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1. "Ah, grant a me von letel bite" [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 11. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added below image in lower left. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5790 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 11 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. Decr. 1st, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand [i.e. Field & Tuer]
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- National characteristics, French, Starvation, Butchers, Dandies, French, Meat, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Ah, grant a me von letel bite" [graphic]
2. "Ah, grant a me von letel bite" [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.12.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. Decr. 1st, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- National characteristics, French, Starvation, Butchers, Dandies, French, Meat, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Ah, grant a me von letel bite" [graphic].
3. 1519 dandies 1819 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 January 1819]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
- Collection Title:
- V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two dandies from 1519 and 1819 stand full length in profile, contrasting the fashions of their respective time periods
- Alternative Title:
- Dandies
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sometimes attributed to William Heath., Plate numbered "328" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 29 in volume 5.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 20, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > 1519 dandies 1819 [graphic].
4. 1519 dandies 1819 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 January 1819]
- Call Number:
- 819.01.20.01
- Collection Title:
- V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two dandies from 1519 and 1819 stand full length in profile, contrasting the fashions of their respective time periods
- Alternative Title:
- Dandies
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sometimes attributed to William Heath., Plate numbered "328" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 20, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > 1519 dandies 1819 [graphic].
5. A Bath Adonis worshiping the idol of his affections [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1775?]
- Call Number:
- 775.02.01.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man wearing laced coat and sword and holding a snuff box leans on an elaborately carved console table of the pump room at Bath, admiring himself in a mirror. An illustration for the "History of Captain S_: or, the Bath Adonis."
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date and publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Extended to 26 x 18 cm.
- Publisher:
- The Matrimonial Magazine?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England) and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Clothing & dress, Furniture, Mirrors, Wallpaper, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Bath Adonis worshiping the idol of his affections [graphic].
6. A Bond-Street lounger, or, A man with two suits to his back [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [24 June 1800]
- Call Number:
- 800.06.24.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A well-dressed man with a distressed look on his face is accosted by two men in his elegant parlor decorated with paneled walls, a carpet and settee. The man standing behind him (a bailiff) holds out a arrest warrant as another man desperately grasps his coat front, his hat at his feet with an unpaid bill presumably
- Alternative Title:
- Man with two suits to his back
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Eight stanzas of a song below title: I sing of a flashy Hibernian blade, Altho' non-commission'd, yet sports a cockade ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mss. note following author's name: "supposed father of Edmund Kean the Tragedian."
- Publisher:
- Published 24th June 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actions & defenses, Dandies, British, Interiors, Parlors, and Tailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Bond-Street lounger, or, A man with two suits to his back [graphic]
7. A Cornish hug [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [5 June 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.06.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall, stout fish-wife has seized a fashionably dressed man round the waist and lifted him up; his hat and tasselled cane have fallen to the ground. She is neatly dressed, with a flat hat tied over her cap, a checked apron, clocked stockings, and buckled shoes, but she wears a soldier's coat over her dress. There are three spectators: a woman (right) in profile to the left, gapes with astonishment; a neatly dressed man wearing an apron standing behind a fish-stall looks on with quiet amusement; an apple-woman sits (left) grinning, arms akimbo. Beside her is a large basket heaped with a pyramid of fruit. A fish-stall and a basket have been overturned (right) and the contents lie on the ground. In the background is Billingsgate Dock, with masts and rigging; on the right is one of the market buildings, inscribed 'BILLINGSGATE'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Cornish hugg
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Variant with title and verses. Cf. No. 5932 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 5th 1781 by Wm. Wells no. 132 (opposite Salisbury Court,) Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Topic):
- Hugging, Dandies, British, Fishmongers, Piers & wharves, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Cornish hug [graphic]
8. A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.00.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Social satire; a tall thin man with a tasselled tricorn hat in one hand and wearing a sword, wig, buckled shoes and rings on both hands steps forward towards a large lady with a wreath in her hair, beauty spots, several rings, a cupid's bow and arrow on a ribbon round her neck, a large muff, and a very low decolletage; behind them their two dogs mimic their actions; the man asks "Beauty need note de foraine aid of ornamen but ees ven unadorn adorn de mos.", to which the woman replies "I really cannot resist the pleasing truth of the bewitching Markeee. - - ah! Sweet Sir I yield, ah!""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Cruikshank on unverified card catalog record., Imprint burnished from plate. Originally published in 1798., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Song is an allusion to the Roast beef of Old England., and Watermark: John Hall 1825.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Bracelets, Courtship, Dogs, Dandies, French, Jewelry, Miniatures (Paintings), Obesity, Pendants (Jewelry), and Rings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]
9. A French petit maitre and his valet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs, 1st Novr. 1771.
- Call Number:
- 771.11.01.03+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Nosegays -- Domestic service: valet -- Hairdressing implements: curling papers -- Street scenes -- Paris: rue d'Enfer.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Wigs, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A French petit maitre and his valet [graphic]