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19. The pleasures of a tandem [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1819]
- Call Number:
- 819.00.00.45+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view from the street: a carriage with a coachman shown driving on the street in front of the Sidebotham shop with a sign over the shop display windows reading: Opposition Caricature Shop. In the opposite direction on the street, a horse gone wild; another horse is trampled by the carriage horse. A woman flees in terror while a gentleman continues to walk, oblivious to the chaos around him. Sign in the upper right: Bang up!! The public are cautioned against a vile and spurious imitation of the above published car[illegible text].
- Description:
- Title from caption 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:
- Publish'd by J. Sidebotham 24 Lower Sackville Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Sidebotham
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Horses, Publishing industry, Stores & shops, and Window displays
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The pleasures of a tandem [graphic].
20. They are altogether lighter than vanity [graphic]
- Creator:
- Burder, George, 1752-1832, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.32
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark, possibly with loss of design., Publication date conjectured from costume., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Crowds, Pickpockets, City & town life, Window displays, Cages, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > They are altogether lighter than vanity [graphic]
21. Very slippy-weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.02.10.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In front of Humphrey's print shop window, a man sits on the pavement, having fallen backwards; his legs are splayed up, his wig is falling off, and coins spill from his pockets. The man's predicament is unobserved by four men studying the Gillray prints displayed in the shop window, each identifiable: a gentleman with a quizzing glass held to his eye; a military officer; a coachman; and a young dustman carrying a pair of skates under his arm, his nose eaten away by syphilis. From the cobblestone street a dog looks at the man. Through the shop door, two men, one an obese cleric, are shown examining a print
- Alternative Title:
- St. James's Street
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
- Subject (Topic):
- City & town life, Clergy, Coach drivers, Falling, Merchandise displays, Military officers, British, Older people, People associated with commercial & service activities, Prints, Syphilis, Stores & shops, Thermometers, Weather, Window displays, and Printing industry
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Very slippy-weather [graphic]
22. William Darton, bookseller [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1822]
- Call Number:
- File 66 822 W716
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view from the street of the bookseller William Darton's shop at No. 58 Holborn in London, with the shop window filled with prints and books. Above the windows Darton advertises the scope of his wares: "Books in all languages on the arts, sciences &c.; Maps, plans, charts, prints & games; Works of merit soon as published. A woman and two children are shown looking in the windows while a second woman and child are shown entering the shop. A horse-drawn carriage enters the scene from the right. On the left, a man sits beside a lamppost with a basker and dog at his side
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Possibly used as a trade card?, and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, 1822, where may be had maps and prints wholesale
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Darton, William, 1781-1854.
- Subject (Topic):
- Booksellers and bookselling, City & town life, Lampposts, Stores & shops, Window displays, and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > William Darton, bookseller [graphic].
