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11.
Master Dogberry the parish watchman [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840
Published / Created:
[12 June 1829]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H438 829
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lord Eldon, dressed as a watchman, but with his own shoes and stockings, stands in profile to the right, stooping forward. In his right hand is a bludgeon, in the left he holds out a much-battered lantern, the candle broken and extinguished. His ratt...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jun 12th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Pry caricatures - none are original without McLeans name
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Master Dogberry the parish watchman [graphic]

12.
Peeling a Charley [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 September 1829]
Call Number:
829.09.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Peel kicks a lean old watchman behind, and drags from his shoulders his patched and tattered coat. Just behind him (right) is a big bonfire in which a watch-box and battered lanterns are blazing; beside it lie more lanterns, a rattle, and staves. In ...
Alternative Title:
Michaelmas Day 1829, or, The last watchman and Last watchman
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 29th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Police, Watchmen, Bonfires, Drowning victims, Hangings (Executions), Kicking, and Lanterns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Peeling a Charley [graphic]

13.
[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 ...
Description:
Title and date from Paulson
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Pillories, Prostitues, Sex, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The search night] [graphic].

14.
[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 ...
Description:
Title and date from Paulson
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Pillories, Prostitues, Sex, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The search night] [graphic]

15.
The morning herald [graphic]

Creator:
Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
Published / Created:
1826.
Call Number:
826.00.00.91+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A nightwatchman in a coat with a cape calls out as he walks down a city street with a lantern and club in his hands; a lamppost is lit on the corner
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Royle, King Street, Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Watchmen and Lampposts
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The morning herald [graphic]

16.
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 upo...
Description:
Title from caption below images.
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]

17.
Sensual enjoyments [graphic]

Creator:
Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:
Mar. 22, 1827.
Call Number:
827.03.22.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 26 St. James's St.
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Watchmen, Donkeys, and Noise pollution
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sensual enjoyments [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 wind...
Description:
Title and from British Museum catalogue.
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.
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 slee...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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]

20.
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 slee...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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]

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