spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate numbered '607' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Fences, Gambling, Horse racing, Race horses, Racetracks, and Stables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A deep one and a knowing one [graphic].

52.
A deep one and a knowing one [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 25 April 1791.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two racing men in consultation on a race-course, with horses, jockeys, and a post-chaise in the background (left). They lean against a paling in front of the gable-end of a wooden barn or stable. One (left), with short unpowdered hair, wears a high-crowned hat and a long coat with many capes, he holds a riding-whip and a 'List of the Horses' printed in three columns and headed by a print of horses leaving the starting-post. The other wears a cocked hat, powdered hair or wig, and holds a 'Betting Book' and pencil-case in his right hand. Both wear spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '607' in lower left corner., No. 44 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 25.2, on sheet 38.6 x 27.1 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Fences, Gambling, Horse racing, Race horses, Racetracks, and Stables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A deep one and a knowing one [graphic].

53.
[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 6

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 June 1735] and [between 1790 and 1835]
Call Number:
Print20077
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ... and Scene in a gaming house
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Third state; changes have been made to the face of Lord Cog (on the far left), the shadow of Rakewell's wig lying on the floor has been extended to touch the detached queue, and a general darkening has been achieved though the addition of crosshatching in various places., Restrike of the third state of the plate, which was issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). It was later reissued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835. See Paulson., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Patients, Psychiatric -- Insanity.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London and publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Child laborers, Criminals, Dogs, Fires, Gambling, Gamblers, Rake's progress, and Usury
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / Plate 6

54.
Brought to trouble & woe by cards, dice, and E.O [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1790?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Design in an oval. A man seated at a table (half length to left) on which he leans his elbows, his face puckered with distress."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Brought to trouble and woe by cards, dice, and E.O.
Description:
Title from caption below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum catalogue, Sheet trimmed with loss of number "363"., No. 7 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Distress and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Brought to trouble & woe by cards, dice, and E.O [graphic].

55.
The host of dissenters and St. Charles their black convert routed by the Church canon. [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 March 1790]
Call Number:
790.03.04.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Unverified attribution to Dent from local card catalog., Publication information from the Library of Congress copy. Cf. LC 3:42., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dissenters -- Symbols: dove of peace -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Dice and dice-box -- Reference to St. Stephen's Chapel -- Reference to the House of Commons -- Literature: reference to Richard Price's Observations on civil liberty -- Literature: reference to Edmund Burke's A philosophical inquiry into the origin of the sublime and beautiful -- Acts: repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, March 2, 1790 -- Thirty-nine articles -- Votes: majority 189 on repeal of Test and Corporation Act., and Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Defecation, Gambling, Playing cards, and Vomiting
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The host of dissenters and St. Charles their black convert routed by the Church canon. [graphic]

56.
A kick-up at a hazard table! [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1790]
Call Number:
790.03.00.02++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A wild affray round a circular gaming-table seen at close range, only the heads and shoulders of those on the nearer side of the table being visible. An angry military officer wearing a cocked hat, with an empty wallet on the table before him, leans forward aiming his pistol at a lean and elderly man whose 'chapeau bras' and long pigtail indicate that he is French. The latter covers a pile of guineas with his hand and aims a pistol at his assailant. Some of the players are falling over in their eagerness to escape. Between the combatants, and on the further side of the table, one man holds a chair above his head, about to smite the officer; a fellow-officer raises a bottle and a candle-stick to strike the Frenchman. All the persons (sixteen) are in violent action, with which their expressions correspond. Some are in flight, others about to intervene. On the table are a triple candle-stick, a dice-box and dice, a sword, a hat containing coins, and a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker's signature from impression in British Museum., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and printmaker's signature has been mostly erased., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1790 by Wm. Holland, Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Fighting, Gambling, Handguns, Men, French, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A kick-up at a hazard table! [graphic]

57.
Facing Allmack's. EO table, No. 81 Pall Mall, for gold and silver

Published / Created:
[1780s?]
Call Number:
File 66 780 Al444
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Facing Almack's. EO table, No. 81 Pall Mall, for gold and silver and Facing Almack's. Even Odd table, No. 81 Pall Mall, for gold and silver
Description:
Title from item., Engraved text framed by a decorative border., Printed trade card advertising gambling at an EO table., Questionable date based on James Graham's tenure in the building., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Roulette and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Facing Allmack's. EO table, No. 81 Pall Mall, for gold and silver

58.
Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, The wind shifted from the North to the East [graphic].

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 22d, 1788.
Call Number:
788.04.22.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Wind shifted from the North to the East
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified card catalog., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation: Shakespeare -- Warts., Owner's mark: Lugt., no. 2832., Mounted to 33 x 47 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs for the proprietor by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street & W. Dickie, opposite Exeter change
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, America., and India.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Francis, Philip, 1740-1818
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Obesity, Colonies, Weather vanes, and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thunder, lightning and smoke, or, The wind shifted from the North to the East [graphic].

