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1. Building houses with cards [graphic] : from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1750]
- Call Number:
- 750.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "In a room, a group watching as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at right, the man and a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay; in the right foreground two young children build their own house on a small table; doors open onto garden in background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., One of a series of engravings after paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting i`n loss of imprint.
- Publisher:
- Robert Sayer
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs, Children, Dogs, Drawing rooms, Furniture, Interiors, Playing cards, Screens, Tables, and Toys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Building houses with cards [graphic] : from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens
2. Misery [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [2 February 1788]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 788.02.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A mother selling her daughters to two men at the door of their cottage, pushing one distraught girl out of the door and extending her hand for the payment, at left the father turns away from the transaction with shame, as the sister kneels on the floor with hands clasped, desperately pleading with him to reconsider, at the right of the basic room a young man sits solemnly, a little girl leaning against his leg and a baby in a crib in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Two lines of verse below image, one on either side of title: To barter virtue, see the parent led, and with a child's dishonour, purchase bread., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Cottages -- Baby in cradle -- Pottery jugs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Feby. 2d 1788, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, Portland Place
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Cradles, Disgrace, Distress, Dwellings, Dogs, Domestic life, Hunters, Interiors, and Pitchers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Misery [graphic]
3. The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]
- Creator:
- Darcis, Louis, -1801, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publishd. March 25, 1800.
- Call Number:
- Drawer 800.03.25.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
- Alternative Title:
- Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confin'd! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic].
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Bellows, Dogs, Families, Interiors, Poor persons, Povery, Sewing, and Fireplaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of extravagance & idleness [graphic]
4. The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.07.01.03++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his reading; young woman sitting dejectedly with bellows beside fireplace, at right; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: What misery in a narrow scale confined! The mournful work of one degenerate mind ..., and Companion print to: The fruits of early industry & oeconomy.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Bellows, Dogs, Interiors, Families, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, and Fireplaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]
5. The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Darcis, Louis, -1801, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publishd. March 25, 1800.
- Call Number:
- Drawer 800.03.25.07 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman ..., supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
- Alternative Title:
- Fruits of early industry & oeconomy, Fruits of early industry and oeconomy, and Fruits of early industry and economy
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., and Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Families, Writing materials, Wealth, Coins, Servants, Dogs, Windows, and Piers & wharves
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic] [graphic]
6. The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Darcis, Louis, -1801, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publishd. March 25, 1800.
- Call Number:
- Drawer 800.03.25.07 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman ..., supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
- Alternative Title:
- Fruits of early industry & oeconomy, Fruits of early industry and oeconomy, and Fruits of early industry and economy
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; sheet 67.3 x 54 cm., and Printed on wove paper, trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Families, Writing materials, Wealth, Coins, Servants, Dogs, Windows, and Piers & wharves
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fruits of early industry & oeconemy [sic] [graphic]
7. The fruits of early industry & oeconomy [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.11.01.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A family in a wealthy interior; an elderly man at centre, seated at a table, a glass in his left hand, holding out his right to receive coins from a younger man standing to left with his right hand on a book and a quill in his mouth; on the table, another glass, writing materials, coins and notes; to right, a woman wearing a large feathered hat, supporting, and holding up a bunch of grapes for, a young child standing on a chair; looking on from behind the chair, a boy and, at right, a black servant holding a bowl of fruit, his left hand on the chair; in front of the table, a young girl lying on the carpet with a spaniel; a shipping wharf seen through an open window to left"--British Museum online catalogue and A large painting on the back wall shows a large country estate which amplifies the subject of the print
- Alternative Title:
- Fruits of early industry and oeconomy and Fruits of early industry and economy
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Lo here, what ease, what elegance, you see, the just reward of youthfull industry ..., and Companion print to: The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Interiors, Families, Writing materials, Wealth, Servants, Dogs, and Piers & wharves
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fruits of early industry & oeconomy [graphic]
8. The sportsman taking refreshment [graphic]
- Creator:
- Spooner, Charles, 1720-1767, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- 760.00.00.12+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 27 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Jno. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Eating & drinking, Fireplaces, Hunting, Interiors, Pictures, Pipes (Smoking), Tables, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The sportsman taking refreshment [graphic]