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1.
A French emigrant cook begging for a slice of English beef [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 March 1794]
Call Number:
794.03.01.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in a kitchen showing a French male cook on his knees beside a cross-looking female cook holding a spatula. In the background, a roaring fire in the hearth with a slab of beef on a spit
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st March 1794 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Kitchens, Cooks, and Pleading (Begging)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A French emigrant cook begging for a slice of English beef [graphic].

2.
A batch of peers [graphic].

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 January 1792]
Call Number:
792.01.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Political satire: In a bakery, George III is shown putting into a baking oven a group of three heads wearing peers' coronets. He is assisted by Queen Charlotte and Pitt. On the table to the left are four more heads wearing coronets with more heads on...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6, 1792 by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Baking, Bakeries, Kitchens, and Ovens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A batch of peers [graphic].

3.
A catalogue of the kitchin furniture of John Bull Esqr. leaving of house-keeping now selling by

Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
762.00.00.153
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Bute's alleged sale of public positions paralleled with Earl Talbot's introduction of economies into the royal household. An auction is taking place in a large kitchen where, in the centre, Talbot, Lord Steward of the Household, instructs t...
Alternative Title:
Catalogue of the kitchen furniture of John Bull Esqr. leaving of house-keeping now selling by auction
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Royal households, Accounting, Auctions, Cooks, and Kitchens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the kitchin furniture of John Bull Esqr. leaving of house-keeping now selling by auction [graphic].

4.
A peep in a camp kitchen by an over drove ox, with the French cook's retreat into the cistern

Creator:
Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1780]
Call Number:
780.01.01.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 1st Jany. 1780 by Robert Wilkinson, at No.58 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Cooks, French, Blacks, Kitchens, and Cooking utensils
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A peep in a camp kitchen by an over drove ox, with the French cook's retreat into the cistern [graphic]

5.
Cobler's hall [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before 1793]
Call Number:
778.00.00.07.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large room, the left side being a cobbler's workshop, the right a kitchen, a cobbler sits on a bench, before an open window, his hammer in hand. Behind him, on a table are dishes and food, and to the right a woman in an apron cooks with a large f...
Alternative Title:
Cobbler's hall
Description:
Undated reissue, with publisher's name changed, of a print first published by Carington Bowles most likely in 1778. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, p. 786: Key to ... mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Shoemakers, Shoemaking, Cooking, Kitchens, Workshops, Birdcages, Fireplaces, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cobler's hall [graphic].

6.
Convalescent Camp, Alexandria Virginia; Cook-house at General Hospital, Gettysburg [graphic].

Published / Created:
[13 February 1864]
Call Number:
Print10251
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Subject (Name):
United States Sanitary Commission.
Subject (Topic):
United States, History, Medicine, Military, Military hospitals, Convalescence, Hospitals, Soldiers, Kitchens, and Medical aspects of war
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Convalescent Camp, Alexandria Virginia; Cook-house at General Hospital, Gettysburg [graphic].

7.
High life below stairs [graphic]

Creator:
Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
Published / Created:
20 May 1772.
Call Number:
772.05.20.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young maid seated by the kitchen table is admiring in a small mirror her coiffure as it is being arranged by a footman. A little girl playing by the window is mimicking his work on her rag doll. In the foreground on rihgt, an old woman is washing cl...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, publish'd as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Cats, Dogs, Interiors, Irons (Pressing), Kitchens, and Music
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs [graphic]

8.
High life below stairs [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
770.00.00.103+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Carington Bowles?
Subject (Name):
Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, Dogs, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs [graphic].

9.
High life in the evening, or, Quality dinner hour [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, July 1st 1769.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire, with references to the Duke of Grafton and Nancy Parsons and Lord Bute and Princess Augusta."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quality dinner hour
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Maynard, Annabella Parsons, Viscountess, d. 1814 or 15
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Entrance halls, Kitchens, Stairways, Columns, Clocks & watches, Food, Dogs, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life in the evening, or, Quality dinner hour [graphic].

10.
High life in the evening, or, Quality dinner hour [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, July 1st 1769.
Call Number:
769.07.01.01+
Collection Title:
Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire, with references to the Duke of Grafton and Nancy Parsons and Lord Bute and Princess Augusta."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quality dinner hour
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Maynard, Annabella Parsons, Viscountess, d. 1814 or 15
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Entrance halls, Kitchens, Stairways, Columns, Clocks & watches, Food, Dogs, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > High life in the evening, or, Quality dinner hour [graphic].

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