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1.
A free born Englishman!!! The glory of civilized life & the envy of Indian nations! / [graphic]

Creator:
Spence, William, -1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
796.00.00.61
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in ragged clothes stands facing right, hunched forward under the weight of a basket of 'Rents' and 'Taxes' strapped to his back. His legs are shackled, his mouth is closed by a padlock, and his hands are tied behind him. Image enclosed within a ...
Alternative Title:
Freeborn Englishman
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publishd. by T. Spence, Turn Stile, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Poverty, Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Shackles, and Taxes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A free born Englishman!!! The glory of civilized life & the envy of Indian nations! / [graphic]

2.
Confined in the Fleet Prison [graphic].

Published / Created:
according to act of Parliament, July 1735.
Call Number:
Hogarth 735.07.00.01+ Box 200
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Copy of a room in the Fleet Prison; Tom sits at a table, to left, on which is a rejection letter from John Rich to whom he has submitted a play; his wife clenches her fists, the gaoler asks for garnish money and a boy asks payment for a tankard of al...
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress. Plate 7
Description:
Title from text engraved above image.
Publisher:
Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell
Subject (Name):
Fleet Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Children, Debt, Dramatists, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, Telescopes, and Unmarried mothers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Confined in the Fleet Prison [graphic].

3.
Confined in the Fleet Prison. [graphic]. Plate 7

Published / Created:
[between 1785 and 1794]
Call Number:
Hogarth 785.00.00.126+ Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Copy of a room in the Fleet Prison; Tom sits at a table, to left, on which is a rejection letter from John Rich to whom he has submitted a play; his wife clenches her fists, the gaoler asks for garnish money and a boy asks payment for a tankard of al...
Alternative Title:
[Rake's progress]. Plate 7 and His Hours of Joy are fled with raipd speed, ...
Description:
Added title from Paulson.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Fleet Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Children, Debt, Dramatists, Jails, Poverty, Rake's progress, Telescopes, and Unmarried mothers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Confined in the Fleet Prison. [graphic]. Plate 7

4.
French liberty British slavery / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 December 1792]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design in two compartments contrasting on the left the poverty and depravity of "French Liberty" with the opulence of the British on the right "British Slavery." The thin, ragged sansculotte with a liberty cap on his head, warms his bare, talon-like f...
Alternative Title:
British slavery
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. December 21st, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France, France., and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
History, Taxation, Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty, Poverty, Rugs, Taxes, and Wealth
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > French liberty British slavery / [graphic]

5.
Sutton [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 June 1790]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A coach pulling up to the Post Station, the Cock Inn at left, on route to Brighton. The coach is pulling into the court yard, about to pass under a wooden gate bearing the inn's sign, while another coach stands at the inn door. People look down from t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinson's, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Sutton (England)
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Donkeys, Peg legs, Poverty, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sutton [graphic]

6.
The benevolent physician [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs [...] [not before 9 November 1782]
Call Number:
782.11.09.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A generous physician refusing money for services rendered from a poor family
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, British, Families, Sick children, Interior decoration, Fireplaces, Biblical events, Canopy beds, Painting, Poverty, Beneficence, Patients, fireplaces, medicine bottles, beds (furniture), poverty, patients, Clothing, Money, Medicine bottles, House furnishings, Benevolence, and Beds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The benevolent physician [graphic].

7.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

8.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

9.
The distrest poet [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 December 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and he...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]

10.
The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]

Creator:
Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1789]
Call Number:
789.07.01.03++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Poverty-stricken family in bare, attic interior; man seated at left beside table, skinny dog beside him, looking away from woman, standing in centre mending garment, watched by boy lying on floor and resting on stool at right, looking up from his rea...
Alternative Title:
Effects of youthful extravagance and idleness
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1789, by T. Simpson, St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Dogs, Interiors, Families, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of youthful extravagance & idleness [graphic]