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1. A Bath Adonis worshiping the idol of his affections [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1775?]
- Call Number:
- 775.02.01.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man wearing laced coat and sword and holding a snuff box leans on an elaborately carved console table of the pump room at Bath, admiring himself in a mirror. An illustration for the "History of Captain S_: or, the Bath Adonis."
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date and publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Extended to 26 x 18 cm.
- Publisher:
- The Matrimonial Magazine?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England) and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Clothing & dress, Furniture, Mirrors, Wallpaper, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Bath Adonis worshiping the idol of his affections [graphic].
2. Candidates to succeed Tom Turlis [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1770]
- Call Number:
- 770.03.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two groups of persons who are candidates for the place of hangman. Inscribed labels issue from the persons of four of them. Two men sit side by side on a settee, wearing curiously shaped crowns or coronets, one (left) shaped like a wall. The former holds a paper inscribed "To J------e G------m" showing that he is Justice Gillam, who ordered the soldiers to fire on the Wilkite mob outside the King's Bench Prison on 10 May 1768 (see British Museum Satires No. 4201). He says: "Everyone knows my abilities as a Man-killer". His companion says: "Let the Place be held by Commission and let the two Kennedies & my self, be Lords Commissioners of the Rope". Behind, and to the left of the settee three persons stand together: A rough-looking man, flourishing a stick says: "I wont accept of ye Office without a Peerage to Support its Dignity". Next him is a Judge in wig and robes. On the right., their backs to a window, stand three men; Sir Fletcher Norton in his Speaker's robes, and the horns which indicate that he is 'Sir Bullface Double Fee', see British Museum Satires No. 4238, 4462, and index, says: "B------n S------h has spoil'd ye Trade, if Murderers were to be hang'd ye Place might be worth acceptce". He stands between the two Kennedy brothers and is alluding to the reprieve (for transportation) of one of them, the other having been acquitted. "B------n S------h" may be intended for Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, a baron of the Exchequer. This reprieve was for the murder of a watchman in a drunken brawl, and was believed to be due to the influence of the young men's sister, Polly or Kitty Kennedy, see 1935,0522.2.2 and British Museum Satires No., 4463. It was made a political question by Parson Horne and others, see Walpole, 'Memoirs of the Reign of George IV', 1845, iv. 110-11; Stephens, 'Memoirs of Horne Tooke', i. 185. 1770."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Probably an illustration in The Oxford magazine, v. 4, page 113., Temporary local subject terms: Law: judge -- Law: speaker -- Emblems: crown of the City of London -- Furnishings: settee -- Paddle -- Hangmen: Tom Turlis -- Kennedy Brothers' reprieve -- Matthew Kennedy -- Patrick Kennedy -- Justice Samuel Gillam, Magistrate of Surrey, 1715-1793? -- Nicknames: Sir Bullface Double-fee (i.e., Sir Fletcher Norton)., and Mounted to 13 x 18 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
- Subject (Topic):
- Sofas, Mirrors, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Candidates to succeed Tom Turlis [graphic].
3. Christmas gambols [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 1, 1785.
- Call Number:
- 61 W78 v. 1-2
- Collection Title:
- volume 1, opposite page [441]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') should kiss the candlestick; a young woman stands holding a candle at left, impersonating the said object, while Ralph fervently kisses the actual candlestick at right, watched by a laughing young woman, a thin man wearing glasses and a young boy, who are standing around a table with glasses and punch-bowl; behind at left, the 'long-nosed clergyman' is locked in an embrace with the 'snub-nosed old maid'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist questionably identified as either G.M. Woodward or Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue., Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885., Temporary local subject terms: Games: "Kiss the candlestick"., and 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 22 x 24 cm
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bowls (Tableware), Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Holidays, Kissing, Mirrors, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Christmas gambols [graphic].
