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1. A French family [graphic]
- Creator:
- Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 November 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.11.05.04++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to BMSat 9670. In a squalid room French dancers practise to a fiddle played by an older man (right) who dances as he plays. The parents of the four children dance, facing each other. She is elegant, buxom, with an elaborate feathered coiffure. He is lean, wearing a tattered but well-fitting coat over bare legs, with sleeve-ruffles (cf. the old gibe that the Frenchman wore ruffles but no shirt). He wears a toupee wig with a long queue. A boy and girl, both with hair elaborately dressed, dance together more vigorously. A little girl (right) with bare legs practises the first position, heels together. On the left a boy plays the pipe and tabor to two dogs, one wearing cloak and hat, whom he is teaching to dance. His chair is the only furniture except for a truckle-bed (left) turned up to the wall and a much-tilted wall-mirror (right). A lean cat has climbed to a small cupboard recessed in the wall near the ceiling and licks a stoppered bottle. The cupboard contains a coffee-pot, a covered jar, &c. A print of two clumsy peasant dancers is pinned to the wall, from which plaster has flaked. All practise with serious concentration."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign opinion, British, Cats, Children, Couples, Dogs, Dance, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A French family [graphic]
2. Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 20 Apr. 1778.
- Call Number:
- 778.04.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A very fat gentleman on the left paying court to an ugly old lady on the right; both are seated with the gentleman with a small dog beneath his chair and a cat near his feet; the lady is holding a fan and wearing the towering hairstyle of the period. Behind them draperies are pulled aside revealing shelves of books
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Place of publication follows publisher's street address., Numbered in lower left of plate: 382., Variant of George 4557, without verses below design, but with imprint date present., and Contemporary pencil ms. notation identifying subjects: Mr. Mason & Mrs. Montague.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Montague, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800. and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Couples, Interiors, Bookcases, Dogs, and Cats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].
3. High life below stairs [graphic]
- Creator:
- Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 20 May 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.05.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young maid seated by the kitchen table is admiring in a small mirror her coiffure as it is being arranged by a footman. A little girl playing by the window is mimicking his work on her rag doll. In the foreground on rihgt, an old woman is washing clothes in a large tub. On the other side of the kitchen an maid plays a mandolin while singing together with a footman seated by her side. A small shaggy pet dog sits on an open music book by their feet, howling in accompaniment. A kitten plays with the ribbons of a hat left leaning against the table leg on the floor. In the background is a large fireplace with dishes and candlesticks on the mantle and a bird-cage from which a large black bird peeks curiously at the hairdressing in progress
- Description:
- Title from item., After painting by Collet titled: High taste in low life, exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1765. Cf. Catalogue of the paintings, sculptures ... exhibiting by the Free Society of Artists, 1765, no. 63., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Townhouse kitchen -- Containers: Warming pan.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, publish'd as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Candlesticks, Cats, Dogs, Interiors, Irons (Pressing), Kitchens, and Music
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs [graphic]
4. Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1799]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N736 no. 8 Box D305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the other enscribed with a large order for meat: "12 haundres vension, 6 necks do., 8 turtles, 20 brace partridges, 20 pheasants, 20 brace woodcocks, 16 sirloins beef bacon(?) &"". In the foreground lies another sheet which readss "Tripe Soup. Liver & Crow. Fried Tripe. Bill of Fare for 8 Novr." The outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Glyn, who was notoriously spendthrift during his period in office, is seen being kicked out of the Mansion House holding large money bag with the word "Saving" written on it. The two cats on the left and the dog following the butcher are also thin from malnorishment. Two large spiders have spun large webs below the archway on the left below a two cupids holding a heart molded above the archway
- Alternative Title:
- New tenants at a mansion house
- Description:
- Title written below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner., "Sold by all the printsellers in London, Nov. 9, 1799"--Written in above title., and Original design for a print published 9 November 1799.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]
5. Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 9, 1799.
- Call Number:
- 799.11.09.02++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centered in a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (butcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the other inscribed with a large order for meat: "12 haundres venison, 6 necks do., 8 turtles, 20 brace partridges, 20 pheasants, 20 brace woodcocks, 16 sirloins beef". In the foreground lies another sheet which reads "Tripe Soup. Liver & Crow. Fried Tripe. Bill of Fare for 8 Novr." The outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Glyn, who was notoriously spendthrift during his period in office, is seen being kicked out of the Mansion House holding large money bag. The two cats on the left and the dog following the butcher are also thin from malnutrition. Two large spiders have spun large webs below the archway on the left below are two cupids holding a heart molded above the archway
- Alternative Title:
- New tenants at a mansion house
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Engraved after a signed drawing by John Nixon in The Lewis Walpole Library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Also with newspaper clippings mounted on sheet.
- Publisher:
- Sold by all the printsellers in London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Avarice, Pleading (Begging), Butchers, Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, Dogs, Putti, and Spiders
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [graphic].
6. The corporal in good quarters [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [18 July 1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.07.18.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 36 x 24 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published July 18th, 1802 by S. Howitt, Panton Street, Hay Mart
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Dogs, Dwellings, Interiors, Military officers, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The corporal in good quarters [graphic]
7. The crowe & the pigeon [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 October 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.10.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Crowe and the pigeon and Crow and the pigeon
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of a church -- Slang: crow & pigeon -- Placards., and Printmaker's name in lower left of image partially erased from plate. Possibly a restrike.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by Hixon, engraver, printer & printseller, No. 355, near Exeter-change, Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Bottles, Cats, Clergy, Dogs, Firearms, Glassware, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Religious dwellings, Servants, Tithes, Wine, and Wine cellars
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The crowe & the pigeon [graphic]
8. The distrest poet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 December 1740]
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 29++ Box 305
- Collection Title:
- Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and her kittens are curled up on the man's coat. Under the sleeve of the coat on the floor is an issue of "Grubstreet Journall." She looks to the door on the left where she is confronted by a milkmaid who holds a lengthy tally; the daisies in her bonnet suggest Michaelmas day when bills are due; she also is shown with a yoke across her back. Just inside the doorway a dog snatches the single pork chop from a plate on a chair; the cupboard above the door stands open to show empty shelves. Behind the poet, a baby lies in a bed crying. Above the poet's head is a print 'A View of the Gold Mines of Peru." Above the mantel is a "dare for larks" -- a circular mirror surrounded by eight smaller circular mirrors
- Alternative Title:
- Distressed poet
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., Originally published in 1736 as: The Distressed Poet., and "Price 3 shillings"--Following statement of responsibility.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]
9. The distrest poet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 December 1740]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 28K Box 210
- Collection Title:
- Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and her kittens are curled up on the man's coat. Under the sleeve of the coat on the floor is an issue of "Grubstreet Journall." She looks to the door on the left where she is confronted by a milkmaid who holds a lengthy tally; the daisies in her bonnet suggest Michaelmas day when bills are due; she also is shown with a yoke across her back. Just inside the doorway a dog snatches the single pork chop from a plate on a chair; the cupboard above the door stands open to show empty shelves. Behind the poet, a baby lies in a bed crying. Above the poet's head is a print 'A View of the Gold Mines of Peru." Above the mantel is a "dare for larks" -- a circular mirror surrounded by eight smaller circular mirrors
- Alternative Title:
- Distressed poet
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., Originally published in 1736 as: The Distressed Poet., "Price 3 shillings"--Following statement of responsibility., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 359 x 410 mm, sheet 365 x 417 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]