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11.
Game of chess [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 August 1819]
Call Number:
819.08.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy of a print (British Museum satires no. 12392) published by Humphrey in 6 March 1814. The players are the same, but one (right) has become gouty and sits in a winged arm-chair. The spectators are altered, but are perhaps intended to be the same ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1st, 1819 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Bowling, Chess, Cricket, Dogs, Floor coverings, Pictures, and Recreation rooms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Game of chess [graphic]

12.
Lady P aragraph championizing [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 March 1814]
Call Number:
814.03.04.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Perceval sits at an ornate writing-table, pen in hand. A serpent issues from her breast, coils round her arm, and darts its fang at the tip of her pen. She frowns meditatively, saying, "Now then for something strong but not libellous, I hate hal...
Alternative Title:
Lady Paragraph championizing
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 4th, 1814, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Egmont, Bridget Wynne Perceval, Countess of, -1826 and Mitford, John, 1782-1831
Subject (Topic):
Tables, Writing materials, Books, Newspapers, Fireplaces, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lady P aragraph championizing [graphic].

13.
Game of chess [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
Augt. 1st, 1835.
Call Number:
835.08.01.51+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two elderly men, in old-fashioned dress, play chess, seated at a small table, lit by two guttering candles. One moves, the other watches with intense concern. Each has a deeply interested spectator leaning on the back of his chair, the one on the rig...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Bowling, Chess, Dogs, Fireplaces, Hand lenses, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Game of chess [graphic]

14.
Game of chess [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1 August 1835]
Call Number:
814.03.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two elderly men, in old-fashioned dress, play chess, seated at a small table, lit by two guttering candles. One moves, the other watches with intense concern. Each has a deeply interested spectator leaning on the back of his chair. All four are caric...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Bowling, Chess, Dogs, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Hand lenses, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Game of chess [graphic]

15.
Polly & Lucy takeing off the restrictions vide Beggars opera / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1812]
Call Number:
812.03.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Regent, as Macheath, wearing military uniform and heavily shackled, stands between Mrs. Fitzherbert, who kneels at his feet (left) removing his leg-irons, and Lady Hertford (right), who stands beside him taking the fetters from his wrists (inscri...
Alternative Title:
Polly & Lucy taking off the restrictions, Polly and Lucy takeing off the restrictions, and Polly and Lucy taking off the restrictions
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published March 1812 by J. Jonhston, 98 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845., Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815., and Dionysus (Greek deity),
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Military uniforms, British, Shackles, Religious articles, Turbans, Wigs, Bags, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Polly & Lucy takeing off the restrictions vide Beggars opera / [graphic]

16.
Beggars opera Act 2, Scene I. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately February 1809]
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of York sits on a settee with a courtesan on each knee, Mrs. Clarke (left) and (presumably) Mrs. Carey (right). One foot rests on large volumes of 'Army Accompts'; by the other is a smaller book: 'Ovid Art of Love'. A chair is overturned; th...
Alternative Title:
Beggars opera : Act 2, Scene 1
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Adultery, Sofas, Books, Chairs, Daggers & swords, Tables, Bottles, Fruit, Chandeliers, Pictures, Doors & doorways, Axes, Gallows, Sculpture, and Justice
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Beggars opera Act 2, Scene I. [graphic]

17.
A Portugal catch for three voices [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[October 1808]
Call Number:
808.10.00.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three men sit, singing a catch, with a round table between them. A British officer (perhaps Cotton), wearing a cocked hat, sits in profile to the right, facing Dalrymple who sits (right) with tightly closed mouth, his hands on his knees. Between them...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1808 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Spain. and Portugal.
Subject (Name):
Cotton, Charles, Sir, 1753-1812 and Dalrymple, Hew Whiteford, Sir, 1750-1830
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Generals, British, Military officers, Singing, Wine, Drinking vessels, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Portugal catch for three voices [graphic].

18.
Mrs. Showwell [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 February 1807]
Call Number:
807.02.26.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"She stands directed to the left, holding a pointer with which she slyly points to a picture of Suzanna and the Elders. She is old and grotesquely ugly, wearing a hat over a frilled cap, an apron, and bunched-up skirt. Her left hand is on her hip, a l...
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febry 26, 1807 by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Galleries & museums and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Showwell [graphic]

19.
Mrs. Showwell [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1807]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Below the title: 'The Woman who shews General Guise collection of Pictures at Oxford'. She stands directed to the left., holding a pointer with which she slyly points to a picture of Suzanna and the Elders. She is old and grotesquely ugly, wearing a ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Galleries & museums and Pictures
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mrs. Showwell [graphic]

20.
A white serjeant giving the word of command Why don't you come to bed you drunken sot / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 May 1807]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An angry, bare-breasted young woman in a night dress and cap enters the door of a sitting room from a bedroom (seen through the open door on the right). She scowls at the white-haired man relaxed in an armchair in front of a fire; he smokes a pipe and...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 25, 1806, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Couples, Dogs, Fireplaces, Fishing & hunting gear, Parlors, Pictures, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A white serjeant giving the word of command Why don't you come to bed you drunken sot / [graphic]

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