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- Creator:
- Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1733]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 L328 733
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Four pair for a shilling, Holland socks, Achetez des chaussons, and Chi uuol scapini d'Holanda
- Description:
- Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., No. 44 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., and Numbered on verso in contemporary hand.
- Publisher:
- Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
- Subject (Topic):
- Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > 4 paire for a shilling, Holland socks Achetez des chaussons = Chi uuol scapini d'Holanda / [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- Oct. 2d 1771.
- Call Number:
- 771.10.02.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length view from behind of a Scotsman dressed in kilt and covered with a plaid shawl. He wears a bonnet and plaid stockings
- Alternative Title:
- Montagnard d'Ecosse
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Highlander's tartan., and Watermark: Strasburg lily, partially cut off.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. according to act of Parlt. by MDarly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Highlander Un montagnard d'Ecosse. [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1733]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 L328 733
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Achetez des nates and Chi uuol storioli da letto
- Description:
- Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., No. 6 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., and Numbered on verso in contemporary hand.
- Publisher:
- Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
- Subject (Topic):
- Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A bed matt or a door matt Achetez des nates = Chi uuol storioli da letto / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1733]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 L328 733
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Rabiller les poelles, les marmites, et les chaudrons and Concia caldare, candelieri, e padelle
- Description:
- Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., No. 54 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., and Numbered on verso in contemporary hand.
- Publisher:
- Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
- Subject (Topic):
- Street vendors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A brass pott or an iron pott to mend Rabiller les poelles les marmites & les chaudrons = Concia caldare candelieri e padelle / [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 2 March 1785.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lawyer wearing spectacles and with a feather pen in his mouth sits at a tall desk in his study while country bumkins solicit him with payment in dead animals and produce -- e.g., rabbits, fowl, and piglets. His clerk (behind him at the desk) smiles as he also writes with a feather pen. On the wall (right) hangs a map of Great Britain and above it on a bookshelves large folios with titles 'Strange reports' and 'Burn's justice'.
- Alternative Title:
- Avocat de la campagne avec ses clients
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Title in English and French., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered "553" in lower left corner., No. 30 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Barter, Country life, Law offices, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A country attorney and his clients Avocat de la campagne avec ses clients. [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Miller, John, 1715-1790?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1751]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 110+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bird's eye view over Vauxhall Gardens, with figures surrounding bandstand and the Prince of Wales's pavillion in centre, triumphal arches at right and supper boxes at either side of the gardens, the conical roof of the 'Elegant music room' at extreme left"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Alternative Title:
- General prospect of Vauxhall Gardens and Vüe d'etaillee des Jardins de Vaux Hall
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Later state, with publication line burnished from plate. For an earlier state published in 1751 by John Bowles, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.5465., Date of publication based on that of earlier state. See British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "128" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A general prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens shewing at one view the disposition of the whole gardens = Vüe d'etaillee des Jardins de Vaux Hall / [graphic]
8.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1751 and 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 20. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bird's eye view of London; the Tower on the right, old London Bridge in the centre with the Monument to its right, St Paul's beyond, Westminster Abbey in the distance at the left; a reduced copy of a print by Bowles."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe générale de la ville de Londres qui comprend la partie la plus voisine de la Tamise
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alterations to the plate numbering. For a state with "No. 1" in upper right corner and no number in upper left corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0710.4904., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "No. 1" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner., Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806., and Leaf 20 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Thames River (England),, London Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Tower of London (London, England),, St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, and Westminster Abbey,
- Subject (Topic):
- Monument, The (London, England), Cathedrals, Bridges, Monuments & memorials, Rivers, Boats, and Sailing ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A general view of the city of London, next the River Thames Vüe générale de la ville de Londres qui comprend la partie la plus voisine de la Tamise. [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Green, John, active 1746-1776, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs, 10 August 1773.
- Call Number:
- 773.08.10.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the city of Oxford from a distance with a horse and cows grazing in the foreground on either side of a stream. In middle distance there is a large manor with outbuildings
- Alternative Title:
- Vue générale de la ville d'Oxford
- Description:
- Titles in English and French engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "87" in upper right corner., and Mounted on stiff cardboard.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oxford (England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Meadows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A general view of the city of Oxford Vue générale de la ville d'Oxford / [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, [1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.00.00.104+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6912; a similar group of men in a similar room stand or sit at a rectangular table singing from a large music-book held open on the table. Punch-bowl, wine-bottle, glasses, pipes, a tumbler are on the table which is covered by a heavy cloth. Their expressions are more serious than those of the catch-singers. Two men in the background are smoking, one of whom is lighting his pipe. A dog sits in the foreground looking up at the singers. The words of the glee are engraved beneath the print, beginning: 'Which is the properest Day to drink, Saturday, Sunday, Monday,'; republished state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Allegresse
- Description:
- Title from item., Artist from description in Sotheby's catalog., Publication date assigned by the repository based on the series number., Twelve lines of verse below image., Numbered '567' in series., and Temporary local subject terms: Glee Club -- Punch bowls -- Wine bottles -- Glass: wine glasses -- Tablecloths -- Interiors: Robert Smith's house in St. Paul's Church Yard -- Carpets.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Singing, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Wine, Drinking vessels, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A glee Une allegresse. [graphic]