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- 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] =
- Published / Created:
- [between 1628 and 1657]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Marie de Bretagne, Duchess of Montbazon, bust-length, slightly turned to the left, with curly hair, pearl earring, pearl necklace, and dress with square neckline."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- A Madame la Duchesse de Montbazon
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3886., Dedication to the Duchess of Montbazon by Jean Leblond engraved below image: Quoy qu'il ne soit pas possible, Madame, que l'art puisse bien representer l'extreme beauté ... Vostre tres-humble, et tres-obeissant seruiteur Iehan le Blond ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 63 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Jean Leblond
- Subject (Name):
- Montbazon, Marie d'Avaugour, duchesse de, 1610-1657,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Madame la Duchesse de Montbason [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]
6.
- 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]
9.
- Published / Created:
- [not before 25 March 1768]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 768.03.25.12+ Box 210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 4 of A harlot's progress: A scene in Bridewell prison with Moll Hackabout and the other inmates beating hemp under the supervision of a stern warder holding a cane. Moll is still dressed in her finery, but a one-eyed female attendant fingers the lace lappet hanging from her cap and her serving-woman sits before her in Moll's elegant shoes; next to her a fellow inmate picks vermin off her clothes. Next to Moll is a gambler, a torn playing card on the floor in front of him; behind her, a man stands with his hands in a pillory on which hangs a sign "Better to Work than Stand thus." Further down the wall is a whipping post with the words "The Wages of Idleness." On a shudder against the back wall is an effigy of Sir John Gonson ("Sr. J G").
- Alternative Title:
- Harlot's progress. Plate 4, In Bridewell beating hemp, and Dans la maison de correction a battre le chanvre
- Description:
- Title in English and French engraved below image., Date of publication based on the series of Rake's progress by Henry Parker dated 25 March 1768 in which these same engraved border pieces are used, here visibly more worn, and reversed on the page., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.5 x 36 cm)., Copy of Hogarth's original plate, engraved in reverse as per the piracy published by Elisha Kirkall in 1732., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2076., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 124.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Bridewell Prison.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Hemp industry, Criminals, Gamblers, Hemp, Prisons, Prostitutes, Syphilis, Rake's progress, and Stocks (Punishment)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A harlot's progress. In Bridewell beating hemp = Dans la maison de correction a battre le chanvre / [graphic] : Plate IV
- Published / Created:
- [not before 25 March 1768]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 768.03.25.13+ Box 210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 5 of A harlot's progress: In a squalid room Moll Hackabout, wrapped in a sheet, is dying while two doctors (Richard Rock and Jean Misaubin) argue over their remedies. Her serving-woman reaches out to them in alarm to get their attention for the invalid, while another woman rifles through Moll's portmanteau (with her initials as in Plate 1). A small boy knelling next to Moll's chair scratches his head as he turns a joint of meat roasting in front of the fire while a pot overflows on the grate. An over-turned table with an advertisement "Practical scheme ... 'Anodyne" litters the floor in the foreground
- Alternative Title:
- Harlot's progress. Plate 5, In a high salivation at the point of death, and Elle meurt en passant par le grand-reméde
- Description:
- Title in English and French engraved below image., Date of publication based on the series of Rake's progress by Henry Parker dated 25 March 1768 in which these same engraved border pieces are used, here visibly more worn, and reversed on the page., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.5 x 36 cm)., Copy of Hogarth's original plate, engraved in reverse as per the piracy published by Elisha Kirkall in 1732., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2092., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 125.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Misaubin, Jean, 1673-1734. and Rock, Richard, 1690-1777.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Beds, Children, Death, Interiors, Quacks, Rakes progress, Prostitutes, Servants, and Syphilis
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A harlot's progress. In a high salivation at the point of death = Elle meurt en passant par le grand-reméde / [graphic] : Plate V