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1.
[Lord Ferrers shooting his servant] [art original].

Creator:
Wale, Samuel, -1786, artist
Published / Created:
[1768]
Call Number:
Drawings W169 no. 1 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing depicting Laurence Shirley, Earl of Ferrers in the act of shooting his steward Mr. Johnson. The Earl is standing in profile facing the right aiming a pistol at his kneeling steward who has his hands clasped in front begging for mercy
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Ferrers, Laurence Shirley, Earl, 1720-1760,
Subject (Topic):
Firearms, Homicides, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Lord Ferrers shooting his servant] [art original].

2.
[Groups from Hogarth's "Marriage à la mode". Plate V. E] [graphic].

Creator:
Riepenhausen, Ernst Ludwig, 1765-1840
Published / Created:
[not before 1786]
Call Number:
Hogarth 786.00.00.85 Box 112
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Plate lettered in the top center 'E': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of six figures in the fifth plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The dying earl; 2. The countess; 3. Silvertongue, escaping through the wind...
Description:
Title and from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, Death, Escapes, Homicides, Singers, Marriage, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Groups from Hogarth's "Marriage à la mode". Plate V. E] [graphic].

3.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V.

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
Published / Created:
according to act of Parliament April 1st 1745.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 17K Box 300
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V.

4.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1745]
Call Number:
Sotheby 20++ Box 300
Collection Title:
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

5.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

6.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 20. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

7.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

8.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1745]
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 20. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

9.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

10.
A true & lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy / [graphic]

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 September 1804]
Call Number:
804.09.24.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to a song engraved in three columns below the title: A scene on the shore, with a frigate in the offing. A grotesque naval officer, with wooden leg and black patch over one eye, takes the wrist of a young sailor of feminine appearance wh...
Alternative Title:
True and lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor
Description:
Title below image, at head of verses.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 24, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Eye patches, Homicides, Military officers, British, Peg legs, Sailors, Sailing ships, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A true & lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy / [graphic]

11.
Death of Archbishop Sharp [graphic]

Creator:
Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1799.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [169] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; the archbishop, dragged from carriage, is attacked by a gang, as his daughter rushes forward to protect him but is pulled back by one of his murderers."--British Museum online catalogue...
Alternative Title:
Death of Archbishop Sharpe
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Sharp, James, 1613-1679, and Sharp, James, 1613-1679
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial and Homicides
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Death of Archbishop Sharp [graphic]

12.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 49K(a) Box 100
Collection Title:
Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9

13.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9

14.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 747
Collection Title:
Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9

15.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliam[en]t Sep 30 1747.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 44. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice and Industry and idleness, plate 9
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice. [graphic] / Plate 9

16.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Hogarth 751.02.01.05.1+ Box 200
Collection Title:
Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

17.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 54K(b) Box 215
Collection Title:
Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

18.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Sotheby 71++ Box 315
Collection Title:
Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

19.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

20.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

21.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

22.
Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751. and [between 1790 and 1835]
Call Number:
Print20074
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth and publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

23.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Sotheby 52 Box 100
Collection Title:
Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

24.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

25.
The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 52. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an underground drinking den Tom Idle, with a pistol at his foot and another in his pocket, shows his stolen goods to his one-eyed accomplice unaware that behind him his companion (the prostitute) from the garret bedroom (Plate 7) is betraying him t...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice betrayed by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Bars, Criminals, Fighting, Homicides, Judges, Pipes (Smoking), Prostitutes, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore & taken in a night cellar with his accomplice [graphic]

26.
Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1829]
Call Number:
829.03.00.09+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wellington and Peel, portrayed as the notorious murderers Burke and Hare, pin down an old woman (Mrs. Docherty of the trial) who struggles as they suffocate her. A Jesuit priest enters the room on the right holding a crucifix
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Burke, William, 1792-1829., Hare, William, 1792?-1870?, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Great Britain, Homicides, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

27.
The collector of the poll-tax murder'd by Wat Tyler [graphic]

Creator:
Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
Septr. 1798.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [56] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's History of England; Tyler in his smithy, holding a hammer in his right hand and raising his arm to strike the tax collector standing at left, who reaches greedily towards him, another collector behind him ca...
Alternative Title:
Collector of the poll tax murdered by Wat Tyler
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Tyler, Wat, -1381,
Subject (Topic):
Homicides, Poll taxes, Hammers, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The collector of the poll-tax murder'd by Wat Tyler [graphic]

28.
[Mathilda, scene showing stabbing] [art original].

Creator:
Greatheed, Bertie, 1781-1804, artist
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
49 3729
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The scene in the church after Manfred has stabbed his daughter Mathilda. She lies on a cot as Theodore holds her head in his hands; a monk with a crucifix in his hand also attends her. Behind the monk, Manfred with arms crossed against his chest look...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Homicides, Monks, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mathilda, scene showing stabbing] [art original].

29.
Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V

Creator:
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 August 1800]
Call Number:
Hogarth 800.08.01.08++ Box 310
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Biblical events, Brothels, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V

30.
[Medea killing her children] [graphic].

Creator:
Boyvin, René, approximately 1525-approximately 1598, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1563]
Call Number:
Print01435
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title, creator, date, and place of creation supplied by curator.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character). and Jason (Mythological character).
Subject (Topic):
Retribution, Infanticide, Postpartum depression, Mothers, Children, Homicides, Snakes, Putti, and Warriors
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Medea killing her children] [graphic].

