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1. False perspective exemplified [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy based on Hogarth's Satire on flase perspective: A view of a tower, staircase, bridge over a river
- Alternative Title:
- Satire on false perspective
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist statemetns inscribed in reverse on print., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 239., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit, page 333., and On page 168 in volume 2.
- Publisher:
- S. Ireland?
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cupids, Fishing, Signs (Notices), Sundials, Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Weather vanes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > False perspective exemplified [graphic]
2. Mercury instructing Jupiter [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published 5 August 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.08.05.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A cherubic Mercury (left) and Jupiter (right) sit on a rock in a mountainous and tree-dotted landscape. Mercury holds his caduceus in his left arm and rests his foot on a small shield (?) while Jupiter seated on the ground to the right, holds his arm around the neck of a swan. On a shelf above Mercury's head a rooster looks down on the scene
- Description:
- Title from item. and Numbered in plate: 265.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Mercury (Roman deity) and Jupiter (Roman deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Children, Caduceus, Roosters, Swans, Nudes, and Myths
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mercury instructing Jupiter [graphic].
3. The pretty waterwoman, or, Admiral Purblind just run a-ground by Peggy Pullaway [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [after April 12, 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.04.12.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A gaily-dressed young woman sculling a naval officer who sits in the stern, holding his cane in the water and looking through a single eye-glass at a swan accompanied by a cygnet. A King Charles dog puts its paws on the edge of the boat and looks at the swan. The admiral is in naval uniform with a pigtail queue. The lady wears a feathered hat tilted forward on her high-dressed hair and a low-cut bodice; on the stern of the boat is a design of a cupid riding on a dolphin. The water winds among lawns, trees, and bushes. In the middle distance two ladies are fishing; one holds a rod over the water, the other, seated beside her, holds up a fish."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Admiral Purblind just run a-ground by Peggy Pullaway
- Description:
- Title from item. and Publication date erased from plate. Date conjectured from another, smaller version. See no. 5819 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Rowboats, Fishing, Swans, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The pretty waterwoman, or, Admiral Purblind just run a-ground by Peggy Pullaway [graphic]
4. [Rectangular design with black swan wearing a chained crown around its neck, set within a frame of reeds and vines, with cutlery below] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1757]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 66 726 T675
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 27 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Swans, Crowns, Chains, Reeds (Plants), and Cutlery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Rectangular design with black swan wearing a chained crown around its neck, set within a frame of reeds and vines, with cutlery below] [graphic].
5. [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1754]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 754.02.00.04.2 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Description:
- Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., State with "Frontispiece" burnished from above image., and Mounted to sheet 255 x 205 mm, with single red line border.
- Publisher:
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Subject (Name):
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cows, Fishing, Sheep, Signs (Notices), Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
6. [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1754]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 75K(b) Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Description:
- Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Etched above image: "Frontispiece."
- Publisher:
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Subject (Name):
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cows, Fishing, Sheep, Signs (Notices), Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
7. [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1754]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Description:
- Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Etched above image: "Frontispiece.", Sheet trimmed to: 22.5 x 18 cm., and Formerly on page 168 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Subject (Name):
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cows, Fishing, Sheep, Signs (Notices), Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
8. [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1754]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Description:
- Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Etched above image: "Frontispiece.", Sheet trimmed to: 22.5 x 18 cm., and Formerly on page 168 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Subject (Name):
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cows, Fishing, Sheep, Signs (Notices), Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
9. [Tobit despairs of his bindness] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1478]
- Call Number:
- Print00495
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., From: Biblia, Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1483., Appeared earlier in the Low German Bible published by Quentell in Cologne, ca. 1478., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- Anton Koberger
- Subject (Topic):
- Blindness in the Bible, Birds, Swans, and Blind persons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Tobit despairs of his bindness] [graphic].
