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1.
Lady Broughton [graphic]

Creator:
Wilson, James, 1760-1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
as the act directs 1st Sepr. 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three-quarter length standing with head turned three-quarter to left, wearing flowered dress, pearls in her hair and a long plait looped over her right shoulder, holding a crayon in her right hand and an open sketchbook in her left, which rests on a ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer map & printseller, No. 53, in Fleet Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Broughton [graphic]

2.
Miss Louisa Williams [graphic]

Creator:
Wilson, James, 1760-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman seen head and shoulders in an oval, looking down to right wearing a lace cap and shawl tied in the front with a ribbon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
1771 Printed for Wm. Darling engraver in Great Newport Street, July 1
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Louisa Williams [graphic]

3.
Hebe [graphic]

Creator:
Watts, Simon, active 1767-1787, printmaker
Published / Created:
June 12, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Miss Berridge; whole-length, sitting on clouds, directed, facing and looking to the left, holding a small vase in her right hand, into which a swooping eagle is about to place its beak, cover of vase in her left hand; state with title and publication...
Alternative Title:
Miss Berridge
Description:
Title engraved below image. Imprint in scratch letters twice, earlier statement barely visible above later statement.
Publisher:
Published accord. to act of Parliament by S. Hooper no 25 Ludgate Hill
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hebe [graphic]

4.
[Miss Dempster] [graphic]

Creator:
Watson, Thomas, 1743-1781, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1 October 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait standing three-quarter length to right leaning on rock, her right hand to her cheek, head turned to face left over her shoulder, with basket of flowers to right; with robe draped over her right shoulder, and scarf in her hair; landscape seen...
Description:
Title from Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 1st Octr. 1771 for H. Parker No. 82 Cornhill, S. Hooper No. 25 Ludgate Hill, W. Shropshire, New Bond Street, & T. Watson in Broad Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Miss Dempster] [graphic]

5.
Bell, Countess of Sefton [graphic]

Creator:
Watson, James, 1750-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs 1 May 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 3 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1267); almost half-length to right within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing dress with fringes, bow, pearls and sash, pearls in her hair; published state after title altered to 'Countess'."--British Museum online ca...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bell, Countess of Sefton [graphic]

6.
Mrs. Yates in the character of Electra Tragedy of Orestes / [graphic]

Creator:
Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1771]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The heroine standing three-quarter length, holding in her left hand an urn with a long chain bound round her wrist, behind her a monument."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Yates, Mrs. (Mary Ann), 1728-1784,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and English
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Yates in the character of Electra Tragedy of Orestes / [graphic]

7.
Mr. Thos. Gent printer, aged 80, citizen of London, York, and Dublin / [graphic]

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 July 1771]
Call Number:
Portraits G337 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Nathan Drake, half length, in stonework frame, arched at top, directed slighlty to left, facing and looking towards right, long grey hair, light coloured coat and cape, double vest, hands on still, right one over books and papers, hold...
Alternative Title:
Mr. Thomas Gent
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 21st 1771 by V. Green, Salisbury Street, Strand
Subject (Name):
Gent, Thomas, 1693-1778,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Thos. Gent printer, aged 80, citizen of London, York, and Dublin / [graphic]

8.
[Catherine Hunter] [graphic]

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 July 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Catherine Hunter after Edward Francis Cunningham; seated at table, half-length in three quarter profile to right, arms crossed, wearing pearls in her hair and fur-trimmed cloak."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Publisher:
Published July 22nd, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Catherine Hunter] [graphic]

9.
[Charlotte Spencer] [graphic]

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd May 1, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait seen bust-length three-quarter profile to right, within oval frame, her hair piled hight, wearing necktie, vest and coat; proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2371.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Charlotte Spencer] [graphic]

10.
[Mrs. Lemaistre] [graphic]

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 3 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Baroness Mary Nolcken, or Mary Le Maistre, seated to front resting on table with her hands clasped in her lap, almost three-quarter length, and facing left, her hair elaborately done with long plait falling over her right shoulder."--Brit...
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 21st, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mrs. Lemaistre] [graphic]

11.
The presentation in the temple from the original picture painted by Rembrandt, in the collection of

Creator:
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 September 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mary kneeling and holding out the Christ child to the high priest, who leans down with open arms; a group of men looking on from a higher level between pillars, one climbing down; Joseph standing behind Mary in a humble attitude to right."--British M...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published Sepr. 25th, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Presentation
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The presentation in the temple from the original picture painted by Rembrandt, in the collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole / [graphic]

12.
[The presentation in the temple] [graphic]

Creator:
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd Septbr. 25, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mary kneeling and holding out the Christ child to the high priest, who leans down with open arms; a group of men looking on from a higher level between pillars, one climbing down; Joseph standing behind Mary in a humble attitude to right."--British M...
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
J. Boydell excudit -
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Presentation
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The presentation in the temple] [graphic]

13.
The Right Honourable Georgiana Lady Viscountess Spencer and her daughter the Hon. Miss Georgiana

Creator:
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1771]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1677); Lady Spencer standing three-quarter length to right, looking to front, embracing her daughter, who stands whole-length to front on table at right, with dog; wearing dress with wide lace sleeves and band in her...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 Cornhil
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable Georgiana Lady Viscountess Spencer and her daughter the Hon. Miss Georgiana Spencer [graphic]

14.
The bad man at the hour of death [graphic].

Creator:
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1771?]
Call Number:
771.00.00.29
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in a dressing gown and nightcap, seated on a sofa, leans away in terror from a skeleton-like figure of Death aiming his spear at him. Next to him lies an overturned table with broken decanter and wine glass on the floor. His gouty left foot is s...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, N. 53 Fleet Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The bad man at the hour of death [graphic].

