- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1785?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 7 Box D145
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young mopping maid clumsily shoves an older gentleman whom reels away flailing his cane in the air. A second onlooker maid laughs at the awkward situation
- Description:
- Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Women domestics, Servants, Accidents, Clumsiness, and Mops & mopsticks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The careless maid] [art original].
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- Creator:
- Sykes, F., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1738]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
- Description:
- Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With the title written above the image in Steevens's hand: Three spurrious., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., Formerly cataloged with the title: The half-starved boy., and On page 89 in volume 1. Trimmed to plate mark 215 x 511 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Boys, Cold, Poor persons, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The half-starved boy] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sykes, F., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1738]
- Call Number:
- 738.00.00.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
- Description:
- Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet below image; mounted to 32 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Boys, Cold, Poor persons, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The half-starved boy] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March the 22nd 1775.
- Call Number:
- Drawer 775.03.22.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man sitting in an armchair with his gouty foot on a footstool in front of him, looking up in pain at a maidservant who pours water from a kettle on the leg, distracted by a page standing behind the chair, another woman drinks beside the door in the background on the right, and a little boy takes something from the table on the left; after Penny; scratched-letter state
- Description:
- Title from published state., Scratch-letter proof; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 2, no. 158, page 598., and Companion print to: The virtuous comforted by sympathy and attention.
- Publisher:
- Publised [sic] by Messrs Sayer and Bennet, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Sick persons and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The profligate punished] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1723]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
- Description:
- Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner., and On page 5 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 25.5 x 34.8 cm.
- Publisher:
- A. de La Mottraye
- Subject (Geographic):
- Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
- Subject (Name):
- La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The seraglio] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1723]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 80K(a) Box 225
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
- Description:
- Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- A. de La Mottraye
- Subject (Geographic):
- Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
- Subject (Name):
- La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The seraglio] [graphic]