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1. [The search night] [graphic].

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: [ca. 1714?]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Night scene, a couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at right with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the left, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the far left; a watchman on the right holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behind
Description:: Title and date from Paulson, Questionable attribution to Hogarth, but Paulson is inclined to accept as an early work by Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245., According to Samuel Ireland in his Graphic illustrations of Hogarth (v.1 , p. 9-10) Hogarth executed this design when he was under twenty on the lid of a tobacco box for a Captain Johnson., Trimmed sheet., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Original., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of print: Impression from the top of Captain Johnson's tobacco., Ms. note at bottom: Given me by the Right Honble William Windham., and On page 180 in volume 2.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Pillories, Prostitues, Sex, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The search night] [graphic].

2. He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden [graphic].

Creator:: Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1735]
Call Number:: Hogarth 735.00.00.19+ Box 200
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Plate from a pirated series of Hogarth's Rake's Progress, not based on one of the original prints: Covent Garden with St Paul's church and the buildings at the north-western corner of the piazza; the Rake (here called Ramble) and drunken friends are accosting women passers-by and the watch has arrived to set about them with staves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., Printmaker and publisher from the Wellcome Collection online catalogue, Wellcome Library no. 38341i., Date of publication from Paulson and the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four columns of verse beneath title: Young Ramble, without witt or dread, Does non a drunken party head ... Uplifted staves, drawn swords oppose, And stabs are well repaid with blows., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., and Window mounted to 29 x 43 cm.
Publisher:: John Bowles
Subject (Geographic):: Covent Garden (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):: Fighting, Intoxication, Rake's progress, Watchmen, and Women
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden [graphic].

3. A copy of verses humbly presented to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the aldermen, and common-council-men, and the rest of my worthy masters and mistresses dwelling in King's-Lynn

Creator:: Bouch, Thomas
Published / Created:: [1752]
Call Number:: File 763 752 B752++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Description:: Caption title., In verse. Probably a Christmas poem., With a woodcut showing a watchman with his dog with buildings including a church behind., Lewis Walpole Library: Description based on imperfect copy. Lower left corner torn with loss of a portion of the verse entitled "On the first of November.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A copy of verses humbly presented to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the aldermen, and common-council-men, and the rest of my worthy masters and mistresses dwelling in King's-Lynn

4. [A satire on 'Vice and Folly'] [graphic]

Creator:: Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not after 1760]
Call Number:: 760.00.00.111+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A satire on prostitution set in a brothel in which all the men have been given the heads of apes and the women those of cats. In the centre of the room a prostitute sits on the knee of an old man who fondles her, her legs splayed; she holds a glass in one hand and a flask in the other. A magistrate wearing a lace edged hat and holding a large candle stands over them. Constables with staves stand in the open door, behind which the prostitute's pimp (referred to as her bully in the verse beneath) is hiding; he is dressed as a grenadier. On the right, the brothel-keeper holds up a tally-board pointing out one of the symbols to three men who are startled at the entry of the constables; one is seated at a table holding a glass, another holds a large candle. On the table is a large flask, another rests on the floor beside a big jug, and another lies broken in pieces. In the background on the right a couple peer from being the curtains of a large bed. Hanging from the ceiling is a large birdcage on which a bird is perched."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:: Title supplied from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue by Sayer of a print published anonymously around 1730. See no. 1860 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., Terminal date of publication based on publisher's street address; according to the British Museum online catalogue, Sayer moved from his "opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street" premises in 1760. A later date is also possible, as the series that included this print was advertised in Robert Sayer's catalogue for 1766; see no. 1858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Alas! poor whore, thourt fairly trap'd, Tho' by thy spark so sweetly lap'd; And for thy midnight vice and folly, Your fate is now to mill your dolly ...
Publisher:: Printed for Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):: Animals in human situations, Interiors, Prostitutes, Military uniforms, Judges, Watchmen, Canopy beds, Birdcages, Doves, Wine, and Bottles
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A satire on 'Vice and Folly'] [graphic]

5. The night frolic from a design of Hogarth's pud. (39) Strand. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [1766?]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A copy after Hogarth's The search night: a couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at right with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the left, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the far left; a watchman on the right holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behind
Description:: Title etched below image., Publisher based on address., Design is a questionable attribution to Hogarth, but Paulson is inclined to accept as an early work by Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245., 1766 date from Nichols, Genuine works, vol.2, p. 239, according to Lewis Walpole local card catalogue record., Trimmed sheet., and On page 200 in volume 2.
Publisher:: M. Darly
Subject (Topic):: Pillories, Prostitues, Sex, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The night frolic from a design of Hogarth's pud. (39) Strand. [graphic]

