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1. La folie par la décrépitude des ajustemens de la jeunesse [graphic] / peint au pastel par Ch. Coypel ; gravé par L. Surugue end 1745
- Creator:
- Surugue, Louis, approximately 1686 -1762, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Allegorical scene with Decrepitude as an old woman in extravagant costume putting another beauty spot on her face and looking at her reflection in a mirror on a washstand, while Madness personified by young woman with fool's bauble hanging from a sash is helping her getting dressed; above them, Cupid flying with arrow in his hand."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., See no. 2211 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and On page 72 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- Chez L. Surugue graveur du roy ruë des Noyers, attenant le Magazin de Papier vis-a-vis St. Yves, A.P.D.R.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Ward, John, 1678-1758
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Aging, Clothing & dress, Cupids, Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Mirrors, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La folie par la décrépitude des ajustemens de la jeunesse [graphic] / peint au pastel par Ch. Coypel ; gravé par L. Surugue end 1745
2. Playing the game at quadrille from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1750]
- Call Number:
- 750.00.00.14
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two ladies and two gentlemen play at cards in a richly furnished room while another lady and a gentleman look on. In the background on the left a serving maid prepares tea with the help of a black boy in livery
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: card table -- Furnishing: carpet -- Domestic service: serving maid -- Black child -- Card playing: quadrille -- Reference to Vauxhall Gardens.
- Publisher:
- Robert Sayer
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Card games, Tea tables (Tables), Floor coverings, Tea services, Servants, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Playing the game at quadrille from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]
3. The cunning ward, or, Guardian coax'd [graphic]
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1751 and 1774]
- Call Number:
- 751.00.00.49+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- With one arm encircling her waist, a man holds the hand of a young woman outside a fashionable residence, unaware that another gentleman kisses the woman's other hand behind his back. Above the doorway of the residence is etched he name "Notaris” and “Slik-op Notaris” on the left door frame. In the background a third gentleman smiles and points to the grouping in the foreground. In the distance at the back of the residence a maid stands in an archway; beyound her a view of the town
- Alternative Title:
- Guardian coax'd and Guardian coaxed
- Description:
- Title etched below image, between verses., Numbered '134' in upper right corner above image., Publication date from: Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Image from a scene in Molière's L'École des maris, 1661; translated by IJsbrand Vincent as De listige vrijster of de verschalkte voogd, 1690: Troost, Possibly after a painting by Jan Josef Horemans (1714-1792)., Four stanzas of verse in two columns on either side of title: Chloe 'tis true with charming leer, you coax your am'rous guardian here ... and bless thy youthful lover., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, print & map seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Couples, Kissing, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cunning ward, or, Guardian coax'd [graphic]
4. Morning [graphic]
- Creator:
- Burford, Thomas, approximately 1710-approximately 1779, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1752 and 1764]
- Call Number:
- 741.00.00.15+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A cleric taking tea with a young woman in morning dress, who sits on a sofa pouring the tea for him, while a maid stands on the left holding a piece of lace ready to help dress her mistress; after Lancret; from a set of the four Times of Day."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title from item., Later state with altered imprint statement. For an earlier state from 1741 with the publication line "Sold by I. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.2718., Date of publication based on publisher's name in imprint; John Bowles partnered with his son Carington Bowles and traded as "John Bowles & Son" from approximately 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Four lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: This early visit to the beauteous fair ..., and One of four plates in an untitled series on the times of the day.
- Publisher:
- Sold by I. Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic]
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Tea services, Sofas, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Morning [graphic]
5. Gouty husband and his young wife [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1760]
- Call Number:
- 760.00.00.92
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on marriage; An old man seated with one leg bandaged and raised on chair in front of him, being attended to by a maid; behind him his young wife is locked in an embrace with her younger lover."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publication date from a unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Disease -- Cantharides -- Curtains -- Birds -- Furniture: upholstered armchair -- Cuckolds.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Adultery, Women domestics, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, Crutches, Clocks & watches, Draperies, Birdcages, Parrots, Chairs, and Bells
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gouty husband and his young wife [graphic].
