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1. Mercury instructing Jupiter [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published 5 August 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.08.05.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A cherubic Mercury (left) and Jupiter (right) sit on a rock in a mountainous and tree-dotted landscape. Mercury holds his caduceus in his left arm and rests his foot on a small shield (?) while Jupiter seated on the ground to the right, holds his arm around the neck of a swan. On a shelf above Mercury's head a rooster looks down on the scene
- Description:
- Title from item. and Numbered in plate: 265.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Mercury (Roman deity) and Jupiter (Roman deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Children, Caduceus, Roosters, Swans, Nudes, and Myths
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mercury instructing Jupiter [graphic].
2. Orpheus and Euridyce [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [16 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.16.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts Orpheus being pushed out of Hades by a demon, though an arch composed of grotesque creatures. Orpheus is shown as an elderly fiddler with a wooden leg, while his counterpart, an elderly unpleasant-looking woman, is led by another demon in the opposite direction. Pluto and Proserpine are seated on thrones in the background laughing at the scene
- Alternative Title:
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs Jany. 16, 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character) and Eurydice (Greek mythological character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Peg legs, Thrones, Monsters, Demons, and Myths
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Orpheus and Euridyce [graphic].
3. The parting of Hector and Andromache [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [2 December 1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.12.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wearing a fanciful approximation of classical garb, Andromache and Hector embrace each other in a sad farewell. Standing behind Hector on the right, a tearful man in 18th century dress holds a pike and a basket containing bottles. Behind Andromache on the left, a grim faced and tearful woman holds a naked baby who reaches for Hector's hand. Above the woman is a signpost on which is printed "A single-horse chaise" and further inscribed "one bird in hand's worth two in the bush, Mary Security", a phrase also illustrated by a hand holding a fat bird and two birds on a twig
- Description:
- Title from item., Signed (by engraver?) in lower left of plate: H[en] Ibb., MD of publisher's name form a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: 49 V.2
- Publisher:
- pub. Decr. 2 1777 by M Darly No 39 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Andromache (Legendary character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Hector (Legendary character), Couples, and Myths
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The parting of Hector and Andromache [graphic]
