- Published / Created:
- [between 1741? and 1748]
- Call Number:
- 741.00.00.19
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife for confession as she kneels before him. Two columns of verse below: "A weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ... Twas you were the young man the old man & [the] Fryer. Finis."
- Alternative Title:
- Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
- Description:
- Title from engraved text above image., All engraved., Date from British Book Trade Index., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With "Pro Patria" watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- File 63 803 B862+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title. and Mounted on acidic board. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Hatchard, No. 190, Piccadilly and J. Brettell, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Propaganda, and Foreign relations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Britons to arms! : among the various threats used by the tyrannical and insidious enemy, who is attempting our destruction and overthrow, the plunder of our country! is held out as the reward to the armies which are to invade us, .... But we dare to conquer!.
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sept 29, 1750.
- Call Number:
- 750.09.29.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- "A broadside on the trial of the robber James Maclaine; with an etching showing the interior of a court room, the judges seated on the left, Maclaine standing on the right, in the middle background a lady standing, giving evidence in his favour; and with engraved title and letterpress text giving an account of the trial in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and imprint from engraved text below image at top of sheet., Among Maclaine's other crimes is the robbing of the Salisbury Coach at Turnham Green on 26 June 1750, when he was disguised using a Venetian mask. In 1749 he robbed a coach in which Horace Walpole was a passenger; he took Walpole's watch in this incident which is mentioned in the final paragraph., and Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur-de lis.
- Publisher:
- Printed for T. Fox in the Old Baily
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Maclaine, James, 1724-1750, and Maclaine, James, 1724-1750
- Subject (Topic):
- Brigands and robbers, Trials (Robbery), Courtrooms, Criminals, Judicial proceedings, and Broadsides
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > James Macleane, the gentleman highwayman at the bar
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1748]
- Call Number:
- File 66 748 J65+++
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Letterpress broadside with a hand-colored etched and engraved header illustrating the use of a fire-engine at the site of the Cornhill fire, which occurred on 25 March 1748
- Description:
- Caption title from letterpress text. and Annotations on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Fire engines and Fire extinction
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bristow, engine-maker, to all His Majesty's forts, garrisons, dock-yards and other public offices belonging to His Majesty's Royal Navy ...
5.
- Published / Created:
- [1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.05.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- imagea and text
- Description:
- Caption title., With an etching below the title and above the letterpress text, signed "G. Cruikshank fect." showing John Bellingham in the act of assassinating Spencer Perceval. Plate mark: 58 x 104 mm., and Mounted to: 46 x 17 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by John Fairburn, 2, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill, facing the Old Bailey and Maurice Printer, Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812., Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, and Bellingham, John, 1770-1812
- Subject (Topic):
- Assassination, Prime ministers, Politics and government, and Assassinations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Monumental inscription on the departed minister!! : within this mausoleum lie entombed the mortal remains of Spencer Perceval ...
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- 765.04.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- A layout using letterpress showing the interior of Westminster Hall, layed out for the trial of William Lord Byron for killing William Chaworth in a duel; trial was held in April 1765
- Description:
- Caption title. and Publication date based on date of the trial.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England). and Byron, William Byron, Baron, 1722-1798
- Subject (Topic):
- Trials and Trials (Murder)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Representation of the Court at the trial of Lord Byron [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1701 and 1800?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Apostles' Creed
- Description:
- Title from caption above woodcut. Text begins with a quote from Heb 12.6: "When I am scourged with affliction's rod ...", Each word or short phrase of the Apostles’ Creed is paired with two biblical quotations paraphrasing it., Text in two columns, divided by a single rule; the title and illustration span both columns., Mounted on leaf 3. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian education and Christianity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Apostles Creed paraphrased
- Published / Created:
- [between 1775 and 1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Verse begins: "Batchelors of e'ery station,", Above first line: Part 1., In five columns undivided by rules; title and woodcut above the first two columns., Another printing of the edition recorded in ESTC T200945 (with no full stop after "lady" in the title), and N70792; that they are of the same setting is evidenced by damaged letters and other typographical indicia., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 9. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold at No. 4, Aldermary Churchyard
- Subject (Topic):
- Women, Conduct of life, Heiresses, Lawyers, and Bachelors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Berkshire lady : in four parts
- Creator:
- Fart-inando, author
- Published / Created:
- [1762]
- Call Number:
- 762.08.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Lord Bute in the form of a reply to Henry Howard's bawdy ballad, "The Queen's Ass" (BM Satires 3870): the zebra kicks Howard, who has fallen to the ground, behind him a group of men comprising John Fielding, the three Cherokee chiefs who visited London in 1762, and another who may be identified as the man referred to in the verse below as "M-re [who] sally'd forth the fair Sex to relieve"; on the right, Bute, dressed in tartan and wearing a boot, riding a tamed British Lion; a Jewish stockbroker in the stocks; and George Whitfield looking into a mirror which reflects the image of an ass. In the background Charles Churchill, wielding a stick, chases off Bute's supporters, the journalists Arthur Murphy and Tobias Smollett, who raise their hands in surprise. Engraved inscriptions, title and verses in two columns by "Fartinando", to be sung to the tune of "The Ass in the Chaplet"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Answer to Harry Howard's ass
- Description:
- Caption title below etching., Engraved broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet (late mark 30.1 x 20 cm). Etching signed: J. Jones delin et sculpt., Harry H----d's = Henry Howard., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., The lion bears some resemblance to those designed by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale for the Ladies Amusement (first published by Sayer in 1760), especially plate 108, and was perhaps copied from his work. Cf. British Museum online catalogue., Ten stanzas of verse below title: Permit me good people (a whimsical bard) and snarl not [the] critical class ..., and Mounted to 35 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
- Subject (Topic):
- Cherokee Indians, Jews, Clergy, England, National emblems, British, Stocks (Punishment), and Zebras
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The asses of Great Britain : an answer to Harry H----d's ass
- Published / Created:
- [between 1736 and 1763?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Alternative Title:
- Perjured shepherd
- Description:
- Verse begins: "Attend you nymphs and virgins,"., In three columns; the title and illustration above the first column; the imprint at foot of the third column, below a series of long dashes; the columns are not separated by rules., Dating based on the imprint; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 14. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Printed at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Songs, English, Shepherds, Shepherdesses, and Sheep
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The perjur'd shepherd : Tune of, the Hay-Makers