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1.
Mother Carey's chickens [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[November 1808]
Call Number:
808.11.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout and comely lady stands at the door of an ornamentally rustic cottage, shaking a cloth from which tiny officers leap out, holding money-bags. The cloth is inscribed in large letters 'Pin Money instead of Allowance'. She says: "This is a profitable Plan of his and pays me a Devilish deal better than he can, besides the Patronage!!" Five elderly officers of normal size (right) watch their pigmy rivals with consternation. One looks through his glass, saying, "To waste ones health in unwholesome Climates an then fail of promotion because we cannot fee ****** or Army Agents Agents.!!" Another says: "Mother Careys Chickens by - then we shall have a storm indeed!" A third exclaims: "What to spend our lives in the service of our Country, and to be thus degraded by a parcel of Boys!!" He has a wooden leg and a patch over one eye. Another had lost his right arm, and the group seem hardly fit for active service. The 'boys' wear fashionable crescent-shaped cocked hats with plumes, the others old-fashioned hats with cockade, loop, and button. Over the door is inscribed in large letters '... mus Cottage'. It has the ornamental Gothic windows with leaded panes and thatched roof of fashionable rusticity. Beside it is a weeping willow. Below the title: 'NB these Birds have lately been seen hovering about the Horse Guards'. Below the design: 'a Storm Finch, or stormy petterel (the Mother Careys Chickens of the Sailors). Procellaria Pelagica of Linnaeus. is seldom or never seen but in the great Ocean, and then when observed flying near a Ship, is the sure prognostication of a Storm, the analagy [sic] of effect has induced modern Naturalists to class these, with the Pelagica of Linnaeus, tho differing in plumage'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Imprint statement etched within upper portion of image., and Watermark: Ruse & Turners. Small tears along the right edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1808 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., Great Britain. Army, and Great Britain. Royal Navy
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Promotions, Recruiting, enlistment, etc, Military officers, British, Amputees, Dwellings, Doors & doorways, Eye patches, Mistresses, Peg legs, and Uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mother Carey's chickens [graphic].

2.
Military College, Chelsea [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
Collection Title:
V. 3 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior view of the Royal Military Asylum, showing a school room; the boys in uniforms of red and blue seated at desks and rows of benches against back wall, instructed by a man in red rail-coat with pointer; to the left two men sit at semi-circular desks at opposite ends of the room, as boys stand in line facing them, holding books."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 99., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 256.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Military Asylum.
Subject (Topic):
Military academies, Interiors, Classrooms, and Uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Military College, Chelsea [graphic]

3.
The pacific entrance of Earl-Wolf into Blackhaven [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 January 1792]
Call Number:
792.01.20.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lord Lonsdale with the head of a wolf sits in his carriage, from which the horses have been taken, and is drawn (left to right) by men past a row of two-storied cottages which are falling to pieces. He wears an earl's coronet, and a military coat with a shirt frill; from his rapacious mouth issue the words 'Dear Gentlemen this is too much, now you really distress me'. A large earl's coronet is on the carriage door. A hind wheel rolls over an open book, 'Peter Pindar'. A stout fierce-looking man wearing a legal wig sits on the box, raising a whip whose lashes are three scrolls inscribed (in legal blackletter), 'Littledale versus Lonsdale', 'Indemnifications', and 'Sham Trials'. He holds a bunch of reins attached to the necks of the men dragging the carriage, on whose faces are fixed, propitiatory grins. From his pockets issue a volume inscribed 'Blackstone', and a paper: 'Bills unpaid'; he is Lonsdale's 'clerk and attorney', see BMSat 8156. Two of the men whom he drives say: "No Ropes equal to mine, at a dead pull and A glorious night for my Brewery". Another man is in rags. In front of the procession and on the extreme right walk two couples holding hands. These carry three banners, inscribed: 'The good Samaritan', 'The Lion The Lamb', and: 'The Blues are bound in Adamantine Chains But Freedom round each Yellow Mansion reigns.' One of the men says slyly to the woman he walks with: 'And makes the Farmers Wives & Daughters Game' This is a quotation from Peter Pindar's 'Commiserating Epistle to Lord Lonsdale', see BMSat 8003. The context is: 'Yet why should Hares, and Partridges, and Grouse, Alone be ravish'd from the Farmer's house ? - Go, Lonsdale, get an Act to raise thy fame, And make . . .' Behind the carriage (left) is a cheering crowd; they wave their hats frantically shouting, "Liberty, Huzza, Huzza." The man in the foreground is a sailor with a bludgeon. Over the door of one of the ruined cottages is a placard: 'To lett convenient lodgings.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Matted to 56 x 71 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 20th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Lonsdale, James Lowther, Earl of, 1736-1802
Subject (Topic):
Candles, Lawyers, Uniforms, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The pacific entrance of Earl-Wolf into Blackhaven [graphic].

