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1. The city sheep shearing [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 12th, 1809.
- Call Number:
- 809.04.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three men shear four rams with human faces and long spiral horns. The first (left), still unshorn, has the bottle-nose and drink-blotched face of Curtis; a large bell hangs from his neck; he bleats B A A A A A A. His shearer says: Come along you Blubber--alias Bell Weather S'Blood what a Cur 'tis; in his pocket is a paper: Quintus Curtius. He is Quin, who took an active part against Flower. The second, Councillor Waithman (a draper), holds Flower, the Mayor, labelled The Flower of the Flock, who is almost shaved; he says: Egad I have Cut them preelly [sic] close; his shears, like those of Quin, are inscribed Vox Popula [sic]. The third, Alderman Harvey Combe, uses a comb. He holds Alderman Price and says to Waithman: Ne'er Wait man I have Combed them well--. Price says: N'o Blubber Sperm fetches the best Price. Beside him is another ram (Shaw), completely shorn and dejected; it says: Pshaw I can never Stand upright in the presence of a great Mon but always Keep Booing, booing [cf. British Museum Satires No. 11306]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Ruse & Turners 180[5?].
- Publisher:
- Published by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818, Waithman, Robert, 1764-1833, Price, Charles, Sir, 1748-1818, Shaw, James, Sir, 1764-1843, and Flower, Charles, Sir, 1763-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Sheep, Scissors & shears, Sheep shearing, and Combs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The city sheep shearing [graphic].
2. The judgment of Paris [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [...] 1st, 1771.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 83. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. Cupid, a hideous boy, holding a bow, is partly concealed by her petticoat. Juno (?), a hideous hag, strides towards them, brandishing a bottle. Minerva (?) in a soldier's coat and grenadier's cap, inscribed "J.R." [?Juno Regina], walks away to the right. looking over her shoulder; one fist is clenched, she carries a bottle and is smoking a pipe. One sheep (left) stands behind Paris who is holding a crook. A basket and his hat are on the ground. In the foreground his dog chases the peacock and the owl. Two doves fly over the head of Venus. Two broadsides are pasted on the cottage wall: one headed "Gods . . ." the other, "Thos the Wood Lous" (?). Mountains are indicated in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Publisher's name and month of publication in imprint have been mostly burnished from plate., Text in upper left margin, preceding title: Jun: But to bestow it on that trapes it mads me. Min: Hang him jackanapes., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Venus., Mounted on page 83 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17.9 x 20.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. accor. to act by [...]
- Subject (Name):
- Cupid (Roman deity), and Juno (Roman deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Paris (Legendary character), Minerva, Dwellings, Peasants, Fans (Accessories), Military uniforms, Bottles, Pipes (Smoking), Sheep, Baskets, Dogs, Peacocks, Owls, and Doves
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The judgment of Paris [graphic]
3. The slumbers of Ragotin interrupted [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd May 29th, 1773.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An illustration to Scarron's 'Roman Comique' (1651), Book II, ch. xx. The scene is the room of an inn. Ragotin, almost bald, sits in an upright chair wearing a long sword and jack boots; his legs do not reach the ground. The ram (left), on its hind-legs, is about to butt him. The encounter is watched by a man who leans on the back of his chair, by another seated behind the ram, and by a third standing between Ragotin and a group of two ladies and a man on the right, one being Inezilla, who had just been reading her novel. Behind this group are the curtains of a bed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image; letter "n" in "interrupted" is etched backwards., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Scene from Roman comique (1651), Book II, by Paul Scarron, 1610-1660 -- Clowns: Ragotin., Mounted on page 75 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 22.5 x 33.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Scarron, Paul, 1610-1660.
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Sleeping, Sheep, and Animal attacks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The slumbers of Ragotin interrupted [graphic]
