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1. "An angel gliding on a sun-beam into Paradice," Milton [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 October 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.10.11.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mrs. Schwellenberg, enormously fat and heavily laden, supported by small wings, floats or falls head foremost down a broad slanting ray, which extends from a sun with a crown in its centre in the upper right corner of the print and stretches across the sea to a castellated town flying a flag inscribed 'Hanover'. Half only of the crown and sun is visible. Her massive legs terminate in tiny feet. In her arms are two large money-bags, labelled 'Pr Ann.' and '£1000000'. Her bulging pocket hangs downwards, a rosary and cross hanging from it."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Angel gliding on a sunbeam into Paradise
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of quoted text below title: "Down thither, prone in flight, lo Schwelly speeds, & with her brings the gems and spoils of Heav'n.", Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Sunbeams -- Bags of money -- Rosaries -- House of Hanover -- Crowns -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to Queen Charlotte -- Literature: altered quotation from John Milton's (1608-1674) Paradise Lost., and Watermark: S. Lay.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Octr. 11th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "An angel gliding on a sun-beam into Paradice," Milton [graphic].
2. "And catch the living manners as they rise" [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 May 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.05.07.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young man (left) takes with his left hand the right hand of a young woman, who bows towards him, holding her limp skirt delicately between finger and thumb. Both wear burlesqued versions of the newest fashions. He wears a striped sleeveless vest or waistcoat made in one piece with a pair of pantaloons which reach below his calves where they are tied with bunches of ribbon. A voluminous swathed neckcloth conceals his chin. His powdered hair is frizzed on his head with a long queue. He holds a round hat and a bludgeon in his right hand. She wears in her hair three extravagantly long ostrich feathers, which rise from a small cap or turban and sweep across the design, with an erect brush-aigrette ; long tresses issue from the turban with the feathers and fall below her waist. Her limp high-waisted dress with short sleeves falls from below uncovered breasts, which are decked with a lattice-work of jewels caught together by an oval miniature (cf. BMSat 8521)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray, working from a design by 'Miss Aynscombe.' See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1794 -- Female costume, 1794., Watermark: J Whatman., and Window-mounted to 40 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 7th, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "And catch the living manners as they rise" [graphic].
3. "Elegance democratique" a sketch found near High-Wycombe / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 July 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.07.08.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lord Wycombe, scarcely caricatured, walks to the left, his head in profile, left hand on hip, right on a club-like walking-stick. His coat is curiously cut, his (striped) waistcoat longer and breeches shorter than the contemporary fashion. He wears a neck-cloth and shoes. His gait is slouching and his dress rather slovenly. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text below title: "Whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of a mans mind, I observe his manners & dress." Lord Chesterfield., and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: waistcoat -- Breeches -- Literature: quotation from Earl of Chesterfield's (1694-1773) Letters.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 8th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Elegance democratique" a sketch found near High-Wycombe / [graphic]
4. "Gentle manners, with affections mild, "in wit a man, simplicity a child [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 November 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.11.04.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "General Manners walks in profile to the left, with knees flexed, bending forward, his hands clasped behind his back, a cane under his arm. He wears a round hat, small pigtail, and plain, old-fashioned dress."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Men -- Walking staves -- Literature: quotation from Epitaph on John Gay by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 4th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Manners, Robert, 1758-1832
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Gentle manners, with affections mild, "in wit a man, simplicity a child [graphic].
5. "Here's songs of love & maids forsaken" [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 March 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.03.30.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly woman sits on a stool playing a small harpsichord (right) seen in profile, a music-book upon it. She sings with her head turned towards the spectator, her features twisted, eyes closed. Her hair hangs upon her round shoulders; the curves of her figure and a small waist indicate an attempt to conceal the ravages of time. The line is shaky throughout, to give an impression (especially in the music-book) of an aged, quavering voice."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Here's songs of love and maids forsaken
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Possibly by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Musical instruments: harpsichords -- Music sheets.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 30th by H. Humphrey, Old Bond St., 93
- Subject (Topic):
- Singing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Here's songs of love & maids forsaken" [graphic].
