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1. A criminal of the name of Hog claiming relationship to Lord Justice Bacon [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1796?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 58 Box D165
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A courtroom scene with solicitors and jury snickering and laughing in response to a witty pun the judge offered following the defendent's plea for mercy. The criminal on trial in the far right is dishevled and dressed in the style of a sailor. The judge, on the far left, wears a black and gold-trimmed robe and leans intensely over the bench glaring at the accused
- Description:
- Title from pen and ink caption inscribed below image., Date from unverified local card catalog record., and Possibly the work of Isaac Cruikshank.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtrooms, Criminals, Judges, Judicial proceedings, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A criminal of the name of Hog claiming relationship to Lord Justice Bacon [art original].
2. Dangit sir, I wish you would just blow your nose ... [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [183-?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 30 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A slender man (left) reading a book complains to a second man (right) sitting opposite him, "Dangit sir I wish you would just blow your nose". The second man, who is very fat and has a very large, bulbous and ruddy nose that extends over the first man's book, replies, "Blow it your self it is as near you as it is me." They sit on upholstered chairs under a window in a small space, the large man's legs positioned between the thin man's two legs
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed within image in brown ink., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and based on costume., Caption continues: ... Blow it your self it is as near you as it is to me., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Noses, Obesity, and Reading
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dangit sir, I wish you would just blow your nose ... [art original].
3. Sailors exhibiting a shark!! [art original]
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it would swallow a man alive!" while an attorney continues with a question, "Neighbor Stump says very true, I never saw anything like it in the whole course of my practice as a country attorney. Pray my friend what do you call it?" A sailor smugly jests, "Why it is a shark d'ye see according to the lubbers lingo on shore, but we gemmen in his Majesty's service call him a sea lawyer!!!
- Description:
- Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image., Artist's signature in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
- Subject (Topic):
- Sailors, British, Sharks, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sailors exhibiting a shark!! [art original]
4. The club law [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 7 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young fashionably dressed man casually swings a club around him which knocks an older lady and her apple cart clear into the air. From the caption: ... the manner of using it is the fashionable swing, as directed in the first article; it may be necessary to observe that the practitioner should be a person of some rank in life, to give the proceedings an eclat this with a proper portion of common assurance, aided by inebriety, will enable him to knock down men, women, children, and apple stalls with impunity and at the same time preserve a perfect sang froid on the occassion
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects compartment no. 6
- Description:
- Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Nine lines of typeface caption below title: Is the last distinction, and most to be dreaded; a little stick well knotted about three feet in length, or shorter, as may be found convenient must be provided ... This is a pleasing study for city apprentices, who wish to ape the fashionable manners of the West End of the town., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Etiquette
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The club law [art original].
5. The elevated ferrule [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 5 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A well-dressed man walking down the street holds the base of his walking stick and arrogantly points the end in an elevated fashion diagonally to the front. The ferrule catches the brim of a lady's hat and begins to lift it off of her head
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 4
- Description:
- Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with text in letterpress and ornamental border., Four lines in letterpress below title: Chiefly belongs to men of consequence of every denomination, and sometimes to those thoughtful gentlemen called absent men; it does less execution than any of the former, though properly managed, it is capable of lifting up the veil of a tall lady, or throwing off a hat as occasion may require., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Etiquette
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The elevated ferrule [art original].
6. The foot compressor [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 4 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A loquacious gentlemen holding a raised walking stick vertically in front of his body prepares to strike the foot of a passerby by feigning a blunder. From the caption: Provide a good stout stick (the heavier the better), well loaded with iron, and sally forth at the business time of the day ... enter on a long story and at the end of every marked sentence, make a sudden plunge with your stick downwards, which must be managed with great velocity, and at proper periods; by these methods your friend cannot fail feeling the force of your observations; and every person's toes must suffer that come within the reach of the argument
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 3
- Description:
- Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Letterpress capation in fourteen lines below title: The person who has a desire to put this grace in practice, must be consciousness of possessing an unconquerable habit of talking incessantly, if that is not a leading trait in his character, he had better decline the study; but if hef finds himself master of so neccessary a qualification ..., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Conversation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The foot compressor [art original].
7. The guard in the rear [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 6 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A very disgruntled looking man walks down the street with his walking stick tucked firmly under his arm, the ferrule end pointing straight behind his torso. This arrangement deflects the 'hasty' approach of a young female nearby
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 5
- Description:
- Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Three lines of typeface caption below title: Goes soberly to work; in a declining position under the arm, well be-mir'd at the end, it stops in a peculiar manner any hasty approach, and never fails doing execution in turning to the right or left., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Etiquette
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The guard in the rear [art original].
8. The swing in style [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 8 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young, fashionably dressed man walks down the street while sweeping his walking stick back in forth in front of him. He has struck a passerby on the shin, the latter holding the injury in both hands wincing in pain. From the caption: ... who must always remember when in action to sing or whistle a tune, in order that the swing may be kept in proper time. By carefully observing these rules, great execution may be performed on the ancles [sic] and shins of every person within the sphere of attraction
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 1
- Description:
- Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a letterpress broadside with ornamental border., Letterpress caption in six lines below image: May be practised with a small cane, switch, or whip, giving the arm full play; the practitioner should be a young giddy fellow, about one and twenty ..., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same letterpress heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks), Etiquette, and Accidents
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The swing in style [art original].
9. [A story of a little parson and the sailor] [art original].
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1797?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N481 no. 7 Box D140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Standing outside of an inn a short stout parson responds to a sailor's jest with a pouty look
- Description:
- Title and date based on John Page's etching after this drawing., Artist suggested by curator., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Sailors, Clergy, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A story of a little parson and the sailor] [art original].