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1. Afternoons amusement [graphic]
- Creator:
- Albanesi, Angelo, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publishd. according to act of Parliament the 30 Octobr. 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.10.30.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A print showing the front elevation of a brothel, with a sign over the door "Young Ladies Educated & Board." At the threshold of the establishment, the brothel keeper (possibly Charlotte Hayes) stands at the front door talking with a young man who hol...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Hayes, Charlotte, 1725-1813, and O’Kelly, Dennis, 1725-1787,
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitution, Humor, Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitutes' clients, Clergy, Dogs, Doors & doorways, Dwarfs, Windows, Signs (Notices), and Peddlers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Afternoons amusement [graphic]
2. The beggars opera [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- October 1st, 1802.
- Call Number:
- Maidment H67 no. 9 Box 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- [Top image]: "Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of ...
- Description:
- Titles etched below images.
- Publisher:
- Published by G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Humor, Animals in human situations, Musicians, Opera singers, Clowns, and Comedies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The beggars opera [graphic]
3. Walpole's notes and drawings, [1700s].
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 170
- Image Count:
- 58
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Walpole's and others' hands, of a collection of several dozen scraps of notes, verse fragments, sketches, and drawings, collected from Walpole's papers. The notes are primarily epigrammatic or anecdotal, on such topics as printing book...
- Alternative Title:
- Walpoliana mss and drawings
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852., Coke, Mary, Lady, 1726-1811., Draper, William, Sir, 1721-1787., Duncombe, Susanna Highmore, 1730?-1812., Fenn, John, 1739-1794., Kemp, William, fl. 1600., Skelton, John, 1460?-1529., Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1684-1741., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anecdotes, English poetry, Epigrams, English, Nobility, Social life and customs, Riddles, Kings and rulers, Humor, and Sketches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Walpole's notes and drawings, [1700s].