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2.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 September 1797] and [printed 1851]
- Call Number:
- 797.09.26.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man, bent to deformity, thin and shambling, in profile to the left, follows two flamboyant prostitutes who walk arm-in-arm, looking behind them. He supports himself on a walking-stick; from his pocket protrudes a book: 'Modest Prints'. The women's dresses trail on the pavement, but one lifts her skirt to display her legs. The background is formed of the massive stones at the corner of a high building."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Example for fathers
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered "428" in upper right corner., Printed on verso: Gillray, James. Georgey a'cock-horse. London: Pubd. Novr. 23d 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street., and Bohn's "Supressed plates"; restrike of no. 9083 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Sept. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Older people, Prostitutes, Syphilis, Sidewalks, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A corner near the bank, or, An example for fathers [graphic] Js. Gy. desn. et fect
3.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 September 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.09.15.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '172' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One line of text below title: "The end of these things is death.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Earrings -- Miniature portraits as jewelry -- Female dress: masquerade costume -- Tickets: masquerade tickets -- Pictures amplifying subjects: portrait of Cleopatra -- Pulley-stiles -- Parasols -- Furniture -- Powder puffs -- Domestic servants: lady's maid -- Furnishings: window curtain tassels.
- Publisher:
- Published 15th Septr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Older people, Women, Headdresses, Clocks & watches, Jewelry, Dressing tables, Umbrellas, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A maiden ewe drest lamb fashion [graphic].
4.
- Creator:
- Hunt, George, active 1824-1831, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1827. and 1827 [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 44. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four elderly whist-players, broadly burlesqued. A grotesque woman (left), holding a hand of five low cards in all suits, exclaims (words below the title): "O Lor' Sir! I've | "Lost my Honor!"; she tilts her head so that the aigrette in her turban burns in a candle (unnoticed by the players). Her furious partner: "Then Ma'am You shou'dn't | "have played the Odd Trick. A dandy, warming his back at the fire (left), stares at the conflagration, and an amused footman capers off to the right, tilting a salver."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, bearing the imprint of the 1827 reissue by Thomas McLean. For original issue of the plate, published ca. 1825 by George Hunt, see no. 15005 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 44 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games, Older people, Candles, Servants, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A real rubber! At whist [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 58. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man with an alert, wrinkled face, stands very erect in profile to the left, his hands resting on his cane. He wears an old-fashioned cocked hat with cockade, with white or powdered hair in a neat (military) pigtail; his long double-breasted blue coat has a small scarlet facing on the high collar; his shoes have large buckles. He is General Robert Donkin, father of Sir R. F. Donkin, died 1821, aged 94."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 58 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Genl. Donkin" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Donkin, Robert, 1727-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Generals, British, Older people, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from the Pump Room, Bath [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 57. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man shambles from right to left in profile, right hand on his stick, left hand in his coat-pocket. He wears a hat with a curved brim, a curled, old-fashioned brown wig, a long coat, and an overcoat, with ill-fitting gaiters reaching to the thigh. Two seals hang from a fob. He is Councillor John Morris or Morriss."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Leaf 57 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Morris, John, active 1809
- Subject (Topic):
- Older people and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from Bladuds Buildings, Bath [print]
7.
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 56. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man of clerical appearance, stands in profile to the right knees slightly flexed, right hand resting on a heavy cane, left hand raised in an expository gesture. He wears an ill-fitting powdered wig with a curl at the back, a round hat with the brim turned up at the side, long buttoned coat, wrinkled stockings, high-quartered buckled shoes, and gloves. Identified as Dr. John Shepherd."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Leaf 56 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England).
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Older people, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from Chatham Row, Bath [graphic]
8.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1766 and 1799]
- Call Number:
- 766.00.00.71
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly woman wearing spectacles playing a cello in an elegant room in front of a music stand on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Age and music
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Philippe Mercier; see British Museum online catalogue., Lewis Walpole Library impression is possibly a proof state lacking number "169" in lower left; however, trimming of the sheet has made this hard to determine., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint below title and possible loss of numbering from lower left. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 2010,7081.1610.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Violoncellos and Older people
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Age & musick [graphic].
9.
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 40 Box D215
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A footman leads a parson and six prospective suitors that have arrived in response to an advertisement for a husband posted by an 'old maid'. The bachelors include a Welshman, a Scotsman, and a doctor that offer flatteries while waiting, "Splutter hur, how pretty she looks, she pe [sic] a nice wench", "Leave a Scotch laddie alone for carrying off the sillar", and "From my conscience, she looks like a Venus of medicine!" respectively. The footman leans forward to shout into the elderly woman's ear trumpet, "Please your ladyship all these gentlemen be[?] come about an advartisement [sic] for a husband and to lose no time they have brought the Parson with them; please your Virginship what am I to say to em?" The elderly woman responds, "Say to them, why the men are mad, if I was so inclined do they think I would marry six husbands at once!!" A hissing cat followed by a litter of kittens stand beside the woman's chair
- Description:
- Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image., Signed by the artist., and Publication line inscribed in ink below image for possible later print: London, Pubd. Jany. 1, 1803 by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street, removed from Oxford Street.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bachelors, Cats, Hearing aids, Marriage proposals, Older people, and Single women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An advertisement for a husband! [art original]
10.
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 August 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.08.22.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Five elderly men dressed in the fashion of youth."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '196' in lower left of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Old men -- Morning Herald -- Literature: reference to Ovid's Art of Love -- Magnifying glasses -- Pince-nez -- Walking staves -- Duelling: crossed foils -- Placards., and Watermark (partial).
- Publisher:
- Published 22nd August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Bachelors, Older people, Newspapers, Reading, Staffs (Sticks), Signs (Notices), Hand lenses, and Mirrors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An agreeable group of young gentlemen, otherwise old bachelors turn'd asses [graphic]
