- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1807]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 9 Box D146
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a loft stacked with sacks, an angry countryman ferociously prods one with a pitchfork, while a handsome young woman stands in alarm behind him in the doorway. From the sack projects the terrified head and hands of the woman's lover; his queue indicates a military officer. A white owl flies under the rafters
- Description:
- Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., Compare to a print (in reverse) published 16 May 1807 by R. Ackermann: I smell a rat, or, A rogue in grain. See no. 10814 in v. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hiding places, Adultery, Couples, Hiding, Bags, Pitchforks, and Surprise
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The discovery] [art original].
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- Creator:
- Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [October 1788]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Detail of the right side of the first design for William Hogarth's A rake's progress; an older man sits at a table holding the hands of the two young people whose marriage he has just arranged. Only the forearms of the betrothed couple are shown
- Description:
- Title devised by curator. and On page 209 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- Published Octr. 1788 Thos. King, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Betrothal, Couples, and Marriage
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The match-maker] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Livesay, Richard, -1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before October 1798]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 799.05.01.07 Box 135
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Detail of the right side of the first design for William Hogarth's A rake's progress; an older man sits at a table holding the hands of the two young people whose marriage he has just arranged. Only the forearms of the betrothed couple are shown
- Description:
- Title from earlier state.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Betrothal, Couples, and Marriage
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The match-maker] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1795]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C888 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in St. James's Park: A fashionably dressed couple stroll past a women who sits in on a bench, her head resting on her hand and a dejected look on her face
- Description:
- Title, numbering, and artist's signature inscribed on verso in black ink in the artist's hand: The neglected fair, no. 267, I. Cruikshank Senr. delt., Drawing signed with artist's initials within image in lower right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Saint James's Park (London, England), England, and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Rejection (Psychology), and Parks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The neglected fair] [art original]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1724]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 73K(a) Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
- Alternative Title:
- Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
- Description:
- Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The Golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Sam. Briscoe
- Subject (Name):
- Apuleius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The new metamorphosis. Frontispiece] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
- Alternative Title:
- Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
- Description:
- Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The Golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14.1 x 7.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- Sam. Briscoe
- Subject (Name):
- Apuleius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The new metamorphosis. Frontispiece] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1825]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 12
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in the Abbey Cloisters. Westminster schoolboys in cap and gown terrify a poor woman and a watchman by turnip-headed ghosts, and by one of their number on stilts who is masked and smoking a flaming pipe. Another, seated on a lamp-bracket, discharges a squirt at the frightened woman who falls, clutching at the fleeing watchman. See British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15204 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 76, Vol. 2. Watermark 1825., and Watermarked: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825.
- Publisher:
- Sherwood, Jones & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boys, Fear, Couples, School children, and Watchmen
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Westminster frolics] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1837-1838]
- Call Number:
- 837.00.00.40
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- From left to right, Lieutenant Doyle, Mr. Sone and Captain Foster, all from the 24th Regiment, walking to the right with three ladies on the North Bridge
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from volume., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
- Publisher:
- Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Doyle, William, active 1784., Sone, Samuel., and Foster, William, active 1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Clothing & dress, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [after 1780?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D574 no. 2 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man holds a lady's hand as she descends a flight of stairs overlooking a pond. To the left in the distance are shown two figures in a row boat on the water
- Description:
- Inscription in pencil on verso: Cut mount to fit shape of inlay piece., Robert Dighton, English draughtsman, 1752-1814., For further information, consult library staff., and Watermark.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Etiquette
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Young lady and gentleman descending steps, near pond] [art original].