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1. Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.112 Impression 1
- 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., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- 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 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].
3. 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].
4. Country sport [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.114 Impression 1
- 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., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Games, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Country sport [graphic].
5. 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].
6. Dancing bear Don Quixote & Sancho ; Paul Puff & Jerry Sneak ; Farmer & pig ; Ballad singers ; Pompey the Little ; Dancing dogs ; A robber ; Astronomers. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.122
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Nine small scenes, arranged in three rows, showing people and animals engaged in various activities
- Description:
- Titles etched below images., Publication date based on date assigned by Isaac to other Davison prints., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Plate numbered "44" in upper right corner., and Not in: Isaac, P. Some Alnwick caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Name):
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomers, Criminals, Dogs, Farmers, Folk singers, Singers, Swine, and Trained animals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dancing bear Don Quixote & Sancho ; Paul Puff & Jerry Sneak ; Farmer & pig ; Ballad singers ; Pompey the Little ; Dancing dogs ; A robber ; Astronomers. [graphic]
7. London sportsmen shooting flying [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.96
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two 'cits' are shown out for a day's sport in the countryside. One is rather thin and fashionably dressed, while the other is an older, fat John Bull type. The younger man leaps a low fence, firing his rifle at a flight of birds, his clipped poodle leaping beside him. His fat companion stands on the far side of a ow stile, gun in hand, an eager bulldog at his side; he tries to catch his hat which his friend has knocked off
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date based on range of years in which Davison produced caricatures. See: Isaac, Peter. Some Alnwick caricatures. Wylam : Allenholme Press, 1965., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., A copy in reverse of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen shooting flying", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9597 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Game bird hunting, Rifles, and Fences
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > London sportsmen shooting flying [graphic].