6. The Methodist taylor caught in adultery [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs July 21, 1768.
- Call Number:
- 768.07.21.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The thin, half-dressed man is scolded by his fat wife who has caught him in the garret bedroom with their young female servant. A bundle of his clothes in her arms, the servant scratches her head at the door. Pasted on the walls and ceilings of the room are several papers inscribed with dictums such as "Thou shalt not commit adultery", "God's warning for sinners", and "Once I lov'd." On the floor a book lies open to pages which read "Servants obey your Masters" and "Sermon to young women by Timy. Button Hole."
- Description:
- Title engraved below image.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Methodists, Adultery, Attics, Couples, Bedrooms, Servants' quarters, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Methodist taylor caught in adultery [graphic]
7. Statute Hall, or, The modern Register Office [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1769]
- Call Number:
- 769.04.10.01+
- Collection Title:
- Page 150. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a large room of an employment agency, prospective employers interview their potential hires. At the extreme right is a desk with the manager of the agency sitting behind it . On the desk is large open volume entitled "Order from Covent Garden for tid-bits". Next to it lies a note, "To Mr. Double Face, Statute Hall." In the foreground, next to the desk, a young man and woman sit on a bench waiting their turn. Numerous pairs around the room conduct interviews, including an older woman examining the face of a young manservant; a macaroni feeling the bosom of a maidservant; an old woman in spectacles poking the chest of a large coachman with a whip in his hand; a bishop leering at a young woman holding a box under her arm; and a pair in the background on the left holding a paper "Hell Fire Jack at the Bedford". In the background on the far right two young women stand against the wall, under an advertisement: "Two ladies want places with single gentlemen willing to do any thing." Other advertisements hang on the back wall
- Alternative Title:
- Modern Register Office
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a variant state bearing the imprint of Robert Sayer, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1860,0623.23., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 24 x 34 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by the inventor M. Darly accordg. to act of Parliament, April 10, 1769, at No. 39 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Employment agencies, Interiors, Interviews, Desks, Benches, Servants, Dandies, British, Women domestics, and Coach drivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Statute Hall, or, The modern Register Office [graphic]
8. High life at noon [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1769.
- Call Number:
- 769.06.01.01+
- Collection Title:
- Page 61. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a paneled room hung with mirrors and a clock, the master of the house, in dressing gown and nightcap, puts his hand on the bosom of a maid who serves him biscuits. Next to him a clergyman looks adoringly at the lady of the house on his left. In his hand is an open volume with text "A sermon, I am sick of love." She is dressed in a wrap and cap and, while smiling at the clergyman, surreptitiously takes a letter from a black servant boy who approaches from behind her chair. A parrot in a cage hanging above them sings, "Caesar and Pompey were both of them horned." A squirrel sits on a stool next to the table. In the foreground, a monkey sits on the floor, reading "A dissertation on winding up the clock, by Tristam Shandy." On the extreme left, a footman with a long unbraided queue is trying to push out of the room a bill collector who came in to present a tailor's bill
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publisher's announcement following publication statement: Price 1s. but given gratis to the purchasers of The Court miscellany., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of the title: With touch indelicate His Grace, approaches that angelic place ..., Companion print to: High life in the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Furniture, Mirrors, Longcase clocks, Women domestics, Clergy, Books, Servants, Parrots, Birdcages, Squirrels, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life at noon [graphic].
9. High life at noon [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1769.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 61. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a paneled room hung with mirrors and a clock, the master of the house, in dressing gown and nightcap, puts his hand on the bosom of a maid who serves him biscuits. Next to him a clergyman looks adoringly at the lady of the house on his left. In his hand is an open volume with text "A sermon, I am sick of love." She is dressed in a wrap and cap and, while smiling at the clergyman, surreptitiously takes a letter from a black servant boy who approaches from behind her chair. A parrot in a cage hanging above them sings, "Caesar and Pompey were both of them horned." A squirrel sits on a stool next to the table. In the foreground, a monkey sits on the floor, reading "A dissertation on winding up the clock, by Tristam Shandy." On the extreme left, a footman with a long unbraided queue is trying to push out of the room a bill collector who came in to present a tailor's bill
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publisher's announcement following publication statement: Price 1s. but given gratis to the purchasers of The Court miscellany., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of the title: With touch indelicate His Grace, approaches that angelic place ..., Companion print to: High life in the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.5 x 34.2 cm, folded to 22.5 x 24.8 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of publication line from bottom edge., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 61 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Furniture, Mirrors, Longcase clocks, Women domestics, Clergy, Books, Servants, Parrots, Birdcages, Squirrels, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life at noon [graphic].
