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1.
A fair-lawn view, or, The Portsmouth journey [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[January 1823]
Call Number:
823.01.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Portsmouth journey
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1823 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Alder, Daniel, fl. 1823-1824. and Portsmouth, John Charles Wallop, Earl of, 1767-1853.
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Physicians, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A fair-lawn view, or, The Portsmouth journey [graphic].

2.
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 be...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Physicians and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A friendly hint [graphic].

3.
A nice place in cold weather [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1830?]
Call Number:
830.00.00.82
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"See BM Satires No. 16435. A pretty girl, perhaps the subject of BM Satires No. 16435, lies in a bed drawn close to a fire, indicated by corner of chimney-piece, fender, and guard (left). She is framed in drawn-back curtains, lit by firelight, and is ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A nice place in cold weather [graphic]

4.
A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [art original].

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. July 1801]
Call Number:
Drawings N736 no. 7 Box D205
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with ...
Description:
Title from note in artist's hand above image.
Subject (Topic):
Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [art original].

5.
A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [graphic].

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
July 1801.
Call Number:
801.07.00.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub'd by Wm. Holland, Oxford street
Subject (Topic):
Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [graphic].

6.
A sprite curse thee I'll soon spoil thy capering [graphic]

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1792]
Call Number:
792.10.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man wearing in a nightcap leans out a window from the upper story of his cottage and aims a blunderbuss at a ghostly sprite who dances in the yard outside his front door. The man's face is contorted with anger and concentration as he points his gun
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1, 1792, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Anger, Dance, Ghosts, Guns, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sprite curse thee I'll soon spoil thy capering [graphic]

7.
A subscriber to The penny magazine [and 28 other designs] / [graphic]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer
Published / Created:
[1834]
Call Number:
834.00.00.24+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on caption below image in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Squr
Subject (Topic):
Umbrellas, Boats, Headdresses, Carriages & coaches, Skeletons, Dogs, Peg legs, Amputees, Military uniforms, Rifles, Mirrors, Deer, Sleepwear, Turbans, Monuments & memorials, Birds of prey, Devil, Cats, and Carts & wagons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A subscriber to The penny magazine [and 28 other designs] / [graphic]

8.
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...
Description:
Title and series title from caption below image.
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]

9.
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 pearl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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].

10.
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.
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].

11.
Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 April 1812]
Call Number:
Print00188
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly couple kept awake in their double bed by fleas."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 4th, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Bedbugs, Bedrooms, Beds, Spouses, Marriage, Fans (Accessories), and Sleepwear
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

12.
Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 April 1812]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly couple kept awake in their double bed by fleas."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 4th, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Bedbugs, Bedrooms, Beds, Spouses, Marriage, Fans (Accessories), and Sleepwear
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

13.
Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 April 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly couple kept awake in their double bed by fleas."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 4th, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Bedbugs, Bedrooms, Beds, Couples, Fans (Accessories), and Sleepwear
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

14.
Conduite courageuse de Mr. Pigeon [graphic]

Creator:
Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1816 or 1817?]
Call Number:
816.00.00.80
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man and woman in their pajamas and slippers stand looking in fright at the closed door of their bedroom. He wears a night cap and stands with a weapon in each hand, pointed at the door; his figure casts a large shadow on the back wall and over the ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet Libre., rue du Coq, no. 15
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Candlesticks, Chamber pots, Couples, Daggers & swords, Families, Fear, Mice, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Conduite courageuse de Mr. Pigeon [graphic]

15.
Frontispiece to the "musical book's" [graphic]

Creator:
Newman, W., active approximately 1834-1835, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
1835.
Call Number:
835.00.00.208
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consisting of thirty-one small images, all of them individually titled, showing satirical scenes commenting on British social and political issues, many with visual puns, and depictions of stereotypes, both ethnic and social: dustman, Hottentot...
Description:
Title from text at top of design.
Publisher:
Joseph Thomas, No. 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill and Printed by S. Straker, George Yd., Lombard St.
Subject (Topic):
Sleepwear, Courtship, Eating & drinking, Dance, Head-carrying, Indigenous peoples, Chimney sweeps, Military uniforms, Fireplaces, Debt, Bells, Singing, Bishops, Swine, Intoxication, Cats, Devil, Pitchforks, Rifles, and Donkeys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to the "musical book's" [graphic]

17.
La pipe matinale. [graphic]

Creator:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1841]
Call Number:
Print00950
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Se vend, Bauger & Cie. Editeurs des Dessins de la Caricature, du Figaro et du Charivari, Rue du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Tobacco smoke pollution, Smoking, Pipe smoking, Sleepwear, Pipes (Smoking)., and Beds
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > La pipe matinale. [graphic]

18.
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].

19.
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].

