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31.
Tight lacing, or, Fashion before ease [graphic]

Published / Created:
[ca. 1777] and [printed ca. 1812]
Call Number:
777.00.00.10+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an elegantly decorated bedroom, a young woman with hair piled high in the fashion of the 1770s, holds tightly to a bedpost, while a man (her servant or husband) tugs on her stay-laces, and is in turn held around his waist by a female servant, who i...
Alternative Title:
Fashion before ease
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver ... No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Corsets, Fashion, Dogs, Monkeys, Beds, Bedrooms, and Tug of war
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tight lacing, or, Fashion before ease [graphic]

32.
Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo. Virgil, Geor. He steers his flight aloft

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Published / Created:
[8 August 1810]
Call Number:
810.08.08.01++
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A satire ridiculing the installation of Lord Grenville as the Chancellor of Oxford University on July 3rd, 1810. The installation followed a divisive election in which Lord Eldon opposed Lord Grenville on political and religious grounds. Opponents lik...
Description:
Title from Latin quote below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 8th, 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850, Wynn, Henry Watkin William, 1783-1856, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Harcourt, Edward, 1757-1847, Fingall, Arthur James Plunkett, Earl of, 1759-1836, Crowe, William, 1745-1829, Cleaver, William, 1742-1815, Randolph, John, 1749-1813, Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Moss, Charles, 1763-1811, and University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
History, Catholic emancipation, Satires (Visual works), and Cartoons (Commentary)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo. Virgil, Geor. He steers his flight aloft, incumbent on the dusky air that felt unusual weight. Par. Lost. Lib. I, l. 225 / [graphic]

33.
Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo. Virgil, Geor. He steers his flight aloft

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Published / Created:
[8 August 1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 6
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A satire ridiculing the installation of Lord Grenville as the Chancellor of Oxford University on July 3rd, 1810. The installation followed a divisive election in which Lord Eldon opposed Lord Grenville on political and religious grounds. Opponents lik...
Description:
Title from Latin quote below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 8th, 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850, Wynn, Henry Watkin William, 1783-1856, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Harcourt, Edward, 1757-1847, Fingall, Arthur James Plunkett, Earl of, 1759-1836, Crowe, William, 1745-1829, Cleaver, William, 1742-1815, Randolph, John, 1749-1813, Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Moss, Charles, 1763-1811, and University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
History, Catholic emancipation, Satires (Visual works), and Cartoons (Commentary)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo. Virgil, Geor. He steers his flight aloft, incumbent on the dusky air that felt unusual weight. Par. Lost. Lib. I, l. 225 / [graphic]

34.
Inventory of furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809 Nov

Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 25
Image Count:
119
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of an inventory of the furniture belonging to Lord Montgomerie in November 1809. The items are arranged by floor and room-by-room, including all living areas, bedrooms, dressing rooms, servants rooms, sundries, attics, k...
Description:
Hugh Montgomerie, twelfth earl of Eglinton (1739-1819), politician and army officer, was the son of Alexander Montgomerie (d. 1783) of Coilsfield, Ayrshire, the "Castle of Montgomerie" celebrated by Robert Burns.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Coilsfield House (Ayrshire, Scotland), Eglinton, Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of, 1739-1819., and Montgomery family.
Subject (Topic):
Households, House furnishings, Nobility, and Inventories
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Inventory of furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809 Nov

35.
The Kentish tragedy, or, A warning-piece to all perjured young men : in three parts

Published / Created:
[between 1784 and 1807]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Warning-piece to all perjured young men
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC.
Publisher:
Printed and soldin Aldermary Church-Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Defloration, Courtship, and Betrayal
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Kentish tragedy, or, A warning-piece to all perjured young men : in three parts

37.
Phalangius siue Tarantula [art original].

Published / Created:
[not after 1806]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 17 Box 2
Collection Title:
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawing depicting a spider from three perspectives: from the front while it stands on its legs, from the side while it stands on its legs, and from the rear while it rests on its back. The species is probably Lycosa tarantula, which was for...
Alternative Title:
Tarantulas
Description:
Title inscribed in ink above image.
Subject (Topic):
Spiders and Biological illustration
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Phalangius siue Tarantula [art original].

38.
Historisch-statistisches Gemälde des Russischen Reichs am Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

Creator:
Storch, Heinrich Friedrich von, 1766-1835
Published / Created:
1797-1803.
Call Number:
Bw5 29
Container / Volume:
3
Image Count:
534
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Accompanied by: Supplementband zum fünften, sechsten und siebenten Theil des historisch-statistischen Gemäldes des russischen Reichs. 22 cm. 70 p. Chiefly tables. Published separately in 1802.
Publisher:
Bei Johann Friedrich Hartknoch
Subject (Geographic):
Russia and Russia.
Subject (Name):
Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801.
Subject (Topic):
Commerce, Description and travel, History, and Travel
Found in:
Sterling Memorial Library > Historisch-statistisches Gemälde des Russischen Reichs am Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

39.
Historisch-statistisches Gemälde des Russischen Reichs am Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

Creator:
Storch, Heinrich Friedrich von, 1766-1835
Published / Created:
1797-1803.
Call Number:
Bw5 29
Container / Volume:
7
Image Count:
418
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Accompanied by: Supplementband zum fünften, sechsten und siebenten Theil des historisch-statistischen Gemäldes des russischen Reichs. 22 cm. 70 p. Chiefly tables. Published separately in 1802.
Publisher:
Bei Johann Friedrich Hartknoch
Subject (Geographic):
Russia and Russia.
Subject (Name):
Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801.
Subject (Topic):
Commerce, Description and travel, History, and Travel
Found in:
Sterling Memorial Library > Historisch-statistisches Gemälde des Russischen Reichs am Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

40.
Historisch-statistisches Gemälde des Russischen Reichs am Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

Creator:
Storch, Heinrich Friedrich von, 1766-1835
Published / Created:
1797-1803.
Call Number:
Bw5 29
Container / Volume:
2
Image Count:
672
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Accompanied by: Supplementband zum fünften, sechsten und siebenten Theil des historisch-statistischen Gemäldes des russischen Reichs. 22 cm. 70 p. Chiefly tables. Published separately in 1802.
Publisher:
Bei Johann Friedrich Hartknoch
Subject (Geographic):
Russia and Russia.
Subject (Name):
Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801.
Subject (Topic):
Commerce, Description and travel, History, and Travel
Found in:
Sterling Memorial Library > Historisch-statistisches Gemälde des Russischen Reichs am Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

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