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1.
Smith alias Buckhorse, 1747 the noted Bruiser / [graphic]

Creator:
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1747]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A later state lettered with the name of the famous pugilist John Smith: a bald headed man in profile to left; the artist's father (?); later state with added title; third state with inscription, copy in reverse after Rembrandt
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Benjamin Wilson, after the print by Rembrandt, in the British Museum catalogue., A copy in reverse after Rembrandt's etching. See White, C. Rembrandt's etchings, no. 292, copy 4., Sheet trimmed to close to plate mark on top., On page 207 in volume 3., and Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand on separate scrap pasted below print: This is a mere copy from one of Rembrandt's small heads reversed. On taking it out of the frame in which it had been placed with much precaution, it appeared to have been recently printed off a modern French card. --Caveat emptor. In the year 1788, a gentleman picked it up (price 1s 6d) as a Broker's Shop in Goodman's Fields.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Smith alias Buckhorse, 1747 the noted Bruiser / [graphic]

2.
Tinmouth Castle, from the north with a view of the haven, &c. / [graphic]

Creator:
Vivarès, François, 1709-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 18 July 1747.
Call Number:
Topos N878 no. 1++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of a ruined castle, on the flat top of a cliff, with several bsuildings closer to the sea, all surrounded by low walls, ships on the sea to the left, which runs into a bay below the castle, with figures on the clifftop in the foreground, including a man wearing plaid and leaning on his staff as he talks to a seated man, a small rowing boat striking out on the left; after Thomas Smith"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Ownership stamp in red ink on verso: B. Newton.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Northumberland.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tinmouth Castle, from the north with a view of the haven, &c. / [graphic]

3.
A view of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondelly's Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison

Creator:
Sparrow, James, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1747]
Call Number:
Folio 75 L847 750
Collection Title:
Leaf 10. London and its environs about 1750.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Thames at the centre with boats on the water, figures on the quay to the right, a mansion by the quay and the city in the back, Richmond Hill in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondeley's and Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13., Imperfect; plate number erased from sheet and replaced with number "6" written in ink. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1872,1012.5399., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 10 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleetstreet
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Rivers, Dwellings, Piers & wharves, and Boats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondelly's Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly / [graphic] =

4.
Son altesse royale Guillaume Duc de Cumberland [graphic]

Creator:
Scotin, Louis Gérard, 1690- printmaker
Published / Created:
according to act of Parliament, January 1747.
Call Number:
747.01.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A head-and-shoulders portrait in profile to the left of the Duke of Cumberland in armor, enclosed in a small circular frame inscribed with title, surmounted by laurel branches and resting against the background of flags and weaponry and directly on top of a helmet and two shields with figures. Below, in an elaborate scroll are engraved six lines of verse in French: C'est ce Prince vaillant, dont l'intrepidité, arrête des rebelles, l'insolante fierté ... Beneath the scroll is a design of crossed flags, halberds, with breast plate and helmet in the center. The whole is enclosed in an oval frame that rests on a plinth engraved with six lines of verse in English: Rouz'd by fair Liberty, see William draw his vengeful sword, and daring rebels awe ...
Description:
Title from engraved text around the portrait., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Weapons -- Reference to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Son altesse royale Guillaume Duc de Cumberland [graphic]

5.
To Sr. Hugh Smithson, bart. this view of the city of London, taken through one of the centers of

Creator:
Parr, Richard, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1747.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 134++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of London through one of the arches of Westminster Bridge, with boats on the Thames and lumber yards on the right; St Paul's in the distance on the right, and the prominent steeples of other churches lettered with a number for identification"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
This view of the city of London, taken through one of the centers of the arches of the new bridge at Westminster ...
Description:
Title from dedication engraved below image., Key with the names of the churches numbered within image is etched on either side of dedication., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in New Bond Str
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and Thames River (England),
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Churches and Boats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > To Sr. Hugh Smithson, bart. this view of the city of London, taken through one of the centers of the arches of the new bridge at Westminster and engrav'd from a painting of Canaletti, is most humbly dedicated by his most obliged humble servant, John Brindley [graphic]

6.
Food for the soul [graphic]

Creator:
Major, Thomas, 1720-1799, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1747]
Call Number:
747.00.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A simple man in a woolen cap sits at a rustic bench struggling to read a songsheet
Description:
Title etched below image. and Companion print to: Food for the body.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Reading and Myopia
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Food for the soul [graphic]

