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1.
Fair Margaret's misfortunes, or, Sweet William's dream on his wedding night with the sudden death

Published / Created:
[between 1754 and 1783?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Sweet William's dream on his wedding night with the sudden death and burial of those noble lovers
Description:
Verse - "As it fell out upon a day,".
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, Loudon [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Unrequited love, Betrayal, Suicide, Ghosts, Suicide victims, Man-woman relationships, Nightmares, and Hearses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fair Margaret's misfortunes, or, Sweet William's dream on his wedding night with the sudden death and burial of those noble lovers

2.
[The night mare] [graphic]

Creator:
Burke, Thomas, 1749-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1783]
Call Number:
783.01.30.01
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
An incubus squatting on a sleeping woman, her head and arms falling over the side of the bed at right, with a wild horse behind curtains in the background and a small table with jug and pots beside the bed at left; after the painting by Fuseli (Schiff...
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
Later state with scratched letters, including the title, a quotation from Ermasus Darwin's 'Botanical Garden' "on his Night-Mare, thro the evening fog, Flits the squab fiend o'er fen, and lake, and bog, Seeks some love-wilder'd maid, by sleep opprest,...
Publisher:
R.J. Smith
Subject (Topic):
Demons, Sleeping, Boudoirs, and Nightmares
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The night mare] [graphic]

3.
The vision [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1786]
Call Number:
786.05.15.09+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boswell (left) rises in terror from his bed, at the sight of a headless man in Highland dress, the head replaced by a headsman's axe surmounted by a Scots cap. This spectre, irradiated, advances from the right and draws aside the curtain of the bed. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Sleepwear, Axes, Fear, and Nightmares
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The vision [graphic].

4.
Lodging at a M'Queen's [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[20 June 1786]
Call Number:
786.06.20.02.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a squalid room Johnson and Boswell lie in two short truckle beds. Boswell (right) is in the foreground, his face contorted with horror, his hands before his mouth as if to stifle a scream, his bare feet drawn up, but projecting over the end of his...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 20 June 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Atttics, Bedroooms, Nightmares, Sleepwear, and Spiders
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lodging at a M'Queen's [graphic].

5.
The vision [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boswell (left) rises in terror from his bed, at the sight of a headless man in Highland dress, the head replaced by a headsman's axe surmounted by a Scots cap. This spectre, irradiated, advances from the right and draws aside the curtain of the bed. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Sleepwear, Axes, Fear, and Nightmares
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The vision [graphic].

6.
The vision [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boswell (left) rises in terror from his bed, at the sight of a headless man in Highland dress, the head replaced by a headsman's axe surmounted by a Scots cap. This spectre, irradiated, advances from the right and draws aside the curtain of the bed. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Sleepwear, Axes, Fear, and Nightmares
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The vision [graphic].

7.
Lodging at a M'Queen's [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[20 June 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a squalid room Johnson and Boswell lie in two short truckle beds. Boswell (right) is in the foreground, his face contorted with horror, his hands before his mouth as if to stifle a scream, his bare feet drawn up, but projecting over the end of his...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 20 June 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Atttics, Bedroooms, Nightmares, Sleepwear, and Spiders
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lodging at a M'Queen's [graphic].

8.
The vision [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1786]
Call Number:
Maidment R79 no. 2 Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boswell (left) rises in terror from his bed, at the sight of a headless man in Highland dress, the head replaced by a headsman's axe surmounted by a Scots cap. This spectre, irradiated, advances from the right and draws aside the curtain of the bed. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Sleepwear, Axes, Fear, and Nightmares
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The vision [graphic].

9.
A night mare [graphic]

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 October 1794]
Call Number:
794.10.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man looks up in horror at the image of a demon, smoking a pipe and holding a lantern, sitting astride his sleeping wife beside him in their truckle bed. A horse looks on, his head poking through the casement window. Beside their bed is a candle, ch...
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Holland, October 26, 1794, No. 50 Oxford Steet [sic]
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Demons, Nightmares, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A night mare [graphic]

10.
Les aventures de Cyprien Grenouillot [graphic].

Published / Created:
[19th century]
Call Number:
Print10229
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pellerin & Cie, imp.-edit
Subject (Topic):
Life cycle, Human, Entrepreneurship, Pharmacists, Black people, Nightmares, Ships, Sailors, Castaways, Mortars & pestles, Kings, Water pipes (Smoking)., Dreaming, Drugstores, and Cannibalism
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Les aventures de Cyprien Grenouillot [graphic].

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