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1. A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1787?]
- Call Number:
- 49 3069
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London : Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785).
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Also bound in are three prints described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum; these are cataloged separately., and Original boards with new back but old hand-lettered label, uncut. With Horace Walpole's bookplate (BP2 later state) on half-title page. Large Strawberry Hill fleuron. Press-mark R.10, but apparently moved from the Round Tower to the Library in the Offices. Not in Walpole's Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of the Earl of Orford (1813-94), imitated from Horace Walpole's, and bookplate of John A. Spoor. Also with bookplate "AHA".
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
2. Adelaide entering in disguise the Abbey of La Trappe, hears her lovers voice in the choir mem. of the Comte de Comminge / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 October 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 11. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 125. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A girl dressed in male clothing, starting with a startled expression and thrusting her right arm forward as she stands between two monks, others seen from behind exiting through a door with inscription in tablet above at right, another ringing a bell through an arch at [left], the choir beyond; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Prinkmaker identified as Dickinson in the British Museum online catalogue., "Final third state, the aquatint considerably lighter than in the second and the inscription above the doorway in even engraved letters"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1893,0731.62., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below image, following title: Thoughts of past joys before the altar rise, stain all my soul and wanton in my eyes! I wake the matin lamp in sighs for thee, thy image steals between my God and me. Eloisa., Mounted on page 125 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : aquatint, stipple engraving, and etching with rocker in reddish-brown ink on laid paper ; sheet 38.8 x 50.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Octr. 20th, 1782, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Abbeys, Monks, Doors & doorways, and Bells
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Adelaide entering in disguise the Abbey of La Trappe, hears her lovers voice in the choir mem. of the Comte de Comminge / [graphic]
3. Adventure of the bear and fiddle Part 1. Canto 1, line 1. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1768 and 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 768B
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras and Ralpho encounter a mob armed with sticks; in the foreground, a one-legged fiddler, a butcher and a dancing bear with his leader. On the left, a woman reaches out her arms
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras's first adventure
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., After Hogarth., From a series of twelve prints issued by Robert Sayer., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement. 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 '3' in upper left corner; "Part 1 Canto 1 l. 1." in upper right corner above image., Verse in three columns below image: "The Catalogue and Character of th' enemies best men of war Whom in a bold Harangue the Knight Defies and challenges to fight; H' encounters Talgol routs the bear, And takes the fidler prisoner; Conveys him to enchanted castle There shuts him fast in wooden bastile.", Copy of no. 506 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. 84., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
- Publisher:
- Printed & sold by Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Bears, Crowds, Butchers, Musicians, People with disabilities, Puritans, Riots, and Trained animals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Adventure of the bear and fiddle Part 1. Canto 1, line 1. [graphic]
4. Burning the rumps at Temple-bar Part 3 Canto 2: L.1505. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1768 and 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 768B
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A riot in the street beside Temple Bar, the western boundary of the City of London, with the mob hanging and burning effigies of the members of the Rump Parliament; an effigy of Hudibras is carried in from the right on a pole by a man who carries in his other hand a sign "Down wth the Rumps"; he is followed by a crowd of men gesturing with sticks, brooms, and other tools. Rumps of beef burn over fires in the street
- 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 '11' in upper left corner., Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: That beastly rabble, that came down From all the garrets in the town, ... Made up of rags to personate Respective officers of state., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 1, number 514., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), number 92., 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. and Temple Bar (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, Crowds, Effigies, Executions in effigy, Fires, Riots, Signs (Notices), and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Burning the rumps at Temple-bar Part 3 Canto 2: L.1505. [graphic]
5. Charlotte [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 August 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 14. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 5. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A woman seated in profile to right, holding a handkerchief on her laps with both hands; a little girl standing next to her, almost in profile to left, putting both hands on the woman's lap and looking up towards her; to right, an older girl seated, holding a book open on her lap with both hands, looking up to the sky; to left, a boy seated, in profile to left, blowing a trumpet; in a roundel; after H Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title from text below image., State with dedication added above imprint statement. For an earlier state lacking this text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.953., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of text below title: The shade of my mother hovers round me, when in a still evening I sit in the midst of her children, I wish that she could look down upon us, and see that I fulfil the promise I made her to be a mother to them. Sorrows of Werter, Dedication etched above imprint statement: To the Honble. Miss Grenville, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by her most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., Illustration to Goethe's The sorrows of young Werther., Mounted on page 5 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; circular image 30.0 cm, on sheet 40.1 x 36.0 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd August 21st, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
- Subject (Topic):
- Children, Trumpets, and Books
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charlotte [graphic]
6. Connoisseur. [graphic] / Plate II
- Creator:
- Walker, John, active 1784-1802, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 12, 1786.
- Call Number:
- Folio LWL Mss Vol. 191
- Collection Title:
- Page 119. Vauxhall miscellany.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Elegantly dressed guests dine outdoors at Vauxhall Gardens
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate from: Harrison's British classicks. Volume VI : containing The connoisseur, The citizen of the world, and The babler. London : Printed for Harrison & Co. ..., 1786., Plate number etched in lower left corner., Inlaid to 38 x 55 cm., and Mounted on page 119 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768. and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Eating & drinking and Dining tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Connoisseur. [graphic] / Plate II
7. Gualtherus and Griselda [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd Feby. 20th, 1794.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 103. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A woman seated outside the door of a cottage at right in conversation with a man standing at left, wearing a feathered hat and with his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, hills behind with buildings and figures leading horses; after Kaufmann; oval design."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Imprint at bottom of plate includes publisher's name and street address; secondary publication statement immediately below image includes publication date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Angelica's ladies library; or, Parents and guardians present. London : Printed for J. Hamilton and Co.; and Mrs. Harlow, 1794., Illustration to George Ogle's 'The clerk of Oxford's tale', translated from the original by Chaucer., and Mounted on page 103 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Ogle, George, 1704-1746 and Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwellings, Doors & doorways, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gualtherus and Griselda [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 beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum Part 2. Canta 3, l. 999. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1768 and 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 768B
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras confronts the astrologer Sidrophel in an apothecary's laboratory; on his desk is a globe, an ink well with quill pen, a book and sheets of paper with a horoscope; from the ceiling and wall hang a stuffed crocodile (from which hangs a shell-shaped lantern with a high flame), swordfish, turtle, a bat, frogs, a snake, and other creatures; to left, a cupboard door is open to reveal a skeleton with an owl on its shoulder; on the floor, are a glass jar containing a homunculus or foetus, another globe decorated with the signs of the Zodiac, various scientific instruments including a telescope, a quadrant and plumb line, and a cat and a mouse-trap. Sidrophel has an amulet around his neck, "Homo sacarus museo Cheru[...]."
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras and Sidrophel
- 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 "8" in upper left corner., Fifteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: Then Hudibras, with face and hand, Made signs for silence which obtained, ... O'th sudden clapp'd his flaming cudgel Like Linstock to the horse's touch-hole., Copy of no. 511 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. 89., 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, Amulets, Astrologers, Cats, Dead animals, Fighting, Globes, Mousetraps, Owls, Pharmacists, Scientific equipment, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum Part 2. Canta 3, l. 999. [graphic]