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31.
A view of Newmarket-Heath [graphic] : taken from Davis's Straits / R.F. ad viv. del.

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1807 June 9
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A very obese man with very short legs stands on a mound in profile to the right. He has short jagged hair, wears a round hat and a coat, which though not long in cut reaches to his boots He has an expression of concentrated calculation; he holds a pencil and a card inscribed '2/I on Th . . . '. In the distance four horses are racing, followed by a crowd of spectators on horseback and on foot with one coach and pair."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A view of Newmarket-Heath [graphic] : taken from Davis's Straits / R.F. ad viv. del.

32.
Mother-Goose, of Oxford [graphic] / R.F. ad vivam del.

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1807 May 12
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"An old woman stands on a pavement in in profile to the left., holding a basket containing nosegays on her right. arm. She has sharp features and is very neatly dressed in a plain figured gown gathered at the waist by a string. She wears a flat hat of antique pattern over a white cap, a red cloak, mittens, and buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mother-Goose, of Oxford [graphic] / R.F. ad vivam del.

33.
"And would'st thou turn the vile reproach on me?" [graphic] / J. Cd. Esqr. delt. ; Js. Gy. fect.

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1807 February 2
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A grotesquely hideous man, lean and elderly, sits in an armchair addressing a comely young woman who stands demurely (l.), her pose accentuating her pregnancy. Behind them is an empty fireplace; on the chimney-piece is a Venus pudica flanked by cupids, one with a bow and arrow, the other with a torch. On the wall are two pictures; (l.) a cock and hen facing each other like fighting-cocks, and (r.) a horse in the last stage of decrepitude, assailed by carrion birds."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "And would'st thou turn the vile reproach on me?" [graphic] / J. Cd. Esqr. delt. ; Js. Gy. fect.

34.
Wide-awake [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1806 November 1
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"A 'cit', ugly and elderly, sits full face at right angles to the fire (right). He has been suddenly awakened by two squalling cats behind him (left) and registers surprise and terror, with staring eyes and gaping, distorted mouth. Both hands are raised, and he has flung back the bandanna which covered his face. The room suggests prosperity: carved marble chimney-piece surmounted by mirror or picture, carpet, hearth-rug, low-backed arm-chair of modern shape."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Companion print to: "Fast-asleep.", Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Cats., Clothing & dress--England--1800-1810., and Parlors.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Wide-awake [graphic].

35.
Fast-asleep [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1806 November 1
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. On a round table are a jug and glass, and the sleeper's pipe lying on 'Cobbett's Political Register'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Campanion print to: "Wide-awake.", Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Wigs.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fast-asleep [graphic].

36.
Convened for wearing gaiters, sad offence! Expelled, nor e'en permitted a defence [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1806 October 22
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"The undergraduate, cap in hand, stands with bent head facing a table at the opposite end of which stands the Master, obese, drink-blotched, and angry, delivering sentence. Six Fellows stand at the table, three a side, all glaring at the culprit, and much caricatured. A gaiter lies on the table. At the door, and immediately behind the undergraduate, stands a college servant, his hand on the door-handle, holding a long wand (like that held by the butler of Trinity College, Cambridge, in BMSat 7017). The room is bare with a panelled wall, the only furniture the table and a carved armchair behind the Master."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress at the university ; no. 5 and Rake's progress at the university.
Description:
Fifth of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Convened for wearing gaiters, sad offence! Expelled, nor e'en permitted a defence [graphic].

37.
Expulsion waits that son of alma mater, who dares to shew his face in boot or gaiter [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1806 October 22
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"The undergraduate advances dejectedly, raising his cap to a Fellow wearing cap and gown and gaiters, who walks with another wearin clerical wig and bands with a cocked hat, long coat to the ankles, and gold headed cane. The former points angrily at the gaiters which the undergraduate (like himself) is wearing. The scene is the side of a College Court showing an edge of grass in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress at the university ; no. 4 and Rake's progress at the university.
Description:
Fourth of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Expulsion waits that son of alma mater, who dares to shew his face in boot or gaiter [graphic].

38.
The master's wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his dog within the college walls [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1806 October 22
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"The undergraduate (r.) finds himself face to face with the Master who is walking with a Fellow across the College quadrangle. He stops, putting his hand to his cap, while his dog tries to take cover behind his legs and gown. A college servant behind him (r.) raises a broom to smite the intruding dog. The background is part of the side of the Chapel or Hall, llh the rooms at r. angles to it."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress at the university ; no. 3 and Rake's progress at the university.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Third of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university., and Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The master's wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his dog within the college walls [graphic].

39.
Ah me! that thou the freshman's-guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1806 October 22
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"The undergraduate walks diagonally (right to left) across the grass of a College court; under his arm is a book: 'Advice to Freshmen'. Behind him (right) the grossly obese Master stands in a Gothic doorway leading from a staircase, pointing angrily at the culprit. A shambling man with a broom stands obsequiously beside the doorway, looking over his shoulder apprehensively at the unconscious undergraduate, who leaves a trail of conspicuous footprints on the turf. A Fellow in a mullioned window next the doorway scowls at the young man through a glass."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Rake's-progress at the university ; no. 2 and Rake's-progress at the university.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Second of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university., and Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ah me! that thou the freshman's-guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread [graphic].

40.
Ah me! what perils doth that youth encounter, who dares within the fellow's bog to enter! [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published / Created:
1806 October 22
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Two Fellows in cap and gown (l.), walking l. to r. under a stone arcade, see with shocked disapproval a dismayed undergraduate emerging from a door giving on to the arcade. He is slim and fashionably dressed. Another undergraduate (r.) with gold-embroidered gown, and the gold tassel denoting a peer, walking r. to left. along the arcade, watches the encounter with amused delight."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Rake's-progress at the university ; no. 1 and Rake's-progress at the university.
Description:
First of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ah me! what perils doth that youth encounter, who dares within the fellow's bog to enter! [graphic].

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