59.
Questions & commands, or, The mistaken road to He-r-f-rd a Sunday evenings amusement. [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 February 1788]
Call Number:
788.02.11.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a large room lit by candles in sconces, a round game is in progress. The guests are ladies, undergraduates, and elderly parsons, some sit in a circle, while others look over their heads. An elderly parson grovels on his hands and knees, putting his head under the petticoats of a lady who sits (left) with her hands raised in surprise. He acts at the direction of a boy (Prince William of Gloucester) wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner over a coat with a star, who stands (right) in profile to the left, stretching his right arm with an autocratic gesture; a spaniel licks his feet. A stout parson seated behind him on the extreme left scowls and clenches his fist at the scene. The lady (the Duchess of Gloucester) sits between a fashionably dressed undergraduate wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner, and a stout parson who holds up his hands in astonishment. The undergraduates and some of the parsons appear amused, others frown disapprovingly. On the extreme left is a small round table on which are two candles and playing-cards."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Questions and commands, Mistaken road to He-r-f-rd, and Mistaken road to Hereford
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title in lower right: Vide, J-s-s Colle. Cambe., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the see of Hereford -- Horace Walpole owned print (NYPL) -- Jesus College, Cambridge -- Petticoat influence -- Spaniel -- Games: Round -- Tripod tables -- Male costumes: Cantabridgian -- Fellow commoner -- Possible caricature of John Butler, 1717-1802.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 11th, 1788, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, Gloucester, Maria Walpole, Duchess of, 1735-1807, Beadon, Richard, 1737-1824, and Butler, John, 1717-1802
Subject (Topic):
Candles, Candlesticks, Clergy, Dogs, Gambling, Playing cards, Rugs, and Sconces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Questions & commands, or, The mistaken road to He-r-f-rd a Sunday evenings amusement. [graphic]

60.
Smithfield sharpers, or, The countrymen defrauded [graphic]

Creator:
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 April 1787]
Call Number:
787.04.10.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Seven men (three-quarter length) are grouped round a card-table in a Smithfield tavern. One (right), young and innocent, inspects his cards; beside him an older countryman lies back asleep (right), his dog resting his head on his knee. The other gambler (left), holding his cards, looks at his victim. Three onlookers have crafty expressions. A fat man, smoking, approaches with a bowl of punch. In the bar (left) a fat woman chalks up a score. Coins, a watch, and pocket-book are on the table. A broken mirror and a picture of a horse decorate the walls. Beneath the table are twelve lines describing the sleep of 'Old Trusty' while his son is cheated by 'the Harpy-Tribe'."--Biriths Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Countrymen defrauded
Description:
Title from item., Curator's note from British Museum catalogue: The card-playing sharper is a portrait of Rowlandson, the country lad is reputed to be J. K. Sherwin; though this seems unlikely, since Sherwin was then thirty-six, the identification is supported by the self-portrait of the engraver. In 'The Gamesters', a mezzotint by Ward, after Peters, 1786, the card-sharper holding an ace behind his back is Rowlandson [Said to be the Prince of Wales, according to Challoner Smith (iv. 1485).]; the resemblance to the card-player in this plate, and in a mezzotint, 'A Game at Cribbage' ... is convincing., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Twelve lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Old Trusty with his town made friends ..., Temporary local subject terms: Gambling: sharpers -- Furniture: card-table -- Furniture: bar -- Countrymen -- Card players -- Barmaids -- Pocketbooks., and Mounted to 38 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
Published 10th April 1787 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Smithfield (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827,, Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse),, and Sherwin, J. K. 1751-1790 (John Keyse),
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Dogs, Gambling, Mirrors, Pipes (Smoking), Clocks & watches, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Smithfield sharpers, or, The countrymen defrauded [graphic]

61.
Private amusement [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[1 January 1786]
Call Number:
786.01.01.04 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Gamblers with expressions of anxiety and despair sit or stand around an octagon-shaped table. One man slumps in his chair, asleep and with his purse empty. One man resembles Captain Topham; others may be caricatures as well. In the center of the table is a circular roulette mechanism with the letters E and O for even and odd
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist attribution from British Museum catalogue., Reissue of an earlier state dated 1781, with a different title. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 5928., and Partially trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Gamblers and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Private amusement [graphic].

62.
The modern paradise, or, Adam and Eve regenerated [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 November 1786]
Call Number:
780.11.24.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A nude couple (Mrs. Fitzherbert and the future George IV) in enormous wigs stands under the "Tree of Life." A sheet of paper covering the man's hips is inscribed "Mr. Rock." In his left hand he holds a ticket to a masquerade at Pantheon, in the right a walking stick. A serpent, inscribed "Modern gap of honour" glides between his legs and next to a saddle, whip and a riding hat inscribed "Furniture for saddling an estate." Next to the woman who holds a fan in front of her thighs, with a dog climbing up her knee, lie on the ground a staff and a comedy mask, a ticket and a letter addressed "To Belinda." Behind the woman a monkey is holding a mirror. Playing cards and dice fall off the tree which is hung with cards advertising fashionable places in London such as the Carlisle House, Pantheon, White's Club, Ranelagh and Almack's, among others. On the left a devil is walking away from her toward a roaring fire saying "I'll even back to Hell again, for these must be too knowing for me by the Size of their Heads." On the right in the background two men, identified as "Cain and Abel" are dueling. Another man lies on the ground having fallen off a galloping horse. The explanation below reads "For the benefit of the next heir."
Alternative Title:
Adam and Eve regenerated
Description:
Title etched below image., Formerly dated as 1780 because a portion of the ascender in the '6' (and the upper portion of the '8') is missing., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd Novr. 24, 1786 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Adam (Biblical figure), and Eve (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Tree of life, Gambling, Wigs, Hairstyles, Devil, Hell, Dueling, and Horseback riding
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The modern paradise, or, Adam and Eve regenerated [graphic].

