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The providential escape of Major Money : who ascended from Quantrells Garden, Norwich, on Saturday

Creator:
Walker, William, 1729-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1785]
Call Number:
785.00.00.120++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the rescue of the English aeronaut Major John Money, who stands on the partially submerged gondola of an air balloon amid rolling waves beneath an overcast night sky. To his right, two men in a rowboat hold their hands out towards him; on...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
R. Barlow?
Subject (Name):
Money, John, 1739 or 1740-1817,
Subject (Topic):
Ballooning accidents, Balloons (Aircraft), Rowboats, and Rescues
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The providential escape of Major Money : who ascended from Quantrells Garden, Norwich, on Saturday, July 25, 1785

2.
His Grace the Duke of Portland [graphic]

Creator:
Murphy, John, approximately 1748-approximately 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[31 March 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 156); seated almost whole-length and in three-quarter profile to left, his right hand to his cheek and his left holding papers lettered "India Bill", resting on the table to left with statuettes of Samson and a boxer...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 31st, 1785, by Wm. Austin, drawing master and print-merchant at No. 41 St. James's Street, & for the engraver by W. Dickinson, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809,
Subject (Topic):
Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > His Grace the Duke of Portland [graphic]

3.
Richard Farmer, D.D. Master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and principal librarian of that

Creator:
Jones, John, 1766 or 1767-1795, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 June 1785]
Call Number:
Portraits F233 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait almost half-length to right within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing short wig, robes and bands; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs June 14th 1785 by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Marylebone
Subject (Name):
Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Richard Farmer, D.D. Master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and principal librarian of that university [graphic]

5.
[George IV as Prince of Wales].

Creator:
Graham, George, active 1788-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1785]
Call Number:
Portraits G347e no. 2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of 23-year-old future King George IV; three quarter profile to the right, wearing a red coat with a blue lapel and sash, a white waistcoat, shirt and cravat; star of the order of the garter is pinned to his jacket
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,
Subject (Topic):
Princes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [George IV as Prince of Wales].

7.
The Right Honble. Lord North [graphic]

Creator:
Burke, Thomas, 1749-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 March 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three-quarter length, sitting, directed and looking towards the left, attired in wig, sash and robes, resting his arms on the chair in a relaxed fashion."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Lord North
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 20, 1785, by W. Austin, drawing master, St. James's Street, & W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792,
Subject (Topic):
Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honble. Lord North [graphic]

8.
A country attorney and his clients Avocat de la campagne avec ses clients. [graphic] =

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 2 March 1785.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lawyer wearing spectacles and with a feather pen in his mouth sits at a tall desk in his study while country bumkins solicit him with payment in dead animals and produce -- e.g., rabbits, fowl, and piglets. His clerk (behind him at the desk) smiles ...
Alternative Title:
Avocat de la campagne avec ses clients
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Barter, Country life, Law offices, and Lawyers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A country attorney and his clients Avocat de la campagne avec ses clients. [graphic] =

9.
A glee Une allegresse. [graphic]

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, [1785]
Call Number:
785.00.00.104+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6912; a similar group of men in a similar room stand or sit at a rectangular table singing from a large music-book held open on the table. Punch-bowl, wine-bottle, glasses, pipes, a tumbler are on the t...
Alternative Title:
Allegresse
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Singing, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Wine, Drinking vessels, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A glee Une allegresse. [graphic]

10.
A journeyman parson going on duty [graphic].

Published / Created:
9 Novr. 1785.
Call Number:
785.11.09.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a parson saying farewell to his family as he prepares to ride off on his unkempt horse to give a 'Charity Sermon'; they stand outside a thatched cottage on the right and a milestone indicates that they are 70 miles from London; their small bo...
Description:
Probable reissue of no. 3756 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, pt. 2. Original issue without imprint date; dated in the Catalogue ca. 1760.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A journeyman parson going on duty [graphic].