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1. French fire-side [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1818?]
- Call Number:
- 818.00.00.16+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a fashionable parlor, two well-dressed couples entertain each other. On the right a gentleman plays the violin as his companion sings; she holds sheet music in her hand as she faces the fireplace, her back to the viewer. The violinist stands on a sheet of paper on which is written "The downfall of Paris." Above the fireplace, over a mantel with piles of books, including a volume with Code Napoleon written on its spine, is a portrait of "Napoleon le-Grand" and on either side, landscape views of Elba and St. Helena. On the left an effeminate soldier with a medal that reads "Jena" (a reference to the 1806 victory?) offers a young lady plates of fruit and cookies. The side table beside them is laiddened with fruit, flowers, liquor, and cookies. A fluffy, white dog barks at her feet. Pairs of Cupids with arrows and with laurel wreaths decorate the wallpaper
- Alternative Title:
- French fireside
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Manuscript "8" in upper center of plate.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by J. Le Petit, 20 Capel St., Dublin
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Dogs, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Mantels, Parlors, Singing, and Violins
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > French fire-side [graphic].
2. Matrimonial speculation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Esdall, William, -1795, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 October 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.10.01.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A strip design showing eight couples who contemplate marriage as the captions engraved above each couple explain
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate originally published by T. Walker in Hibernian magazine, ii, p. 193., Removed from extra-illustrated copy of History of the Fleet marriages., and Mounted on secondary support.
- Publisher:
- T. Walker
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Courtship, Marriage, Obesity, and Pregnant women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Matrimonial speculation [graphic].
3. The Irish adventuress The gallant sea captain. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.16
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, used to illustrate Town and country magazine, xix, p. 249, an account of the captain of an East Indiaman who acquired a fortune and bought an estate in a western country ... His mistress was originally an Irish peasant who came to England as a harvester; she became a domestic servant with families of position and has married the landlord of an inn to whom the captain gives his custom
- Description:
- Title from item. and Variant state of No. 7197 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by T. Walker, No. 79 Dame Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Ship captains
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Irish adventuress The gallant sea captain. [graphic]