63.
Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1785?]
Call Number:
785.08.16.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Prudence produceth esteem
Description:
"A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Virtue'. A small dog stands beside her. In the background (right) is a country house, on the left farm-buildings and haystacks. The four corners are filled ... with the disasters which beset the woman who does not 'keep within compass'. (1) A woman weeps dejectedly with cards and an empty purse on the ground at her feet. (2) A drunken woman lets an infant fall from her arms; on the wall is a torn print inscribed 'Domestic Happiness'. (3) A woman is being conducted to the watch-house by two watchmen, one with his lantern, the other with a rattle. (4) She beats hemp in Bridewell, a man standing behind her with a whip, as in Hogarth's 'Harlot's Progress'. The words round the circle are the same as in BMSat 6903. Beneath the circle is inscribed 'Prudence produceth esteem'."--British Museum catalogue., The first three words of the title at the top and "Prudence produceth Esteem" below, followed by four lines of verse. The whole title appears around the circumference of the circle., Four verses of four lines begins: Instead of cards my fair-one look, (I beg you'll take it kind) Into some learned author's book, And cultivate your mind. ..., Companion print to: Keep within Compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure., and Reissue of No. 6907 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Lacks series numbering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Compasses (Drawing instruments), Dogs, Dwellings, Farms, Gambling, Handicraft, Intoxication, Lanterns, Meadows, Mothers, Parables, Playing cards, Punishment & torture, Vice, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

64.
Charley die [graphic].

Published / Created:
[27 January 1785]
Call Number:
785.01.27.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles Fox shown half-length in an oval with a dice box in his right hand over his head, readied to roll the dice
Alternative Title:
Charlie die
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted to 37 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 27. 1785, by W. George, 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Charley die [graphic].

65.
Reynard's hope a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban / [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 15th, 1784.
Call Number:
784.04.15.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Allusion to Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, The tempest -- Coalitions: Fox-North, 1783 -- Mythology: Allusion to Bacchus -- Dice-box as a compass -- Sun eclipses -- Fool's caps -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers., Partial watermark top center of sheet., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by T. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament, and Royal George (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Shipwrecks, Barrels, and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Reynard's hope a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban / [graphic]

66.
A new weather cock for St. Stephens Chapel erected 1784. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[6 April 1784]
Call Number:
784.04.06.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An enormous weathercock, with a huge dice for the base, stands mounted on top of a roof of a large building. Above its four arms with compass points is a dice box and another dice on top of it. From this dice protrude the heads of Charles Fox on the left and Lord North on the right. To the spike above them attached is a card with the knave of hearts. Fox's head, with a long barbed arrow coming out of his mouth, looks towards 'E' commenting on the failure of the East India bill. North's face is oriented toward 'N.' A huge fox's brush comes out of his mouth instead of the boreal blow
Alternative Title:
New weathercock for St. Stephen's Chapel
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aprill 6, 1784, by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Weather vanes, Gambling, Playing cards, and Windows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A new weather cock for St. Stephens Chapel erected 1784. [graphic]

67.
Coalition arms [graphic].

Published / Created:
[8 March 1784]
Call Number:
784.03.08.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The shield of the Coalition Arms rests on the prostrate figure of the King who tries to free himself from his burden. His efforts are resisted by two supporters of the shield, Lord North (dexter) and Charles Fox (sinister) who each press him down with a foot. North holds a flag with two dancing devils and sign "Coalition," and a small flag with thirteen stripes. Fox holds a stick with a tattered liberty cap on its top. The shield is divided into four quarters. In the first one, Burke, standing under the sign, "Reform bill," pulls a lion's teeth. In the second, the "implements of gambling" are combined with an axe and the head of "Charles Martyr" [i.e., Charles I]. In the third, Fox, shown as a fox, and North, hang from a gallows. In the fourth, a seated figure of Britannia with an olive branch is drawn upside down. The whole is supported by a motto, "Neck or nothing."
Description:
The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two illustrious persons for their numerous and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'" and "Price one shilling."
Publisher:
Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Coalition arms [graphic].

