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11.
Billiards [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 23, 1799.
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"One corner of a billiard-table is visible, the rest being cut off by the right, margin of the print. A player, in profile to the right, holds up with exaggerated care a cue in front of a ball lying near the corner. He wears a long pigtail queue, on t...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Billiard rooms, Billiards, Servants, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Billiards [graphic]

12.
Billiards [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 23, 1799.
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"One corner of a billiard-table is visible, the rest being cut off by the right, margin of the print. A player, in profile to the right, holds up with exaggerated care a cue in front of a ball lying near the corner. He wears a long pigtail queue, on t...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Billiard rooms, Billiards, Servants, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Billiards [graphic]

13.
He danc'd like a monkey, his pockets well cram'd ... [graphic].

Creator:
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vestris fils, as in BMSat 5905, on the same stage, is dancing in a similar pose, poised on his right toe, his back to the audience, looking over his left shoulder smiling. In his right hand is his hat, held out as before but full of notes or bills, i...
Alternative Title:
He danced like a monkey, his pockets well crammed ... and Oh qui goose-toe!
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > He danc'd like a monkey, his pockets well cram'd ... [graphic].

14.
The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[March 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stan...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

15.
The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[March 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stan...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

16.
Private amusement [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[1 January 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Gamblers with expressions of anxiety and despair sit or stand around an octagon-shaped table. One man slumps in his chair, asleep and with his purse empty. One man resembles Captain Topham; others may be caricatures as well. In the center of the table...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Gamblers and Gambling
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Private amusement [graphic].

17.
Private amusement [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[1 January 1786]
Call Number:
786.01.01.04 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Gamblers with expressions of anxiety and despair sit or stand around an octagon-shaped table. One man slumps in his chair, asleep and with his purse empty. One man resembles Captain Topham; others may be caricatures as well. In the center of the table...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Gamblers and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Private amusement [graphic].

18.
The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[March 1786]
Call Number:
786.03.00.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stan...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The polish dwarf performing before the Grand Seignior [graphic]

19.
The wishing females [graphic].

Published / Created:
6th July 1781.
Call Number:
781.07.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire; two fashionably-dressed young women with plumes in their hair, sitting at an open window and looking down at soldiers in the park below, the one on the left holding a telescope."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Women, Windows, Soldiers, Telescopes, Hairstyles, and Hats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The wishing females [graphic].

20.
Master Lavender qualifying himself for the army [graphic].

Published / Created:
published as the act directs [...?] [ca. May 1781]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 113. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in profile to the right (left), elegantly dressed, lounges beside a lady on a settee. He holds a coffee-cup. She sits before a round table on which is a coffee-pot, &c, on a tray. Her dress is of quasi-military cut and she wears a large f...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Sofas, Coffeepots, Tea tables (Tables), Hats, Feathers, Windows, People associated with military activities, and Military camps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Master Lavender qualifying himself for the army [graphic].

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