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1.
Going to quod [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 63. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., In the manner of Rowlandson, and likely engraved after one of his drawings., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 63 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Detention facilities, Capture & imprisonment, Doors & doorways, Prostitutes, Keys (Hardware), Watchmen, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Going to quod [graphic].

2.
The Westminster watchman [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 23. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
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., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6525 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], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. 12 April 1784; see British Museum catalogue., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 126-7., and On leaf 23 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
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].

3.
Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, [not after 1832]
Call Number:
832.00.00.53
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a larger version of the same design
Alternative Title:
Prudence produceth esteem and Keep within compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure
Description:
Title from text above and below circular image at center of design., Alternative title from text etched within circular border of center image: Keep within compass and you shall be sure, to avoid many troubles which others endure., After a watercolor drawing by Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.57., Reissue, with new imprint and date removed, of a print published by Carington Bowles in 1785; see no. 6908 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6. For a larger mezzotint version of the same design with more extensive verses below, see no. 6907 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6., Date based on the partnership of Bowles and Carver from 1793 until 1832., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns at bottom of plate: Attend unto this simple fact, as thro' this life you rove, that virtuous and prudent ways, will gain esteem and love., and Plate numbered "347" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's 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]

4.
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 rattle hangs from his shoulders. Above: '"Mary, Sir, they have committed false report--moreover they have spoken unthruths'. Secondarily they are slanders, sixth and lastly, they have belied the Constitution [orig. "a lady"] thirdly they have verified unjust things: and to conclude they are--Lying Knaves--vide much ado about nothing--'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title etched above image., Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath., and Not in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
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]

5.
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 the background a watchman hangs by the neck from the branch of a tree, still holding rattle and lantern. Beside the tree is a pond from which projects an arm clutching a rattle. Peel says: '"But such a poor, bare-forked animal as thou art--Off--off you lendings: come unbutton here vide Shaks--' ["Lear", III. iv]. The terrified watchman answers: '"Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that: You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live, vide Shaks.' ["Merchant of Venice", IV. i]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Michaelmas Day 1829, or, The last watchman and Last watchman
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of W. Heaths etching., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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]

6.
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. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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]

7.
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., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Daily paper"--Upper right corner., "Pt. 6"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Royle, King Street, Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Watchmen and Lampposts
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The morning herald [graphic]

8.
[Westminster frolics] [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1825]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C9 824 no. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in the Abbey Cloisters. Westminster schoolboys in cap and gown terrify a poor woman and a watchman by turnip-headed ghosts, and by one of their number on stilts who is masked and smoking a flaming pipe. Another, seated on a lamp-bracket, discharges a squirt at the frightened woman who falls, clutching at the fleeing watchman. See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15204 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 76, Vol. 2. Watermark 1825., and Watermarked: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825.
Publisher:
Sherwood, Jones & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Fear, Couples, School children, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Westminster frolics] [graphic].

9.
The Hammersmith ghost [graphic].

Published / Created:
[8 January 1825]
Call Number:
825.01.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A night scene, lit by a crescent moon. Men and women flee in abject terror from a menacing figure draped in a sheet, apparently on stilts, with glaring eyeballs, long beard, and talons on its outstretched hands. One of the fugitives is on a terrified horse, another is a watchman with lantern and rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Henry Heath; see British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 8 1825 by S.W. Fores Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Fear and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Hammersmith ghost [graphic].

10.
Tom getting the best of a Charley [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[31 August 1820]
Call Number:
820.08.31.03
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Illustration to Pierce Egan's Life in London, page 232. A night scene on the east side of Temple Bar, which frames the Strand and St. Clements in the background, lit by a full moon. Tom (rigjht) overturns a watchman's box from which a poor terrified old man leans out shrieking. A fellow-watchman (left) springs his rattle and shouts. Behind Tom is Jerry, much amused, between two gaily dressed prostitutes who cling to him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Imprint from later state in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Sherwood & Co.,?
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, City & town life, Prostitutes, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tom getting the best of a Charley [graphic]

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