68.
Coalition arms [graphic]

Published / Created:
[8 March 1784]
Call Number:
784.03.08.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"North and Fox as supporters of the Coalition Arms (cf. BMSat 6369 (5)), which rest on the prostrate body of the king, on whom North rests his left foot and Fox his right. North stands (left) dexter, holding in his right hand a flag on which are two demons and the word 'Coalition'; the staff is surmounted with a skull; in his left is a small flag with thirteen oblique stripes, an allusion to the loss of the Colonies, which forms part of the first quarter of the arms. Fox holds a ragged cap of Liberty on its staff; his right hand, resting on the escutcheon, holds a small axe which forms part of the second quarter of the arms. The crest is formed of the heads of North and Fox back to back, in profile, right; from their mouths comes a ribbon with the word 'Faction'. The motto which supports the figures of Fox, North, and I the king, is 'Neck or Nothing'. Beneath the plate is a printed explanation of the Coalition Arms: 'Lately granted by a new College of Arms to two Illustrious Persons for their numerous and distinguished Virtus "Go and do thou likewise". They are thus emblazoned: First Quarter. A Standard with the Thirteen Stripes of the American States; Base, Edmund St Omer's [Burke], like a skilful Dentist, drawing the Teeth of a Lion. Second. Quarterly, First and Fourth, Implements of Gambling; Sinister Chief, a declining Axe; Dexter base, the head of Charles, Martyr; Fesse Point Arms of H--ll--d [Holland, the arms of Fox, cf. BMSat 6423]. Third. A Gallows, Two Halters charged Proper. Fourth. Britannia Renversed. Crest. Janus, with the motto Faction. Supporters. Dexter, the Promoter of Independence with the Flag of Coalition. Sinister; the Man of the People, with a Liberty Cap worn Threadbare; both Supporters trampling on an injured------[King] who is extricating Himself from their Oppression.' The arms are as described: Burke (half length) applies a pair of forceps to the teeth of a lion, seated passively. Above them is a paper inscribed 'Reform Bill' (cf. BMSat 5645, &c). The implements of gambling are dice-box, dice, and cards. From the gallows hang a fox (left) and North (right). Britannia, seated head downwards, holds out an olive-branch, emblematical of the peace and the loss of America."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Original issue of no. 6441 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; with the printmaker's initials and date intact., The printed explanation of the arms below the plate begins: "Key to the coalition arms," and ends with: "These arms were given from the Herald's Office to the two men, for their many and distinguished virtues. 'Go and do thou likewise.'", and Mounted to 38 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Published by M. Smith, March 8, 1784, and sold at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Coats of arms, Liberty cap, Foxes, Lions, Gambling, Gallows, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Coalition arms [graphic]

69.
Banditti [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
Dec. 22, 1783.
Call Number:
783.12.22.03.2+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on a fox. He leans on the table keeping his right hand on three dice signed, "Madras," "Bombay," and "Bengal," and clutching a dice box in his left. Behind him Admiral Keppel, the date of the battle of Ushant (1778) on his helmet, raises his goblet in a toast. Behind him Sheridan, with ass's ears and "School for Scandal" written across his head cover, watches the Duke of Portland count out money to Lord Carlisle. On Portland's shoulder leans Lord Cavendish in a centurion's armor under his cloak. Between him and North sits Burke in a Jesuit's outfit reading his own "Plan of oeconomy [sic]." Under the table lie the corpses of Lords Shelburne and Ashburton, ousted by the Coalition
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with title etched within bottom part of image instead of below image. See British Museum catalogue., Publication line above image in upper left is mostly burnished from plate; transcription from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 26.6 x 34.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Formerly tipped into an album? Residue on left edge.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Banditti [graphic]

70.
Banditti [graphic]

Creator:
Boyne, John, approximately 1750-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
Dec. 22, 1783.
Call Number:
783.12.22.03.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on a fox. He leans on the table keeping his right hand on three dice signed, "Madras," "Bombay," and "Bengal," and clutching a dice box in his left. Behind him Admiral Keppel, the date of the battle of Ushant (1778) on his helmet, raises his goblet in a toast. Behind him Sheridan, with ass's ears and "School for Scandal" written across his head cover, watches the Duke of Portland count out money to Lord Carlisle. On Portland's shoulder leans Lord Cavendish in a centurion's armor under his cloak. Between him and North sits Burke in a Jesuit's outfit reading his own "Plan of oeconomy [sic]." Under the table lie the corpses of Lords Shelburne and Ashburton, ousted by the Coalition
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with title etched within bottom part of image instead of below image. See British Museum catalogue., Publication line above image in upper left is mostly burnished from plate; transcription from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Banditti [graphic]

71.
The quacks [graphic].

Published / Created:
[17 March 1783]
Call Number:
783.03.17.02+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Two renowned quacks demonstrate the superiority of each other's experiments and inventions. On the left, Graham, a quack, fashionable doctor and visionary, stands on the glass insulators used in his experiments with electricity and placed on top of a podium in the form of an E.O.(gaming) table, a reference to the illegal gambling he patronized at his residence. He stradles a long tube signed, "Prime conductor / Gentle restorer / Largest in the world." Behind his table stand two gigantic porters employed at his establishment, named here "Gog" and "Magog." The placard around Gog's neck, "The Temple of Health & of Hymen," is an allusion to Graham's 'celestial bed' for cure of sterility. His opponent on the right side of the image, quack, conjurer and showman Katerfelto, crouches next to a cylindrical conductor signed, "Positively Charg'd." The trident inserted in the back end of the conductor touches a grindstone turned by the devil. Electric sparks shoot from its front end and from Katerfelto's right thumb and index finger. Some sparks drip on a toy cannon in front of him firing at Graham. His podium is made of flimsy planks placed atop the container signed, "Reservoir for Dead Insects destroyd by Dr. Katterf[elto]."
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 17th 1783 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Graham, James, 1745-1794. and Katerfelto, Gustavus, fl. 1782-1783.
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, Experiments, Gog and Magog, Quacks, Devil, Medicines, Gambling, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The quacks [graphic].

