- Published / Created:
- [24 January 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.01.24.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two well-dressed young women sit in chairs opposite each other over a table on which are placed scissors, fabric, and ribbon and other sewing notions. They each are sewing , the woman facing the views attaches a large feather to a hat. The room is well-furnished with wallpaper, a patterned rug and a mirror on the wall behind them
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '383' in lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 24th Jany 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hats, Interiors, Parlors, Rugs, Sewing, and Wallpapers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beauty and fashion [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- 9 May 1786.
- Call Number:
- 786.05.09.03.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drunken soldier stretches out in a chair by a table on which sit a punch bowl and empty glass. A young woman in large hat is taking his money and watch
- Description:
- Title engraved below image. and Numbered '192' in lower left corner of plate.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robert Sayer, Chart and Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Canopy beds, Clothing & dress, Drinking vessels, Floor coverings, Interiors, Soldiers, British, Wallpapers, Draperies, Robberies, and Sleeping
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Old wheat sheaf in the trap of Venus and Bacchus
- Published / Created:
- Published as the Act directs [November 10, 1777?]
- Call Number:
- 777.11.10.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
- Alternative Title:
- Lover's larceny
- Description:
- Title from item., Date erased from print., Date from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Numbered in lower left of plate: 366.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and British
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs [not before 10 November 1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.11.10.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
- Alternative Title:
- Lover's larceny
- Description:
- Title from item., Date conjectured from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.5, Appendix: Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., Numbered in plate at lower left: 270., Reduced version of British Museum catalogue 4554., and Date burnished from print.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and British
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [not before May 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.05.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A lady, seated on a settee smiling, her right hand rests on the arm of the settee, in her left is a black mask. On the cushion of the settee is a card "Admit Mrs M------to the Mask'd Ball". She is attractively dressed in the fashion of the period, with a muslin apron. Her coiffure is extravagantly large, with curls on her neck, and is covered by an elaborately frilled muslin cap. A rural landscape is seen through a window (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Lower margin trimmed to plate mark., Date erased from this impression., Date of imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Numbered in lower left of plate, 435.
- Publisher:
- Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Name):
- Mahon, Gertrude, 1752-
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, Courtesans, Interiors, Sofas, Upholstery, Clothing & dress, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bird of paradise [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 16 Sepr. 1776.
- Call Number:
- 776.09.16.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three generations of a family gather around a humble hearth, forming an image of domestic happiness in a modest setting. The father, seated on a chair set in front of a fireplace, lifts a small child. The mother is seated to his right, holding the hand of one of child while a third plays a drum set on chair. An old man leans on the chair that holds the drum, a bed visible behind him, while at his feet lies a game bag containing a rabbit. On the mantlepiece a cat sleeps beside a lantern
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image. and A print in reverse after Etienne Aubry's Paternal love which was exhibited in Paris in 1775.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
- Subject (Geographic):
- France. and France
- Subject (Topic):
- Family life, Social conditions, Children & adults, Domestic life, Interiors, Clothing & dress, Drums, Lanterns, and Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fond parents [graphic].