6. "Improvement in weights & measures", or, Sir John Seeclear discovering [the] ballance of [the] British flag [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.12.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sinclair, tall and thin, stands full-face, holding up in his right hand a balance (steelyard, or stilliard) inscribed 'Vive le Egalité'. A large British flag at the right end of the beam much outweighs a bunch of objects at the other; three documents: [1] 'Navy of England to be retaind viz: 50000 Seamen & half a Dozen Ships of War - 500000 Sailors to be sent to plant Potatoes.' [2] '10 000 heavy reasons for giving the Enemy a fair chance of getting out of their Ports.' [3] 'Advantages of cold oeconomy'. Below these are bunches of turnips, carrots, a cabbage, the whole terminating in a pendent bonnet-rouge. Sinclair is fashionably dressed, wearing a hat, half-boots, ill-fitting coat, and overcoat almost to the ankles. On a heavily draped writing-table (right) are three large volumes: 'Improvements in the Art of Political Dunging and Pursuits of Agriculture.' A paper: 'The Apostate Laird - a Parliamentary Romance - together with Loss of the Agricultural Arm' Chair. On the wall (right) is a picture of three pigs feeding at a trough of 'Democratic Verbosity'; this is 'Pigs Meat: or new method of feeding the Swinish Multitude' [see BMSat 8500, &c.]. Beside it is a placard: 'Table of Weights & Measures laid down upon the true democratic Principle of the Stilliards of Egalité'. A patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- "Improvement in weights and measures" and Sir John Seeclear discovering the ballance of the British flag
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Scales -- Flags: British flag -- Food: vegetables -- Bonnet rouge -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Writing materials: inkstand., Watermark: 1794 J Whatman., and Subject identified in contemporary hand below title.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Improvement in weights & measures", or, Sir John Seeclear discovering [the] ballance of [the] British flag [graphic]
7. "L'infanterie francaise en Egypte" le Genéral l'Asne converted to Ibrahim Bey / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 March 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.03.12.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Rows of French soldiers (left) do infantry drill with muskets seated on the backs of sorry asses (cf. BMSat 9361), with no harness but rope halters. The man in the foreground (the others being concealed by the closeness of the ranks), though smart, is ragged, his foot projecting through the boot. Their officer (right), with raised sword, gives the word of command seated on an ass which brays with outstretched neck at the other asses. He has a saddle and his ass is in slightly better condition. Clouds form a background. See BMSat 9355, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Military: French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Reference to Ibrahim Bey, Chief of Mamelukes (1735-1816).
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "L'infanterie francaise en Egypte" le Genéral l'Asne converted to Ibrahim Bey / [graphic]
8. "L'insurrection de l'Institut Amphibie" the pursuit of knowledge / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 March 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.03.12.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two Frenchmen, who have been attempting to domesticate the crocodile, are seized by the angry beasts. A monster seizes in its jaws the leg of the man who has attempted to ride it; the man clasps halter and whip, his saddle lies on the ground together with a large book, 'Sur l'Education du Crocodile', beside which are three plates: 'Planche 1st', a Frenchman rides a crocodile; 'Pl: 2de', a Frenchman drives a high phaeton drawn by a pair of crocodiles; 'Pl: 3me', a small boat is drawn through the water by a crocodile. In the middle distance (right) a crocodile seizes the coat of a terrified man, who drops a book: 'Les Droits du Crocodile' (cf. BMSat 9352). A third crocodile (left) with hungry jaws climbs from the reeds fringing the river."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Allusion to Institut d'Égypte -- Crocodiles -- Pictures amplifying subject: prints of crocodiles pulling carriage, ship, and used as a mount -- Riding gear -- Books -- Animal attacks.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "L'insurrection de l'Institut Amphibie" the pursuit of knowledge / [graphic]
9. "Lullaby!" Sooth him with a lullaby! scene Kegworth / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 July 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.07.12.02 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A lady, ugly and elderly, sits at a piano in profile to the left, playing and singing. Her open music-book shows her 'Song: would you hurt a harm less maid maid I am young and sore afraid afraid'. Beside her in an arm-chair a fat man with short clumsy legs sits impassively. A patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- "Lullaby!" Soothe him with a lullaby!
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Musical instruments: pianoforte -- Songs: Would you hurt a harmless maid -- Sheet music -- Obesity -- Reference to Kegworth, Leicestershire.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 12th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess' [sic] Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Singing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "Lullaby!" Sooth him with a lullaby! scene Kegworth / [graphic]