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1. A game at chess [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 March 1780]
Call Number:: Bunbury 780.03.01.01+ Impression 1
Collection Title:: Volume 1, page 17. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two women playing chess, seated at opposite sides of a square table, a young man standing behind watching as the player at left makes her move, all three dressed in turbans, three dogs in the foreground, pillars with drapes behind; oval design after Bunbury, published state with wall at left and large dog added."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image. and Watermark.
Publisher:: Publish'd 1st March 1780 by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):: Chess, Tables, Columns, Draperies, and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A game at chess [graphic]

2. A game at chess [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 March 1780]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Volume 1, page 17. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two women playing chess, seated at opposite sides of a square table, a young man standing behind watching as the player at left makes her move, all three dressed in turbans, three dogs in the foreground, pillars with drapes behind; oval design after Bunbury, published state with wall at left and large dog added."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Mounted on page 17 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching and drypoint in brown ink on laid paper ; oval image 29.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 34.3 x 37.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: Publish'd 1st March 1780 by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):: Chess, Tables, Columns, Draperies, and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A game at chess [graphic]

3. A nun confessing her past follies to Father Sly-Boots [graphic].

Creator:: O'Keefe, W., active 1794-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 October 1794]
Call Number:: 794.10.01.03
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A young woman, elaborately dressed, sits with downcast eyes in profile to the left at a table on which are a book and rosary. On her right sits, on a striped settee, a 'priest' wearing a skull-cap; a hat and cloak on a chair and stool show that he is a visitor. He holds a book, looking towards the 'nun' with a smile. The room is fashionably furnished with two sash-windows, in one of which stands a large vase of flowers. Between them is an oval picture of (?) the Temptation of St. Anthony. Beneath the title: 'At Twelve, I began to think of a Man, At Thirteen, I Sighed for a Man, At Fourteen I was Violently in Love with a Man, At Fifteen I run away with a Man. But he was a Very Pretty Man - therefore I hope youll Pardon me Sir.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., From the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series., Five lines of text below image (first 4 in two columns): At twelve, I began to think of a man ..., Numbered '126' in lower right of plate., Temporary local subject terms: Rosaries -- Furniture -- Pictures amplifying subjects: Temptation of St. Anthony -- Furnishings: window curtains., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend at top of sheet.
Publisher:: Published 1st Octr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):: Priests, Prostitutes, Confessions, Religious articles, Sofas, Chairs, and Draperies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A nun confessing her past follies to Father Sly-Boots [graphic].

4. 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]

5. Ague & fever [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [5 November 1792]
Call Number:: Print20007
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The patient sits in profile to the left with chattering teeth, holding his hands to a blazing fire on the extreme left Ague, a snaky monster, coils itself round him, its coils ending in claws like the legs of a monstrous spider. Behind the patient's back, in the middle of the room, Fever, a furry monster with burning eyes, resembling an ape, stands full-face with outstretched arms. On the right the doctor sits in profile to the right at a small table, writing a prescription, holding up a medicine-bottle in his left hand. The room is well furnished and suggests wealth: a carved four-post bed is elaborately draped. On the high chimney-piece are 'chinoiseries' and medicine-bottles. Above it is an elaborately framed landscape."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:: Ague and fever
Description:: Title etched below image., Reissue, with new imprint statement, of print published in 1788 by T. Rowlandson. Cf. No. 7448 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: The hypochondriac., One line of quoted text below image, etched on either side of title: "And feel by turns the bitter change of fierce extremes, "extremes by change more fierce. Milton., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 226-7., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Ague -- Demons & devils -- Prescription of drugs., and 1 print : etching and aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 41.2 x 56.9 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):: Fever, Prescription writing, Sick persons, Monsters, Physicians, Medicines, Writing materials, Desks, Beds, Draperies, and Fireplaces
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Ague & fever [graphic]

6. Boarding school education, or, The Frenchified young lady [graphic].

Published / Created:: [19 October 1771]
Call Number:: 771.10.19.01.1+
Collection Title:: Leaf 17. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A young woman dances to the violin played by her dancing master while her proud mother looks on.
Alternative Title:: Frenchified young lady
Description:: Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., For a variant state with plate number, see no. 4639 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Headdresses -- Boarding school -- Dancing lesson -- Education: boarding school -- Dancing masters -- Lapdog -- Monkey -- Toys: sword and stick -- Musical instruments: kit -- Furnishings: mirror -- Furnishings: tasselled window curtains -- Music: music book.
Publisher:: Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Oct. 19th, 1771, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Boarding schools, Dandies, Dance, Musicians, Pets, and Draperies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Boarding school education, or, The Frenchified young lady [graphic].

