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1. A capital joke [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [September 1823]
- Call Number:
- 823.09.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of gentlemen seated at an oval table, with glasses full of wine, laugh uproariously at a joke as they look down at the dog at the foot of the table
- Description:
- Title from text at bottom of image., Companion print to: No effect., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Sept. 1823 by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond St.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eating & drinking, Laughter, and Wine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A capital joke [graphic].
2. A riding-house [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 15 Feby. 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.02.15.03++
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 19. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 117. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of a riding-school: A number of men riding round in a circle; those in the foreground ride from right to left, those in the background from left to right. The riding-master stands in the centre, pointing with hand and cane, and grinning at a short fat man in a clerical wig who is running across the room, alarmed at the horses. A short obese man in back-view on the extreme right, who is about to mount his horse has been identified as Captain Grose. Next him is a man with a grotesque impression of alarm riding a plunging horse. Among the riders are two with clerical wigs. One horse is galloping, out of control, the others are quietly ambling round. Two sides of a high rectangular room or hall are visible; in each wall are two high arch-topped windows
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published by Js. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britian.
- Subject (Name):
- Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791 and Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791,
- Subject (Topic):
- Riding schools, Horsemanship, Clergy, Dogs, Horses, Horseback riding, Teachers, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A riding-house [graphic]
3. A riding-house [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 15 Feby. 1780.
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 19. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 117. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of a riding-school: A number of men riding round in a circle; those in the foreground ride from right to left, those in the background from left to right. The riding-master stands in the centre, pointing with hand and cane, and grinning at a short fat man in a clerical wig who is running across the room, alarmed at the horses. A short obese man in back-view on the extreme right, who is about to mount his horse has been identified as Captain Grose. Next him is a man with a grotesque impression of alarm riding a plunging horse. Among the riders are two with clerical wigs. One horse is galloping, out of control, the others are quietly ambling round. Two sides of a high rectangular room or hall are visible; in each wall are two high arch-topped windows
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Mounted on page 19 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching in brown ink on laid paper, with brown and blue-gray wash ; sheet 41.9 x 57.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published by Js. Bretherton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britian.
- Subject (Name):
- Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791 and Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791,
- Subject (Topic):
- Riding schools, Horsemanship, Clergy, Dogs, Horses, Horseback riding, Teachers, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A riding-house [graphic]
4. Father Peters leading his mangy whelp to be touched for the evil [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A monk walks through a ford leading a dog with a crown on its head: 'Father Peters' leading George III to Rome. The monk says "He cocks his Tail yet". He is going towards a wayside cross (right), above which are rocks, on which is seated the Pope, holding out a cross towards the travellers and saying "Hold out my Sons to the End & I'll give you a Crown of Glory". Behind him is a dome surmounted by a cross indicating St. Peter's. On the other side of the pool (left) there are also rocks, on them stands a sheep (?) and in the distance, by the sea-shore, are two small churches of rural appearance; off the shore are three dismantled ships with brooms at their mast-heads to show that they are for sale, the scene being inscribed "Little Britain."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate line.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by M Darly No. 159 Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799., and Petre, Robert Edward Petre, Baron, 1742-1801.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anti-Catholicism, Dogs, and Monks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Father Peters leading his mangy whelp to be touched for the evil [graphic].
5. No effect [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [September 1823]
- Call Number:
- 823.09.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young gentlemen sits in a chair opposite three fashionable young ladies and their mother who are seated on a sofa. His wide grin suggests that he has amused himself with an anecdote, but the expressions on the ladies' faces indcate that he has failed to amuse them. One of the young ladies looks down at the dog in her lap, another looks at her fan
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Companion print to: A capital joke., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Sepr. 1823 by J. Dickinson [illegible]
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Young adults, Women, and Sofas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > No effect [graphic].
6. Tabitha Grunt, or, The walking hospital [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 July 1813]
- Call Number:
- Print00151
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows a hideous old maid standing at right before her chair, supported on a crutched stick, as she addresses a comic doctor at left, who faces her, much disconcerted, with his gold-headed cane pressed to his chin. Her dress is antiquated, with high-heeled shoes; one foot is swollen with "Gout", the other with "Chilblains", and is also distorted with "Corns". Her person and costume are covered with the names of diseases in appropriate places: "Lightness" (on a feather nodding from her head), "Head Ache", "Stupor", "Dizziness", "Palsy", "Ague", "Sore Throat", "St Vit. Dance", "Asthma", . etc. Medicine bottles on a table beside her are labelled "Miss Grunt" and "T- Grunt". A little dog, shaved in the French manner, barks at the doctor. The room is a comfortably furnished parlour, with an iron balcony outside a window reaching to the floor, with a background of trees
- Alternative Title:
- Walking hospital
- Description:
- Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two columns of etched verse beneath title: Im loaded with ev'ry disease, it is true ... You're welcome to all, Sweet Miss's adieu!, and Plate numbered "525" in the lower left corner.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 24, 1813, by Jas. Whittle, & Richd. H. Laurie, Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Hypochondria, Older women, Older people, Staffs (Sticks), Medicines, Dogs, and Parlors
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Tabitha Grunt, or, The walking hospital [graphic]
7. The five strange wonders of the world
- Published / Created:
- [between 1736 and 1763?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Text begins: There are five strange wonders in the world. To hear a lawyer tell truth, to see a prodigal turn thrifty ..., In three columns with the title and four woodcuts above all columns; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the third column, below a single rule., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had, the greatest choice of histories, old and new ballads, patters, &c. better printed than at any other place., Mounted on leaf 44. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Bow-Church-Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Maxims, Horseback riding, Tobacco pipes, Dogs, Butcher shops, and Fans (Accessories)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The five strange wonders of the world
8. The library [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1813]
- Call Number:
- 813.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a fashionable library with ladies and gentlemen conversing with attendants at the counters on either side. On the left a woman looks in a book while her male companion converses with a clergyman, as the woman behind the counter consults a book. On the right, a man sits in a chair as a lady discusses her choices with the man behind the counter who reaches for a book below a sign 'Stamp'. Behind him is another sign "Just published [...]" An older woman with a walking stick approaches the counter on the right, followed by a Black servant and a dog. The windows are filled with books and prints. Through the open door a woman with an umbrella is silhouetted; to the left another sign "History Westminster and its monuments."
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from the volume in which this plate was issued., Plate from: Poetical sketches of Scarborough / illustrated by twenty-one engravings ... made upon the spot by J. Green and etched by T. Rowlandson. London : Printed for R. Ackermann by J. Diggens, 1813., Aquatint probably added to this plate and others in the volume by J.C. Stadler and J. Bluck. See: Hardie, M. English coloured books., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, partially trimmed: [J. Wha]tman [18]14.
- Publisher:
- R. Ackermann
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scarborough (England) and Great Britain,
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Interiors, Libraries, Books, Bookcases, Window displays, Light fixtures, Dogs, and Stores & shops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The library [graphic]
9. The rakish husband's garland
- Published / Created:
- [between 1793 and 1796?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Verse -- "You gallant beaus of pleasure,". -, In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first three; the imprint spans the bottom of the last two, below a series of long dashes; the columns are separated by columns of ornamental rules and type ornaments., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 27. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-Lane, West-Smithfield
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English, Husband and wife, Money, Prostitution, Wealth, Swine, Dogs, Chickens, Roosters, and Birds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rakish husband's garland