4. Christmas gambols [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 1, 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.01.01.01
- Collection Title:
- volume 1, opposite page [441]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') should kiss the candlestick; a young woman stands holding a candle at left, impersonating the said object, while Ralph fervently kisses the actual candlestick at right, watched by a laughing young woman, a thin man wearing glasses and a young boy, who are standing around a table with glasses and punch-bowl; behind at left, the 'long-nosed clergyman' is locked in an embrace with the 'snub-nosed old maid'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist questionably identified as either G.M. Woodward or Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue., Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885., Temporary local subject terms: Games: "Kiss the candlestick"., and Mounted to 21 x 26 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bowls (Tableware), Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Holidays, Kissing, Mirrors, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Christmas gambols [graphic].
5. High life at noon [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1769.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 61. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a paneled room hung with mirrors and a clock, the master of the house, in dressing gown and nightcap, puts his hand on the bosom of a maid who serves him biscuits. Next to him a clergyman looks adoringly at the lady of the house on his left. In his hand is an open volume with text "A sermon, I am sick of love." She is dressed in a wrap and cap and, while smiling at the clergyman, surreptitiously takes a letter from a black servant boy who approaches from behind her chair. A parrot in a cage hanging above them sings, "Caesar and Pompey were both of them horned." A squirrel sits on a stool next to the table. In the foreground, a monkey sits on the floor, reading "A dissertation on winding up the clock, by Tristam Shandy." On the extreme left, a footman with a long unbraided queue is trying to push out of the room a bill collector who came in to present a tailor's bill
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publisher's announcement following publication statement: Price 1s. but given gratis to the purchasers of The Court miscellany., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of the title: With touch indelicate His Grace, approaches that angelic place ..., Companion print to: High life in the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.5 x 34.2 cm, folded to 22.5 x 24.8 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of publication line from bottom edge., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 61 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Furniture, Mirrors, Longcase clocks, Women domestics, Clergy, Books, Servants, Parrots, Birdcages, Squirrels, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life at noon [graphic].
6. High life at noon [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1769.
- Call Number:
- 769.06.01.01+
- Collection Title:
- Page 61. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a paneled room hung with mirrors and a clock, the master of the house, in dressing gown and nightcap, puts his hand on the bosom of a maid who serves him biscuits. Next to him a clergyman looks adoringly at the lady of the house on his left. In his hand is an open volume with text "A sermon, I am sick of love." She is dressed in a wrap and cap and, while smiling at the clergyman, surreptitiously takes a letter from a black servant boy who approaches from behind her chair. A parrot in a cage hanging above them sings, "Caesar and Pompey were both of them horned." A squirrel sits on a stool next to the table. In the foreground, a monkey sits on the floor, reading "A dissertation on winding up the clock, by Tristam Shandy." On the extreme left, a footman with a long unbraided queue is trying to push out of the room a bill collector who came in to present a tailor's bill
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publisher's announcement following publication statement: Price 1s. but given gratis to the purchasers of The Court miscellany., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of the title: With touch indelicate His Grace, approaches that angelic place ..., Companion print to: High life in the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 27 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Furniture, Mirrors, Longcase clocks, Women domestics, Clergy, Books, Servants, Parrots, Birdcages, Squirrels, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life at noon [graphic].
7. The duellists [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- 770.00.00.182
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a coffee-house. Two men, one in a queue wig and with a pistol, another in club wig and with a sword, are fighting a duel while three frightened customers are trying to leave and another one cowers behind a settee next to a low table with coffee service on it. Behind another settee, a barmaid holds up her hands in horror. The gentleman with the pistol uses it to parry the sword thrusts of his opponent whose forehead is bleeding. A cat with an arched back and a dog barks look at the scene from the left. The room is decorated with a large mirro and shelves with wine glases, china bowls, and pitchers
- Description:
- Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Coffee cups, Coffeepots, Coffeehouses, Dueling, Fear, Handguns, Interiors, Mirrors, Tableware, Waitresses, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The duellists [graphic].