72.
Sampson overcome by a Philistian [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1 October 1782]
Call Number:
782.10.01.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Bow Street magistrate and campaigner against gambling, Sampson Wright, is shown seated at a table being assailed by a man who has entered the door on the right. On the left another man (probably meant to be John Bond, Wright's clerk) expresses alarm, and on the right a dismayed youth wipes away a tear
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 44 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Bonde at the Thieftakers Office, Bow Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793 and Bond, John, active 1782
Subject (Topic):
Threats, Judges, Gambling, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sampson overcome by a Philistian [graphic]

73.
The W-st-r just-asses a braying, or, The downfall of the E.O. table [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 August 1782]
Call Number:
782.08.26.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An E.O. or roulette table lies broken in the street as four men attack it with mallets and other tools. Two attackers, the Bow Street magistrates Addington and Wright, are depicted with donkey's heads. Three constables are also shown, one attempting to stop the violence, the other two joining in the attack. A commentary on the enforcement of anti-gaming laws
Alternative Title:
Westminster just-asses a braying and Downfall of the E.O. table
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Text below title: NB. The jack-asses are to be indemnified for all the mischief they do, by the bulls & bears of the city.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 26th, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Addington, William, Sir, -1811, Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793, and Bond, John, active 1782
Subject (Topic):
Vandalism, Donkeys, Judges, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The W-st-r just-asses a braying, or, The downfall of the E.O. table [graphic].

74.
"Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately August 1782]
Call Number:
782.08.00.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment
Alternative Title:
Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possible remnants of burnished imprint in lower right, with the publisher name "E. D'Achery" faintly visible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Gambling, Catholicism, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Crumbs of comfort", or, Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children [graphic].

75.
Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 22 July 1782]
Call Number:
782.07.22.01.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
Alternative Title:
Devil addressing the sun
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date based on that of earlier state with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].

76.
Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 July 1782]
Call Number:
782.07.22.01.1+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Charles James Fox, with the feet and tail of a fox, his empty pockets turned out, and with cow horns protruding through his hat, stands on an E.O. (gaming) table placed on the North Pole. Quoting Satan's speech from Paradise Lost, he looks to the upper right where the sun is depicted as Lord Shelburne. Refers to Fox's gambling habit and his July 1782 resignation after Shelburne's appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
Alternative Title:
Devil addressing the sun
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description in the British Museum catalogue of a probable later state., Probably an earlier state of the plate with the publication line: Pubd. July 22d by W. Humphrey. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6012., and Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 22d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Foxes, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gloria mundi, or, The Devil addressing the sun [graphic].

77.
Banco to the knave [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 April 1782]
Call Number:
782.04.12.01.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Twenty-six members of the old and new ministries sit around a card table; North and Fox (the latter with a fox's head) appearing most prominently, together with Thurlow, Grey Cooper, the Duke of Richmond, John Dunning, Wilkes, Barré, and John Cavendish
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Extensively annotated on verso in an unknown hand with descriptions of persons potrayed in the image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 12th, 1782 by H. Humphrey, No. 118 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Cooper, Grey, Sir, ca. 1726-1801, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Politics and government, Card games, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Banco to the knave [graphic].

78.
Billiards [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
780.00.00.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Date from British Museum catalogue., and Publication date from watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd by R. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Billiards and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Billiards [graphic]

79.
Damn Mambrino [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1779]
Call Number:
Bunbury 777.00.00.03.3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with the name of the racehorse in the title changed from "Bucephalus" to "Mambrino." See no. 4730 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4., Date of publication based on curator's comments in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.91., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Watermark: V.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Anger, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Damn Mambrino [graphic]

80.
Damn Bucephalus! [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1777]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 109. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on betting on horses: a fat man seated in a chair looks angrily to right, a dog sits beside him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Intermediate state of the plate, after additional drypoint shading added but before title changed. For an earlier state with less drypoint shading, see no. 4730 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4. For a later state with the title "Damn Mambrino", see no. 4731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Date of publication from a brief mention of the print on page 278 in v. 5 of the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Gout -- Horse racing -- Horses: Becephalus., and Mounted on page 109 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Anger, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Damn Bucephalus! [graphic]

81.
Damn Bucephalus! [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1777]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 109. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on betting on horses: a fat man seated in a chair looks angrily to right, a dog sits beside him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Earliest state of the plate, before additional drypoint shading added and before title changed. For a later state with the title "Damn Mambrino", see no. 4731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Date of publication from a brief mention of the print on page 278 in v. 5 of the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Temporary local subject terms: Gout -- Horse racing -- Horses: Becephalus., and Mounted on page 109 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Anger, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Damn Bucephalus! [graphic]

