- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 September 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.09.15.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '172' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One line of text below title: "The end of these things is death.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Earrings -- Miniature portraits as jewelry -- Female dress: masquerade costume -- Tickets: masquerade tickets -- Pictures amplifying subjects: portrait of Cleopatra -- Pulley-stiles -- Parasols -- Furniture -- Powder puffs -- Domestic servants: lady's maid -- Furnishings: window curtain tassels.
- Publisher:
- Published 15th Septr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Older people, Women, Headdresses, Clocks & watches, Jewelry, Dressing tables, Umbrellas, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A maiden ewe drest lamb fashion [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 October 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.10.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A 'cit' smokes angrily over his glass, tilting his chair, while his pretty young wife sits with folded arms. A handsome young officer opens the door, apparently unseen by both. Below the design: 'Husband. - What makes you look so thoughtful my Love, what are you puzzling your Dear Head about now." Wife - Why you said last Night at Supper, that you knew every one in our Street were Cuckolds but one, - And I have been Puzzling Myself ever since to find out who that one could be." - "Husband.-" Oh! Oh! Very well, I have done."'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '202' in lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Cuckolds -- Furnishings -- Furniture.
- Publisher:
- Published 10th October 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Young adults, Women, Military officers, Adultery, Mirrors, Pipes (Smoking), and Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A matrimonial puzzle [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.02.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Ten ladies, arranged in two rows, with numbers referring to notes etched beneath the design, their proposed offices etched above their heads. ... '(1) First Lady of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.' The 'Duc - ss of Gor-n' (Pitt's friend), wearing a tartan drapery, sits at a writing-table. Facing her, with outstretched right arm, is '(2) President of the Council and Duc-ss of Ric-nd.' '(3) Lady High Chancellor is the Coun-ss of Buc-s-e', very short and fat, in wig and gown and holding the purse of the Great Seal. Facing her is '(4) Chamberlain', who is 'Margr-ne of Ans-h', wearing a coronet and feathers, and holding a long wand of office. '(5) Mistress of the Horse' holding a whip is 'Lady Arc-r.' '(6) First Lady of the Admiralty' is 'Mrs Jo-n', with her arms folded, in profile to the right, as if playing the part of Priscilla Hoyden in 'The Romp', see British Museum Satires No. 6875, but wearing a naval cocked hat, emblem of her liaison with the Duke of Clarence, see British Museum Satires No. 9009. Facing her is '(7) Secretary of War & Capn of the Guards, La-y Wa-ce' (sister of No. 1); she wears a military cocked hat and coat with epaulettes, her hands placed truculently on her hips. (Her friendship with Dumouriez is perhaps hinted at.) '(8) Mistress of the Buck Hounds', is 'March-ss of Sa-ry', thin and weatherbeaten, holding two hounds on a leash, '(9) Ranger of Hyde Park', is 'La-y La-e' (wife of Sir John Lade) wearing a riding-habit and holding a riding-switch. '(10) Post Mistress General and Inspector of Mis-sent Letters' is 'La-y Je-y'. She sits at a round table on which are many letters and appliances for opening and re-sealing them, including a spirit-lamp inscribed 'Hot water'. She holds a lighted candle and peers through spectacles at a sealed letter."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and With illegible monogram, perhaps a collector's mark, written in brown ink in lower margin.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Febry. 1st, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St. ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748-1812, Richmond, Mary, Duchess of, 1740-1796, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Craven, Elizabeth, 1750-1828, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Lady Wallace, -1803, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Lade, Letitia, Lady, -1825, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Nobility, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hints towards a change of ministry respectfully submitted to the consideration of the ladies of Great Britain. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 October 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.10.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a jeweller's shop, indicated only by three necklaces festooned on the wall and by a door giving on to the street. A lady sits between two men; one (left) points insinuatingly to a box of ear-rings which he holds, the other applies a boring instrument to her left ear. To her left, a dog barks as he looks up at her startled face. Behind, a weeping schoolboy with a bag of books is being birched by a young woman. Through the door are seen a Highlander blowing bagpipes and a milkmaid screaming for custom
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and One of a series of 'Drolls.'
