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2.
Going to court he's arrested at St. James's Gate [graphic].

Creator:
Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1735]
Call Number:
Hogarth 735.00.00.20+ Box 200
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Piracy of plate IV of Hogarth's Rake's Progress with considerable differences: a scene in St James's Street with the Rake (here named Ramble) emerging from a sedan-chair to be arrested for debt; figures in the foreground include a Welshman, probably ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
John Bowles
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James Westminster, London, England : Parish),
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Debt, Ethnic stereotypes, Lampposts, Law enforcement, Puppets, Rake's progress, Sedan chairs, and Street lights
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Going to court he's arrested at St. James's Gate [graphic].

3.
Mrs. Figs card party disturbed [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 6, 1807.
Call Number:
807.04.06.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group playing at cards interrupted by a beadle and watchmen to arrest them for playing past midnight."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Law enforcement, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Figs card party disturbed [graphic]

5.
Spit fires [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1810]
Call Number:
810.10.25.02.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene on Clerkenwell Green, outside the 'Sessions House Crerenwell' [sic], whose door is on the extreme left. Two termagants face each other in the foreground; one spits at her enemy, arms akimbo, the other tries to use her fists but is held back b...
Description:
Title from caption below item.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Law enforcement, and Woman
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Spit fires [graphic]

6.
The doctors in labour, or, A new whim wham from Guildford being a representation of [the] frauds by

Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
726.00.00.26+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print with twelve panels relating to the affair of Mary Toft, "the rabbit breeder": from top left, she is held aloft by two men and a Harlequin or Merry Andrew, she has a rabbit in either hand; she pursues a rabbit while working in a field; she dreams...
Alternative Title:
New whim wham from Guildford
Description:
Title etched above images.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
Subject (Topic):
Christianity, Superstition, Demonology, Births, Brothels, Cupids, Fools & jesters, Fraud, Law enforcement, Physicians, Pregnant women, and Rabbits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The doctors in labour, or, A new whim wham from Guildford being a representation of [the] frauds by which [the] Godliman woman, carried on her pretended rabbit breeding; also of [the] simplicity of our doctors, by which they assisted to carry on that imposture discover'd their own skill, & contributed to [the] Mirth, of His Majesties liege subjects. [graphic]

7.
The night constable [graphic]

Creator:
Cooper, Robert, active 1795-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 September 1785]
Call Number:
785.09.08.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A companion print to British Museum satire no. 6878: The country justice. Inside a watch-house, a burly watchman stands (left) facing an elderly constable who sits frowning in his arm-chair. He holds out a broken lantern and points to a thin, fashiona...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published Sepr. 8th by S.W. Fores at the Caracature [sic] Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Law enforcement, Police, Clerks, Dogs, Fireplaces, Inkstands, Lanterns, Rifles, Soldiers, British, Watchmen, and Writing materials
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The night constable [graphic]

8.
The volito, or, Summer and winter skait for amusement in cold weather without ice, and is equally

Published / Created:
[1823]
Call Number:
823.00.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three smartly-dressed man demonstrate the allure of roller-skating. The one in the lead calls back to an officer who attempts in vain to deliver a warrant
Alternative Title:
Summer and winter skait and Summer and winter skate
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Law enforcement and Roller skating
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The volito, or, Summer and winter skait for amusement in cold weather without ice, and is equally usefull on stones, boards, &c. ... [graphic]