82.
Newmarket a shot at a pigeon / [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1st March 1777.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 73. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a gullible young gambler; a street scene with a group of local Newmarket men and a small boy pointing at an open-mouthed young gentleman his right hand in his pocket holding a riding whip accompanied by an Italian greyhound; a street dog defecates in front of the young man; the wall behind the men has been chalked with the name of the famous racehorse Mambrino; in the distance three men converse outside a building."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint statement lightly etched and barely visible., Companion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a hawk., Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket -- Slang: Pigeon., Mounted on page 73 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching and drypoint with rocker on laid paper ; plate mark 24.9 x 27.0 cm, on sheet 32.4 x 34.1 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Whips, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Newmarket a shot at a pigeon / [graphic]

83.
[Newmarket] [a shot at a hawk] / [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1 March 1777]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 53. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on bookmaking: a portly man grins as he makes a note in a small book as another scowls miserably, hands in pockets; on the left, three dogs bark at the pair, above them the wall has been chalked "45" and "[Wil]kes" (alluding to John Wilkes, see 1868,0808.4315) and a sign reads, "No Thouroughfare Here"; behind the men is the wall of a house, from an upper window of which appears a man's leg clad in a dark stocking (a "blackleg" or swindling bookmaker (OED)), below the window a gallows with a hanged man has been crudely drawn on the wall, a notice reads "Whoso Lays ... will be prose[cuted]" (presumably alluding to infringement of gambling regulations); from another window, above which is the sign "Catchpenny Alley", hangs the head of a goose, a small dog jumps up trying to reach it; another dog is seated at right; a pair to British Museum Satires No. 4719."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Catchpenny Alley
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, with artist and printmaker signatures only. For a later state with title, publication line, and drypoint shading of the image added, see no. 4717 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Date inferred from publication line on later state: Publish'd 1st March 1777., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Campanion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a pigeon., Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket., and Mounted on page 53 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Alleys, Dogs, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Newmarket] [a shot at a hawk] / [graphic]

84.
Newmarket a shot at a pigeon / [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1st March 1777.
Call Number:
Bunbury 777.03.01.03+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 73. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a gullible young gambler; a street scene with a group of local Newmarket men and a small boy pointing at an open-mouthed young gentleman his right hand in his pocket holding a riding whip accompanied by an Italian greyhound; a street dog defecates in front of the young man; the wall behind the men has been chalked with the name of the famous racehorse Mambrino; in the distance three men converse outside a building."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint statement lightly etched and barely visible., Companion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a hawk., Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket -- Slang: Pigeon., 1 print : etching and drypoint with rocker on laid paper ; sheet 24.5 x 26.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, trimmed.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Whips, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Newmarket a shot at a pigeon / [graphic]

85.
Newmarket a shot at a hawk / [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1st March 1777.
Call Number:
Bunbury 777.03.01.02.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on bookmaking: a portly man grins as he makes a note in a small book as another scowls miserably, hands in pockets; on the left, three dogs bark at the pair, above them the wall has been chalked "45" and "[Wil]kes" (alluding to John Wilkes, see 1868,0808.4315) and a sign reads, "No Thouroughfare Here"; behind the men is the wall of a house, from an upper window of which appears a man's leg clad in a dark stocking (a "blackleg" or swindling bookmaker (OED)), below the window a gallows with a hanged man has been crudely drawn on the wall, a notice reads "Whoso Lays ... will be prose[cuted]" (presumably alluding to infringement of gambling regulations); from another window, above which is the sign "Catchpenny Alley", hangs the head of a goose, a small dog jumps up trying to reach it; another dog is seated at right; a pair to British Museum Satires No. 4719."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Publication statement is lightly etched and barely visible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Campanion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a pigeon., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Newmarket (Suffolk, England)
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Alleys, Dogs, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Newmarket a shot at a hawk / [graphic]

86.
Macaronies drawn after the life [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 December 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 44. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two scenes on one plate: on the left a macaroni smiling standing at a table, in the other a skeleton leaning against a funerary monument."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "22" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Dice-box and dice -- Furniture: Hanging bookshelf -- Pictures amplifying subject: Horse racing -- Books: Allusion to Weber and Hoyle -- Allusion to Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies -- Allusion to Charlotte Hayes, procuress -- Building: Country church -- Tools: Spade., First of two plates on leaf 44., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 24.8, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accord. to act Decr. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Gambling, Playing cards, Tables, Skeletons, Shovels, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Macaronies drawn after the life [graphic].

87.
The holy order of St. Almac [graphic].

Published / Created:
Feby. 20, 1773.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 38. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A macaroni in a monk's robe walks to the right holding a bouquet of flowers; his belt is made up of playing cards and a dice box. The title is a reference to the social club Almack's.
Alternative Title:
Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation : to the tune of The babies in the wood
Description:
Title etched above image., Text below image: The Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation, to the tune of The babies in the wood., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Three columns of verse etched at bottom of plate: A macaroni once was I, in vice and folly try'd ..., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "3" in upper right corner., and Second of two plates on leaf 38.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Almack's (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Playing cards, Gambling, and Monks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The holy order of St. Almac [graphic].

88.
Macaronies drawn after their life [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1773]
Call Number:
773.12.01.02.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Description based on imperfect copy; sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., First published as no. 22 in a series by M. Darly, Decr. 1, 1773. Original title: Macaronies drawn after the life. Cf. No. 4645 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Dice-box and dice -- Furniture: hanging bookshelf -- Furniture: table -- Pictures amplifying subject: horse racing -- Books: allusion to Weber and Hoyle -- Books: allusion to Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies -- Allusion to Charlotte Hayes, procuress -- Building: country church -- Tools: spade.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Sayer & Bennett
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Gambling, Playing cards, Skeletons, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Macaronies drawn after their life [graphic].

