- Published / Created:
- [2 February 1800]
- Call Number:
- 800.02.24.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sailor sits on the ground outside a house from which a man (doctor) emerges to offer assistance. He has an amused look on his face as he holds his broken peg leg. One of his two companions puts up his hand to hold off the assistance of the doctor as his other companion beckons to a carpenter who carries a plank of wood and a saw in addition to his lunch pail. A woman stands at the window looking out on the scene, her finger to her nose and a slight smile on her face. A small dog walks along the road beside the approaching carpenter
- Alternative Title:
- Carpenter the best surgeon
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '240' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th Feby. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Accidents, Carpenters, Dogs, Peg legs, Physicians, British, and Sailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A broken leg, or, The carpenter the best surgeon [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Watson, Thomas, 1743-1781, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1779]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 779.12.01.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. The civilian gentleman have walking sticks tucked under their arms, and one carries a quizzing glass. The short, stout lady wears a large hooded cloak and carries a large umbrella
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "1" in upper left corner., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1779, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to the camp [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd Apr. 2d 1773.
- Call Number:
- 773.04.02.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four persons gazing at the prints displayed in a print-shop closely resembling though not identical with that in British Museum Satire no. 3758 (1774) which is evidently by the same artist. A man and woman (left) in macaroni dress stand together, he holds her left hand smiling, and pointing at one of the prints with his right hand. She turns aside smiling behind her fan. Two men (right) stand in conversation; one (right) points out to the other, who is in back view, both hands held up in astonishment, one of the prints in the top row, apparently that of Wesley. Other prints print of John Bunyan and George Whitefield. A dog befouls the foot of the man facing the shop-window."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Four lines of verse below title, in two colums: While macaroni and his mistress here, At other characters in picture, sneer, To the vain couple is but little known, How much deserving ridicule their own.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- City & town life, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Dogs, Prints, Stores & shops, and Window displays
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Macaroni and her gallant at a print-shop [graphic]
- Creator:
- Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1783 and 1790]
- Call Number:
- 763.00.00.128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The full length figure of Mr. Yates in the character of Launce from Two gentlemen of Verona stands center with his right hand holding the leash of his dog Crab while he points down to the dog with his left. Launce's shoes and hat lie on the ground in front and to the left while a tall staff stands in the ground to the right. Bushes and trees form the backdrop. Engraved below the image are 11 lines from Act II, Scene III beginning: Nay 'twill be this hour ere I have done weeping ...
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Yates in the character of Launce in the Two Gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date inferred from William Richardson's business address. See The London book trades, 1775-1800 / Ian Maxted, p. 187, Later state of a print originally published by Roberts in 1763. See British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Yates, Richard, 1706?-1796, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Characters, Launce, Actors, British, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Yeates in the character of Launce in the Two gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [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
- Alternative Title:
- Dandy and his postillion, or, The way to laugh up hill, Waay to laugh up hill, and Way to laugh up hill
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered "354" 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 on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Hobbies -- Velocipedes -- Monkey in jockey's uniform., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 67 in volume 5.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 1819 - 111 Cheapside, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Bicycles & tricycles, Dogs, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dandy and his postillion, or, The waay to laugh up hill [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1819]
- Call Number:
- 819.00.00.08+
- Collection Title:
- V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Dandy and his postillion, or, The way to laugh up hill, Waay to laugh up hill, and Way to laugh up hill
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered "354" 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 on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Hobbies -- Velocipedes -- Monkey in jockey's uniform., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1819.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 1819 - 111 Cheapside, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Bicycles & tricycles, Dogs, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dandy and his postillion, or, The waay to laugh up hill [graphic].