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1. A peep behind the curtain The tempest; She stoops to conquer ; The rivals / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1737-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 November 1810]
- Call Number:
- 810.11.26.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four scenes in one plate, each with a separate title, each showing a marital or courtship scenes with monkeys and cats and pictures on the walls that amplify the domestic scene
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent for evening., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Nov. 26, 1810 by S. W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Couples, Courtship, Fighting, Spouses, Draperies, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain The tempest; She stoops to conquer ; The rivals / [graphic]
2. Comforts of Bath. [graphic] / Pl. 8
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 January 1798]
- Call Number:
- Print00247
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Eighth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Health resorts, Interiors, Games, Card games, Wheelchairs, Crutches, Military uniforms, British, Bowing, and Courtship
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Comforts of Bath. [graphic] / Pl. 8
3. Jack got safe into port with his prize [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1780?]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.15
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A sequel to BMSat 5797. Jack and his prize, the young woman of BMSat 5797, sit side by side on a settee, his left arm round her waist. Beside the woman (right) is a circular table, on which is a wine-bottle and two glasses, one of which she holds. The room is well furnished with a patterned carpet, on the wall which forms the background is a picture of a man seated at a table drinking punch, and a mirror in a carved frame with candle sconce"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Couples, Sailors, British, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack got safe into port with his prize [graphic].
4. The Earl of Jersey and Miss Ford [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1761]
- Call Number:
- 761.02.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An etching in outline representing the interior of a room, with a door on the left, a circular table on the right. On the table is a dish on which sits a boar's head; a scroll on the table to the left reads "Reprieve for murder." A crutch is propped up against the back of the table. From the ceiling above the middle of the room hangs a birdcage with a yellow bird inside. Under the birdcage sits the singer Miss Anne Ford a guitar in hand; Anne was the daughter of Thomas Ford Clerk of Arraigns, an Old Bailey lawyer. She sings "si tutti de olberi". William, the third Earl of Jersay kneels at her feet and with joined hands says, "Believe my sighs my vows my dear &c" A second crutch lies on the ground beside him; he is much older and suffers from gout. The lawyer Ford enters the room from the left, hat under his arm as he regards the scene with amusement. See British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title., Plate used for frontispiece Thicknesse, A. Letter from Miss F--d, addressed to a person of distinction. 2nd ed. London, 1761., See Gentleman's magazine, January 1761, pages 33, 79., Watermark., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, Thicknesse, Ann, 1737-1824, and Ford, Thomas, -1768,
- Subject (Topic):
- Birdcages, Boars, Courtship, Crutches, Gout, Guitars, Interiors, Lawyers, and Singers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Earl of Jersey and Miss Ford [graphic].
5. The expostulation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 15, 1821.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 49. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly suitor in old-fashioned dress (right) and a youngish fashionably dressed woman (left) sit on upright chairs, the only furniture visible in an elegant room. He looks towards her with a gesture of deprecating reproach; she bends towards him, holding at arm's length to the left a cross and chain taken from an open jewel-box which she holds. A French window is behind her, through which appear the tops of hollyhocks. A descending staircase is seen through an open door on the extreme right. On the wall are whole length portraits of elderly husbands in well-known plays: Sir Peter Teazle ['Sch. for Scandal']; Lord Ogleby [Colman and Garrick, 'Clandestine Marriage']; [Da]vid Dawe [Cumberland, 'Wheel of Fortune']."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When late I attempted your pity to move, why seemed you so deaf to my prayers, perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; but why did you kick me down stairs., Mounted on page 49 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.3 x 34.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Interiors, Chairs, Floor coverings, Draperies, Necklaces, Jewelry boxes, Windows, Hollyhocks, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The expostulation [graphic].
6. The expostulation [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 15, 1821.
- Call Number:
- 821.01.15.02+
- Collection Title:
- Page 49. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly suitor in old-fashioned dress (right) and a youngish fashionably dressed woman (left) sit on upright chairs, the only furniture visible in an elegant room. He looks towards her with a gesture of deprecating reproach; she bends towards him, holding at arm's length to the left a cross and chain taken from an open jewel-box which she holds. A French window is behind her, through which appear the tops of hollyhocks. A descending staircase is seen through an open door on the extreme right. On the wall are whole length portraits of elderly husbands in well-known plays: Sir Peter Teazle ['Sch. for Scandal']; Lord Ogleby [Colman and Garrick, 'Clandestine Marriage']; [Da]vid Dawe [Cumberland, 'Wheel of Fortune']."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., and Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: When late I attempted your pity to move, why seemed you so deaf to my prayers, perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; but why did you kick me down stairs.
- Publisher:
- Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Interiors, Chairs, Floor coverings, Draperies, Necklaces, Jewelry boxes, Windows, Hollyhocks, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The expostulation [graphic].
7. [The honey moon] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1814]
- Call Number:
- Print00225
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A pretty young wife sits beside an aged doting and rich husband, reading to him. He delightedly contemplates his glass, which is being filled by Death, who leans over a screen. The girl's left hand is held by a young officer who leans through the window (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Honeymoon and When the old fool has drank his wine and gone to rest, I will be thine
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: When the old fool has drank his wine / and gone to rest, I will be thine., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 1, opposite page 106., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & married life -- Skeleton as Death.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Augt. 1, 1814, by R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Combe, William, 1742-1823.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dance of death, Death (Personification), Marriage, Skeletons, Courtship, Adultery, Military officers, British, Eating & drinking, Alcoholic beverages, Windows, Interiors, Stringed instruments, Books, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Screens
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The honey moon] [graphic].
