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1. Mademoiselle de Beaumont, or, the Chevalier d'Eon Female Minister Plenipo. Capt of Dragoons, &c &c. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Sepr. 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.09.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of D'Eon dressed half as a man and half as a woman. The left side of the figure wears a full and elegantly styled dress, with hair piled high in the pyramidal fashion of the times. The right side of the image is in men's attire including a military coat, the cross of St. Louis, and a sword
- Alternative Title:
- Chevalier d'Eon
- Description:
- Title from item., An illustration from the London Magazine, vol. 46 p. 443., In plate above image: Lond. Mag. Sepr. 1777., and Soiled and stained at top of print.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810,
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mademoiselle de Beaumont, or, the Chevalier d'Eon Female Minister Plenipo. Capt of Dragoons, &c &c. [graphic]
2. The diabo-lady [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- April 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.04.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Illustration to The Diabo-lady, probably by William Combe. Simon Luttrell Lord Irnham, shown with a tail and cloven hooves as successor to the Devil, leads his newly selected wife to their thrones on the left. Behind her are 5 unsuccessful contenders for this position, 3 holding papers which identify them as Mrs. Rudd, Lady Ligonier, and the Duchess of Kingston. Demons and imps fly overhead, one bearing crowns for the happy couple
- Alternative Title:
- Diabolady
- Description:
- Title from item., In plate above image: Lond. Mag. April 1777., An illustration from the London Magazine, vol. 46, p. 208., Companion print to: The Diaboliad. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, no. 5424., and Quotation from Milton in plate below image beginning "O Fairest of creation, last and best of all Gods works ..."
- Publisher:
- pulblisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Carhampton, Simon Luttrell, Earl of, 1713-1787., Rudd, Margaret Caroline, b. 1744 or 5., Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788., and Ligonier, Penelope (Pitt) Ligonier, Countess, fl. 1766-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The diabo-lady [graphic].
3. The diaboliad [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [March 1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.03.00.10
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Illustration to William Combe's satirical poem of the same title. An elderly Devil crowns his successor (Simon Luttrell, Lord Irnham) who mounts the throne on the left. Behind Irnham are 5 unsuccessful contenders for the Devil's office, including at far right, Charles Fox as Volpone with the head of a fox. In the background stands a distraught man in chains, while dragons and demons fly overhead and to the side
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed into plate mark., In plate above image, upper right: Lond. Mag. March 1777., Quotation from Milton in plate below image: "To reign is worth ambition, tho' in Hell.", An illustration from the London Magazine, vol. 46 p. 152., and Mounted to 23 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and Carhampton, Simon Luttrell, Earl of, 1713-1787.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The diaboliad [graphic].