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1. 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].

2. 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].

3. Displeas'd [graphic]

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [1 August 1821]
Call Number:: 821.08.01.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Displeased
Description:: Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Published Aug. 1st, 1821 by Thomas McLean, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):: Horse racing and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Displeas'd [graphic]

4. Dissatisfied [graphic]

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 August 1821]
Call Number:: 821.08.01.06
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two men on horseback race from the left. The horse on the back has stumbled. A signpost reads "No throughfare". Behind a gate, a man in a smock looks on.
Description:: Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Published Aug. 1st, 1821 by Thomas McLean, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):: Horse racing, Horseback riding, and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Dissatisfied [graphic]

5. 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].

6. Going it! [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:: Novr. 24 1824.
Call Number:: 824.11.24.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A similar scene to BM Satires 14721, with awkward, exhibitionist, and dandified riders in place of carriages; one pedestrian, a lady, is in the foreground (right). Legs are thrust forward, toes turned out, down, or up. A man gallops holding one rein and an eye-glass with studied negligence, his left hand in his trouser pocket. Beside him is a lady, turning in her saddle to look through an eye-glass; a long green veil streams from her bell-shaped top-hat. A horse falls on its head, the falling man is taking snuff. Two dogs fight in the foreground. There are heavy clouds."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. by G. Humphrey 24 St. James's St.
Subject (Topic):: Horse racing and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Going it! [graphic]

7. Longwhiskers against Longwaist for the Craven Steaks [graphic].

Published / Created:: [June 1826]
Call Number:: 826.06.00.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A bearded man in a riding habit with a top hat races against a dustman with a brush in his hand who rides a donkey. A crowd on the left cheer them on.
Description:: Title from text above image., Eight lines of verse below image: Since jockeying the general's now all the rage, to escape from the panic, levanters are sage ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 1826, by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):: Audiences, Horse racing, Riding habits, and Social classes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Longwhiskers against Longwaist for the Craven Steaks [graphic].

8. Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].

Published / Created:: [17 April 1819]
Call Number:: Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title:: V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A horse and rider race a bicyclist as spectators cheer
Alternative Title:: Wood beats blood and bone
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: This famous hobby was bred in Germany, after winning every thing there was shiped [sic] for Long Acre, patronized by the dandies and is now expected to out run all the first blood on the turf., Plate numbered "344" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., 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., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 55 in volume 5.
Publisher:: Pub. April 17, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Bicycles & tricycles, Horse racing, Horses, Racing, and Spectators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].

9. Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].

Published / Created:: [17 April 1819]
Call Number:: 819.04.17.02+
Collection Title:: V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A horse and rider race a bicyclist as spectators cheer
Alternative Title:: Wood beats blood and bone
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: This famous hobby was bred in Germany, after winning every thing there was shiped [sic] for Long Acre, patronized by the dandies and is now expected to out run all the first blood on the turf., Plate numbered "344" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., 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 Watermark: J. Whatman 1824.
Publisher:: Pub. April 17, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Bicycles & tricycles, Horse racing, Horses, Racing, and Spectators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].