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1. A journey through England, 1752 May 8.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 48
- Image Count:
- 93
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impressions in England of churches he visits; where he takes his meals; and the inhabitants he meets. After describing several churches in Liverpool, he writes, "I am broke of in this Part of my Description, as I think by some simpering or laughing; but on Enquiry I am supris'd to find it's some of my Female Acquaintance," which causes him, he writes, to lose the spirit to continue with his description. Elsewhere, he visits silk mills and describes the cost and workings of the machinery. At Nottingham, he notes that "most of the Inhabitants here are Presbyterians and I really believe I was in five different Meetings which I mistook for Churches, and at Length was so much vexed at being so often disappointed that I protested against looking further for one." Throughout, he records numerous encounters with women, including a landlord's daughter with whom he carries on a flirtation. The narrative is prefaced by an introduction addressed to "Madam," in which he speaks disapprovingly of women's coquetry, and mocks "our country-women who have been abroad," who "commonly return Home with Variety of odd Pronunciations, particular Gestures, & new Fashions, perhaps never known in any Part of the World, but the Production of their own fertile Brain."
- Description:
- Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman., In English., Index at end of manuscript., Leather oval bookplate inside front cover: Ex Musaeo Huthii., and Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration. Printed on spine: Narrative of a journey through England. MS. 1752.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A journey through England, 1752 May 8.
2. By order of the House of Lords, no lady, can claim admission into the seats called the Peeresses Seats by this ticket unless her name is written on the back thereof, on the line denoting the state of her claim. Guydir, Dept. Gt. Ch.
- Published / Created:
- [1806]
- Call Number:
- File 523 D914 806
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Title from first line of letter press, above coat of arms., An admission ticket for the fifteenth day of the trial of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville; the impeachment trial took place in Westminster Hall in April-June 1806., Engraved arms of the Great Chamberlain printed in sepia at center, with title printed in letterpress above., and "Dundas" written in black ink below coat of arms on recto. The letterpress form on the verso has been annotated with the name of "Miss Dundas" on the line for "The daughter of a Peeress in her own right"; this name may refer to either Elizabeth (1766-1852) or Anne (1768-1852). One corner of ticket (5.5 x 5.5 cm) has been neatly cut away, a lacuna that is explained by a later pencil note asserting that the corner had been cut away at the door when presented. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Name):
- Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
- Subject (Topic):
- Impeachment, Trials (Impeachment), Women, and Legal status, laws, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > By order of the House of Lords, no lady, can claim admission into the seats called the Peeresses Seats by this ticket unless her name is written on the back thereof, on the line denoting the state of her claim. Guydir, Dept. Gt. Ch.
3. Cicely [graphic]
- Creator:
- Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 November 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 33. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A woman sitting on a stool in a landscape, looking up from her writing, upon a wedge on her lap, a cat reaching up to her knee for attention at left, a man packing a gun through a fence beside a house at right, a tower and woods in the distance beyond at left; circular design after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., For an earlier state, published 12 November 1781 by J. Baldrey and sold by R. Wilkinson, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3003., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text below title: "The rival of the parson's maid was she." Gay., Companion print to: Marian., Plate numbered "6" above image., and Mounted on page 33 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 25, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Women, Writing, Cats, and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cicely [graphic]
4. Die Entdeckung [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heintz, C. F., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1833 and 1836]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 830.00.00.01 Box 140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A German copy of Hogarth's "The Discovery" (1743?): a scene in a bedoom where four gentlemen stand beside a curtained bed in which a black woman reclines; she reaches out to touch the chin of one of the men who has evidently just pulled back the curtain. The scene is thought to record a practical joke carried out on the lothario John Highmore by his friends: having arranged an assignation with an attractive young woman, they replaced her with a black prostitute. When he discovered the swap, on climbing into bed, they appeared from hiding. See Paulson
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Printmaker's name below image, right, most erased from this impression, After Hogarth. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 155., Date based on publication date of the Samuel Ireland copy of this Hogarth image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of text below title: Ein Personalcaricatur! Ein gewisser Highmore, der im Spiel und mit Mädchen sein Vermögen durchgebracht hatte ..., Plate numbered "30" in upper right margin., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal, v. 3, no. 2600., and Sheet laid on board.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Highmore, John, 1694-1759,
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Actors, British, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Practical jokes, Prostitutes, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Die Entdeckung [graphic]
5. Does the harp of Rosa slumber [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.00.00.117+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The satire contrasts the life of a street singer with the sweet lyrics of the popular ballad by Thomas Moore
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.318., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text beneath title: "Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
- Subject (Name):
- Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
- Subject (Topic):
- Street musicians, Harps, Older people, Poor persons, Women, and Doors & doorways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Does the harp of Rosa slumber [graphic]
6. He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1735]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 735.00.00.19+ Box 200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Plate from a pirated series of Hogarth's Rake's Progress, not based on one of the original prints: Covent Garden with St Paul's church and the buildings at the north-western corner of the piazza; the Rake (here called Ramble) and drunken friends are accosting women passers-by and the watch has arrived to set about them with staves."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Printmaker and publisher from the Wellcome Collection online catalogue, Wellcome Library no. 38341i., Date of publication from Paulson and the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four columns of verse beneath title: Young Ramble, without witt or dread, Does non a drunken party head ... Uplifted staves, drawn swords oppose, And stabs are well repaid with blows., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., and Window mounted to 29 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- John Bowles
- Subject (Geographic):
- Covent Garden (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fighting, Intoxication, Rake's progress, Watchmen, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden [graphic].
7. Honle. Mrs. Damer [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cooper, Richard, approximately 1730-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1810]
- Call Number:
- Portraits D157 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A three-quarter length portrait of Mrs. Damer, with sculptor's tools at the base
- Alternative Title:
- Honourable Mrs. Damer
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist identified as Angelica Kauffmann in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Frontispiece to: La Belle assemblée, April 1810., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published April 1, 1810, for J. Bell
- Subject (Name):
- Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828,
- Subject (Topic):
- Women, Sculptors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Honle. Mrs. Damer [graphic]
8. Hudibras and the lawyer Part 3 Canto 3 l. 621. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1768 and 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 768B
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson., Numbered '12' in upper left corner., Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: To this brave man the Knight repairs For counsel in this law affairs; ... As heart can wish, and need not shame The proudest man alive to claim., Copy of no. 515 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 93., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
- Publisher:
- Robert Sayer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, History, Clerks, Dogs, Justice, Law offices, Lawyers, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras and the lawyer Part 3 Canto 3 l. 621. [graphic]
9. Hudibras catechized Part 3 Canto 1 l. 1159. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1768 and 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 768B
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides behind a curtain on the far left. The room is decorated with a large wardrobe, an oval portrait, and large mirror; a footstool and urn in the right corner partially seen in the right corner
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson., Numbered "9" in upper left corner., Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: No sooner was the come t' himslef But on his neck a sturdy elf ... And that which was proved true before Prove false again? Two hundred more., Copy of no. 512 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 90., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
- Publisher:
- Robert Sayer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Beating, Interiors, Masks, Mirrors, Wardrobes (Case furniture), Women, and Puritans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras catechized Part 3 Canto 1 l. 1159. [graphic]