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1.
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] =

2.
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]

3.
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].

4.
A master parson returned from duty [graphic].

Published / Created:
9 Novr. 1785.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fat parson stands in the grounds of a country house as a footman on the right doffs his hat to him and a dog jumps on him in greeting. A fashionably dressed young woman walks on the park grounds (left) and looks coyly back towards them; behind her ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Architectural follies, Carriages & coaches, Clothing & dress, Clergy, Dogs, Gates, Parks, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A master parson returned from duty [graphic].

5.
A master parson returned from duty [graphic].

Published / Created:
9 Novr. 1785.
Call Number:
785.11.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fat parson stands in the grounds of a country house as a footman on the right doffs his hat to him and a dog jumps on him in greeting. A fashionably dressed young woman walks on the park grounds (left) and looks coyly back towards them; behind her ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Architectural follies, Carriages & coaches, Clothing & dress, Clergy, Dogs, Gates, Parks, and Servants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A master parson returned from duty [graphic].

7.
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]

8.
John Gilpin's return from ware [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 10 July 1785.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops (right to left) past the 'Bell' at Edmonton. His wife leans from the balcony over the door. With her are three children and a woman holding an infant. Two horsemen are in pursuit, one holds up Gilpin's wig. A spaniel barks. The inn app...
Alternative Title:
John Gilpin's return from war
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Chasing, Dogs, Families, Horseback riding, Horses, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Gilpin's return from ware [graphic].

10.
Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1785?]
Call Number:
785.08.16.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Prudence produceth esteem
Description:
"A young woman stands within a compass inscribed 'Fear God', holding an open book inscribed 'The Pleasures of Imagination Realized'. At her feet is an open chest full of guineas from which hang bank-notes and jewels; it is inscribed 'The Reward of Vir...
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Compasses (Drawing instruments), Dogs, Dwellings, Farms, Gambling, Handicraft, Intoxication, Lanterns, Meadows, Mothers, Parables, Playing cards, Punishment & torture, Vice, and Watchmen
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

11.
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]

12.
Spring and winter Le printems et l'hiver. [graphic] =

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 9 Octr. 1785.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A pretty and coquettishly dressed milkmaid stands full-face, her pails hung from a wooden yoke across her shoulders. Her expression and pose suggest that she is about to receive favourably the overtures of an elderly beau who stands ogling behind her...
Alternative Title:
Printems et l'hiver and Printemps et l'hiver
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Milkmen & milkwomen, Pails, Villages, Seduction, Yokes, and Allegorical prints
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Spring and winter Le printems et l'hiver. [graphic] =

13.
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]

14.
The true British tar [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs 22 Septr. 1785.
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor (left), who grins over his shoulder at the spectator, sits on a corded sea-chest pointing at his prize-money which is heaped up on a larger chest in front of him, coins spilling over the top of the chest. He is gaily dressed, wearing a hat w...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Pipes (Smoking), Sailors, British, and Ships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The true British tar [graphic].

15.
Twenty thousand I've got, how lucky's my lot [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1785?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A caricature man shown half-length to left, wearing a frogged coat, hat and black cravat tied in a bow, grinning and clutching a bag of money with the ticket '£20,000'; republished state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Bowles & Carver?
Subject (Topic):
Lotteries
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Twenty thousand I've got, how lucky's my lot [graphic].