4.
A private Cosack at full speed [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 August 1799]
Call Number:
799.08.01.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in Cossack uniform and holding a lance races on horseback towards the right as he looks behind to the left. In the distance a group of other Cossacks charge ahead, some with raised spears
Alternative Title:
Private Cossack at full speed
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One of the series of prints depicting Suvorov's Russian Army., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Prints & drawings lent to copy., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Cavalry, Lancers, Russian, and Uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A private Cosack at full speed [graphic].

5.
A shower, or Any port in a storm [graphic].

Published / Created:
June the 4, 1786.
Call Number:
786.06.04.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A number of persons take shelter under the enormous hat-brim of a lady who screams, clasping her hands in alarm. An infant chimney-sweep or 'climbing boy' has climbed up her petticoats and sits astride on their lateral projection. A larger chimney-sweep is about to climb up, putting one foot on his sack of soot. A cloaked market-woman, smoking a pipe, stands under the shelter, as does a man in the dress of a naval officer. A sailor, wearing trousers, his arms folded, appears to be dancing a hornpipe under the shelter of the hat. In the background (right) a lady walks (right to left) holding up a small umbrella which shelters only a minute part of her enormous hat which extends far beyond her projecting breast and petticoats. In the foreground chickens run towards a hen for shelter. A house (left) and a high wall behind which is a tree (right) complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Any port in a storm
Description:
Title from item., On verso, in pencil: questionable attribution to Kingsbury., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub'd by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Chickens, Chimney sweeps, Clothing & dress, Hats, Sailors, British, Street vendors, Umbrellas, and Uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A shower, or Any port in a storm [graphic].

6.
Le coq du village [graphic].

Published / Created:
[19th century]
Call Number:
Print10235
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., In margin top right: Imagerie d'Épinal, No. 772., and Date supplied by curator.
Publisher:
Imagerie Pellerin
Subject (Topic):
Rural-urban relations, Faux pas, City & town life, Uniforms, Veterans, Quacks & quackery, Dentistry, Public baths, Eclipses, Galleries & museums, Zoo animals, Eating & drinking, and Donkeys
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le coq du village [graphic].

7.
Margaret Nicholson attempting to assassinate His Majesty King George III : at the garden entrance

Published / Created:
[not before 2 August 1786]
Call Number:
786.08.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Margaret Nicholson is restrained by two Beefeaters after her attempted assassination of King George IV as he stands next to his Royal carriage at the garden entrance of St. James's Palace
Alternative Title:
Attentat de Marguerite Nicholson contre Son Majesté le roi George III
Description:
Title etched below image, English on the left, French on the right., Date conjectured from date of the event depicted., Plate numbered: 576., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 37.3 x 29.7 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,, and Nicholson, Margaret, 1750?-1828,
Subject (Topic):
Assassination attempts, Assassinations, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Crowds, Guards, Kings, and Uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Margaret Nicholson attempting to assassinate His Majesty King George III : at the garden entrance of St. James's Palace, 2d August 1786 [graphic].

8.
Saturday night at sea [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1794]
Call Number:
794.00.00.06
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint and possibly song text., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Cannons, Musical instruments, Sailors, Uniforms, Violins, and Warships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Saturday night at sea [graphic].

9.
The sailors race [graphic].

Published / Created:
[25 October 1793]
Call Number:
793.10.25.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three sailors race on horses along a beach as a dog chases them
Description:
Title etched below image., After Rowlandson?, Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Oct. 25, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Horse racing, Sailors, British, and Uniforms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sailors race [graphic].

10.
[Photograph of an unknown man in tall boots, a hat, and a gun and holster]

Published / Created:
undated
Call Number:
WA Photos 241
Collection Title:
Hugh M. Neighbour photographs of the west
Container / Volume:
Folder 40
Image Count:
2
Description:
Hugh M. Neighbour, Senior, was an engineer and surveyor who studied in Montana and worked in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces--Officers and Uniforms
Collection Created:
West (U.S.)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photograph of an unknown man in tall boots, a hat, and a gun and holster]