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1. "Paris he saw, & Paris saw him too" [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, [ca. 1750?]
- Call Number:
- 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
- Collection Title:
- Page 178. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Paris he saw, and Paris saw him too
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date from unverfied data in local card catalog record; dated by costume., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 6d."--Following publication statement., and Mounted on page 178 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Paris he saw, & Paris saw him too" [graphic].
2. A devil rolled in snow [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1830?]
- Call Number:
- 830.00.00.163
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A grotesque racist caricature of a buxom black woman in a white dress decorated with flowers and a bonnet with ribbons, grinning at the viewer and saying 'Don't you think you Fancy me now Massa'. Probably inspired by the "High Life in Philadelphia'' series by Edward Williams Clay between 1828 and 1830 mocking supposed racial differences and modeled after George and Robert Cruikshank's Life in London
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print signed using an unidentified artist's device: An image of a hand, palm facing the viewer., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Pasted on a blue album sheet at corners: 21.5 x 18 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Racism, Clothing & dress, and Bonnets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A devil rolled in snow [graphic]
3. New drop scene, or, A managerial puff!! - Cunning Isaac! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1810?]
- Call Number:
- 810.00.00.85
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man stands in a room holding a caduceus decorated comic mask, saying ''When I do stare, see how the subjects quacke'." He is surrounded with bills and a bag of coins on the table, both suggesting corruption. At sign hanging from the table reads "Alexandrian Memorial, A loss is no benefit. No committee." Below on the floor, another discarded scroll reads "Rejected with prejudice." At his foot is an animal (a fox?) holding a sign "Designs [ca]refully copied, civilly returned, and he carries in his hand a piece of paper "I perceive the trick & will avoid the cheat. Na-th." Behind him hangs a sign, "The exact-u-trick is safe or 22d Sept." On the wall is a picture of the facade of a theater. Probably a satire on an unidentified theater manager
- Alternative Title:
- Managerial puff!!
- Description:
- Title from text above and below image., Approximate date of publication suggested in dealer's description., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- People associated with arts, entertainment & sports, Caduceus, and Corruption
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > New drop scene, or, A managerial puff!! - Cunning Isaac! [graphic].
4. [A satirical portrait of an unknown person] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1766?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 10b. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 97. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caricature of a man with a protruding lower lip, whole-length, standing in profile in outline only, with his hands in his pockets, wearing a low cocked hat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Profile of a man in long coat
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Bishop's wig., Mounted on page 97 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 21.4 x 15.1 cm, on sheet 21.9 x 15.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A satirical portrait of an unknown person] [graphic]
5. [Bargaining] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1770?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 68. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caricature of two men, one on the left turning from his examination of a small object to listen to the other who stands in profile on the right with a tray hanging on a strap in front of him, who gestures as he talks."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Tentatively attributed to Francis Grose in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1925,0511.83., Contemporary note "by Capt. Grose" written in ink at bottom of sheet., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 68 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Conversation, Negotiating, and Peddlers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Bargaining] [graphic].
6. [Mrs. Ann Young, spinster] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Fauquier, William, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 77. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "This etching gives a portrait to the hips in profile, to our right, of an elderly woman, with a big nose and a protruding lower jaw: she wears a close cap, trimmed with lace at the fore edges; her right hand hangs in front of her body in a listless manner; she stoops."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Mrs. A. Young, of Eltham, 1746
- Description:
- Title from contemporary note in brown ink below image., Additional title from annotation on British Museum impression of a variant state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,1211.148., Printmaker and date from Horace Walpole's note in brown ink, in lower right corner: By Mr. W. Fauquier 1783., Variant (later?) state, with printmaker's initials etched in lower right corner. For a state lacking these initials, see no. 2845 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., and Mounted on page 77 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Older people and Single women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mrs. Ann Young, spinster] [graphic]
7. [Prince of Orange] [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1801?]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 78. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Orange in old-fashioned uniform, heavily gold-laced, stands in profile to the left, looking up, both hands resting on a tall cane. He wears a cocked hat, long pigtail, aiguillettes, a star, a long sword, and clumsy jack-boots. He has not the heavy somnolent appearance of Gillray's portraits, cf. British Museum Satires No. 9065, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Possible signature "D12[?]" in lower right, partly scored through. The British Museum catalogue gives a tentative attribution to either Denis or Richard Dighton., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Leaf 78 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, Princes, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Prince of Orange] [graphic]
8. [Unidentified portrait] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs 2d March 1772.
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 71. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caricature: a stout gentleman standing in profile to right, grinning, right hand behind his back, left tucked into his waistcoat, wearing a sword, frock coat and queue wig."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 71 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Wigs and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Unidentified portrait] [graphic]