- Creator:
- Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1825?]
- Call Number:
- 825.00.00.43+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text above images., Nine images on one plate, eight in two rows; the center image of Liston as Paul Pry is two columns high., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Liston, John, 1776-1846
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Actors, British, Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > (Mr. Liston in his principal characters) [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1775?]
- Call Number:
- 775.02.01.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man wearing laced coat and sword and holding a snuff box leans on an elaborately carved console table of the pump room at Bath, admiring himself in a mirror. An illustration for the "History of Captain S_: or, the Bath Adonis."
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date and publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Extended to 26 x 18 cm.
- Publisher:
- The Matrimonial Magazine?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England) and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Clothing & dress, Furniture, Mirrors, Wallpaper, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Bath Adonis worshiping the idol of his affections [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1795?]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.09.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All are elderly. On the table are a decanter of 'Port' and glasses. A patterned carpet completes the design. From a sketch by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., Variant state, without publisher and date and with differently etched title, of No. 8753 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A decent story [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1811?]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 810.00.00.80 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- British soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. A black boy in livery carries a folded umbrella as he walks behind two gentleman and a tall, long-chinned lady who carries her umbrella open. A soldier is being shaved outside a tent as the group looks on.
- Description:
- Title from captions below images., Two designs on one plate, each individually titled., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from description in Grego of design on lower half of plate., Plate measurement from later impression in bound volume., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], 1836?], page 76., Reduced copies of nos. 6727 and 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, v. 4., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 17.9 x 25.3 cm., Imperfect; lower half of sheet trimmed away, leaving only the upper design of two printed from the same plate., and Artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to the camp [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1811?]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 811.00.00.40 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- British soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. A black boy in livery carries a folded umbrella as he walks behind two gentleman and a tall, long-chinned lady who carries her umbrella open. A soldier is being shaved outside a tent as the group looks on.
- Description:
- Title from captions below images., Two designs on one plate, each individually titled., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from description in Grego of design on lower half of plate., Plate measurement from later impression in bound volume., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], 1836?], page 76., Reduced copies of nos. 6727 and 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, v. 4., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 17.4 x 24.4 cm., Imperfect; upper half of sheet trimmed away, leaving only the lower design of two printed from the same plate., and Artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to the camp [graphic]
- Creator:
- Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd pursuant to an act of Parliament, 1737.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A ship, apparently bearing 'Aeneas' (George II) is tossed on a stormy sea. On the shore at right, 'Dido' (the figure of Britannia), points and smiles, above the inscription, "She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm". In the sea Neptune near the shore looks at the ship in displeasure. Above in the sky are three Winds, as three young boys, one blowing, one farting, the last kicking a hat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue., Questionable attribution in Paulson's 2nd edition., Lettered below image: Tanta haec mulier potuit suadere malorum., Latin motto below image translated: So much evil can a woman induce., Verse etched in lower right of image: She, while [the] outragious winds [the] deep deform, Smiles on [the] tumult, & enjoys [the] storm., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., and On page 89 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Dido,, Aeneas (Legendary character),, and Neptune (Roman deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Britannia (Symbolic character), Sailing ships, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Aeneas in a storm [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1762?]
- Call Number:
- 762.00.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title in letter press above image., Publication date based on the date of Lord Bute's appointment in 1762., Two columns of text, separated with vertical ornamental border, below plate: Explanation., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Coats of arms -- Weapons: guns -- Dress: wooden shoes -- Emblems: thistle -- Executioner's axe -- Scots -- Protestants: reference to protestants -- Mottoes: Ense recidendum me pars sincera trabatur immedicabile vulnus.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Firearms, Gallows, Lawyers, Military uniforms, British, and Shackles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Arms designed for the people of England [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.40
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
- Description:
- Titles etched below each image., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., and None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas ; Prussia mounting the German Eagle. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1725]
- Call Number:
- Portraits H427 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Engraving of the portrait of the novelist Eliza Haywood after the painting by Parmentier; oval bust, facing right, in rectangular frame
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756), English author and actress., and Mounted on wove paper with watermark: Whatman 1886.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Haywood, Eliza, 1693?-1756,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, and Actresses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eliza Haywood [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1818]
- Call Number:
- 818.02.06.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., A copy or variant of a print published 6 February 1818 by S.W. Fores. Cf. No. 13106 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Parsons -- Jewelry -- Churches -- Monocles., and Watermark: T Stain.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Clergy, Preaching, Pulpits, and Rings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fashionable reading vide new church Oxford. [graphic]