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1. A cake in danger [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 April 1806]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A night scene (or early morning) in a London street. A countryman responds to the advances of two young prostitutes, one of whom takes a handkerchief from his coat-pocket. They are lit by the lantern hanging in a watchman's box; the aged watchman slee...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 20, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, James St., Adelphi
- Subject (Topic):
- Pickpockets, Prostitutes, and Watchmen
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A cake in danger [graphic]
2. Humbugging, or, Raising the devil [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 March 1800]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A bogus wizard stands raising his wand while a grotesque figure, in answer, snorting fire, emerges in clouds of smoke from a rectangular aperture in the floor (left), dagger in one hand, cup of 'poison' in the other. The dupe, an ugly man in old-fash...
- Alternative Title:
- Raising the devil
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 12, 1800, by R. Ackerman, No. 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Crocodiles, Demons, Dogs, Fraud, Magic, Magical devices, Pickpockets, and Wizards
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Humbugging, or, Raising the devil [graphic]
3. Last dying speech & confession [graphic]
- Creator:
- Merke, Henri, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 February 1799]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 6
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout and ragged woman, typical of St. Giles, bawls her broadsides inscribed: 'Last Dying Speech and Confession of the unfortunate Malefactors who were executed this Morning'. She stands full-face, one hand to her cheek, a pouch suspended from her ...
- Alternative Title:
- Last dying speech and confession
- Description:
- Title etched below series title and number.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feb. 20, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Children, City & town life, Dogs, Mothers, and Pickpockets
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Last dying speech & confession [graphic]
4. Quarterly dunns, or, Clamorous tax gatherers [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 February 1805]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three tax-collectors beset a house door, on which is a plate: 'Doctor Humbug', and above: 'Advice Gratis.' An elderly man holds the knocker, a ring in a lion's mouth, and looks up at the window above where two heads peer out: a grotesque aged couple ...
- Alternative Title:
- Clamorous tax gatherers
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 3, 1805, by Howitt, N. 73, Wardour Street, Soho
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, City & town life, Pickpockets, Poor persons, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Quarterly dunns, or, Clamorous tax gatherers [graphic].
5. The country-man in London [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730-, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, Sepr. 1, 1771.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 11. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on gullible youths and dishonest prostitutes. A bedroom in which a young countryman is seated at a table between two young women. His right leg is slung across the legs of the woman on the left; she wears a quilted petticoat and her neckline p...
- Alternative Title:
- Countryman in London
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Prostitutes, Pickpockets, Parrots, Dogs, Books, Beds, Gambling, Playing cards, and Chamber pots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The country-man in London [graphic]
6. The court of love, or, An election in the island of Borneo [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1812]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Plate to the 'Scourge', iv, before p. 349. An illustration to 'Elections in the Isle of Borneo', pp. 349-55, relating a dream in which the Prince chooses his Ministers and Household officers according to their proficiency in adultery. A sequel to Bri...
- Alternative Title:
- Election in the island of Borneo
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published November 1st, 1812, by W.N. Jones, No. 5 Newgate Street
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquess of, 1743-1822, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, Hertford, Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, Marquess of, 1777-1842, Melbourne, Peniston Lamb, Viscount, 1745-1828, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Barry, Augustus, Honble., 1773-1818, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Carlton House (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), John Bull (Symbolic character), Garbage collecting, Thrones, Canopies, Columns, Adultery, Antlers, Cobblestone streets, Demons, Military uniforms, Baskets, Infants, Daggers & swords, Poor persons, Pickpockets, Beggars, Staffs (Sticks), Prostitutes, Soldiers, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The court of love, or, An election in the island of Borneo [graphic]
7. The double disaster, or, Inconvenience of umbrellas [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 December 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.12.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A street scene in front of a fashionable confectionary shop: A woman and her equally well-dresesed friend reach for her hat after it is knocked off by an umbrella carried by fashionably dressed gentleman. A young boy taking advantage of the distractio...
- Alternative Title:
- Inconvenience of umbrellas
- Description:
- Title engraved below image.
- Publisher:
- Published 20th Decr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- City & town life, Clothing & dress, Umbrellas, Hats, Clocks & watches, Pickpockets, Stores & shops, Food vendors, and Confections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The double disaster, or, Inconvenience of umbrellas [graphic].