89.
Macaronies drawn after the life [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 December 1773]
Call Number:
773.12.01.02.1
Collection Title:
Leaf 44. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two scenes on one plate: on the left a macaroni smiling standing at a table, in the other a skeleton leaning against a funerary monument."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "22" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Dice-box and dice -- Furniture: Hanging bookshelf -- Pictures amplifying subject: Horse racing -- Books: Allusion to Weber and Hoyle -- Allusion to Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies -- Allusion to Charlotte Hayes, procuress -- Building: Country church -- Tools: Spade., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. accord. to act Decr. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Gambling, Playing cards, Tables, Skeletons, Shovels, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Macaronies drawn after the life [graphic].

90.
The holy order of St. Almac [graphic].

Published / Created:
Feby. 20, 1773.
Call Number:
773.02.20.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A macaroni in a monk's robe walks to the right holding a bouquet of flowers; his belt is made up of playing cards and a dice box. The title is a reference to the social club Almack's.
Alternative Title:
Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation : to the tune of The babies in the wood
Description:
Title etched above image., Text below image: The Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation, to the tune of The babies in the wood., Variant state without numbering; Cf. No. 4642 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Almack's (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Dandies, Gambling, and Monks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The holy order of St. Almac [graphic].

91.
The cribbage players [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 January 1773]
Call Number:
773.01.04.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two men, both in elaborate wigs, sit on opposite sides of a table playing cribbage while a young woman seated between them at the end of the table, watches the game. The player on the left looks delightedly at his loosing opponent and puts another peg in the board. He has a large quantity of coins while his adversary has only one coin left. The table holds only one wine glass and one bottle only. On the wall behind them is a hanging bookshelf with feather pen in an inkwell and an oval painting (print?) of a mother and child (a Madonna and Child?)
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 4th, 1773, by W. Humphrey, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Eating & drinking, Card games, Gambling, Games, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cribbage players [graphic].

92.
The fortunate macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
[16 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 70. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A well-dressed man with a high-crowned hat and cloak leans on a table on which are dice, a pack of cards and piles of coins or counters; a carved serpent with a woman's head is entwined around the table leg."-British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "18" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4697 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Braided queue wig -- Figure with serpent's tail and woman's head and bust around leg of table -- Dice, dice box -- Greatcoasts reversed for luck., and Third of three plates on leaf 70.
Publisher:
Pubd. accor. to act, March 16th, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Hats, Gamblers, Playing cards, Gambling, and Tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The fortunate macaroni [graphic].

93.
The macaroni cauldron [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 15. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a macaroni standing and throwing dice on a table around which five men wearing pointed hats with eye-shades in front are seated."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state and Eight lines of text from the Epilogue to The Grecian Daughter etched on the table cover within image: Bubble, bubble, yoil and trouble, Passions burn, And bets are double! ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Printseller's announcement in lower left corner of plate: To be had with many other Macaronies pubd. by MDarly (39) Strand., Eight lines of verse from Epilogue to the Grecian daughter in two columns on either side of title: Some muffled, like the witches in Macbeth, brood o'er the magic circle, pale as death! ..., For a variant state with plate number "17" etched in upper left corner, see no. 4829 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Club and toupee wigs -- Gamblers' hats -- Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland (1745-1774) -- Allusion to anti-gambling legislation -- Literature: Allusion to Macbeth -- Literature: Allusion to and quotation from the Epilogue to The Grecian daughter, by Arthur Murphy (1727-1805)., On leaf 15., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act March 9, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Wigs, Gambling, Hats, Furniture, and Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni cauldron [graphic].

94.
The macaroni cauldron [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 March 1772]
Call Number:
772.03.09.01+
Collection Title:
Leaf 15. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a macaroni standing and throwing dice on a table around which five men wearing pointed hats with eye-shades in front are seated."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state and Eight lines of text from the Epilogue to The Grecian Daughter etched on the table cover within image: Bubble, bubble, yoil and trouble, Passions burn, And bets are double! ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Printseller's announcement in lower left corner of plate: To be had with many other Macaronies pubd. by MDarly (39) Strand., Eight lines of verse from Epilogue to the Grecian daughter in two columns on either side of title: Some muffled, like the witches in Macbeth, brood o'er the magic circle, pale as death! ..., For a variant state with plate number "17" etched in upper left corner, see no. 4829 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Club and toupee wigs -- Gamblers' hats -- Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland (1745-1774) -- Allusion to anti-gambling legislation -- Literature: Allusion to Macbeth -- Literature: Allusion to and quotation from the Epilogue to The Grecian daughter, by Arthur Murphy (1727-1805)., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act March 9, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Wigs, Gambling, Hats, Furniture, and Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni cauldron [graphic].

