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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].

11.
Les Émotions du Père Lantimèche [graphic].

Published / Created:
[19th century]
Call Number:
Print10233
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
[Ima]gerie Pellerin
Subject (Topic):
Laxatives, Dream interpretation, Enema, Nightmares, Pulse, Diagnosis, Illness anxiety disorder, Cats, Bankers, Criminals, Physicians, Eggs, Butchers, Produce stands, Robberies, Pharmacists, Fortune telling, and Advice
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Les Émotions du Père Lantimèche [graphic].

13.
Histoire récréative du jeune beignet [graphic].

Published / Created:
[19th century]
Call Number:
Print10238
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Imagerie Pellerin
Subject (Topic):
Life cycle, Human, Career development, Children, Indigestion, Boys, Confections, Bakers, Bakeries, Baked products, Bread, Painters (Artists)., Nursing, Physicians, Ovens, Nightmares, Stomach aches, and Marriage
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Histoire récréative du jeune beignet [graphic].

14.
The night mare [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
800.00.00.186+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An image derived from Henry Fuseli painting titled "The Nightmare" from 1781. The incubus has been replaced with a caricature of Napoleon. This image shows a woman asleep on a bed, a little man sitting on her chest pulling back her see-through covers,...
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825. and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Sleeping, Nightmares, Chamber pots, and Books
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The night mare [graphic].

16.
Disturbed by the night mare [graphic]

Creator:
Dawe, Henry Edward, 1790-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1828]
Call Number:
828.07.01.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A comic nighttime scene: a man in his night cap stands in the entrance of his front doorway holding a blunderbuss under his arm and a lit candlestick in his hand. He and his dog both show alarm at the sight of a horse tied to the knocker on the door. ...
Alternative Title:
Disturbed by the nightmare
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Bulcock, 163 Strand, July 1, 1828, & at Paris by H. Rittner, Boulevard Montmartre
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Doors & doorways, Firearms, Horses, Lanterns, Moonlight, Nightmares, and Practical jokes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Disturbed by the night mare [graphic]

17.
A Lord Mayor's Day night mare [graphic]

Published / Created:
Nov. 4th, 1830.
Call Number:
830.11.04.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A glutton lies in bed, asleep, assailed by the fish, flesh, and fowl of a City dinner. A huge turtle is on top of him, a lobster pinches his nose, a pheasant swoops to peck an eye. He holds in each hand a bottle labelled 'Wrights Cham[pagne]' [see Br...
Alternative Title:
Lord Mayor's Day nightmare and Fatal effects of gluttony
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket and Printed by C. Motte, 23 Leicester Sqre
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Nightmares, Beds, Animals, and Champagne (Wine)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Lord Mayor's Day night mare [graphic]

18.
Le malade imaginaire "Je suis perdu ...". [graphic]

Creator:
Ramelet, Charles, 1805-1851, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1833]
Call Number:
Print00422
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
On s'abonne chez Aubert galerie véro dodat and L de Benard r. de l'Abbaye No. 4.
Subject (Topic):
Illness anxiety disorder, Imagination, Sleeping, Nightmares, Death & burial, Undertakers, Coffins, Medicines, and Chamber pots
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le malade imaginaire "Je suis perdu ...". [graphic]

19.
Le malade imaginaire "Je suis perdu ...". [graphic]

Creator:
Ramelet, Charles, 1805-1851, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1833]
Call Number:
Print00419
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
On s'abonne chez Aubert galerie véro dodat and L de Benard r. de l'Abbaye No. 4.
Subject (Topic):
Illness anxiety disorder, Imagination, Sleeping, Nightmares, Death & burial, Undertakers, Coffins, Medicines, and Chamber pots
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le malade imaginaire "Je suis perdu ...". [graphic]

20.
The Covent Garden night mare [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 20 April 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 48. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A parody of The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli in which Fox lies prone on a bed with a demon on his chest. Behind them a horse with bulging eyes pokes his head through the bedcurtains. On a table in the foreground are a pair of dice and dice-box
Alternative Title:
Covent Garden nightmare
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Beds, Sleeping, Nightmares, Draperies, Demons, and Horses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Covent Garden night mare [graphic]

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