6. [A satire on 'Vice and Folly'] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [not before 1768]
Call Number:: 766.00.00.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from description in the British Museum catalogue for the original version of the print., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. John Bowles began operating out of No. 13 Cornhill in 1768; see British Museum online catalogue., Copy in reverse of a print originally published ca. 1730. Cf. No. 1860 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Original print was etched by W.H. Toms after a design by Egbert van Heemskerck II., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: While thus the revelling debauchee, Dandles his mistrees on his knee, Th'old bawd is reckoning up the score, Of all that has been spent and more ..., Plate numbered '1' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Tavern -- Trades: Tavern-keepers -- Tallies: Tavern-keeper's score board -- Magistrates -- Furniture: Bed with curtains -- Pets -- Containers: Jug -- Glass: Wine bottles.
Publisher:: Printed for Iohn Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Prostitutes, Military uniforms, Judges, Watchmen, Canopy beds, Birdcages, Doves, Wine, and Bottles
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A satire on 'Vice and Folly'] [graphic].

7. The anatomist overtaken by the watch [in] carrying off Miss W-ts in a hamper [graphic].

Creator:: Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:: pubd. as the act directs May 1, 1773.
Call Number:: 773.05.01.08+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A lean man (right) wearing a doctor's tie-wig, is running from left to right to escape from a watchman who stands (left) springing his rightattle. On the ground is a basket or hamper, the lid of which has fallen open to show the body of a young woman in a shroud. A short irate man (centre) points at the escaping figure, turning towards the lean aged watchman, who holds in his left hand a large lantern, and a tall stick, whose head is carved to represent a head. In the watchman's hat, which is tied on with a scarf, is a tobacco pipe in full blast. The fleeing Anatomist holds a tall cane in his left hand; under his left arm is a dilapidated skull. He has dropped a paper inscribed "Hunter's Lectur[es]", showing that he is Dr. William Hunter (1718-83), the great anatomist. He built a house (1770) in Great Windmill Street to which were attached a dissecting room, lecture room, and a large museum, see British Museum Satires No. 6128. The caricature deals with the body-snatching for the sale of corpses to surgeons, which went on to a considerable extent in this period."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched above image; the word "in" after "watch" has been mostly burnished from plate., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Eighth plate in the series: Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr., Plate numbered '8' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Medical., and The word "in" in title erased from this impression.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Hunter, William, 1718-1783
Subject (Topic):: Grave robbing, Anatomists, Lanterns, Watchmen, Staffs (Sticks), Baskets, and Dead persons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The anatomist overtaken by the watch [in] carrying off Miss W-ts in a hamper [graphic].

8. The anatomist overtaken by the watch [in] carrying off Miss W-ts in a hamper [graphic].

Creator:: Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:: pubd. as the act directs May 1, 1773.
Call Number:: Print10064
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A lean man (right) wearing a doctor's tie-wig, is running from left to right to escape from a watchman who stands (left) springing his rightattle. On the ground is a basket or hamper, the lid of which has fallen open to show the body of a young woman in a shroud. A short irate man (centre) points at the escaping figure, turning towards the lean aged watchman, who holds in his left hand a large lantern, and a tall stick, whose head is carved to represent a head. In the watchman's hat, which is tied on with a scarf, is a tobacco pipe in full blast. The fleeing Anatomist holds a tall cane in his left hand; under his left arm is a dilapidated skull. He has dropped a paper inscribed "Hunter's Lectur[es]", showing that he is Dr. William Hunter (1718-83), the great anatomist. He built a house (1770) in Great Windmill Street to which were attached a dissecting room, lecture room, and a large museum, see British Museum Satires No. 6128. The caricature deals with the body-snatching for the sale of corpses to surgeons, which went on to a considerable extent in this period."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched above image; the word "in" after "watch" has been mostly burnished from plate., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Eighth plate in the series: Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr., Plate numbered '8' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Medical., 1 print : etching ; sheet 270 x 402 mm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Hunter, William, 1718-1783
Subject (Topic):: Grave robbing, Anatomists, Lanterns, Watchmen, Staffs (Sticks), Baskets, and Dead persons
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The anatomist overtaken by the watch [in] carrying off Miss W-ts in a hamper [graphic].

