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1. A tale of love [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 56. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A group in a garden room listening to a girl read, seated in the centre with the book in her lap, two woman sitting on either side of her, one patting a dog at right, the other with solemn expression, which has been noticed by a man standing against the wall at right, gesturing towards her, another standing directly behind her looks on with concern, a child sitting on the floor beside a large sleeping dog, his eyes raised up; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse, from William Shenstone's ballad 'Jemmy Dawson', engraved below title: Come listen to my mournful tale, ye tender hearts and lovers dear; nor will you scorn to heave a sigh, nor need you blush to shed a tear. Vide Shenston., Dedication engraved above imprint statement: To the Countess Sutherland this plate after an original Drawing by Mr. Bunbury, in her Ladyship's possession, is with the greatest respect dedicated by her Ladyship's most obliged humble servant, James Bretherton., and Mounted on page 56 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Published 3 March 1786 by James Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Shenstone, William, 1714-1763.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Children, Courtship, Dogs, and Reading
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tale of love [graphic]
2. Flemish courtship [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- 760.00.00.94
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An old man and a young woman sit at a table. He wears a cap with a feather on it; his left arm is around the woman's shoulders. She is lifting a large wine glass. Her companion is holding a large pitcher
- Description:
- Title from item. and Watermark: illegible name.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Courtship
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Flemish courtship [graphic].
3. Love in a village [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 28 April 1784.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young woman in rustic dress standing in a field with a cockerel in a cage near her feet, courted by a youth who leans over the fence behind to right, offering her a posy."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Numbered "529" in lower left corner., No. 4 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Birdcages, Chickens, Couples, Courtship, and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Love in a village [graphic].
4. Suspence [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1788?]
- Call Number:
- 788.00.00.38+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Within the frame of an oval 'window', one well-dressed young woman sits facing the viewer with her back to the wall, looking intently at a watch in her right hand. Her companion leans on the back of a chair, facing the seated woman, her back to the viewer. She points to the wall-clock which hangs on the wall behind the sitter as does a mirror which is positioned so as to see the back of the sitter's head and the faint outline of her companion. In the right foreground on an oval table at the sitter's elbow sits a tea tray -- two cups and saucers, a creamer, a small teapot, and a box. Also on the table stands a samovar
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all but top sliver of imprint statement., An early work by Morland that is a campanion painting to "The novelists", both of which use his wife and sister, wife of William Ward, as the two women models. Cf. Memoirs of the life of the late George Morland / by J. Hassell. London : J. Cundee [etc.], 1806, Appendix no. 78., and Two lines of verse on either side of title: This tormenting suspence my fond hopes o'er cast, lest the youth of my choice prove unkind. Be patient sweet, Mistress, the appointment's not past, and I'm certian he'll not be behind.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Teapots, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Suspence [graphic]
5. The best shelter under the banner of love [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.05.12.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed young couple sit under a large umbrella in the shade of a large tree in a secluded spot. They hold hands. In the distance, on the left, only a cluster of rooftops are visible
- Description:
- Title from item. and Plate numbered '206' in lower left corner.
- Publisher:
- Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Courtship, Couples, and Umbrellas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The best shelter under the banner of love [graphic].
6. The charms of a red coat [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.11.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman on horseback is talking to a soldier who is leaning on her knees. In the background are two tents, one of which is open and inside are three women seated a table. One of the women is sitting on the lap of a soldier. There is a cannon in the left foreground opposite the horseback rider. A drum can be seen on its side in the right corner of the open tent
- Description:
- Title from item. and Number '211' in lower left corner of plate.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 1st Novr. by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Cannons, Couples, Courtship, Military camps, Military uniform, British, and Tents
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The charms of a red coat [graphic].
7. The cunning ward, or, Guardian coax'd [graphic]
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1751 and 1774]
- Call Number:
- 751.00.00.49+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- With one arm encircling her waist, a man holds the hand of a young woman outside a fashionable residence, unaware that another gentleman kisses the woman's other hand behind his back. Above the doorway of the residence is etched he name "Notaris” and “Slik-op Notaris” on the left door frame. In the background a third gentleman smiles and points to the grouping in the foreground. In the distance at the back of the residence a maid stands in an archway; beyound her a view of the town
- Alternative Title:
- Guardian coax'd and Guardian coaxed
- Description:
- Title etched below image, between verses., Numbered '134' in upper right corner above image., Publication date from: Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Image from a scene in Molière's L'École des maris, 1661; translated by IJsbrand Vincent as De listige vrijster of de verschalkte voogd, 1690: Troost, Possibly after a painting by Jan Josef Horemans (1714-1792)., Four stanzas of verse in two columns on either side of title: Chloe 'tis true with charming leer, you coax your am'rous guardian here ... and bless thy youthful lover., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, print & map seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Couples, Kissing, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cunning ward, or, Guardian coax'd [graphic]
8. The lass of Richmond Hill [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 July 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.07.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman picking apples is watched by a youth who hides behind the tree and bushes on the right, his right hand over his heart; more trees in the background and the edge of a thatched cottage to left and a stream in the distance, right
- Description:
- Title engraved below image. and Below title is engraved a song of six verses in three columns that begins: On Richmond Hill there lives a lass, More bright than May-day morn ...
- Publisher:
- Published July 20th, 1794, by John Fairburn, map, chart & printseller, No. 146 Minories, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Apple trees, Country life, Courtship, and Love
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lass of Richmond Hill [graphic].
9. The love letter [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.02.10.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- One of two young women walking in the park holds a letter in her right hand, her left hand on her check. The other woman looks at her with a sympathetic gaze. In the background on the left is a house, on the right a bench
- Description:
- Title engraved below image. and Number '186' lower left corner of plate.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs Feby. 10, 1787 by R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Parks, Benches, Women, and Young adults
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The love letter [graphic].
