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1. Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.112 Impression 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Hogarth's print of the same title., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.3 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 26.5 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eggs, and Legends
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
2. Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.112 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Hogarth's print of the same title., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.3 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 26.5 cm., and Printed in raw sienna ink on wove paper.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Columbus, Christopher,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eggs, and Legends
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
3. Country sport [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.114 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows a man and a boy chasing a pig in the yard of a country alehouse. In the background, another man pauses to remove his hat and wipe his brow, while a fourth has evidently tripped and lies sprawling on the ground. A dog barks at the commotion
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate numbered "31" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; sheet 19 x 25.2 cm., and Printed in vermillion ink on laid paper.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Games, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Country sport [graphic].
4. Laplanders English ; Americans ; Africans ; Chinese ; Hottentots. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.126
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Six designs, arranged in two rows, each showing a mother, father, and child from different cultures. The figures wear their native dress and appear in front of landscapes, buildings, and animals found in their region of the world
- Alternative Title:
- Six national figures
- Description:
- Titles etched below images., Alternative title and publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Plate numbered "36" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethnic stereotypes, Families, Africans, Chinese, English, Khoekhoe, Native American, and Sami (European people)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Laplanders English ; Americans ; Africans ; Chinese ; Hottentots. [graphic]
5. London sportsmen finding a hare [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on London hunters: A hare crouching in long grass beside an old tree at left while a young man runs forward dragging his gun, and holding out his hat to throw it over the animal. Two dogs follow behind him and a second man squats down with his gun to watch
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen finding a hare", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9599 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hunters and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > London sportsmen finding a hare [graphic].
6. London sportsmen recharging [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.127
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young huntsmen with a barnyard rooster hanging from his waist, negligently uses a ramrod. His pot-bellied companion leans against a fence, voraciously gnawing a cold chicken, a bottle of 'Porter' in front of him. Near him lies a dead cat. The men are accompanied by two dogs
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen re-charging", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9598 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Hunters and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > London sportsmen recharging [graphic].
7. Snuff and twopenny [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.107 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An ugly woman with only two teeth and with holes in her sleeve, shown half-length to left, a scarf over her head and tied under her chin, one hand around a tankard, holding up the other hand with thumb and forefinger pinched together, a small round snuff box on the table
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., Probably a copy of a mezzotint with the same title that was published 2 March 1795 by Bowles & Carver. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.2105., Plate numbered "22" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.7 x 16 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 18.6 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Snuff, Drinking vessels, Older people, and Poverty
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Snuff and twopenny [graphic].
8. Spaniard lousing [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.93 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dejected-looking man stands barefoot, his shirt open, next to a stump of a tree, pulling a louse from his chest. In the distance is a walled city with two church spires
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.8 x 15.25 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 16.7 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Duvison [that is, Davison], Alnwick
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Spaniard lousing [graphic].
9. The blessing [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.86 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off the back of his chair. On the wall behind them is a picture of the three crosses on Calvary
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Numbered '27' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 16.2 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 25.2 cm., and Printed in vermillion ink on laid paper.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Benedictions, Cats, and Prayer
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The blessing [graphic].