9. The talle-ho' parson standing at bay [graphic].

Published / Created:: Sepr. 14, 1778.
Call Number:: 778.09.14.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A clergyman in bands and gown, his hat on the pavement, squares up to a watchman holding a lantern and stick, his fists raised. He has evidently knocked out one watchman already, who lies on the ground, wig dislodged and still touching his lantern, while a third approaches from the left. Possibly from a series featuring a pugnacious parson's brushes with the law
Description:: Title etched below image., For another print featuring the same characters, see no. 5520 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Watchmen, Lanterns, Staffs (Sticks), and Fighting
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The talle-ho' parson standing at bay [graphic].

10. The midnight magistrate [graphic].

Published / Created:: Decr 1, 1779.
Call Number:: 779.12.01.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A satire on "hireling constables", that is, on constables who were paid as substitutes for parishioners who were bound to serve annually without pay. The interior of a watch-house, where the constable of the night sits in an armchair, wearing a hat and holding a long staff. Watchmen are bringing in persons arrested during the night, others sit or stand about; some are smoking. All the figures have the heads of apes. A watchman bringing in a young woman shows the constable his broken lantern. He is followed by a watchman bringing in a well-dressed young man. Other watchmen, with a woman wearing an apron, are seen through a large open doorway; behind them are buildings and the tower of Westminster Abbey. On the top of the door, which opens inwards, sits a large owl. A large fire blazes. The room is lit by a lantern hung from the roof and two large candles. Large flagons of drink are in evidence. Verses (eighteen lines) are engraved beneath the design, whose tenor is that the young woman is used by the constable as a decoy, the man is charged (falsely) with having assaulted the watch and broken the lantern. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Trimmed within plate line with loss of imprint.
Publisher:: Publish'd by Fielding & Walker
Subject (Topic):: Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The midnight magistrate [graphic].

11. The Westminster watchman [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 12 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.12.01.2 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs. Beneath the design is etched, 'To the Independent Electors of Westminster This Print of their Staunch Old Watchman The Guardian of their Rights and Privileges is dedicated by a gratefull Elector.' This is followed by an engraved inscription: 'N.B. Beware of Counterfeits as the Greenwich and Chelsea Watchmen are upon the look out!"--British museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below image: To the independent electors of Westminster this print of their staunch old watchman the guardian of their rights and privileges is dedicated by a gratefull elector ..., and Print from: The history of the Westminster election.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster watchman [graphic].

12. The Westminster watchman [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 12 April 1784]
Call Number:: 784.04.12.01.3 Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched above image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched below image: To the independent electors of Westminster this print of their staunch old watchman the guardian of their rights and privileges is dedicated by a gratefull elector., Text at bottom of plate: NB. Beware of counterfeits as the Greenwich and Chelsea watchmen are upon the look out!, and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Westminster watchman [graphic].

13. The Westminster watchman [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 12 April 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched above image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched below image: To the independent electors of Westminster this print of their staunch old watchman the guardian of their rights and privileges is dedicated by a gratefull elector., Text at bottom of plate: NB. Beware of counterfeits as the Greenwich and Chelsea watchmen are upon the look out!, 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.9 x 23.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Formerly mounted on leaf 61 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Westminster watchman [graphic].

14. The Westminster watchman [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 12 April 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched above image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched below image: To the independent electors of Westminster this print of their staunch old watchman the guardian of their rights and privileges is dedicated by a gratefull elector., Text at bottom of plate: NB. Beware of counterfeits as the Greenwich and Chelsea watchmen are upon the look out!, 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 17.4 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 20.5 x 26.5 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 61 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Westminster watchman [graphic].

15. Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [1785?]
Call Number:: 785.08.16.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Prudence produceth esteem
Description:: "A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Virtue'. A small dog stands beside her. In the background (right) is a country house, on the left farm-buildings and haystacks. The four corners are filled ... with the disasters which beset the woman who does not 'keep within compass'. (1) A woman weeps dejectedly with cards and an empty purse on the ground at her feet. (2) A drunken woman lets an infant fall from her arms; on the wall is a torn print inscribed 'Domestic Happiness'. (3) A woman is being conducted to the watch-house by two watchmen, one with his lantern, the other with a rattle. (4) She beats hemp in Bridewell, a man standing behind her with a whip, as in Hogarth's 'Harlot's Progress'. The words round the circle are the same as in BMSat 6903. Beneath the circle is inscribed 'Prudence produceth esteem'."--British Museum catalogue., The first three words of the title at the top and "Prudence produceth Esteem" below, followed by four lines of verse. The whole title appears around the circumference of the circle., Four verses of four lines begins: Instead of cards my fair-one look, (I beg you'll take it kind) Into some learned author's book, And cultivate your mind. ..., Companion print to: Keep within Compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure., and Reissue of No. 6907 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. Lacks series numbering.
Publisher:: Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):: Compasses (Drawing instruments), Dogs, Dwellings, Farms, Gambling, Handicraft, Intoxication, Lanterns, Meadows, Mothers, Parables, Playing cards, Punishment & torture, Vice, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

16. The night constable [graphic]

Creator:: Cooper, Robert, active 1795-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 September 1785]
Call Number:: 785.09.08.03+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A companion print to British Museum satire no. 6878: The country justice. Inside a watch-house, a burly watchman stands (left) facing an elderly constable who sits frowning in his arm-chair. He holds out a broken lantern and points to a thin, fashionably dressed, and apparently drunken man who stands beside him with closed eyes, holding a large stick in his left hand. Next to the constable is a clerk writing at a desk with a slanted top. The room is lit by a lantern slung from the roof. A map on the wall apparently represents the roads of the parish and the beats of the watchmen. A fire burns in a grate (right).
Description:: Title engraved below image., Eight lines of verse below title: "Watchman. This wicked dog did lift his hand, First knocked me down, then bid me stand; The peaceful neighbours he awoke, And then the Knave my lanthorn broke, At which the Villain loud did Laugh, So down I knock'd him with my staff. "Constable: If so: you Justice did yourself, Therefore begone thou prating Elf.", Originally published July 10, 1785. Cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6879., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on a shield with initials G R below.
Publisher:: Published Sepr. 8th by S.W. Fores at the Caracature [sic] Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Topic):: Law enforcement, Police, Clerks, Dogs, Fireplaces, Inkstands, Lanterns, Rifles, Soldiers, British, Watchmen, and Writing materials
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The night constable [graphic]

17. The sad discovery, or, The graceless apprentice [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [30 November 1785]
Call Number:: 785.11.30.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The interior of a bedroom. A young man crawls from under a large four-post bed on which a young woman is kneeling, holding up her arms in supplication towards an elderly man and woman in night attire who have entered from the right behind a watchman and a man with a blunderbuss; the latter kneels, pointing his weapon at the apprentice. The watchman puts his staff under the bed to push out the apprentice; his lantern stands on the floor beside him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Graceless apprentice
Description:: Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pub. 30 Nov. 1785 by J.R. Smith, 83 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):: Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Apprentices, Hiding, Watchmen, Lanterns, and Firearms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The sad discovery, or, The graceless apprentice [graphic]

18. [Groups from Hogarth's "Marriage à la mode". Plate V. E] [graphic].

Creator:: Riepenhausen, Ernst Ludwig, 1765-1840
Published / Created:: [not before 1786]
Call Number:: Hogarth 786.00.00.85 Box 112
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Plate lettered in the top center 'E': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of six figures in the fifth plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The dying earl; 2. The countess; 3. Silvertongue, escaping through the window; 4. and 5. The watchmen; 6. The head of Solomon, from the tapestry
Description:: Title and from British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '5' in upper left corner above border.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Couples, Death, Escapes, Homicides, Singers, Marriage, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Groups from Hogarth's "Marriage à la mode". Plate V. E] [graphic].

19. [The search night] [graphic]

Creator:: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:: [ca. 1794?]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Night scene, a couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at right with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the left, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the far left; a watchman on the right holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behind
Description:: Title and date from Paulson, Questionable attribution to Hogarth, but Paulson is inclined to accept as an early work by Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245., According to Samuel Ireland in his Graphic illustrations of Hogarth (v.1 , p. 9-10) Hogarth executed this design when he was under twenty on the lid of a tobacco box for a Captain Johnson., A copy by Ireland. Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. 1, p. 8., Trimmed sheet., Ms. note I in Steevens's hand in pencil above image: Copy., and On page 180 in volume 2.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Pillories, Prostitues, Sex, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The search night] [graphic]