10. Statute Hall, or, The modern Register Office [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1769]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 150. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a large room of an employment agency, prospective employers interview their potential hires. At the extreme right is a desk with the manager of the agency sitting behind it . On the desk is large open volume entitled "Order from Covent Garden for tid-bits". Next to it lies a note, "To Mr. Double Face, Statute Hall." In the foreground, next to the desk, a young man and woman sit on a bench waiting their turn. Numerous pairs around the room conduct interviews, including an older woman examining the face of a young manservant; a macaroni feeling the bosom of a maidservant; an old woman in spectacles poking the chest of a large coachman with a whip in his hand; a bishop leering at a young woman holding a box under her arm; and a pair in the background on the left holding a paper "Hell Fire Jack at the Bedford". In the background on the far right two young women stand against the wall, under an advertisement: "Two ladies want places with single gentlemen willing to do any thing." Other advertisements hang on the back wall
- Alternative Title:
- Modern Register Office
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a variant state bearing the imprint of Robert Sayer, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1860,0623.23., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Folded to 24.5 x 24.3 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 150 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by the inventor M. Darly accordg. to act of Parliament, April 10, 1769, at No. 39 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Employment agencies, Interiors, Interviews, Desks, Benches, Servants, Dandies, British, Women domestics, and Coach drivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Statute Hall, or, The modern Register Office [graphic]
11. [Family kitchen] [art original]
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 18 Box D200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A kitchen scene with three female domestics. One is bending over offering an excited dog some sustenance from a tilted bucket while a second looks on with a slight smile. A third servant sits laboring in front of the fireplace
- Description:
- Title and date supplied by cataloger., Signed with the artist's initials in black ink below image., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Kitchens, Women domestics, Fireplaces, Animal feeding, and Pets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Family kitchen] [art original]
12. High life below stairs, or, Mungo addressing himself to my lady's maid [graphic]
- Creator:
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1st Jany. 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.01.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed young maid sitting in an ornate armchair by a round table with an almost empty wine bottle and glasses on it, is being embraced by a black manservant sitting on a stool in front of her. Another black servant is sitting sideways on a chair near them. He is tipping it perilously as he tries with a great effort to play a horn. An open book lies on the floor in the foreground and a painting on the wall in the background is partially covered by an ornate curtain
- Alternative Title:
- Mungo addressing himself to my lady's maid
- Description:
- Title from item., The printmaker's name from other prints signed by William Humphrey as 'Umfrey' and published by Sayer., Plate numbered '207' in lower right corner., One line of text below title: For wine inspires us, and fires us, with courage, love and joy, &c., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Black manservants -- Musical instruments: horn -- Furniture: round table -- Chairs -- Furnishings: curtain -- Painting -- Effects of wine., and Numbered in contemporary hand in upper right corner '155.'
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Draperies, Musical instruments, Servants, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs, or, Mungo addressing himself to my lady's maid [graphic]
13. The jealous maids [graphic]
- Creator:
- Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs, 2nd March 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.03.02.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A pretty young maid seated at a table is flirting with a footman leaning with his arms on the back of her chair. She is petting a cat; two kittens are playing in a basket on another chair. In the background, another maid, busy mending a garment, looks at them with disapproval and jealousy. Behind on the wall hangs a shelf with plates, a warming pan and a placard (playbill?) entitled, "The Rival Maids."