7.
Peter Griffin, map & print-seller, at the Dial and Three Crowns, next the Globe Tavern, Fleet

Creator:
Le Clerc, active 1738-1775, printmaker
Published / Created:
1747.
Call Number:
File 66 747 G852
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
"Trade card of Peter Griffin, printseller, at Dial and Three Crowns, Next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street, from the late Overtons; text on sheet at the centre with clock face and three crowns above; with various prints overlapping behind it, including maps, portraits, satires, and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.32., Imprint engraved at top of plate; date of publication below image, lower right., Engraved above the image is a detailed list of wares for sale: All sorts of maps both foreign & English, fine French, Italian, Dutch, and English Prints; metzo-tinto heads, & historys black, or painted on glass; fitteth up Gent. halls, or large rooms [with] maps or prints on rolers, neatly puts into frames & glasses any of [the] above goods. NB. Where merchants, or sea commanders, country or town chapmen may be supplied wth. quanteties [sic] of the above goods, at the most reasonable rates, for exportation &c., and Date "1747" added in ink in lower right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by Peter Griffin, map & printseller at the Three Crowns & Dial, next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Prints, Maps, Clocks & watches, and Crowns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Peter Griffin, map & print-seller, at the Dial and Three Crowns, next the Globe Tavern, Fleet-Street; from the late Overtons [graphic]

8.
A fleet wedding between a brisk young sailor & his landlady's daughter at Rederiff / [graphic]

Creator:
June, John, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, October [the] 20th 1747.
Call Number:
747.10.20.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below title: Scarce had the coach discharg'd its trusty fare, but gaping crouds [sic] surround th'amorous pair ..., Temporary local subject terms: London: Fleet Market -- Street scenes -- Signboards: 'Pen-in-Hand' -- Signs: Crown -- Architectural details: steeples -- Pediments -- Classic faç̧ade -- Buildings: houses in London -- Lighting: street lamp -- Sailor's uniforms, ca. 1747 -- Trades: milkmaid -- Herb vender -- Chimney sweep -- Tools: yoke for milk pails -- Containers: market baskets -- Vehicles: coach -- Milk pails -- Marriages -- Arms -- Dwarfs -- Clergy: debased clergymen -- Coachmen -- Food offered at a market -- Market women -- Herbs: rue -- Pregnancy -- Prostitutes -- Sailors., and Removed from History of the fleet marriages. Call no.: 646 834 B93.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Clergy and Prostitutes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A fleet wedding between a brisk young sailor & his landlady's daughter at Rederiff / [graphic]

9.
The beaux disaster [graphic].

Creator:
June, John, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1747?]
Call Number:
747.00.00.20+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption above image., Attribution to John June from an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Twelve lines of verse in three columns below image: Ye smarts whose merit lies in dress take warning by a beaux distress ..., Temporary local subject terms: London: Holywell Street, Strand -- Street scenes: The Strand -- Buildings: Temple Bar -- Signboards: Trades -- Street stalls -- Butchers' shops -- Fishmongers' shops -- Butchers -- Signs: ship -- Bunch of grapes -- Practical jokes -- Animals: dogs -- Crowds: pedestrian crowds -- Flowerpots: pots on windowsills -- Dandies -- Female dress, 1747 -- Male dress, 1747., Watermark: Strasburg bend., and Window mounted to 27 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The beaux disaster [graphic].

10.
Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]

Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 15th 1747 [i.e. not before 1794?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a graveyard with tombstones and sarcophagi, a headless ghost in a monk's robes (crucifix and rosary hanging round his neck) carries his head in his left arm as he walks left toward a sarcophagus inscribed "This monument was erected by Simon Lord Fraser of Lovat &c. &c."; the lefy side is also inscribed "To the memory ofThomas Lord Fraser of Lovat."
Description:
Title etched below image., Re-issue after plate cut down, removing Molteno's publication address?, Lettered below the title, six lines of verse in three sections: Disguis'd thro' life, a layman at [the] block, My headless trunk resumes [the] monkish frock. Doom'd for my crimes in pilgrimage to roam. With weary steps I seek my native home, Where vanity inscribes my Father's tomb, But Justice now denies my carcase room., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed), p. 306., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 147., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Spurious. Not in Mr. Nichols's book., and On page 179 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 23.6 x 33.6 cm.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton?
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic):
Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Monks, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Sarcophagi, and Skull & crossbones
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lovat's ghost on pilgrimage [graphic]

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