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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., After a painting by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. For a larger plate after the same painting, see: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 496., Date of publication based on that of the larger plate after the same painting, which was published by Robert Sayer in 1771. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.885., Cf. Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 1, no. 16, page 249., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Mounted on page 51 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
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 curtain
Alternative Title:
Pretty miss asleep
Description:
Title from item. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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., Attributed to John Dixon in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Dedication engraved beneath title: From an original painting in the possession of Sr. John Parnell, to whom this plate is dedicated by his very humble servant, Thomas Davies., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 129 (leaf numbered '177' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
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]

24.
The cook in the white sheet, or, The pantry apparition [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd 2 May 1771.
Call Number:
771.05.02.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Pantry apparition
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Fourt lines of verse in two columns on both sides of title: So white, intent alone on means to thrive we all to overreach our neighbours strive ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Games: cards -- Playing cards -- Fear -- Lighting: candlelight -- Domestic service: servants -- Ghosts: pretend ghost -- Pets -- Fireplaces.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cook in the white sheet, or, The pantry apparition [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 on the kilim-covered table with his left arm and sings from a book he holds open. The other man, draped in a cloak, stands in the background. Next to him is a bed with drawn curtains. A box and a candlestick stand on the table. On the floor in front of the table lies a playing card
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., Eight lines of verse in two columns on both sides of title: To one alone I cannot constant be, because the life I love is to be free ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Letters: billets doux -- Furniture: couch.
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. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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 to her head
Description:
Title etched below image. and Four lines of verse in two columns on each side of title: Lurks there a vice in female breast? Like wind, It rages most when most it is confin'd. It will have Vent, to shew uys plainly still, That female Wit, can rival female Will.
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].