20.
Looking at the comet till you get a criek in the neck [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 September 1811?]
Call Number:
811.09.20.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An ugly old man wearing night-cap, dressing-gown, and slippers stands at an open window gazing up through a spy-glass at a comet shaped like a large shuttle-cock. Keys hang from his waist. Behind him (left) sits a pretty young woman, turning her head...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Comets, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Looking at the comet till you get a criek in the neck [graphic]

21.
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....
Alternative Title:
Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game
Description:
Title etched below image.
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].

22.
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.
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Sleepwear, and Night
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Night [art original].

23.
Oh! che boccone! [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 April 1795]
Call Number:
795.04.15.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales stands full-face, in shirt and nightcap, his back to the bridal bed (right) in which the Princess lies with an expression of smiling expectancy. The Prince stands dismayed, with his right fingers to his mouth. On a table beside hi...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. April 15, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Allegorical prints, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Interiors, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Oh! che boccone! [graphic].

24.
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.
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].

25.
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.
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].

26.
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.
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].

27.
The belle savage on Ludagte [sic] Hill [graphic].

Published / Created:
[23 August 1808]
Call Number:
808.08.23.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A couple in bed, the upper part of the bedclothes forming the foreground. A handsome termagant (left) holds her husband by the hair, raising her right fist to smite. He lies with clasped hands, blood gushing from his nose."--British Museum online cat...
Alternative Title:
Belle savage on Ludagte Hill and Belle savage on Ludgate Hill
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 23d, 1808 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Couples, Fighting, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The belle savage on Ludagte [sic] Hill [graphic].

28.
The enterprizing macaroni playing the part of ranger up I go. [graphic]

Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs, 30 May 1772.
Call Number:
772.05.30.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Enterprising macaroni playing the part of ranger
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, map & printseller, no. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Dandies, British, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The enterprizing macaroni playing the part of ranger up I go. [graphic]

29.
The guide to health, or, Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1810]
Call Number:
Print00534
Collection Title:
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three fashionable dressed men stand to the left consulting with a man in his nightshirt and cap who addresses them from his bed. At the foot of the bed are three wigs on stands. An elder woman in a cap opens the curtains on the window to the right
Alternative Title:
Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Physicians, Rugs, Sleepwear, Wigs, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The guide to health, or, Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians [graphic].

30.
The guide to health, or, Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1810]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title:
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three fashionable dressed men stand to the left consulting with a man in his nightshirt and cap who addresses them from his bed. At the foot of the bed are three wigs on stands. An elder woman in a cap opens the curtains on the window to the right
Alternative Title:
Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Physicians, Rugs, Sleepwear, Wigs, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The guide to health, or, Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians [graphic].

31.
The guide to health, or, Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1810]
Call Number:
818.00.00.13+
Collection Title:
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three fashionable dressed men stand to the left consulting with a man in his nightshirt and cap who addresses them from his bed. At the foot of the bed are three wigs on stands. An elder woman in a cap opens the curtains on the window to the right
Alternative Title:
Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Physicians, Rugs, Sleepwear, Wigs, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The guide to health, or, Bonnell Thornton's consultation of physicians [graphic].

32.
The hog in the pound in Oxford Street [graphic]

Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[9 January 1819]
Call Number:
819.01.09.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man with large lips and a flat nose is embraced by a young woman in bed beneath a coverlet. Both wear night caps. The bed is hung with curtains
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 9, 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Couples, Hugging, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The hog in the pound in Oxford Street [graphic]

33.
The little farthing rush light [graphic]

Published / Created:
[3 October 1792?]
Call Number:
789.10.03.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five heads surround a taper whose flame is the head in profile to the left of George III. The taper rises from the centre of a crown which rests on a tasselled cushion in the foreground. On the left is Sheridan in profile, his face disfigured by drin...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 3 by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
France, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Regency, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The little farthing rush light [graphic]

34.
The sleep-walker [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1795]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt, walks down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair...
Alternative Title:
Sleepwalker
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Castles & palaces, Interiors, Quatrefoils, Sleepwear, Somnambulism, and Stairways
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The sleep-walker [graphic].

35.
The sleep-walker [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1795]
Call Number:
795.11.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt, walks down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair...
Alternative Title:
Sleepwalker
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Castles & palaces, Interiors, Quatrefoils, Sleepwear, Somnambulism, and Stairways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sleep-walker [graphic].

36.
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].

37.
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].

38.
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].

39.
What a nice bit! [graphic]

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 8, 1796.
Call Number:
796.07.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large black woman, smiling in her sleep, lies in a bed surrounded by bedcurtains. She wears a cap and earrings, and her large breasts hang out over her nightclothes. A thin old, white man also in nightclothes and a night cap ogles her by the candle...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Lust, and Sleepwear
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > What a nice bit! [graphic]

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