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100. Walpole's notes and drawings, [1700s].
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 170
- Image Count:
- 58
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Walpole's and others' hands, of a collection of several dozen scraps of notes, verse fragments, sketches, and drawings, collected from Walpole's papers. The notes are primarily epigrammatic or anecdotal, on such topics as printing books; British monarchs; Waldegrave's time as ambassador at Paris; Lady Mary Coke's affectations; and Sir W. Draper's gambling. The collection also includes several riddles and verses. Some of the notes have been transcribed, on the same page, by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and The manuscript also contains 29 drawings, including pencil sketches of Strawberry Hill some done by Walpole and others possibly by John Chute; a pen-and-wash drawing of a scene from The Castle of Otranto accompanied by a note of thanks from Mrs Susanna (Highmore) Duncombe; a pen drawing of the actor William Kemp copied from the frontispiece of a book; numerous busts; a detailed pastoral landscape scene in pencil, possibly by Agnes Berry; pencil sketches of a pig, cow, and dog; pen sketches by Sir John Fenn; and a woodcut title page to a book of John Skelton's works, dated 1523
- Alternative Title:
- Walpoliana mss and drawings
- Description:
- In English., Laid in: scrap of paper with faded ink writing, possibly Walpole's., Marbled endpapers., Binding: full calf; gilt decoration. In gilt on spine: Walpoliana mss and drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852., Coke, Mary, Lady, 1726-1811., Draper, William, Sir, 1721-1787., Duncombe, Susanna Highmore, 1730?-1812., Fenn, John, 1739-1794., Kemp, William, fl. 1600., Skelton, John, 1460?-1529., Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1684-1741., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anecdotes, English poetry, Epigrams, English, Nobility, Social life and customs, Riddles, Kings and rulers, Humor, and Sketches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Walpole's notes and drawings, [1700s].
101. [Beggar's opera playing cards].
- Creator:
- Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- File 55 G25 S770++
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Each card shows music and lyrics from John Gay's Beggar's opera and a small standard playing card inset in the upper left corner; red suits with stencil colored pips; no tax stamp; maker's details on king of clubs, 10 of spades and ace of hearts
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 52 (A, K, Q, J, 10-2)., and All cards mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic, each board 40 x 54.5 cm; together with a folder of notes (printed and handwritten) mostly regarding the Beggar's Opera on which the cards are based, including manuscript notes prepared (presumably by Dudley Ollis) for a talk on this theme. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Beggar's opera playing cards].
102. [Changing horses at Clermont] [art original]
- Creator:
- Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawer Drawings B995 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A single-horse carriage is stopped in front of a rustic inn or roadhouse, with two caricatured Frenchmen (one a postillion wearing enormous boots) engaged in changing out the horse. An occupant of the carriage hands money out the window to a peasant woman holding an infant and accompanied by a young boy; two other shabbily dressed figures are nearby next to a tree, one of them playing a makeshift drum. In the doorway of the building stands a young woman, and to the left a man under an archway stands with arms crossed; both watch the scene unfold. In the background a postillion rides away on horseback, whip extended into the air
- Alternative Title:
- Changing horses on the road to Paris
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Signed by the artist in lower left., and One of five views by the artist F.G. Byron that record his visit to France in 1790; they were exhibited at the Society of Artists the following year. This drawing was exhibited under the title "Changing horses on the road to Paris" (Society of Artists, 1791, no. 39).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Clermont (France) and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Horses, Taverns (Inns), Postillions, French, Peasants, Country life, Ethnic stereotypes, and Drums (Musical instruments)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Changing horses at Clermont] [art original]
103. [Este tarocchi cards].
- Published / Created:
- [1450?]
- Call Number:
- PLAYING CARDS GEN 966
- Image Count:
- 32
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 966: Imperfect: 16 cards only. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Latin/Italo-Portuguese suit system., and Composition of deck unknown.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy
- Subject (Topic):
- Tarot cards
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Este tarocchi cards].
104. [Ticket for a concert organized by the Society of Musicians] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vitalba, Giovanni, 1738-1792, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.00.00.45+
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Ticket to the Pantheon; a family concert outside a thatched cottage with a boy blowing a trumpet accompanying his sister who sings from a sheet, while the parents look on; in frame wrapped in garlands, ... cartouche at top."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., With embossed wafer seal in red ink of the "Society of Musicians" in lower left corner, and the concert details "Pantheon, Friday, May 16th, 1788" added in ink within blank cartouche at top of image., Imperfect; sheet torn in lower right corner resulting in loss of printmaker's signature. Trimmed to plate mark on left edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: C,2.1476-1483., Watermarked paper: LV., and With contemporary ink signatures of "Arnold" (for Samuel Arnold) and "Sandwich" (for the Earl of Sandwich, as Society committee members) to blank lower margin; verso with contemporary ink note "No. 158. Richard Sulivan Esq. Subscriber." For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Charity, Musical instruments, Families, and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Ticket for a concert organized by the Society of Musicians] [graphic]