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 24th Octr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Bagpipes, Dairy workers, Earrings, Jewelers, Jewelry stores, Necklaces, School children, Women, and Young adults
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ladies ears bored gratis [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 September 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.09.01.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stage-coachman (left) holds open the door of his coach, showing that it is overcrowded with five fat passengers. He speaks to a fat woman who stands in profile to the right, holding a fan, a dog tucked under her left arm. A flagged pavement and cobbled roadway show that they are in a London street. Beneath the title is engraved: '"Just room for one Madam," - "Vell I wow I have run all the way like a Lamp-lighter, till I am all over in such a Heat you can't think."'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '198' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and One line of text below title: Just room for one Madam, -- vel [sic] I vow I have run all theway like a lamp-lighter ...
- Publisher:
- Published 1st September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Obesity, Streets, Travelers, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Light summer travelling, only six inside. Children half price [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 October 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.10.14.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A very pregnant sits slouched in a chair, her left arm around a distaff and a spindle in her right hand. Above her is a picture of a young girl looking down at the broken pitcher at her feet. To the right an old woman in a shawl and wearing spectacles holds a letter in her hand, as she leans towards the younger woman with an expression of concern. Between them stands a young man who stands mostly with his back to the viewer but is slightly turned to the younger woman as he subtly points to the painting over her head
- Description:
- Title engraved below image. and Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, Octr. 14, 1793, by T. Prattent, 46 Cloth Fair, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Pregnant women and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oh dear, what the matter can be! Johnny has been at the fair [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 March 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.03.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Five women stand full-length most facing the viewer and exhibiting five styles of dress, as indicated in the words etched below each figure: A la Turk (Turkish) with a turban and oriental dress with Turkish trousers and bare breasts; A la Grec (Greek) with a high-waisted dress and feathered turban; A la Cité (Parisian) similar to the preceding woman but a different effect because the woman is short and balloon-shaped and wears a watch and seals from her bust; A la St. James, is shown with her back to the viewer, wearing a very large turban with two aigretts resembling stiffened brush of a fox; and, finally, A la St. Giles, a stout, busty woman in profile looking left, wearing a quilted petticoat and apron, arms crossed below her bare breasts
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Publisher's advertisement following imprint: NB. folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 23, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hosiery, Turbans, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The gallery of fashion [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 September 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.09.08.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two fashionably dressed young women dose on a sofa in a sitting room with wallpapered walls and a rug on the floor. A young man stands behind the sofa and quietly tickles the check of the young woman on the right. The friendship between the two women is illustrated by the long ribbon tied on one of each of their wrists; around their necks, each, too, wears a pendant with miniature portrait of the other. An open book between them on the sofa is titled "The Fair Seducer." An oval mirror hangs on the wall between two windows behind the young man
- Alternative Title:
- Weary after a walk
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '200' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Friendship, Jewelry, Mirrors, Seduction, Sofas, Sleeping, Wallpapers, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The inseparable friends, or, Weary after a walk [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.04.20.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and advertisement. Missing text supplied from the British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be seen a correct model of the guillotine 6 feet high, the head and hand of Count Strewenzee & the compleatest collection of caracatures [sic] in Europe, to which has been recently added several hundred old & new subjects, admittance one shilling., and Temporary local subject terms: Ducal coronets -- Female costume, 1793 -- Duchesses -- Marchionesses -- Countesses -- Viscountesses -- Baronesses -- Wives of baronets.
- Publisher:
- Pub. April 20, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Crowns, Nobility, Peerage, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The quality ladder [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 October 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.10.08.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A black saleman selling rabbits kneels on the pavement with his basket, looking up at a young woman who stands at the door of a house; she holds up one of the rabbits by a hind-leg. A manservant holding a dish stands behind her, grinning. Behind is the corner of a street."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified based on original drawing in the Huntington Library collection., Two lines of text below title: 'Miss - O la how it smells - sure its not fresh, Mungo - Be gar Misse dot no fair - If Blacke Man take you by Leg so - ; you smell too.', From Drolls., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Octr. 8th 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, City & town life, Rabbits, Servants, Street vendors, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rabbits [graphic].