95.
The young cub attended by [the] clerks of [the] Ad----l-ty at Ar--rs in the kitchen whilst the

Published / Created:
[1 February 1772]
Call Number:
772.02.01.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Young cub attended by the clerks of the Admiralty at Arthurs
Description:
Title from text below image., Publication place and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to a letter describing Charles James Fox's gambling proclivities while in the post of the Lord of the Admiralty., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 28., and Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Arthur's -- Domestic service: scullion boy -- Reference to the Lord of Admiralty -- Admiralty clerks -- Reference to Hoyle.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Chickens, Clerks, Cooks, Dogs, Food, Foxes, Gambling, Kitchens, Servants, and Tableware
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The young cub attended by [the] clerks of [the] Ad----l-ty at Ar--rs in the kitchen whilst the French cook & scullion boy laugh at him [graphic].

96.
The country-man in London [graphic]

Creator:
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730-, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs, Sepr. 1, 1771.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 11. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on gullible youths and dishonest prostitutes. A bedroom in which a young countryman is seated at a table between two young women. His right leg is slung across the legs of the woman on the left; she wears a quilted petticoat and her neckline plunges to reveal a breast; she puts an arm around his shoulder and with the other picks his purse from pocket. His left arm is around the waist of the other woman, who gazes seductively at him and offers a punchbowl; playing cards lie on the table and the Queen of Hearts has fallen to the floor. On the back of the first woman's chair sits a parrot chewing a twist of lemon peel; the pimp and an old bawd stand behind the bed curtain watching the scene; a picture on the wall shows a sheep being fleeced; in front of the table, a dog chews the young man's copy of "The Journey to London"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Countryman in London
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Bullies -- Countrymen -- Pictures amplifying subject: couple fleecing a ram -- Procuresses -- Pickpocketing -- Pets -- Male dress: countryman -- Furniture: tripod table -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Books: A journey to London -- Bed with curtains -- Literature: allusion to The provok'd husband, or journey to London by Sir John Vanburgh (1664-1726) and Colley Cibber (1671-1757)., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 24.8 x 34.8 cm, folded to 24.8 x 25 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 11 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:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Pickpockets, Parrots, Dogs, Books, Beds, Gambling, Playing cards, and Chamber pots
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The country-man in London [graphic]

97.
The country-man in London [graphic]

Creator:
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730-, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs, Sepr. 1, 1771.
Call Number:
771.09.01.01+
Collection Title:
Page 11. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on gullible youths and dishonest prostitutes. A bedroom in which a young countryman is seated at a table between two young women. His right leg is slung across the legs of the woman on the left; she wears a quilted petticoat and her neckline plunges to reveal a breast; she puts an arm around his shoulder and with the other picks his purse from pocket. His left arm is around the waist of the other woman, who gazes seductively at him and offers a punchbowl; playing cards lie on the table and the Queen of Hearts has fallen to the floor. On the back of the first woman's chair sits a parrot chewing a twist of lemon peel; the pimp and an old bawd stand behind the bed curtain watching the scene; a picture on the wall shows a sheep being fleeced; in front of the table, a dog chews the young man's copy of "The Journey to London"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Countryman in London
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Bullies -- Countrymen -- Pictures amplifying subject: couple fleecing a ram -- Procuresses -- Pickpocketing -- Pets -- Male dress: countryman -- Furniture: tripod table -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Books: A journey to London -- Bed with curtains -- Literature: allusion to The provok'd husband, or journey to London by Sir John Vanburgh (1664-1726) and Colley Cibber (1671-1757).
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Pickpockets, Parrots, Dogs, Books, Beds, Gambling, Playing cards, and Chamber pots
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The country-man in London [graphic]

98.
Chevalier D-E-n returnd, or, The stock-brokers outwitted [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1771]
Call Number:
771.08.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a stockbroker's office, or perhaps in Jonathan's or Lloyd's, a room with a small writing-desk (right) and on the wall a 'Table of Interest'. The Chevalier d'Eon, dressed as a man, enters from the left and is greeted by a stockbroker who takes his left hand and points with his right to other brokers on the right who watch the entry, some with dismay, others with pleasure."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Stock-brokers outwitted, Stockbrokers outwitted, and Chevalier D'Eon returned
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Date in British Museum catalogue as: 1 September 1771., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 7 (1771), p. 56., and Mounted to 32 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Desks, Ethnic stereotypes, Cross dressing, Gambling, Stock exchanges, and Stockbrokers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chevalier D-E-n returnd, or, The stock-brokers outwitted [graphic].

99.
The gamblers at Newmarket [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1770?]
Call Number:
770.00.00.10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket -- Male dress: jockey -- Pictures amplifying subject: horse racing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The gamblers at Newmarket [graphic].

100.
Ruin'd at a gaming table [graphic].

Published / Created:
March 25, 1768.
Call Number:
Hogarth 768.03.25.06+ Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Copy (not reversed) of the first state of Plate 6th of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 137): Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a collar "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Ruined at a gaming table, Rake's progress. Plate 6, and If mortal peace of mind be worth your care ...
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 6"--Lower right below design., Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: If mortal peace of mind be worth your care ..., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm)., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the sixth of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735., and Ornamental borders partially obscure image on left and text on right.
Publisher:
Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Child laborers, Criminals, Dogs, Fires, Gambling, Gamblers, Rake's progress, and Usury
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ruin'd at a gaming table [graphic].

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