- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 18, 1797.
- Call Number:
- 797.03.18.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The scene is the interior of a gothic church, with a view of part of a lateral gallery, the tower arch, and west door (on the right). The foreground and the gallery are filled with couples, in general elderly, ugly, and fashionably dressed, in conversation or bowing to each other. An unicorn on a monument holding an escutcheon is conspicuous. On the right the congregation is crowding towards the open door
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Numbered 'Plate 80' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., and Year in imprint erased from this impression.
- Publisher:
- Published by Allen & Co., 15 Paternoster Row
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches, Clothing & dress, Couples, Interiors, and Monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A polite congregation [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.05.12.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Celadon and Celia
- Description:
- Title from item. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 12, 1781 by J. Birchall no. 473 Strand & J.R. Smith no. 10 Batemans Buildings, Soho
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Tableware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Celadon & Celia [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1780?]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.15
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A sequel to BMSat 5797. Jack and his prize, the young woman of BMSat 5797, sit side by side on a settee, his left arm round her waist. Beside the woman (right) is a circular table, on which is a wine-bottle and two glasses, one of which she holds. The room is well furnished with a patterned carpet, on the wall which forms the background is a picture of a man seated at a table drinking punch, and a mirror in a carved frame with candle sconce"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Couples, Sailors, British, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack got safe into port with his prize [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lockington, John, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- pubd as the act directs, Aprl. 15 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.04.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Seated at a table before a fireplace, a fat woman with a mountainous headress faces an ugly man as they play a game of push-pin. On the right is a sofa, while on the wall behind them 2 portraits (male on left and female on right) hang in oval frames, and a scene depicting a dancing bear and two dancing couples hangs above the fireplace
- Description:
- Title from item., Signed in plate: R.S. [i.e. Richard Sneer] artist and J.L. [i.e. John Lockington?] engraver., and Inlaid to 27 x 37 cm.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles, Couples, Games, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Push pin [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [June 1777?]
- Call Number:
- 777.06.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A well-dressed young couple are shown in an argument. The woman, seated on a couch, has just overturned her tea table. Cups and saucers litter the floor and the woman's small dog jumps up on her husband who turns away from the scene. A reduced version of George 4549
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date burnished from plate., Numbered in plate: 262., and Date estimated from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles." See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Marriage, Couples, Dogs, Interiors, Furniture, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Six weeks after marriage [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Published as the Act directs [November 10, 1777?]
- Call Number:
- 777.11.10.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
- Alternative Title:
- Lover's larceny
- Description:
- Title from item., Date erased from print., Date from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Numbered in lower left of plate: 366.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and British
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs [not before 10 November 1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.11.10.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a young lady, elegantly dressed and coiffed, asleep in an armchair near a round parlour table. A young military officer, his hat on the table, leans over to kiss her, while the serving maid prepares to exit at the door on the right, admiring the ring on her finger with which she has apparently been bribed. In the lady's hand is the leash for her pet squirrel, who investigates a basket of peaches on the table. At her feet lies an open book "The agreeable dream realized" and another on the table is titled "Chloe caught napping". On the wall behind hangs a painting of Cupid
- Alternative Title:
- Lover's larceny
- Description:
- Title from item., Date conjectured from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.5, Appendix: Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles., Numbered in plate at lower left: 270., Reduced version of British Museum catalogue 4554., and Date burnished from print.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and British
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Military officers, Couples, Interiors, Women domestics, Kissing, and Squirrels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The amorous thief, or, The lover's larceny [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, July 2d 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.07.02.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a prosperous citizen seated in a chair fondling his mistress who sits on his knee, with a decanter and glass on the table beside them and a bed in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Alternative Title:
- Business at an end till Monday
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Earlier state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4519 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: old-fashioned, 1772 -- Female dress, 1772 -- Interiors: bedchamber -- Furniture: upholstered chair -- Glass: wine carafe and glass., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Interiors, Beds, Chairs, Drinking vessels, Wine, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The citizen retired, or, Business at an end till Monday [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1776?]
- Call Number:
- 776.00.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two lovers in a room with a shuttered window and floral wallpaper. The young woman wearing a bonnet sits in a chair holding the hand of the young man who has arrived disguised as a woman. The huge hat he has removed is lying on a table in front of a pole screen, together with a paper on which is printed "The beau stratagem." A traveling box is before the table on the carpeted floor
- Description:
- Title from item., Numbered in plate: 340., Date estimated from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", and Publication date erased from this impression?
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Interiors, Windows, Draperies, Furniture, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lover's disguise [graphic].