- Description:
- Title from item., Four lines of verse in two columns on sides of title: His lordship loves the amourous game; His gadding lady does the same ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: maidservants -- Footman -- Furniture -- Dish rack -- Warming pan -- Romantic jealousy -- Domestic life -- Dishes: forks and spoons.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Women domestics, Servants, Envy, Baskets, Cats, Chairs, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The jealous maids [graphic]
14. The old batchelor [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1773]
- Call Number:
- 773.00.00.27
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Old bachelor
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: The batchelor by William Congreve., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted to 29 x 23 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Basins (Containers)., Bedrooms, Chairs, Clothes chests, Gout, Interiors, Medical equipment & supplies, Men, Older people, Pitchers, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old batchelor [graphic].
15. The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 91. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her right hand while in her left she holds a candle over the cradle where the swaddled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious fury, her mouth agape. On the left Dr. Slop raises his left fist at her while in his right he holds a cataplasm in a ladle, ready to fling at her. His hat lies at his feet, and his wig is ablaze. Obadiah stands behind him carrying in his hands a chamber pot and a bowl, a medicine bottle tucked under his arm. The two men stand before a screen. The walls of the room are hung with portraits and a mirror; a grandfather's clock showing the time as 6:15 stands against the wall behind the cradle and Susannah. Two medicine bottles sit on a table partially hidden behind the screen. In the foreground lies an over-turned chair
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of quoted text below image, four on either side of title: "Susannah rowing one way & looking another, set fire to Dr. Slop's wig, which being somewhat bushy & unctuous withal was as soon burnt as kindled ..." Vide Tris. Shandy vol. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: Cataplasm -- 'Dr. Slop' -- Dishes: Bowls -- Lighting: Long handle candlesticks -- Domestic service: Maid -- Furniture: Hall clock -- Folding screen., and Mounted on page 91 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 3d February 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, Servants, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The battle of the cataplasm [graphic]
16. [The battle of the cataplasm] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 91. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from Tristram Shandy in which Susannah stands holdings her nose with her right hand while in her left she holds a candle over the cradle where the swaddled infant Tristram lies with a plaster on his nose. She addressed the doctor with obvious fury, her mouth agape. On the left Dr. Slop raises his left fist at her while in his right he holds a cataplasm in a ladle, ready to fling at her. His hat lies at his feet, and his wig is ablaze. Obadiah stands behind him carrying in his hands a chamber pot and a bowl, a medicine bottle tucked under his arm. The two men stand before a screen. The walls of the room are hung with portraits and a mirror; a grandfather's clock showing the time as 6:15 stands against the wall behind the cradle and Susannah. Two medicine bottles sit on a table partially hidden behind the screen. In the foreground lies an over-turned chair
- Description:
- Title from later state., Artist and printmaker from signatures on later state: HWBunbury delin. ; J. Bretherton f., Proof state, before any lettering and before additional shading added to the design. For the lettered state, see no. 5216 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Publisher and date of publication inferred from imprint statement on later state., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: Cataplasm -- 'Dr. Slop' -- Dishes: Bowls -- Lighting: Long handle candlesticks -- Domestic service: Maid -- Furniture: Hall clock -- Folding screen., and Mounted on page 91 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- J. Bretherton
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Cradles, Longcase clocks, Physicians, Quarreling, Screens, Servants, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The battle of the cataplasm] [graphic].
17. Fille d'auberge [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 1ts [sic] Iany. 1774.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.01.01.03 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young woman standing in an inn in profile to left, holding a gourd and a bowl against her sides, looking ahead, wearing a mob-cap and check apron, with a chair to left, casement window to right and three pictures on the wall behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Interior of a French inn -- Domestic service: French servant.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Taverns (Inns), Interiors, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fille d'auberge [graphic]
18. Fille d'auberge [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd 1ts [sic] Iany. 1774.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.01.01.03 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young woman standing in an inn in profile to left, holding a gourd and a bowl against her sides, looking ahead, wearing a mob-cap and check apron, with a chair to left, casement window to right and three pictures on the wall behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Temporary local subject terms: Interior of a French inn -- Domestic service: French servant., 1 print on laid paper : etching and drypoint, hand-colored ; sheet 19.9 x 13.8 cm, mounted on secondary support., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Taverns (Inns), Interiors, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fille d'auberge [graphic]
19. The man of business [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1774]
- Call Number:
- 774.06.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Numbered '19' in upper left of plate., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1774., and Watermark : countermark IV.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1st 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Pregnancy and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The man of business [graphic].