15.
The good man at the hour of death [graphic].

Creator:
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1771?]
Call Number:
771.00.00.28
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man lying in bed looks upward while Father Time with an hour-glass in his left hand and a scythe in his right one approaches the bed. In the background is a breakfront filled with books. A Bible lies on a chair next to the bed and there are several ...
Description:
Artist and printmaker identified in Thieme-Becker, v. xvi, p. 180
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, N. 53 Fleet Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The good man at the hour of death [graphic].

17.
The Flemish ballad singer Le Flamand chantant des ballades / [graphic] =

Creator:
Brookshaw, Richard, 1736-, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 7, 1771.
Call Number:
771.03.07.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two ballad singers, one of them standing on top of an overturned large basket, are singing to a small but pleased-looking crowd by the entrance to an inn. A child standing in front of the basket is reaching up to offer the singer a coin
Alternative Title:
Flamand chantant des ballades
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, Baskets, Children, Clothing & dress, Flemish, Crowds, Signs (Notices), Singers, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Flemish ballad singer Le Flamand chantant des ballades / [graphic] =

18.
The Flemmish concert [graphic]

Creator:
Brookshaw, Richard, 1736-, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 23, 1771.
Call Number:
771.07.23.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A group of men sit at a table inside a large cottage or an inn. One of them, comfortably sprawled in a chair, is playing a violin. A man on the opposite side of the table is singing. To the left of the fiddler, another man is singing from a music shee...
Alternative Title:
Flemish concert
Publisher:
Printed for R. Marshall, No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Flemmish concert [graphic]

19.
Samuel Foote Esqr [graphic]

Creator:
Blackmore, Thomas, 1740-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 656); three-quarter length standing, turned slightly to left, leaning on stick, with left arm resting on right hand, wearing patterned waistcoat; curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June [the] 4th, 1771, accorg. to act of Parliament by W.W. Ryland in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777,
Subject (Topic):
Dramatists, Actors, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Samuel Foote Esqr [graphic]

20.
A Dutch family [graphic].

Published / Created:
3 Octr. 1771.
Call Number:
771.10.03.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Inside a delapidated-looking cottage a couple sits by the hearth smoking pipes. Two small children play by an open window and a baby nearby sits in a baby chair. The interior is strewn with various household utensils, the most prominent being a yarn-w...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Dutch family [graphic].

21.
His Royal Highness William Henry, Duke of Glocester, &c [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
His Royal Highness William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, &c. and William Henry, Duke of Glocester, &c.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1743-1805,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > His Royal Highness William Henry, Duke of Glocester, &c [graphic].

22.
Pretty miss a sleep [graphic].

Published / Created:
3 Octr. 1771.
Call Number:
771.10.03.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman is fast asleep in a cushioned armchair while a cat crouches dangerously over the top edge of a shelf that serves as a bird feeder for her dove. On the wall in the background hangs a landscape painting in an ornate frame and a tasselled c...
Alternative Title:
Pretty miss asleep
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Pretty miss a sleep [graphic].

23.
The Reverend Thomas Parnell, D.D Archdeacon of Clogher. [graphic]

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parlimt. March 17th, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait bust in a partial oval frame, turned slightly to the right, lower part of frame only visible, and looking towards the viewer; wearing a dark robe, bands and shoulder-length powdered wig
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Davies?
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718, and Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718.
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Reverend Thomas Parnell, D.D Archdeacon of Clogher. [graphic]

25.
The family concert La concert du famille. [graphic] =

Published / Created:
published Augst. 1, 1771.
Call Number:
771.08.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman and two men, dressed in the style of 17th-century Dutch paintings, are gathered in a room. The woman, sitting on the left, her left foot resting on a large wooden box protruding from under a table, plays the lute. One of her companions leans o...
Alternative Title:
Concert du famille
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The family concert La concert du famille. [graphic] =

26.
The method of high-finishing family pictures [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd 1st Augt. 1771.
Call Number:
771.08.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An astounded-looking elderly man peeks into a room where a young woman reposes on a couch. Kneeling in front of her is a young man who reaches up and draws with a piece of chalk two horns on her husband's portrait above them
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The method of high-finishing family pictures [graphic].

27.
The mouse catchers [graphic].

Published / Created:
3 Octr. 1771.
Call Number:
771.10.03.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young couple is sitting at a round table. The girl, smiling at her companion, is pointing to a mousetrap with a mouse in it. The young man, holding a cat under his left arm, reciprocates with a gesture of self-assurance
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Couples, Mice, and Mousetraps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mouse catchers [graphic].

28.
The unlucky discovery [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd 1 Jany 1771.
Call Number:
771.01.01.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman sits on the edge of a bed hung with curtains, as an older woman points accusingly at her, an angry look on her face and a pair of men's breeches in her hand. The young woman has a look of shame and sorrow on her face as she holds a cloth...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Beds, Mothers, Trousers, Women, and Young adults
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The unlucky discovery [graphic].