7. Boarding school education, or, The Frenchified young lady [graphic].

Published / Created:: [19 October 1771]
Call Number:: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:: Leaf 17. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A young woman dances to the violin played by her dancing master while her proud mother looks on.
Alternative Title:: Frenchified young lady
Description:: Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., For a variant state with plate number, see no. 4639 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Headdresses -- Boarding school -- Dancing lesson -- Education: boarding school -- Dancing masters -- Lapdog -- Monkey -- Toys: sword and stick -- Musical instruments: kit -- Furnishings: mirror -- Furnishings: tasselled window curtains -- Music: music book., On leaf 17., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Oct. 19th, 1771, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Boarding schools, Dandies, Dance, Musicians, Pets, and Draperies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Boarding school education, or, The Frenchified young lady [graphic].

8. Carlton House junto in fear & trembling [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1771]
Call Number:: 771.06.00.10
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Princess Dowager of Wales sits under a canopy of tartan (indicative of the alleged influence of Bute), with a face of dismay. Seven members of her supposed 'Junto' approach her."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Carlton House junto in fear and trembling
Description:: Title etched below image., Date of publication based on that of the periodical for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London, v. 6 (1771), p. 200., Temporary local subject terms: Politics -- London elections: sheriff -- Symbols: tartan as window curtain., and Mounted.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):: Political elections and Draperies
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Carlton House junto in fear & trembling [graphic].

9. Charles the Third, King of all the Orkneys and would be monarch of the East, or, The effects of a bad conscience [graphic].

Published / Created:: [16 June 1784]
Call Number:: 784.06.16.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Fox, dressed as a Tudor monarch, starts from a low couch on which he has been lying, his eyes staring in horror. In his right hand he grasps a sword inscribed 'Injustice'. Round his neck, on a ribbon inscribed 'Order of Blacklegs', is a medallion bearing a dice-box and dice. At his feet is a helmet (right) with a closed visor inscribed 'Helmet of Unrighteousness', and various documents inscribed respectively 'Petn Kirkwa[ll]' ; 'Westminster Election'; 'Private list 2500 bad votes on my side of the Question'; 'Ways and means P-- W-- [Prince of Wales] Newmar[ket] Brooks's--Dutchess--North--D-- de Chart[res] &c. &c. &c. &c'; 'India Bill For the better security Of power to me and my Friends'. Fox wears a ruff, slashed doublet and trunk-hose, an ermine-bordered cloak, and slashed shoes. A curtain hangs on each side of the couch; it partly conceals (left) a framed portrait-head of the Duchess of Devonshire in profile to the right, wearing at her breast a 'Fox' favour. Above the design is etched: 'If we be conquerd, Let men conquer us, And not these Bastard Britons, whom my Father Has in their own Land, Cheaten, spurn d and trod 'on And left them on record an Heir of Shame. Are these men fit to be the Heirs of England?'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Charles III, King of all the Orkneys and would be monarch of the East and Effects of a bad conscience
Description:: Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Emotions -- Male costume: Tudor dress -- Allusion to gambling -- Tassels -- Curtains -- Allusion to William Shakespeare, Richard III, v. 3., Partial watermark bottom center of sheet: fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 33 x 40 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 16th, 1784, as the act directs, by S. Fores, 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: England) and London.
Subject (Name):: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Great Britain. Parliament, and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1784, Fear, Draperies, Picture frames, and Political elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Charles the Third, King of all the Orkneys and would be monarch of the East, or, The effects of a bad conscience [graphic].