20. Miss returning from a visit, or, Thomas fording a brook with his mistress [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 20 August 1774.
- Call Number:
- 774.08.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Thomas fording a brook with his mistress
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Reduced and reversed copy of this print was published by Sayer on September 10, 1787. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6 , no. 8265., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Footman -- Fording -- Pick-a-back -- Queue wig., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed at lower edge.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Servants, Wigs, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss returning from a visit, or, Thomas fording a brook with his mistress [graphic].
21. The utility of cork rumps 1777, [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.06.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed young woman stands before the mirror on her dressing table, a box of pins in her hand. Standing behind her on her huge bustle or "cork rump", her bespectacled hairdresser arranges her mountainous headdress, consisting of rows of curls on the sides and topped by rows of vegetables with ostrich plumes at the summit. A maid carrying a basket of feathers and vegetables approaches on the right
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd the act directs June 9, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles, Hairdressing, Skirts, Dressing tables, Interiors, Women domestics, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The utility of cork rumps 1777, [graphic].
22. The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Published as the Act directs [November 10, 1777?]
- Call Number:
- 777.11.10.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
- Alternative Title:
- Lover's larceny
- Description:
- Title from item., Date erased from print., Date from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Numbered in lower left of plate: 366.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and British
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
23. The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs [not before 10 November 1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.11.10.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
- Alternative Title:
- Lover's larceny
- Description:
- Title from item., Date conjectured from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.5, Appendix: Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., Numbered in plate at lower left: 270., Reduced version of British Museum catalogue 4554., and Date burnished from print.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and British
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
24. An actress at her toilet, or, Miss Brazen just breecht [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 24 June 1779.
- Call Number:
- 779.06.24.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "The interior of a well-furnished dressing-room. A young woman stands in the centre, arms akimbo, putting on a pair of breeches and looking towards the mirror which stands on a dressing-table (right) in which a small monkey is also looking. A maid-servant (left) stoops to fasten the buttons at the right. knee. A poodle, partly shaved, barks at the actress; it stands on a play bill inscribed "and the Part of Capt Macheath by Miss ." A pair of top-boots lies on the floor. On a stool (right) is a sword, a pair of stays, and a paper inscribed "To be seen a most surprising Hermaphrodite.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Miss Brazen just breecht
- Description:
- Title from text engraved below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, Clothing & dress, Cross dressing, Dogs, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An actress at her toilet, or, Miss Brazen just breecht [graphic]
25. Evening, or, The man of feeling [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [10 October 1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 7. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 57. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Design in a circle. Three men sit by a rectangular supper-table, a grandfather-clock behind them points to XI. The man on the left is having his jack-boots pulled off by a small boy; the boy stands astride his right leg pulling hard, his back to the man, who is scowling and pushes his other booted foot against the boy's back; on the floor are a pair of spurs, a pair of slippers, and a boot-jack. A man (right) wearing a night-cap, but otherwise completely dressed and wearing spurred boots, leans one elbow on the table, his face contorted as if in pain, he holds his hand to his thigh. On the table beside him is a small packet inscribed "Diaculum". In the centre, and on the farther side of the table, the third man leans both elbows on the table, his hair is tousled and his eyes are shut. A man-servant behind, yawning, is carrying off a square box, probably a wig-box, while a maidservant stands on the right, a candle in one hand, a warming-pan in the other, watching with amusement the efforts of the boy to pull off the boot. Three hats hang on the wall; a bottle, a plate, three wine-glasses, and a guttering candle, burnt down to the socket, stand on the table."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Man of feeling
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Companion print to: Morning, or, The man of taste., Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: Maid -- Man-servant -- Male hats, 1780 -- Night-cap -- Medical: Packet of 'diaculum' -- Male costume, 1780 -- Jack-boots -- Boot-jacks -- Boot-boy., and Mounted on page 7 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Octbr. the 10th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dining tables, Longcase clocks, Boots, Slippers, Boys, Candles, Servants, Women domestics, Hats, Bottles, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Evening, or, The man of feeling [graphic]
