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1. [The seraglio] [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1723]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
Description:: Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner., and On page 5 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 25.5 x 34.8 cm.
Publisher:: A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):: Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
Subject (Name):: La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):: Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The seraglio] [graphic]

2. [The seraglio] [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1723]
Call Number:: Kinnaird 80K(a) Box 225
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
Description:: Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner.
Publisher:: A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):: Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
Subject (Name):: La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):: Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The seraglio] [graphic]

3. [The profligate punished] [graphic]

Creator:: Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:: March the 22nd 1775.
Call Number:: Drawer 775.03.22.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A man sitting in an armchair with his gouty foot on a footstool in front of him, looking up in pain at a maidservant who pours water from a kettle on the leg, distracted by a page standing behind the chair, another woman drinks beside the door in the background on the right, and a little boy takes something from the table on the left; after Penny; scratched-letter state
Description:: Title from published state., Scratch-letter proof; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 2, no. 158, page 598., and Companion print to: The virtuous comforted by sympathy and attention.
Publisher:: Publised [sic] by Messrs Sayer and Bennet, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):: Sick persons and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The profligate punished] [graphic]

4. [The phlebotomist] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [19th century]
Call Number:: Print01043
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Place of publication derived from language of text., Date derived from printing method and style., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Office interior.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Phlebotomy, Singerie (Art)., Barbers, Sick persons, Medicines, Monkeys, Medical offices, Eating & drinking, and Servants
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The phlebotomist] [graphic].

5. [The half-starved boy] [graphic]

Creator:: Sykes, F., printmaker
Published / Created:: [1738]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
Description:: Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With the title written above the image in Steevens's hand: Three spurrious., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., Formerly cataloged with the title: The half-starved boy., and On page 89 in volume 1. Trimmed to plate mark 215 x 511 mm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Boys, Cold, Poor persons, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The half-starved boy] [graphic]

6. [The half-starved boy] [graphic]

Creator:: Sykes, F., printmaker
Published / Created:: [1738]
Call Number:: 738.00.00.07
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
Description:: Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet below image; mounted to 32 x 40 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Boys, Cold, Poor persons, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The half-starved boy] [graphic]

7. [The careless maid] [art original].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [1785?]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 7 Box D145
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A young mopping maid clumsily shoves an older gentleman whom reels away flailing his cane in the air. A second onlooker maid laughs at the awkward situation
Description:: Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Women domestics, Servants, Accidents, Clumsiness, and Mops & mopsticks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The careless maid] [art original].

8. [The battle of the cataplasm] [graphic].

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1773]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 91. Bunbury album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her right hand while in her left she holds a candle over the cradle where the swaddled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious fury, her mouth agape. On the left Dr. Slop raises his left fist at her while in his right he holds a cataplasm in a ladle, ready to fling at her. His hat lies at his feet, and his wig is ablaze. Obadiah stands behind him carrying in his hands a chamber pot and a bowl, a medicine bottle tucked under his arm. The two men stand before a screen. The walls of the room are hung with portraits and a mirror; a grandfather's clock showing the time as 6:15 stands against the wall behind the cradle and Susannah. Two medicine bottles sit on a table partially hidden behind the screen. In the foreground lies an over-turned chair
Description:: Title from later state., Artist and printmaker from signatures on later state: HWBunbury delin. ; J. Bretherton f., Proof state, before any lettering and before additional shading added to the design. For the lettered state, see no. 5216 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Publisher and date of publication inferred from imprint statement on later state., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: Cataplasm -- 'Dr. Slop' -- Dishes: Bowls -- Lighting: Long handle candlesticks -- Domestic service: Maid -- Furniture: Hall clock -- Folding screen., and Mounted on page 91 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:: J. Bretherton
Subject (Name):: Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):: Illustrations, Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, Servants, and Women domestics
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The battle of the cataplasm] [graphic].

9. [The arrival of tourists] [art original].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1800]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 2 Box D145
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden of a heavy trunk
Description:: Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Tourists, Luggage, Umbrellas, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The arrival of tourists] [art original].