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217. [Mr. Pulteney's duel with Lord Hervey].
- Published / Created:
- [1731]
- Call Number:
- 731.01.25.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Mr. Pulteney duels with Lord Hervey in a country road, an open field behind them and in the distance trees against a dark, cloudy sky. In the foreground on the right stands the figure of Sir Robert Walpole who points to the two duelers
- Description:
- Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 1., Subjects identified below image in contemporary hand., and Window mounted to 20 x 26 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Ickworth, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Daggers & swords and Dueling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mr. Pulteney's duel with Lord Hervey].
218. [Orator Henly christening a child] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sympson, Joseph, -1736, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1730 and 1735]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A christening scene: A group of full length figures stands around a table covered in a cloth on which sits a bowl of water. Behind it stands a clergyman in bands, wig, gown, holding child; pretty young woman stands to the left, older woman sits in a chair to the right with a man standing over her. A small child in the foreground reaching for the bowl of water, upsets it, spilling the water over the front of the table. On the left, "Sr Foling" primps in front of a mirror
- Description:
- Title from Paulson., Fourteen lines of verse in three columns: " Behold Vilaria lately brought to Bed, Her cheeks now Strangers to their rosy Red, Lanquid her Eyes, yet lovely she appears; And oh! what fondness her Lord's Visage wears! The pamper'd Priest, in whose extended Arms, The female Infant lies with budding Charms, Seeming to ask the Name e'er he baptise, Casts at the handsom Gossops his wanton Eyes, While gay Sr. Fopling, an accomplish'd Ass, Is courting's won dear Image in the Glass: The Midwide busied too, with mighty Care, Adjusts the Cap shews Innocency fair, Behind her stands the Clerk, on whose grave Face Sleek Abigal cannont forbear to gaze, But Master, wihtout thought, poor harmless Child, Has on the Floor the Holy-Water spill'd, Thrown down the Hat; the Lap-Dog gnaws [the] Rose; And at the Fire the Nurse is warming Cloaths. One Guest enquires the Parson's Name; says Friendly, Why, don't you know Sir? 'tis Hyp- Doctor H-y., Paulson indicates that "Price [illeg.] follows imprint, but does not mention 'London". Different states?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., See reference in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 310-311., and On page 12 in volume 1. Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort.
- Publisher:
- Sold by J. Sympson at the Dove in Russell Court, Drury Lane, Lo[...]on
- Subject (Name):
- Henley, John, 1692-1756
- Subject (Topic):
- Baptisms, Children, Couples, Dandies, Dogs, Nannies (Children's nurses), and Preachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Orator Henly christening a child] [graphic]
219. [Sir Robert Fagg bribing a woman] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1734]
- Call Number:
- 734.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satire on Sir Robert Fagge, M.P. for Steyning, Susses and a Baronet, showing him on a poor-conditioned, thin horse offering a coin to a country woman in exchange for eggs that she carries in a basket
- Description:
- Title from published state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., For possible Hogarth attribution see: Anecdotes of William Hogarth, written by himself. London : J.B. Nichols and son, 1833, p. 312., Cf. No. 2023 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Annotated on verso in an unidentified hand: original state., and Title, "Sr. R. Fagg & the Gypsy," added in an unidentified hand below image.
- Publisher:
- Sold by J. Sympson, print seller at the Dove in Russell Court Drury Lane
- Subject (Name):
- Fagg, Robert, Sir, -1740
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Robert Fagg bribing a woman] [graphic].
220. [Vision of Sylvanus Urban] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1747]
- Call Number:
- 747.00.00.21
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall Corinthian column marked at its base, 'MDCCXXXI', is being hacked by a group of fiends while on the other side it is being kicked by an ass ridden by another fiend holding a whip in his left hand and a mask in his right. A tableau attached to the length of the column shows Fame, seated on a canopied throne, with Muses in attendance, receiving a piece of paper from Sylvanus Urban, the editor of the Gentleman's magazine. Behind him is a crowd of ladies and gentlemen with petitions in their hands
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from date of the volume in which this print was published., Frontispiece from: The gentleman's magazine. London : E. Cave, v. 17(1747): January., Text in upper right of plate: Front. Vol. XVII., Described in: The Vision : a poem addressed to S. Urban on completing his sevententh volume. The poem is printed facing the title page of the January 1747 issue., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Fame -- Pseudonyms: Sylvanus Urban.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Cave, Edward, 1691-1754
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Vision of Sylvanus Urban] [graphic].