31.
[Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]

Creator:
Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st. 1750. and [1795]
Call Number:
Paulson 750.01.01.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title, state, and series title from Paulson.
Publisher:
Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth and John and Josiah Boydell
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, Pregnant women, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]

32.
[Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]

Creator:
Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st. 1750.
Call Number:
Hogarth 750.01.01.01++ Box 305
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title, state, and series title from Paulson.
Publisher:
Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, Pregnant women, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]

33.
[Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]

Creator:
Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st. 1750.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title, state, and series title from Paulson.
Publisher:
Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, Pregnant women, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]

34.
A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the

Published / Created:
[between 1680 and 1710?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Description:
In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint below the last three; the columns are not separated by rules.
Publisher:
Printed by and for C.B. [Brown?] and sold by J. Walter, at the Hand and Pen in High Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order

35.
A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady : together with the

Published / Created:
[between 1701 and 1800?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Description:
Caption title above woodcut.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children

36.
A perspective view of the execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn May 5th 1760, for the murder of his

Published / Created:
[1760?]
Call Number:
760.05.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Ferrers, Laurence Shirley, Earl, 1720-1760
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial and Homicides
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of the execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn May 5th 1760, for the murder of his steward [graphic].

37.
An excellent song, made of the successors of King Edward the IVth. To the tune of, O man in

Published / Created:
[1720?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Verse -- "When as the King of England dy'd,".
Publisher:
printed by William Dicey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Edward, IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Subject (Topic):
Regicide, Kings and rulers, Succession, Prisons, Homicides, Torches, and Daggers & swords
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An excellent song, made of the successors of King Edward the IVth. To the tune of, O man in desparation [sic]. Note, as the use of these old songs is very great, ...

38.
Executions during the Lent Assizes

Published / Created:
[1827]
Call Number:
File 52 Ex96 827++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
"Broadside with four columns of prose and three woodcuts, one along the top with a line of 19 hanged persons, and in the centre two scenes, one of a man slitting the throat of a boy, the other of a man in prison surrounded by his weeping family."--Bri...
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
J. Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Murderers, Executions and executioners, Hangings (Executions), Homicides, Prisoners, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Executions during the Lent Assizes

39.
Mary Aubrey, a French midwife who murdered her husband in Long Acre [graphic] : anno 1687-8.

Published / Created:
[1 January 1798]
Call Number:
798.01.01.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mary Aubrey, dismembering her husband's body with a broad-bladed knife, encouraged by two demons behind; her twelve-year-old son holding his severed head at left; small image inset behind at left showing her being burnt at Tyburn."--British Museum on...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1798 by J. Caulfield
Subject (Name):
Hobry, Marie, -1688,
Subject (Topic):
Homicides, Criminals, Dismemberment, Burning at the stake, Knives, and Demons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mary Aubrey, a French midwife who murdered her husband in Long Acre [graphic] : anno 1687-8.

40.
Miss Martha Ray [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 May 1779]
Call Number:
523 H11 779cj
Collection Title:
Frontispiece. Case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, and of his acquaintance with the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Martha Ray; bust length, looking to left; in oval, with scene of her street murder beneath; illustration to unknown publication."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Miss Martha Reay
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published 1st of May 1779 by Fielding & Walker, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Name):
Reay, Martha,
Subject (Topic):
Victims of crimes and Homicides
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Martha Ray [graphic].

41.
Terrible massacre de femmes dont l'histoire na jamais donne l'éxemple [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1792]
Call Number:
Print00981
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Terrible massacre de femmes dont l'histoire na jamais donne l'example
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Louis Marie Prudhomme
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Salpêtrière (Hospital).
Subject (Topic):
Massacres, Hospitals, Crowds, Soldiers, Prisoners, Homicides, Prostitutes, and History
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Terrible massacre de femmes dont l'histoire na jamais donne l'éxemple [graphic].

42.
The operation The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, ... [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1768]
Call Number:
Print01005
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Bath, Thomas Thynne, Marquis of, 1734-1796., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793., Talbot, William Talbot, Earl of, 1710-1782., and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789.
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Politicians, Blood, Crutches, Bowls (Tableware)., and Homicides
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The operation The blood & vitals from her wounds he drew, ... [graphic]

43.
The whole particulars of a most barbarous, cruel, and horrid murder, committed upon the body of W

Published / Created:
[1823]
Call Number:
File 523 W362 823++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Alternative Title:
Just published --- Price twopence ---
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
J. Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Ct., 7 Dials, London
Subject (Geographic):
England, Hertfordshire., and England.
Subject (Name):
Weare, William, -1823., Thurtell, John, 1794-1824., Hunt, Joseph, active 19th century., and Probert, William, -1825.
Subject (Topic):
Murder, Criminals, and Homicides
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The whole particulars of a most barbarous, cruel, and horrid murder, committed upon the body of W. Weare, Esq. --- : together with the dreadful confessions of Hunt and Probart [sic].

44.
[Bloody newes from Dover] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before 1647]
Call Number:
647.02.13.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A later print designed and etched to look like the woodcut that appeared on the title-page of a pamphlet of the same title. The image shows "Iohn and Mary Champian" described within image as "Presbyterian" and "Anabaptist", respectively, at the moment...
Alternative Title:
Bloody news from Dover
Description:
Title and publication date based on the
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Baptism, Anabaptists, Children, Couples, and Homicides
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Bloody newes from Dover] [graphic].

45.
[The stabbing of Matilda] [art original].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1800]
Call Number:
24 17 791P Copy 7
Collection Title:
Opposite page 228. Castle of Otranto.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Matilda and Theodore shown at center talking in a church, one on either side of the statue marking the tomb of Alphonso; Theodore wears full armor and Matilda wears ...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Interiors, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Homicides
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The stabbing of Matilda] [art original].

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