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1.
[The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak] [graphic].

Creator:
Goldar, John, 1729-1795, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On a street in front of a church (right), possibly referencing the one built by George Whitfield in Tottenham Court Road and a tavern (left)with a sign identifying it as "The Old Goat New Revived", a make follower of Whitefield dressed in a quasi-Puri...
Description:
Title and date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Robt. Sayer & Jno. Smith
Subject (Name):
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Temptation, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak] [graphic].

2.
The five all's [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1788]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A design in five compartments, each occupied by a figure in profile to the right. Above each is an inscription. On the extreme left is a parson preaching from a pulpit; the head of the precentor appears in his desk beneath. Inscribed: 'I pray for all'...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817, Hunter, Andrew, 1743-1809, and Rocheid, James
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Devil, Farmers, and Soldiers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The five all's [graphic]

3.
Lady Fenoulhet [graphic]

Creator:
Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Anne Day after Reynolds (Mannings 498); standing half-length to front with both hands in fur muff, her face half in shadow beneath Woffington hat, wearing ornate dress with lace and ribbons and posy at breast."--British Museum online cata...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at [the] Golden Buck in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Fenoulhet, Anne Day, Lady,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Fenoulhet [graphic]

4.
Brandy is the liquor of life [graphic]

Creator:
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly man, with balding head and a beard, dressed in a long coat lined with fur, is sitting on a bench next to a table and holding in his hand a conical drinking glass. To the right, a younger woman is sitting behind the table and smiling while l...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Couples and Eating & drinking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Brandy is the liquor of life [graphic]

5.
"Here's a health to the Dutchess of York", "wherever she goes" Coldstream Guards. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1791]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Here's a health to the Dutchess of York", "wherever she goes" Coldstream Guards. [graphic]

6.
500£ a year will do, for me and for you [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1796?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Design in an oval. An elderly man (half length), full-face, with folded arms, grins broadly. He wears spectacles and is bald except for side-curls and a small pigtail queue."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Five hundred pounds a year will do, for me and for you
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Wigs and Eyeglasses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > 500£ a year will do, for me and for you [graphic].

7.
A bagnio scene with a white-leggd chicken coaxking [sic] an old dotard. [graphic]

Published / Created:
as the act directs, 2nd March, 1778.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two men in a brothel, one sitting on the right uncorking a bottle, the other putting his arm around the shoulder of a prostitute, leering as she adjusts his cravat, urged by the Madam who rises from a sofa in front of a round table with punch-bowl an...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Furnishings, Interiors, Paintings, Prostitutes, and Screens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bagnio scene with a white-leggd chicken coaxking [sic] an old dotard. [graphic]

8.
A bailiff and an attorney. A match for the devil [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 18 April 1793.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lawyer sitting on the left at his desk looks over his shoulder and points with his quill pen as he gives instructions to two thuggish bailiffs who carry bundles of writs. In his hand is a form with 'Middlesex' and 'Wit' written at the upper left and...
Alternative Title:
Match for the devil
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Bailiffs, Desks, Law offices, and Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bailiff and an attorney. A match for the devil [graphic].

10.
A collection of drolleries [graphic].

Published / Created:
1770-1797.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
71
Abstract:
A collection of 69 prints, mostly mezzotints issued Carington Bowles and those reissued by Bowles and Carver, as well as some prints issued by Robert Sayers. Also tipped in are a collection of the illustrations from the 4th edition of Thomas Bridges' ...
Alternative Title:
Facetious
Description:
Title from title page in mss.
Subject (Name):
Homer
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of drolleries [graphic].