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1.
Symptoms of drowsiness Symptoms of laziness / [graphic]

Creator:
Brett, J., active 1794-1795, printmaker
Published / Created:
[17 December 1794]
Call Number:
794.12.17.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire; two men seated on chairs, one dozes, his legs crossed and his hands tucked into his waistcoat, the other yawns, stretching his legs; below the first is written "Symptoms of Drowsiness", beneath the second "Symptoms of Laziness"."--Brit...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 17th Decr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Sleeping, Yawning, and Boredom
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of drowsiness Symptoms of laziness / [graphic]

2.
About your business [art original]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, artist
Published / Created:
[1795]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 56 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'Observations' protrudes from his coat-pocket. His ...
Alternative Title:
Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address
Description:
Title from words written around the face of the clock.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > About your business [art original]

3.
Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 November 1795]
Call Number:
795.11.29.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protrudes from his coat-pocket....
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 29, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Great Britain, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address [graphic]

4.
Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 November 1795]
Call Number:
795.11.29.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protrudes from his coat-pocket....
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 29, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Great Britain, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address [graphic]

5.
[The connoisseur and tired boy] [graphic]

Creator:
Dawe, Philip, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs 1st Novr. 1773.
Call Number:
773.11.01.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on connoisseurs: a man holds up a candle to examine a painted landscape in a heavy frame, which is held up for him by a yawning boy; the candle flame is shielded by the man's hand."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later stat...
Alternative Title:
Connoisseur
Description:
Title from later state described in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
R. Sayer
Subject (Topic):
Candles, Yawning, and Paintings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The connoisseur and tired boy] [graphic]

6.
Morning preparation [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 February 1785] and [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 10. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic]

7.
Morning preparation [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 February 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic].

8.
Morning preparation [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 February 1785]
Call Number:
785.02.25.01+
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Morning preparation [graphic].

9.
Returned from the ball [graphic]

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1829]
Call Number:
829.00.00.118+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Young woman dressed in her ballgown half-reclines on a settee in her bedroom while her elderly maid yawns with tiredness."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Ball dresses, Bedrooms, Couches, Yawning, Candles, Dogs, and Women domestics
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Returned from the ball [graphic]

10.
[French barracks] [art original]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[1786]
Call Number:
Drawings R79 no. 19 Box D207
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the interior of busy French barracks shows a more domestic atmosphere than military although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at h...
Description:
Title from engraving based on this drawing, published by S.W. Fores 12 August 1791.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Yawning
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [French barracks] [art original]

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