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1.
A trois pour un sol les Anglaises [graphic].

Published / Created:
[181-?]
Call Number:
810.00.00.86
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene outdoors with a group of three women conversing on the left as a man purchases turnips(?) from a street vendor
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Food vendors, Pedestrians, and Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A trois pour un sol les Anglaises [graphic].

2.
Chambre du coeur de Voltaire [graphic].

Published / Created:
[10 October 1885]
Call Number:
885.10.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The "Bedroom of the heart of Voltaire" in Ferney: a bedroom with alcove bed on the far right, portraits hung on the walls, and to the left a pyramid-shaped altar in an alcove; ... with small bust of Voltaire in the lower margin."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the original engraving
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: Le Livre; revue du monde littéraire. Paris, A. Quantin [etc.], v. 6 (10 October 1885)., Printer's statement in lower left; periodical name and number in lower right: Le Livre, VIe. année., Photoengraved reproduction of a 1781 print by François Denis Née after a drawing by Gaspard Duché de Vancy; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,1008.910., and Text reproduced from original engraving: "Dessiné par Duché, d'après nature au Chateau de Ferney en 1781" beneath lower left corner of image; "Gravé par Neé" beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
Imp. A. Quantin
Subject (Geographic):
France and Ferney-Voltaire.
Subject (Name):
Voltaire, 1694-1778 and Château de Ferney (Ferney-Voltaire, France)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chambre du coeur de Voltaire [graphic].

3.
Conversation Anglaise [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1818?]
Call Number:
818.00.00.64
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three very bored-looking Englishmen sit around a table drinking wine, none looking at each other. The obese man in the middle is yawning with an outstretched arm
Description:
Title etched below image. and Approximate date of publication based on other lithographs on similar theme published by Martinet.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Boredom, Eating & drinking, Yawning, and Foreign public opinion, French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Conversation Anglaise [graphic].

4.
Francoise Davbigny Marqvise de Maintenon [graphic]

Creator:
Giffart, Pierre, 1638-1723, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1687]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Madame de Maintenon, bust-length directed to right and looking to front, her dark hair in an updo and dressed with pearls, and wearing a pearl earring and a pearl necklace, in an oval frame, surrounded by four medallions celebrating her virtues, and her coat of arms at the bottom."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Françoise Daubigny Marquise de Maintenon
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.1341., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 96 (leaf numbered '145' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
P. Giffart
Subject (Name):
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Francoise Davbigny Marqvise de Maintenon [graphic]

5.
L'après diner Anglais [graphic]

Creator:
V., C., printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1814 and 1820?]
Call Number:
814.00.00.45
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two men stand outside a business under a sign "Very." On the right, the obese, red-faced man, faces the viewer as he squats, defecating on the cobblestones while the thin man to his left stands with his back to the viewer urinating
Description:
Title etched below image. and Approximate date of publication based on the topic.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Urination, Defecation, and Foreign public opinion, French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > L'après diner Anglais [graphic]

6.
L'indigestion anglaise [graphic]

Published / Created:
[circa 1820?]
Call Number:
820.00.00.117+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Napoleon sits at a table, slouched back in his chair with a sick look on his face, a menu in his left hand and a fork in his right. A lobseter, two fishes, a chicken and a head of a lamb all from his unbuttoned waistcoat
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from contemporary annotation in black ink., and Approximate date of publication based on style and topic.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > L'indigestion anglaise [graphic]

7.
Le nouveau Pâris, ou, L'amour à l'anglaise [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1814 and 1820?]
Call Number:
814.00.00.48+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a French brothel, an obese old man sits lounges in an armchair with a large eyeglass in his hand; the matron of the establishment stands at his side gesturing to the four young women are parade through the door, showing off their figures as they enter. A bag of coins lay on the floor by his side. A canopied bed can just be seen on the edge of the scene on the far right
Alternative Title:
Amour à l'anglaise
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher based on style of lettering. See Griffiths, A. Publication of caricatures in Paris in 1814 and 1815, Part I: The established printsellers, Genty and Martinet. Print Quarterly (Volume XXXI, no. 1, pages 31-51)., Approximate date of publication based on the topic. See Griffiths., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint?
Publisher:
Genty, rue St. Jacques, No. 14?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Obesity, Prostitutes, and Foreign public opinion, French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Le nouveau Pâris, ou, L'amour à l'anglaise [graphic].

8.
Le quart d'heure de Rableais, au Palais Royal. [graphic]. No. 19

Published / Created:
[between 1815 and 1817]
Call Number:
815.00.00.20+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a fashionable restaurant decorated with plants and a chandelier, three men, one in a military frock coat, sitting at a table with a punch bowl and glasses, express surprise as the waiter hands them the bill for their lunch which included beefsteak, various liquors, ice cream and bread. A pretty hostess stands behind the counter on the left writing out another bill. Below the image is the caption" Goddam! Quinze cent francs pour un déjeuner!!!! C'est beaucoup fort cher--- yes, yes yes ...... .
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication based on publisher's address., and "Déposé"--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Plancher, rue Serpente No. 14
Subject (Geographic):
France, Paris., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Chandeliers, Eating & drinking, Hostesses, Restaurants, Waiters, and Foreign public opinion, French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Le quart d'heure de Rableais, au Palais Royal. [graphic]. No. 19

9.
Lord, vaut-il son poid? [graphic]

Creator:
Gondelier, M. (Jean-Baptiste), printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1821 and 1837]
Call Number:
821.00.00.24+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An obese man stands on one end of a scale as a thinner man loads mroe and more 50 lb weights to the other side to determine is weight
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from contemporary annotation in black ink., and Approximate date of publication based the lithographer's address.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Scales, Weights & measures, and Foreign public opinion, French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lord, vaut-il son poid? [graphic]

10.
Mante anglo-francaise, ou, Lady forme et la misèrable, ou, Le vrai cache mi sère [graphic].

Published / Created:
[circa 1820?]
Call Number:
820.00.00.116+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two women shown full-length in cloaks and bonnets, one with an umbrella; the one in the foreground is short and stout, and winks at the viewer. The other is tall and thin and is turns to look at her companion
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from contemporary annotation in black ink., and Approximate date of publication based on style and topic.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
France. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Clothing and dress, Women, and Foreign public opinion, French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mante anglo-francaise, ou, Lady forme et la misèrable, ou, Le vrai cache mi sère [graphic].