20. The frolick [graphic]

Published / Created:: [approximately 1714?]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A copy in reverse of Hogarth's print: A night scene. A couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at left with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the right, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the far right; a watchman on the left holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behind
Description:: Title etched above image., Questionable attribution to Hogarth, but Paulson is inclined to accept as an early work by Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245., According to Samuel Ireland in his Graphic illustrations of Hogarth (v.1 , p. 9-10) Hogarth executed this design when he was under twenty on the lid of a tobacco box for a Captain Johnson., "Price 6d"--Lower right., Trimmed sheet., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Copy., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 365., and On page 180 in volume 2. Sheet mounted to: 7.4 x 9 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Pillories, Prostitues, Sex, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The frolick [graphic]

21. Samples of sweethearts and wives! [graphic]

Creator:: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: July 23, 1795.
Call Number:: Drawer 795.07.23.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Design consists of eight panels arranged in two horizontal rows, with lines of text etched in the top portion of each panel. In the upper left, an intoxicated woman in an arm chair, says "May we have in our arms what we love in our hearts. No tax upon gin! Here we go up, up, up, and there we go down, down, down!" The next shows a man prostrate on his back holding a lantern, with words above, "Bless me, is that the sun of the moon I see above there!" On the wall behind him a print with the title "The good woman" etched above the figure of a woman without a head. Third, a bare chested gravedigger looks up from his work in horror as a woman loses control of the pail of water on her head. Above them are the words, "Hollo! Damn your blood you old Faggot, where are you coming to?" The final panel in the top row shows an obese well-dressed woman vomiting, a bottle of "Comfort for the Cholick" in her left hand. The words etched above her head: "Too much of a good thing!". First on the left of the second row: a large, young woman with bare breasts and generally disheveled and quesy look on her face, walks on a cobblestone street; behind her in the distance a man shakes a cleaver in her direction. Above her the words, “I am a little sickish or so, but no matter, I've given Sal her gruel? She drink gin with me! Blast me she could as soon swallow the fat landlady!” The next panel shows a unconscious woman being carried on a man's back. The text above them reads, “She's got her quantum, by jingo, she smells as sweet as a daisy! But no matter, I'll get the blunt in the morning from her old goat of a keeper. 'Upon my conscience and soul he will have a precious bedfellow of her to night! In the third panel, bottom row, an old woman with spectacles bumps into a large rock, causing her to drop her bottle of gin and a bloody nose. Etched above her head are the words, “What's that for you sawcy reascal! Here, Watch! Watch! Watch! Lord a mercy upon me what a blow! My poor head spins like a top!” In the final panel, a military officer escorts a well-dressed young woman along a street as he brandishes a club. Above them is etched, "Stick, close, my dear, Charlotte. Hold up your head, my lily of the valley. I am as sober as a judge. Woman and wine for ever, damn me!”
Description:: Title from caption below images., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Russell & Co. 1799., and Mounted on modern secondary support.
Publisher:: Pub. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):: St. Giles in the Fields (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Social conditions, Couples, Gin, Gravedigging, Intoxication, Spouses, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Samples of sweethearts and wives! [graphic]

22. The search night [art original].

Creator:: Steevens, George, 1736-1800, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1800]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A pen and ink tracing of a published print, in reverse. Night scene, a couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at left with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the right, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the right; a watchman on the left holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behind
Description:: Title, statement of responsibility, and publication traced from print: Mr. Hogarth invt. T. Fielding sculp. Augst. 17, 1746 publish'd according to act of Parlmet. Price 6d., Questionable attribution to Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245., and On page 180 in volume 2.
Subject (Topic):: Pillories, Prostitues, Sex, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The search night [art original].

23. Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]

Creator:: Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 November 1802]
Call Number:: Drawer 802.11.01.05
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Patrons file out of a theater and onto the street
Description:: Title from text 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:: Published Novr. 1, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street, (removed from Oxford Street)
Subject (Topic):: Theaters, Umbrellas, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]

24. [Coming out of a country theatre] [art original]

