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1. A modern antique [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [26 November 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.11.26.01.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An obese old lady is shown seated at a card table, wearing a flowered dress, her hair piled high and topped by a cap from which a spider dangles behind her
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Possibly etched by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Nov. 26th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games and Spiders
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A modern antique [graphic]
2. Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 9, 1799.
- Call Number:
- 799.11.09.02++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centered in a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (butcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the other inscribed with a large order for meat: "12 haundres venison, 6 necks do., 8 turtles, 20 brace partridges, 20 pheasants, 20 brace woodcocks, 16 sirloins beef". In the foreground lies another sheet which reads "Tripe Soup. Liver & Crow. Fried Tripe. Bill of Fare for 8 Novr." The outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Glyn, who was notoriously spendthrift during his period in office, is seen being kicked out of the Mansion House holding large money bag. The two cats on the left and the dog following the butcher are also thin from malnutrition. Two large spiders have spun large webs below the archway on the left below are two cupids holding a heart molded above the archway
- Alternative Title:
- New tenants at a mansion house
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Engraved after a signed drawing by John Nixon in The Lewis Walpole Library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Also with newspaper clippings mounted on sheet.
- Publisher:
- Sold by all the printsellers in London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Avarice, Pleading (Begging), Butchers, Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, Dogs, Putti, and Spiders
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [graphic].
3. 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 bed. A gigantic spider descends towards his head, insects are spotted over the bedclothes and pillow, from which projects Ogden (see BMSat 7031). Johnson lies on his back (left) under a casement window, his eyes closed, his hands clasped as if in prayer, his knees drawn up to accommodate the shortness of the bed. A woman's dress hangs as an improvised curtain between the two beds. Under Johnson's bed two rats gnaw Boswell's wig."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Five lines of verse below title: "There were two beds in the room, and a woman's gown was hung on a rope to make a curtain of seperation [sic] between them ..." Vide Journal p. 153., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-155.
- 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].
4. Morning preparation [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 February 1785] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 10. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, (right), very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror (right) which reflects his anxious and gloomy expression. Above his head a dark lantern, emblem of a conspirator, hangs on the wall (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6784, &c)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "Gillray fecit" added in lower left corner. For an earlier state of the plate, see no. 6790 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 72., and On leaf 10 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic]
5. Morning preparation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 February 1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.02.25.01+
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, (right), very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror (right) which reflects his anxious and gloomy expression. Above his head a dark lantern, emblem of a conspirator, hangs on the wall (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6784, &c)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Publication date of 25 April 1785 supplied by the British Museum catalogue for an impression lacking the imprint statement; this date apparently based on that of the companion print entitled: Evening consolation., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Armchairs -- Broken bellows -- Lighting: Dark lantern -- Emblems: Dark lantern of conspiracy -- Bellows as emblem of Ld. North., Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman., and Mounted to 37 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic].
6. Morning preparation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 February 1785]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, (right), very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror (right) which reflects his anxious and gloomy expression. Above his head a dark lantern, emblem of a conspirator, hangs on the wall (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6784, &c)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Publication date of 25 April 1785 supplied by the British Museum catalogue for an impression lacking the imprint statement; this date apparently based on that of the companion print entitled: Evening consolation., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Armchairs -- Broken bellows -- Lighting: Dark lantern -- Emblems: Dark lantern of conspiracy -- Bellows as emblem of Ld. North., Mounted on verso of leaf 91., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper ; plate mark 36 x 25.6 cm, on sheet 39.3 x 25.9 cm, mounted to 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic].
7. Phalangius siue Tarantula [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1806]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 17 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing depicting a spider from three perspectives: from the front while it stands on its legs, from the side while it stands on its legs, and from the rear while it rests on its back. The species is probably Lycosa tarantula, which was formerly known by the names Phalangius/Phalangium or Tarantula and is found in southern Europe, especially in the Apulia region of Italy. The drawing could have been made from a preserved specimen
- Alternative Title:
- Tarantulas
- Description:
- Title inscribed in ink above image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly laid in with four other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Topic):
- Spiders and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Phalangius siue Tarantula [art original].
8. Terror [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17--]
- Call Number:
- Print00102
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Fear, Emotions, Spiders, and Faces
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Terror [graphic].
9. [Spiders] [art original] / M.S.M. [Three insects] / M.S.M.
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 4 Box 1
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, one depicting two spiders and the other depicting three insects (one mayfly and two beetles).
- Alternative Title:
- Three insects
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 5 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Topic):
- Spiders, Insects, and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Spiders] [art original] / M.S.M. [Three insects] / M.S.M.