26. [Marian] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd May 12th, 1781.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 31. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A maid in simple dress sitting in profile to right on a rock in a hilly landscape, holding the handle of a bucket on the ground beside her, a figure on horseback on a path about to crest the hill in the distance at right; circular design after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from later state., Initial letters form a monogram in both artist's name and printmaker's name in signatures., "First state with scratched letters"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.121., For a later state, published 20 May 1781 by J. Baldrey and sold by E. Hedges, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3004., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Cicely., and Mounted on page 31 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Women domestics, Pails, and Hills
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Marian] [graphic]
27. Evening, or, The man of feeling [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [10 October 1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 7. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 57. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Design in a circle. Three men sit by a rectangular supper-table, a grandfather-clock behind them points to XI. The man on the left is having his jack-boots pulled off by a small boy; the boy stands astride his right leg pulling hard, his back to the man, who is scowling and pushes his other booted foot against the boy's back; on the floor are a pair of spurs, a pair of slippers, and a boot-jack. A man (right) wearing a night-cap, but otherwise completely dressed and wearing spurred boots, leans one elbow on the table, his face contorted as if in pain, he holds his hand to his thigh. On the table beside him is a small packet inscribed "Diaculum". In the centre, and on the farther side of the table, the third man leans both elbows on the table, his hair is tousled and his eyes are shut. A man-servant behind, yawning, is carrying off a square box, probably a wig-box, while a maidservant stands on the right, a candle in one hand, a warming-pan in the other, watching with amusement the efforts of the boy to pull off the boot. Three hats hang on the wall; a bottle, a plate, three wine-glasses, and a guttering candle, burnt down to the socket, stand on the table."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Man of feeling
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Companion print to: Morning, or, The man of taste., Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: Maid -- Man-servant -- Male hats, 1780 -- Night-cap -- Medical: Packet of 'diaculum' -- Male costume, 1780 -- Jack-boots -- Boot-jacks -- Boot-boy., Mounted on page 57 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; circular image 29.0 cm, on sheet 35.3 x 30.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Octbr. the 10th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dining tables, Longcase clocks, Boots, Slippers, Boys, Candles, Servants, Women domestics, Hats, Bottles, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Evening, or, The man of feeling [graphic]
28. The country maid [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 March 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 4. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A maid standing in a landscape with an empty basket in hand, looking out longingly, another behind her bends down to pick up a pail, in the distance across fields a steeple at left and cottage at right; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2971., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of verse etched below title: No care, but love, can discompose her breast. Love, of all cares, the sweetest, and the best., and Mounted on page 4 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 20, 1782, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Women domestics, Pails, and Baskets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The country maid [graphic]
29. [The key of the back stairs & the small beer &c] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.29+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On a raised platform, the Devil sits on top of 3 casks, one labelled "small beer". He straddles a huge key, from which are suspended, as on a gallows, 2 gentlemen, the one on the right bearing some resemblance to George III. On the left 2 maids or washerwomen wave mop and broom at the hanged man (possibly Pitt?), saying "You tax maid servants no more". On the right Samuel House, standing before his tavern, offers a tankard to Jeffrey Dunstan, who is voicing his support of Charles James Fox. The Devil is uttering the words of the title
- Alternative Title:
- Key of the back stairs and the small beer etc
- Description:
- Title derived from text in image. and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797. and House, Samuel, -1785.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil, Keys (Hardware), Taverns (Inns), Women domestics, Hangings, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The key of the back stairs & the small beer &c] [graphic].
30. [The careless maid] [art original].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1785?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 7 Box D145
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young mopping maid clumsily shoves an older gentleman whom reels away flailing his cane in the air. A second onlooker maid laughs at the awkward situation
- Description:
- Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Women domestics, Servants, Accidents, Clumsiness, and Mops & mopsticks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The careless maid] [art original].