Creator:: Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, artist
Published / Created:: [1802]
Call Number:: Drawer Drawings B995 no. 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A large crowd of theatregoers file out of a theater and onto the street in a pouring rainfall and high winds that turns umbrellas inside out. One man has fallen and broken his lantern as a woman falls back over him as her shoes are being changed. The audience is a mix of classes, couples, old women, young boys, some carrying laterns, one with a cane
Description:: Title from published print based on this drawing. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Drawer 802.11.01.05., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right., "The artist is said to have based the theatre in this image on the Orchard Street Theatre in Bath, opened in October 1750 near the South Gate, outside the medieval walls of Bath ... The theatre was the first country theatre to be granted a Royal patent and became known as the Theatre Royal, Bath. .... The theatre was closed in 1805."--Dealer's description., and With Joel Spitz's collector's label on verso of mount.
Subject (Topic):: Couples, Lanterns, Rain, Theater audiences, Theaters, Umbrellas, Watchmen, and Winds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Coming out of a country theatre] [art original]

25. Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]

Creator:: Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 November 1802]
Call Number:: Drawer 802.11.01.05 Impression 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A large crowd of theatregoers file out of a theater and onto the street in a pouring rainfall and high winds that turns umbrellas inside out. One man has fallen and broken his lantern as a woman falls back over him as her shoes are being changed. The audience is a mix of classes, couples, old women, young boys, some carrying laterns, one with a cane
Description:: Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 46 x 67 cm., Printed on wove paper, hand-colored, and matted to 57 x 74 cm., With the ownership stamp on mount (removed): From the collection of Maxine and Joel Spitz "Trail-Tree" Glencoe. Item no. 257. With a pencilled note: A rare print seldom met with. Obtained in London thru John Taylor -- ER NY. The original watercolor of this print is included in my collection -- obtained thru Amer. Art at auction, originally in the collection of David Insull., and Attached beneath are collector Joel Spitz's comments on provenance from old mount in pencil.
Publisher:: Published Novr. 1, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street, (removed from Oxford Street)
Subject (Topic):: Couples, Lanterns, Rain, Theater audiences, Theaters, Umbrellas, Watchmen, and Winds
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]

26. This woman's song is 'caller osts', the sweetest song Edina boasts [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1803]
Call Number:: 647 803C
Collection Title:: Leaf 16r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A night scene on a city street: a young woman, holding a basket on her arm and carrying another basket on her back meets a watchman who carries a lantern
Description:: Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):: Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):: City & town life, Peddlers, Baskets, Watchmen, and Lanterns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > This woman's song is 'caller osts', the sweetest song Edina boasts [graphic].

27. A cake in danger [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 April 1806]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A night scene (or early morning) in a London street. A countryman responds to the advances of two young prostitutes, one of whom takes a handkerchief from his coat-pocket. They are lit by the lantern hanging in a watchman's box; the aged watchman sleeps, leaning his arms on the half-door. Behind, in shadow, are the houses. Below the title: Careful Observers, studious of the Town, Shun the Misfortunes that disgrace the Clown. Gay's Trivia.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Original imprint statement partially burnished out and scratched through but legible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a description of the original imprint see no. 10646 Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33.8 x 24.1 cm., Bottom left corner of sheet missing., and Mounted on leaf 35 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 20, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):: Pickpockets, Prostitutes, and Watchmen
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A cake in danger [graphic]

28. A cake in danger [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 April 1806]
Call Number:: 806.04.20.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A night scene (or early morning) in a London street. A countryman responds to the advances of two young prostitutes, one of whom takes a handkerchief from his coat-pocket. They are lit by the lantern hanging in a watchman's box; the aged watchman sleeps, leaning his arms on the half-door. Behind, in shadow, are the houses. Below the title: Careful Observers, studious of the Town, Shun the Misfortunes that disgrace the Clown. Gay's Trivia.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Original imprint statement partially burnished out and scratched through but legible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a description of the original imprint see no. 10646 Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Mounted to 39 x 28 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 20, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):: Pickpockets, Prostitutes, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A cake in danger [graphic]

29. Mrs. Figs card party disturbed [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: April 6, 1807.
Call Number:: 807.04.06.01.1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A group playing at cards interrupted by a beadle and watchmen to arrest them for playing past midnight."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: N. 16., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Topic):: Card games, Law enforcement, and Watchmen
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Figs card party disturbed [graphic]

30. Watch House, St. Mary le Bone [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 September 1809]
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; watchmen assembling for their nocturnal rounds, wearing heay brown coats, black caps, holding lanterns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Watch House, St. Marylebone
Description:: Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 91., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 217., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:: Pub. Sept. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Marylebone (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Watchmen, and Lanterns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Watch House, St. Mary le Bone [graphic]