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28. Night [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry, Sir, 1778-1860, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1794]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 10 Box D105
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man dressed in dishevelled clothes, a dressing gown, and a night cap unsteadily walks while holding a lit candle tilted at a very lazy steep angle
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed within image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Candlesticks, Sleepwear, and Night
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Night [art original].
29. A very warm effect [graphic]
- Creator:
- Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1824.
- Call Number:
- 824.00.00.49 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A couple stand in their nightclothes in horror as they look on their bed which is in flames. An overturned table with a lit candle appears to be the cause of the fire, the other contents, a book, a rosary, a watch and chain, and spectacles are also on the floor. To the right is a dressing table with a mirror, scissors and comb; above, hangs a framed painting
- Description:
- Title and series title from caption below image., "Pl. 9"--Upper right corner., Ninth plate in a series of 12 prints., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 19 x 30 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Topic):
- Bedrooms, Couples, Fires, and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A very warm effect [graphic]
30. A friendly hint [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1828]
- Call Number:
- 828.00.00.65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A rotund doctor, holding a cane under his arm and wearing a wig, looks at his watch as he takes the pulse of very thin man in a dressing gown and night cap who jumps on one leg and wears a look of pain on his face. Above the doctor's head: "You are bespoke!!"
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Date from ms. notation below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A friendly hint [graphic].
31. An amusing state of uncertainty, peace or war!! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 June 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.06.20.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Fox hides under a four-poster bed hung with curtains, his hand resting on his chin with a speech balloon above his head: "They'll do nothing at last!" A bare-breasted woman [Catherine II of Russia] wearing a nightdress, a crown on her head, and pearls at her throat, holds a dagger in her hand as she addresses Pitt who stands before her: "Which you please, young man. If your instrument entered it would make no impression that I'd care a fig for." Pitt also in a nightdress and holding a dagger, asks, "Shall we or shall we not?"
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Possibly by Richard Newton. See The Lewis Walpole Library card catalog., The female figure was formerly mis-identified as Britannia (?). For correct identification of Catherine the Great see: Dawson, R. Catherine the Great and the Culture of Celebrity in the Eighteenth Century, page 160., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. For copy after George Moutard Woodward published 15 June 1791, see British Museum Registration number: 1948,0214.468., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis and countermark I V.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 20, 1791, by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Bedrooms, Daggers & swords, Canopy beds, and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An amusing state of uncertainty, peace or war!! [graphic].
32. Apparatus to undress & cover up when sleepy [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Jan. 1, 1830.
- Call Number:
- 830.01.01.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sleeping man on his back in a bed, is attached to a machine that is undressing him, pulling his pants off and his arms out of his sleeves, as other parts of the machine prepare to pull his nightcap and sleeping shirt over his head
- Alternative Title:
- Apparatus to undress and cover up when sleepy
- Description:
- Ttitle etched below image., Series title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
- Subject (Topic):
- Automation, Beds, Machinery, Sleepwear, and Undressing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Apparatus to undress & cover up when sleepy [graphic].
33. Midnight correspondence, or, Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [November 1820?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lady Conyngham sits at a table in front of a fireplace, quill pen in hand, writing a letter by candlelight; her large figure is exaggerated and her legs are spread far apart, causing her nightgown to billow. A clock sits on the mantle in front of her. In the background on the right, a bed in which Lord Conyngham sleeps can be seen beyond a curtain; a cloud of dreams rises from his head, filled with a crown and the word "Sinecures." A cat sleeps on a stool beside the bed
- Alternative Title:
- Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date from manuscript annotation in lower right corner of sheet., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 24 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" added in lower right corner, preceded by the word "Suppressed" written in pencil.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Spouses, Beds, Writing materials, Correspondence, Fireplaces, Clocks & watches, Draperies, Cats, Sleepwear, Candles, Dreaming, and Crowns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Midnight correspondence, or, Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game [graphic].
34. The Windsor macaroni [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Apl. 1, 1773.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A large man seated full-face in informal dress holding a billiard cue across his chest."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 96., and 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by MDarly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Billiards, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Windsor macaroni [graphic].
35. The Windsor macaroni [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Apl. 1, 1773.
- Call Number:
- 773.04.01.01
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A large man seated full-face in informal dress holding a billiard cue across his chest."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 12 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of series numbers.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by MDarly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Billiards, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Windsor macaroni [graphic].
36. The Windsor macaroni [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Apl. 1, 1773.
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.6 plate 7
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A large man seated full-face in informal dress holding a billiard cue across his chest."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773., and Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by MDarly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Billiards, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Windsor macaroni [graphic].
